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Sennheiser headphone/headset sounds pretty good. (Helmet idea for sound-isolation, getting rid of external sounds)
Hello,
Since a couple of days now my surround sound set (gigaworks s750) is DEAD and thus I have been using my Sennheiser Headphone/Headset to play games with and to listen to music and I like to share with you some of my experiences with it/so far: 1. I have noticed some sounds in Company of Heroe's Tales of Valor which I didn't really notice that much or at all with the surround sound set. For example soldiers talking to each other... (They do so very quietly and probably requires zooming into them... but still)... I have noticed these kinds of weaker sounds much better on the headphone then on the surround sound set... so that's something I kinda like about the headphone... it makes all weaker sounds come out a bit better. I am not sure why that is... One reason could be that the back speakers were maybe on a slightly lower volume or maybe because they are farther away... or maybe it's just the distance from the speakerset to the ear... that makes the weaker sounds less hearable... not so with the headphone... everything will be noticeable ! One last example from Company of Heroe's Tales of Valor which made this perfectly clear to me: The special forces barracks makes a zooming sound when producing units... I never really noticed this sound with the surround sound set... it's a weak sound but it's definetly there ! So I did notice this on the headphone... and this was mildly annoying though... so it can depend on the sound itself if it's an adventage or not. 2. Same thing with music... I can notice some sounds which I would not hear that well or at all with the speaker set... probably again all kinds of weaker sounds. So that's kinda interesting as well. 3. I kinda like the fact that my neighbour now don't hear my music or noises or whatever... it makes it more peacefull for them and thus hopefully more peacefull for me. 4. The high frequency sounds sound sometimes even better than the surround sound set... but then mostly maybe slightly less... so I would say the quality compared to the surround sound set for high sounds is 99% of quality for the headphone... sometimes maybe even beyond. This is good news for people that don't want a surround sound set but still want to enjoy high frequency sounds. 5. The headphone is ofcourse mostly stereo... but even in a game like Call of Juarez I can notice a little bit of surround sound... I am not sure if this is real or if I am imagining things... but I think it was most definetly real... it was "weak" but noticeable... front/back was probably weakly noticeable. 6. The worst thing is with the low sounds... the bass sounds... those sound garbled and noisy... and here is where the headphone/headset loses tremendous ammounts of terrain/quality on the surround sound set... Here the headphone only scores like 1% of the surround sound set... So here is where the surround sound set with it's subwoofer definetly wins with easy/hands down ! 7. Also having to wear a headset all the time... with or without cord that doesn't matter much but what does matter is the heat arround the ears... they can get a little bit warmer... and it starts to itch a little bit on the top of my head after playing 10 hours of Call of Juarez or so ! Yes 102 hours non-stop ! 8. I feel slight pain on my left ear... I am not sure why that is... maybe it's from magnetic fields from the headphone/headset ? Or maybe it's because my left ear is getting a bit warmer ? Or maybe it's trying to adept to the new sound ? Or maybe I just didn't sleep well the pass few days.. who knows... but I think it has probably something to do with the headphone/headset. So that's why I am getting a bit worried and that's why I ultimately do want a surround sound set: The main reasons for me to want a surround sound set and not a headphone/headset is: 1. Better low frequency sounds (Bass and such). (But slightly less better high frequency sounds.) 2. No magnetic fields around my ears/brain ?!? I am not sure what the magnetic fields of headphone/headsets is ? I should investigate this... because I feel slight brain pain Now suddenly in my right brain hehe... am I imagining it ? Or is my brain getting nuked ?!? 3. More freedom, can dance on my floor, my neighbours too lol... no just kidding... less heat around my ears, less itches on top of my head... also less pain in my neck... maybe wearing this headphone/headset could cause slightly neck pain because I wanna stay close to my computer as to not jerk it off my head or so... though the cord is long enough... it's just something psychologically I guess... or maybe just an excuse. Also I could hit myself in the face with the headphone... when putting it on... cause sometimes I put it off again... so that's also a drawback... putting on/putting off etc... I watch many web video's too.. maybe websites have video's nowadays... The only real big adventage of the headphone is: 1. Almost nobody else can hear it... unless they standing right next to it... and even then it will be difficult for them to hear anything ! (Lowering the volume and they will hear nothing and you will still hear plenty) Final words: I don't know what type the sennheiser headphone is... I bought it some years ago... not sure when I bought it... maybe I could find out if anyone is interesting in it's specific model though I doubt anyone is ! There are probably also already newer/hopefully better models out there... 2. Actually there is another slight adventage for the headphone... it filters out sounds from the surrounding... like outside and neighbours and such because of the ear dempers... so I feel more isolated/away from the real world... and more into my own world which is kinda peacefull to experience ! I think headphone producers could try to exploit this fact and produce something which filters out even more of the surrounding sounds... like car/bus traffic... Maybe they can place "recorders" on the left and right ear... and record the sound coming from outside and then play it back from the outside of the headphone to cancel the sounds against each other... I once saw something about such a technique on the discovery channel ?! If that complex solution fails, is a bad idea or is to weird/wacky or to expensive then ofcourse another more simple idea could be to try and build a helmet which the user places on it's head and hopefully completely isolates the user. When the helmet is placed on the user's head the user should hear absolutely nothing from the outside ?! That would be totally awesome ! Then all sounds played would be truely pure and levitate/take it to a higher level !?! Would I myself be interested in such a helmet is fair question to ask: I think the answer could be a surprising: definetly... But there would be catches: 1. It should not make my head warm. 2. It should not make my brain cancerous No magnetic fields or very low ones. 3. It should not make my head sweaty. 4. It should have better bass then my current headphone I myself face a lot of outside noise disturbances... so wearing a helmet without a speaker inside of it my actually be an interesting idea but itself... or maybe some ear plugs... But I don't think ear plugs will help... I think the sounds from outside go through my brain's skull as well... and therefore they still enter my skull. It would be interesting if there was a helmet which really stopped all sounds from outside ?! Hmmmm... I feel privileged that I have experience something like that even if it's only 1 to 5%. Goodbye, Skybuck. |
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Sennheiser headphone/headset sounds pretty good. (Helmet idea for sound-isolation, getting rid of external sounds)
However this idea of a helmet which isolates the user from it's surroundings
also scares me a little bit: 1. What if there is a fire in the building and everybody's screaming to get out (or fire alarms) ?!? You might not hear it and be burned to death. 2. What if somebody else is screaming for help... then you cannot help them (( 3. What if a war breaks out and the sirenes go off... I can barely hear them inside my appartment... a helmet would make them unhearable... but then again... when a war breaks out... what to do... where to go ? Well I do know of a bombshelter in my neighbourhood... that's probably the safest place to go... question is will they let me in lol ? Do they even know about that it exists ? It's kinda a secret ! :P* 4. What if the phones go... 5. What if a burgular breaks in... So there are already 5 good reasons why a helmet could be a bad idea... but then again this is up to the user to decide. If the user really wants some piece and quietness and absolutely no inteference from outside then this could be heaven/a blessing That's the price to pay/the risk to take for putting on the helmet Bye, Skybuck. |
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Sennheiser headphone/headset sounds pretty good. (Helmet ideafor sound-isolation, getting rid of external sounds)
Skybuck Flying wrote:
Hello, Since a couple of days now my surround sound set (gigaworks s750) is DEAD and thus I have been using my Sennheiser Headphone/Headset to play games [MASSIVE SNIP] Why on earth do you think that people in six different groups want to see this drivel? -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Sennheiser headphone/headset sounds pretty good. (Helmet idea for sound-isolation, getting rid of external sounds)
Skybuck Flying wrote:
2. No magnetic fields around my ears/brain ?!? I am not sure what the magnetic fields of headphone/headsets is ? I should investigate this... because I feel slight brain pain Now suddenly in my right brain hehe... am I imagining it ? Or is my brain getting nuked ?!? I think you'll find /your/ brain has been nuked for a long time matey. maybe wearing this headphone/headset could cause slightly neck pain because I wanna stay close to my computer as to not jerk it off my head or Oh, you're a jerkoff alright. -- SteveH |
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