What are Surround Sound Headphones?
Surround sound headphones attempt to create an acoustic multi-channel experience using only headphone cups. Each ear cup includes discreetly placed, multiple speakers for creating the impression of sound coming from different directions. Surround sound headphones must be used with devices that provide multi-channel tracks in order to get the surround sound effect. This might be a PC sound card with 5.1 capability for gaming, music and movies, or a home entertainment center featuring surround sound. The 5.1 speaker configuration in an external setting consists of two front speakers placed to the left and right, a center speaker placed directly in front of the listener, two rear speakers placed to the left and right, and a subwoofer for frequencies too low to be faithfully reproduced by standard speakers. Placement of the subwoofer is less important because the ear can’t easily determine direction of low frequency sounds. Instead, these frequencies seems to come from “everywhere.” Surrou
