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WildW_UK

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    WildW_UK reacted to The Flying Sloth in What's the state of positional/3D audio (via headphones) on Windows?   
    Just went and copied this from some of my previous answers,
     
     
     
    "We tend to not recommend 'true' 7.1 headsets here because in real life humans only hear in stereo, two ears creating a binaural 3D image using the minuscule delay between ears (due to the speed of sound) and spectral pinnae cues to localise the audio. The much smaller, multiple, drivers in true surround headphones are each less accurate than the two single drivers in stereo headphones while driving up cost for no benefit in applications with binaural stereo (and given Windows sonic can turn any 7.1 source into binaural audio, many applications don't even need that)."
     
     
     
    In short 'virtual surround' is actually more true to life (at least as far as headphones go) than 'true' surround sound. You can use audiophile headphones to hear virtual surround sound.
     
     
     
    In the end it comes down to software implementation, if a developer has used a game engine with binaural audio or not and whether or not they're expecting windows sonic to do the conversion from 7.1 for you because windows sonic isn't exactly perfect....
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    WildW_UK got a reaction from gloop in Experiences with non-techies   
    There needs to be a secret pass-phrase you can use on tech-support calls to identify yourself as tech-savvy so you can skip all the stupid steps you've already tried. Or someone needs to tell me what it is if it already exists.
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    WildW_UK reacted to Koeshi in Experiences with non-techies   
    Shibboleet.
     
    Whether the provider actually follows it or not is varied, but I know of at least one company that does (or at least they used to, don't know if it still applies).
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    WildW_UK reacted to Eschew in Experiences with non-techies   
    LTTStore.com
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    WildW_UK got a reaction from Letgomyleghoe in Experiences with non-techies   
    There needs to be a secret pass-phrase you can use on tech-support calls to identify yourself as tech-savvy so you can skip all the stupid steps you've already tried. Or someone needs to tell me what it is if it already exists.
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    WildW_UK got a reaction from soldier_ph in Experiences with non-techies   
    There needs to be a secret pass-phrase you can use on tech-support calls to identify yourself as tech-savvy so you can skip all the stupid steps you've already tried. Or someone needs to tell me what it is if it already exists.
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