Johnny
I am a college student and on a budget, but I love the sound experience when I go to a cinema.
I don't have the money to set up a big expensive surround sound system however. Would buying nice headphones like the Sennheiser HD 595 set offer a good alternative?
I'm looking for something immersive and detailed, not something that's just going to burst my ear drums with volume.
Are good headphones a decent budget replacement for a full 5.1 speaker set up?
Answer
Well decent (good quality) headphones can give you a real decent sound experience. They keep it close and the volume on quality ones can be turned down to a reasonable low enought level to not harm ear drums and you can still pickup the small inputs from different sounds and instruments.
For some games or other sound experiences properly recorded in 5.1 then the 5.1 surround is the best way to go.
There are sounds coming from the different angles that add to the sound experinece that headphones can not copy. Even in stereo hooking up more speakers can enhance the sound experience. We hooked up to sets of computer 4.1 speakers to a stereo and had the movies play thru them and it was nice with the two subs and all the speakers.
However since budget is a problem consider also do you have the room for 5.1 and will it interfere with neighbors??? If not then look around for a decent smaller set like computer set of 5.1 if you want (lower cost). Headphones are more personal listening. Upto you.
Well decent (good quality) headphones can give you a real decent sound experience. They keep it close and the volume on quality ones can be turned down to a reasonable low enought level to not harm ear drums and you can still pickup the small inputs from different sounds and instruments.
For some games or other sound experiences properly recorded in 5.1 then the 5.1 surround is the best way to go.
There are sounds coming from the different angles that add to the sound experinece that headphones can not copy. Even in stereo hooking up more speakers can enhance the sound experience. We hooked up to sets of computer 4.1 speakers to a stereo and had the movies play thru them and it was nice with the two subs and all the speakers.
However since budget is a problem consider also do you have the room for 5.1 and will it interfere with neighbors??? If not then look around for a decent smaller set like computer set of 5.1 if you want (lower cost). Headphones are more personal listening. Upto you.
5.1 headphones, which is better? 1 large 50mm speaker or...?
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What's better: one large 50mm speaker in each ear cup
Or a headset that has a 40mm front speaker, a 40mm surround sound speaker, a 30mm center speaker in each ear cup, and vibrating sub-woofers?
Answer
5.1 headphones is never 5.1, just plain physics. You can't feel subwoofer in your body if they are directly pointing at your ears. Any headphones claiming 5.1 is referring to a virtualization of a true 5.1 system. Having said the system that has 3 speakers in each ear should perform better since it has to "virtualize" less and it actually hooks up to individual channel outputs right? Meaning there's 5 jacks to that headphone right? or is there a box that "virtualizes" the stereo output? or better yet does the headphone plug into the Coaxial Digital or SPDIF or optical output? I'd like to see that.. 50mm vs 40mm, larger speakers will produce better bass considering that they are the same speaker manufacturer - one exception is the in ear headphones which in my opinion is irritating and you're not mentioning that so I'll skip it.
Hope that narrows it down for you.
5.1 headphones is never 5.1, just plain physics. You can't feel subwoofer in your body if they are directly pointing at your ears. Any headphones claiming 5.1 is referring to a virtualization of a true 5.1 system. Having said the system that has 3 speakers in each ear should perform better since it has to "virtualize" less and it actually hooks up to individual channel outputs right? Meaning there's 5 jacks to that headphone right? or is there a box that "virtualizes" the stereo output? or better yet does the headphone plug into the Coaxial Digital or SPDIF or optical output? I'd like to see that.. 50mm vs 40mm, larger speakers will produce better bass considering that they are the same speaker manufacturer - one exception is the in ear headphones which in my opinion is irritating and you're not mentioning that so I'll skip it.
Hope that narrows it down for you.
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