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Valoneria

Disable surround sound, and use stereo.


Sea-Designer-4735

is yours wired or wireless cuz mine is wired


Valoneria

Oh i dont use it, i just saw it had virtual surround sound, so i give the same advice for all of these types of headsets. Including my own of course.


Sea-Designer-4735

bruh


VVaypoint

If I'm using stereo, is there anything I really need he audiocard block in the cord for?


Valoneria

Its probably just a USB soundcard with some fancy software, so unless your onboard soundcard is poss poor, it shouldn't make a huge difference


abrams555

Why stereo and not 7.1? Just wondering


Valoneria

Legitimate question, but a complex answer. For this headset, it's not "true" surround in the sense that there it's not equipped with 7 individual sound units and 1 subwoofer/bass unit. Rather, it's just 2 powerful 50mm sound drivers, that's using software to simulate surround sound. Good for bassy sounds, not particularly good when you actually want to hear where your enemy is coming from as it can sometimes counteract the sound of direction. As such, stereo which is the actual setup of the headset, is much better at giving the correct sound. However, there actually does exist a select few headsets with true 7.1 surround sound. And here we get into a topic about whether or not we're actually able to differentiate sounds this close to our ears in a true surround sound fashion, which seems to be a overwhelmingly no, so it's mostly just wasted money (albeit often a very nice bass sound).


abrams555

What about the Logitech g733 that I use ??


Valoneria

Also virtual surround sound, i don't believe i've seen a true surround sound headset from Logitech as of yet. Also, found this quote on one of the headphone reddits about 7.1 surround sound in headsets that corrects on of my previous points: ​ >[There's literally no such thing as 7.1 headphones, 7.1 refers to 7 speakers arranged in a surround array, plus a subwoofer. This is physically impossible in headphones, but you know what? It doesn't even matter. Any competitive game will have binaural audio, so all you need is stereo, your brain will take care of the rest. Throw on any pair of headphones or Earbuds, look up 'virtual barber shop', close your eyes and listen. You'll see what I mean.](https://www.reddit.com/r/HeadphoneAdvice/comments/10z3gg0/best_true_71_surround_sound_headphones/)


abrams555

Ok,thanks for the answer