Surround headphones

[Elite Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Wood Ghost

I think I'm going to try these. They have 50 mm speakers so maybe decent bass, separate volume control for chat & game sound. They also include Dolby digital so the surround will at least be there a little. They have an optical that you can hook up to the 360 or your amp.
XBOX 360 Wireless Dolby Surround Sound Headset - Ear Force X4

Id like to have those for the wireless function. Mine are very cool because of the placement of 4 speakers in each ear the surround sound is very acurate as far as I can tell but they are a bit big and a lil heavy. But its easy to tell if the bad guy is up down in front or behind and of couse left or right, but like I say with the new wireless phone becoming affordable id say thats the way to go. Tell me how you like them.

[lovekeiiy]

I know what you mean cause. I have a second set of headphones and amp for lighter travel. I have Etymotic ER-4S (ear canal headphones), which are going for about $200, and a Total Airhead Amp (portable headphone amp), which goes for $100. I use it a lot at Raiders games. I get annoyed listening to arm chair QB/coaches at games.

I really like ear canal headphones because they are noise canceling without the need for batteries and so forth. Some poeple don't like them, but that's because they're not use to stuff in their ears. Since I worked in a call and had a custom fitted ear piece, it didn't bother me. My headphones cut out 90% of noise at the games, which I really appreciated when I had a cold hit me at one of the games; I refused to leave the game.

[Wood Ghost]

XBOX 360 Wireless Dolby Surround Sound Headset - Ear Force X4
I've had these for a while now. Pretty good. Lets me listen to movie or play games at night. Some points if interested. You need to use the bass boost or they seem lightweight on bass. If you use them on your PS3 you have to set the PS3 output to Dolby Digital only, that's all they accept. Online the game & chat setting is separate but sometime when the game gets loud you need to up the chat volume even though they supposedly do that automatically. Line of site only, step out of the room no sound. When listening to a movie I would like them to go a little louder, but I normally listen to movie at a volume that my wife says shakes the windows in the other room. Near full volume in games is fairly loud but you have trouble hearing what others say. You can really hear the explosions echo in RB6. Very comfortable to wear for complete movie or long gaming session. Surround in games and movies is pretty good but not near as good as 5-1 speaker setup.

[dolfan]

Wow, wireless 5.1 headphones are getting cheaper by the day. Wood, I would expect to pay at least $300 to $400 for a pair of headphones like that.