Thread: PC 5.1 speakers and decent headphones?

5.1 PC speakers.
I bought something like this:


Altec Lansing.
Inexpensive an good. Well, I've been very happy with them.

Don't user speakers on my computer but headphones wise I've got a set Audiotechnica AD900

Several people have gone a bought pairs after testing mine.

The logitech z506 speakers are a well priced 5.1 system with decent sound.

Officeworks has them for $79 at the moment instead of $119.

I have a set of Panasonic (i think) noise cancelling headphones that set me back around $120.
I was pleasantly surprised by how they sounded at that price.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Ah yes
::: Zalman, leading the world of Quiet Computing Solutions :::
and
::: Zalman, leading the world of Quiet Computing Solutions :::

They sound (pun intended) good from the blurb, but I'llbet they are expensive. Who sells them locally?

Sorry I didn't include a link before as I was posting from my phone.

In relative terms these are cheap, the one with the mic is around $50 before shipping, without a mic is basically the same price...

zalman headphones - Shopping and Price Comparison Australia - Buy Cheap

PS: Staticice is a great resource for pricing parts.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Just forgaming so I can get the surround sound that some of the new call of duty type games have... hear if anyone is sneaking up on you....

My advice is that if you're gaming hard enough that you'll benefit from 5.1 sound in gaming, then you'll be wanting headphones on instead. Much better direction calculation, and better at isolating background sounds.

I have a reasonable gaming headset, and a decent 2.1 set of speakers for "casual" gaming with the kids and other basic audio duties.

I'm skeptical of claims of "surround" headphones. I know they've been around for years, and some reviews claim better direction assessing through them for gaming, but you still only have 2 input points (ie. each ear), and if a stereo implementation is done properly (through the hardware, OS and game), then it will function exactly the same as surround drivers in a pair of headphones.

Not that I do much gaming any more... but I used to do a heck of a lot.

I've always found suround headphones to loose out on audio quality to the point where it isn't worth the trade off.

But after a few years of gaming in a place with limited air con I'm not a fan of closed headphones in an australian summer which 90% of suround headphones are

FWIW the AKG I suggested are open back.

Originally Posted by uninformed

^^^^^

^^^^^ hahah that is so funny I spat my dinner out. Thanks for the laugh uninformed.

AKG... Hahahaha