I recently got this headset, and wow is it good. My only issue is when certain people talk on discord, I can hear a really high pitched ringing. I fiddled with a bunch of settings, computer audio and discord, and nothing seems to solve the issue. It is primarily if not all in my right ear only. Is there something wrong with my headset, or was that ringing always there I can just hear it cause the headset is THAT good? I haven't had any issues with any other application, though I have yet to test if I can hear the ringing on a different version of discord, say on my xbox instead of my pc. Only other issue I've had is occasional static, but I can't tell if it's from the headset or the show/game/etc.
Apr 24, 2024
For music, I don't care for it. Too much spacialization and the one track has so much reverb it sounds like I'm listening in a bathroom. Give me a touch of crossfeed and that's plenty of "moving the sound out of my head" for me. A good mix can really go a long way and shouldn't need a lot of post processing. Sex In A Pan by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones is one of my favorite songs to listen to for good soundstage on headphones, because the mix is done very well. Since my primary genres of music, electronic and indie rock/alt, don't really favor simulated surround, it's not really a selling point for me.
For movies, the effect is definitely more immersing. I didn't do an A/B/X comparison, but Yamaha's Silent Cinema on my receiver has a fairly good HTF (head transfer function) as well as my Astro Mixamp's Dolby Headphone and Asus DX Dolby Headphone profiles. Since these are hardware solutions (or at least HW/SW combo), the latency produced is extremely low, versus the OoYHS software latency figure quoted in the discussion.
I guess I can see where this software solution may fit in. Heck, at one point I was searching for this exact thing, but with gaming in mind. That's how I ended up buying the Astro Mixamp. Definitely a niche for it, it's just not really for me. Thanks for the demos and good luck improving your software solution to surround simulation!