Fatty April 13, 2005 Author Share Fatty GC Founder April 13, 2005 LTB LTB-USB-M USB 5.1 surround sound Headset -RETAIL <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ooo! Well, I just recieved these headfones, and they sound wonderful. Games, such as Half Life 2, Doom 3, Call of Duty, and Day of Defeat all sound great. When I play, I can pretty much pinpoint where ever... See complete review>Well, I just recieved these headfones, and they sound wonderful. Games, such as Half Life 2, Doom 3, Call of Duty, and Day of Defeat all sound great. When I play, I can pretty much pinpoint where everyone is with the sound. Its amazing. If you are thinking about getting these. Get them. I have tried these on two computers and my better one has conflicts with the drivers, and it pops and cracks every few minutes, but on the other computer its perfectly fine. THETAXI-BX395,1/16/2005 7:02:24 PM CoD, MoH, Doom 3, ALL GAMES ARE BETTER NOW! You can hear where your enemies are coming from, how far the battle is, where you are being shot from... without waking your entire neighborhood! These are ... See complete review> sounding good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty April 13, 2005 Author Share Fatty GC Founder April 13, 2005 Aight, I read a couple more reviews on that too... Man, if someone can't counter those, Brillow wins and I order today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty April 13, 2005 Author Share Fatty GC Founder April 13, 2005 ONly 8/10 here..... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=142&num=1 A good review by one dewd....talking right up my alley tho: http://www.hardextreme.org/?m=show&id=555 Man, is this the only surround sound headset? If hearing = 80% of my game now....this might take me to 90%....add 20% luck and I'm playing at 110%, which is where I should be anyways, right? WOooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 April 13, 2005 Share shep48 Member April 13, 2005 can someone explain 5.1 surround out of 2 speakers i dont get it.. is it simulated? doesnt make sense, if something happens behind you, it still has to go in the left or right speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty April 13, 2005 Author Share Fatty GC Founder April 13, 2005 it's not 2 speakers, dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 April 13, 2005 Share shep48 Member April 13, 2005 i see said the blind man, Independent Speaker Chambers: Yes / 6 might have to take mine back, these look good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage April 13, 2005 Share Guest zerodamage Guests April 13, 2005 I am going to try and explain a bit of how USB headphones work in regards to performance. They WILL impact performance a tiny ammount because they are NOT using the hardware of your soundcard. The CPU and any DSP or digital signal processor on the headphones is doing all of the work. So some of these are better than others and most will not be as good as having a great sound card and normal high quality headphones while those with crappy onboard sound or crappy sound cards will get better sound from the headphones that Brillow linked due to the onboard DSP and the use of the CPU. Plus, they are fully digital in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage April 13, 2005 Share Guest zerodamage Guests April 13, 2005 As for the bottom review that Fatty linked to, this is it. http://www.3dxtreme.net/index.php?id=ltbusb-m3 Really lacked any real testing and we need to go on what the review stated at the end. I am interested now though for I am using some cheap piece of crap at the moment as my Microsoft gaming headset fell to pieces after 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruten April 13, 2005 Share Kruten Member April 13, 2005 can someone explain 5.1 surround out of 2 speakers i dont get it.. is it simulated?doesnt make sense, if something happens behind you, it still has to go in the left or right speaker. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Something is just wrong with your settings then. I had that problem for a while with mine, but I finally got it working. Don't remember which thing it was a changed that fixed it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation April 13, 2005 Share ConGregation Member April 13, 2005 I have heard that USB headphones and speakers drain a lot on the CPU. Just something I have read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campkillyorself April 13, 2005 Share campkillyorself Member April 13, 2005 Is there any way to add a mic to an already existing set of headphones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage April 13, 2005 Share Guest zerodamage Guests April 13, 2005 I have heard that USB headphones and speakers drain a lot on the CPU. Just something I have read. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They do if they do not have a dedicated built in DSP like one of the pairs mentioned in this thread already. Not sure if the ones Brillow posted do or not though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashad April 13, 2005 Share Rashad Member April 13, 2005 Is there any way to add a mic to an already existing set of headphones? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> One could duck tape a mic to a headset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty April 13, 2005 Author Share Fatty GC Founder April 13, 2005 Yes, that was what I was gonna say, tropical me. Hmmm...this USB against my CPU has me concerned..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless April 13, 2005 Share Clueless GC Alumni April 13, 2005 My Sennheisers dont use alot of CPU power at all, just a couple percent. And the onboard sound when used as USB is absolutely awesome, I hear things with these that I never heard before with my others. The USB portion actually unplugs with these and you can use them as a std set of headphones if you wish, but the sound is too good, so I left the USB alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 April 13, 2005 Share shep48 Member April 13, 2005 (edited) i dont think thats a problem if they have a built in digital sound processor, i think thats dsp Edited April 13, 2005 by shep48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty April 13, 2005 Author Share Fatty GC Founder April 13, 2005 Does any sound you have (onboard or a card) have anything to do with USB sound? I don't think it does. Shep, which has DSP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless April 13, 2005 Share Clueless GC Alumni April 13, 2005 Mine has it's own sound built it, they can be used on a PC with no sound capabilities, and work great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 April 13, 2005 Share shep48 Member April 13, 2005 (edited) LTB LTB-USB-M USB 5.1 surround sound Headset "Unfortunately, the lack of Linux support with the USB AC97 audio decoder is a bit of a setback to us Linux users. However, the need for no external sound card should be appealing to many Windows and Macintosh users," Edited April 13, 2005 by shep48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 April 13, 2005 Share shep48 Member April 13, 2005 (edited) LTB sound drivers "The problem with this method is that when you install the specialized drivers, they overtake your sound card drivers, making your speaker systems and other audio accessories completely unworkable. This means that either you will have to pick these headphones over your dedicated speaker system or you will have to uninstall and reinstall drivers back-and-forth to terminate this particular and rather annoying problem." Edited April 13, 2005 by shep48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless April 13, 2005 Share Clueless GC Alumni April 13, 2005 LTB sound drivers "The problem with this method is that when you install the specialized drivers, they overtake your sound card drivers, making your speaker systems and other audio accessories completely unworkable. This means that either you will have to pick these headphones over your dedicated speaker system or you will have to uninstall and reinstall drivers back-and-forth to terminate this particular and rather annoying problem." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have no such issue either, I would just hate for you to get freaked out over the USB sound deal, I plugged mine in and they worked good, with no problems what so ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillow_Head April 13, 2005 Share Brillow_Head Member April 13, 2005 (edited) interesting, I'm thinking the -M USB version of the LTB has its only built in DSP, but the vanilla 5.1's with the stereo jacks do not...more research required. linkie to product spec pdf It says USB adapter with integrated multi-channel chip sound card & headphone amplifier...YAY Edited April 13, 2005 by Brillow_Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 April 13, 2005 Share shep48 Member April 13, 2005 ok im getting them, mine are going back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty April 13, 2005 Author Share Fatty GC Founder April 13, 2005 Gonna give it a shot me thinks. I will let you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 April 14, 2005 Share shep48 Member April 14, 2005 good info and pics here tigerdirect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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