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In general, Creative does headphone jacks well, and is one of the best at headphone surround. It seems like this model does more of a spacialization "two-channel out front" kind of headphone DSP rather than headphone surround, I prefer the latter but the former can be a pleasant effect and is better suited for music. EDIT: This can decode Dolby bitstreams sent over Optical, and does full headphone surround in that situation. When fed 2-channel information, the DSP can at least help take the sound “out of your head” and make it sound more speaker-like.
I bought a pair of Logitech for my wife (performing Zumba fitness) and they sounded surprisingly good for the price, but it's not too hard to improve on that, and I feel that if this Katana sounds anything on the level of Creative's iRoar, then it should sound crisper and louder than the Logitech.