** OcUK 2 WEEK UK EXCLUSIVE - IN STOCK NOW - RAZER TIAMAT GAMING HEADSETS **

tempted to buy the 7.1s as i love my roccat kaves but true 7.1, would love a review of the bass levels as i find the roccats lack big time.
 
orderoftheflame said:
Sure they do..

Amazed that gaming companies are still trying to push these gimmick surround headsets. :( I thought most of them had given over to doing it the nice way with Dolby Headphone / CMSS:3D type emulation?
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Erm, emulated 5.1/7.1 is not that good... it has a whole host of problems because it has to trick the ears. Don't know why you think emulated surround sound is superior to true surround sound.
 
Bobisuruncle54 said:
Erm, emulated 5.1/7.1 is not that good... it has a whole host of problems because it has to trick the ears. Don't know why you think emulated surround sound is superior to true surround sound.
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Except it's not tricking your ears, it's doing what they expect... That's how your ears work in real life. They hear the same sound out of phase and at different volumes and interpret the direction it came from.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_localization

Why do you say it "has a whole host of problems"? Is it based in any research or proof? :confused: Cramming five small speakers slightly in front or behind of your ears is tricking them if anything is. We have two ears not ten.


I think it's better because I've used plenty of true surround and emulated sets alike, and have seen the theory behind the emulated sets. Give me a nice high quality stereo pair of sennheisers and some Dolby Headphone any day of the week frankly.
 
Uh, have you ever looked into the subject? Obviously not.

You are aware that to create virtual surround sound samples have to be taken from a true surround setup first, then algorithms have to create to fool your ear into thinking there are more sources?! Having "only" two ears has nothing to do with it, simulated surround sound is just that, simulated. I don't know why you think it's a superior solution and it's never going to be as accurate as a properly configurated surround sound system
 
Bobisuruncle54 said:
Uh, have you ever looked into the subject? Obviously not.
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More than you have apparently, that article is in relation to bouncing sound off walls to create virtual surround sound in rooms, not headphones.

Virtual surround in a room is a completely different ballgame to surround emulation technology like Dolby Headphone and CMSS:3D, and mostly irrelevant to the point.

Bobisuruncle54 said:
You are aware that to create virtual surround sound samples have to be taken from a true surround setup first, then algorithms have to create to fool your ear into thinking there are more sources?!
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Yes. I'm not sure why you seem to think that's a negative thing? It does it for a reason.. It's trying to deliver the sound that your ears expect to hear, not the sound that a home theater would pump out meters from your ears, which is what the source is and why home theater needs setting up properly.

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Having "only" two ears has nothing to do with it
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It's got everything to do with it given how your ears interpret directional sound. Heck even the article you posted explains inter-aural differences if you go to the page before the one you linked. The rest of it is to do with how sound bounces of your body, which is irrelevant to headphones.

Bobisuruncle54 said:
, simulated surround sound is just that, simulated. I don't know why you think it's a superior solution and it's never going to be as accurate as a properly configurated surround sound system
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We're not talking about correctly configuration home theater systems. We're talking about headphones. It's night and day difference imo, hence why Dolby Headphone and the like is getting great press on this forum and across the internet, and several of these companies producing gaming headsets (Turtle beach, Sharkoon, Triton and Logitech for sure), are creating products using it now.

Getting a load of tiny tinny speakers and cramming them fore and aft of your ears will do nothing for quality to say the least.
 
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Eames said:
They look...uh.

Surely no one is going to look "cool" wearing these.
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Nobody looks cool wearing nvidia 3d glasses but they still buy them

I certainly don't look cool in my lime green steelseries siberias but then not many people watch me gaming in my house.

The tiamat is actually one of the nicest headsets I have seen for a.while. the pictures don't really do them justice
 
They look incredible...But how a headset 'looks' is not important. Awaiting some reviews by audiophiles, as with most stuff i find from Razor it's usually gimmicky and over priced. Will be interesting to see how these sum up against other £150 headsets such as the Sennheiser PC360's.
 
Guys

I have a small announcement to make.

We have less than a days worth of stock of the Tiamat left. Sales have proven more popular than even Razer themselves have anticipated.

Because of this, there has been a slight delay on the arrival of the next allocation.

we are anticipating the next lot of Tiamat 7.1 headsets to arrive on 25th or 26th of June.

the period of exclusivity for OcUK has also been extended to accommodate this delay so we advise anyone wanting a headset ASAP to buy now, and anyone looking for a guarantee on the headset should place a pre order when we run out of stock to secure your set.

we will switch the product over to pre order when the remaining stock is gone and all pre orders will be fulfilled without fail.

Apologies to anyone that this inconveniences, I can assure you all that myself at OcUK ,Razer and their distributors are doing everything we can to get these in as soon as physically possible.

If I hear anything sooner, I will let you know.

Rich
 
Just got my Tiamat 7.1 and they sound great. but the base is very bad. in bf3 the explosions dont sound like they have much base at all. i re installed windows latest creative drivers. no joy. even when i turn the sub up full it really is very poor. anyone else having this problem. :(
The base seems like treble its that bad.
 
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Hey bud, just got mine too,

there seems to be like no bass at all, i did tweak a little bit managed to get some back but then lost it again.

It also sounds.. kind of echoey as well as fuzzy not the clearest would you agree?
 
haha , yeah it took me ages to see that my soundcard didnt like where i put the slots. still all working now, apart from the soundcard i bought from OC , came broken so need to return that.
 
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