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SvennoJ on 21 January 2014
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Kaizar said:


Thanks.

I have Surround Sound headphones that are 7.1 speaker sound (seems to use lasers to do surround sound).

Does this make use of .1 sound?

I primarily use one on my Nintendo 3DS earphone jack which Nintendo 3DS earphone jack does native 6 speaker sound I believe.

I use:

Plantronics Gamecom 777

for my gaming. So how well of use do you think I have been getting out of this for my Nintendo 3DS gaming?

I notice that makes up directly behind me with a combination of slightly to the right & left directly behind me. And there are 2 complete dead spots; one directly above me and another directly beneath me, but when there's sound from one of these 2 directions, it creates sound all around the dead spot. (my experience)

I hope we someday get Surround Sound Headphones that fill in those 2 complete dead spots.

7.1 surround headphones simply mix the subwoofer sound over the main channels. The bass from headphones is completely different from subwoofer bass. Here is an explanation: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20052790-47.html

I've never heard of lasers to do surround sound. There are 2 types of surround sound headphones, both with pros and cons, both not as good as using speakers. (Althought the neighbours will disagree on that point)
http://ca.ign.com/articles/2010/08/02/surround-sound-headphones-explained

The 3DS only supports virtual surround over a standard headphone jack, maybe your headphones can enhance that a bit, but there is no native 6 channel surround sound coming from a 3DS. What I can find on the subject is that it is for use with the built in speakers:
the surround sound is actually virtualized by the built-in speakers if you hold the 3DS at the proper distance and angle. I checked it out, and it basically makes it sound like there’s another two speakers right next to your ears.

The Plantronics Gamecom 777 is of the virtual surround variety through dolby audio processing. You get a lot more out of those using the USB connector with a PC. The headphone jack in the 3DS is only a stereo connection.
It is still vastly preferable to the standard shitty PC speakers. No matter how I set it up, the so called 'subwoofer' that came with them always starts resonating horibly at certain frequencies.