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7.1 Surround From Your Headphones

October 19th, 2007 by: Technabob


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If you’re on the road with your laptop and missing your theater setup at home, here’s a way to capture a bit of that big surround sound feel on the cheap.

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The Virtual 7.1 Channel Adapter plugs into your USB port and adds virtual surround to your current PC audio system. Special driver software, called Xear 3D simulates 7.1 channel sound through just two speakers or headphones.

While I’m sure it’s not as good as a real 7.1 speaker setup, the device and software bundle is just $15, so it’s not a big investment if it really does what it says.

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Comments (6):

  1. Frank says:

    Hey, paypal me 10 bucks and I’ll make your sound richer!

    I mean, I’m sure it is not as good as a real system, but it is just ten bucks so it is no big investment…

  2. Lewis says:

    Must convert the 7.1 signal to binaural. No reason why this shouldn’t sound just as good as 7.1 if implemented properly.

  3. don says:

    So, how you do you get 7.1 sound out of a stereo signal?
    Oh right, you don’t, you cant ‘make up’ or ‘emulate’ 4 channels of non-existent audio signal.

    I call shenanigans .

  4. Stephen E. says:

    so my guess is, that it will run a 7,1 surround crossover and implement a delay between the front mid rear and sub channels

  5. jas says:

    the guy that posted this article is an idiot

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