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Fantastic for surround sound movies and concert videos,
September 25, 2008 L. C. Rafsky (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: beyerdynamic Headzone Home 5.1 Surround Sound System with Head Tracking (Electronics)
This breakthrough technology is not cheap, but boy is it good. If you have never experienced headtracking headphones, you are in for a surprise. With a DTS or Dolby soundtrack, you hear real surround sound through headphones. Nothing fake or processed about this audio!
The brain senses depth in both visual and sound processing using small head movements. With regular headphones, if you turn your head, the music moves too -- the brain rejects this as fake, which is why there is no illusion of depth. But with headtracking, if you move your head, the magicians (OK, audio engineers) at beyerdynamics adjust the sound in real-time to keep it oriented correctly.
Put a CD (even 2-channel audio) of a female vocalist on. She appears right in front of you, equal sound in both ears. Now turn you head -- with this unit, the voice stays where it was, and when your head is 90 degrees, you hear her only out of one ear!
The net effect is a real 3-d soundstage...Read more
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