Can you recommend a decent low-cost headphone amplifier and surround sound processor? I used to have a Sennheiser DSP which did Dolby Pro-Logic decoding and headphone simulation, and am looking for something like that, but for Dolby Digital.
I'd like to be able to play games and watch DVDs on the Xbox 360 without disturbing my wife too much by using the TV speakers. I have a nice set of Sennheiser headphones that I'd like to use, but there's no receiver in that room--the Xbox is hooked straight up to the TV via HDMI, and while the TV has digital and analog audio passthrough outputs, it doesn't have a headphone jack. I do have a portable headphone amp I can use, but it doesn't do any sort of surround decoding/emulation, which would be nice for movies and I understand would make some of my gaming experience much better.
I don't care about in-game headset functionality; I'm not playing multiplayer games much.
Some products I've been able to find that look like they might fit the bill are:
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JVC SU-DH1
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A40 MixAmp
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Sony MDR-DS1000
These also look promising, but I can't find any for sale, even on eBay:
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Thrustmaster T510
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LTB MG-AC3FX
While I'm mostly interested in something I can use with my existing headphones, I'm open to the possibility of using headphones with multiple drivers per ear, such as the
Tritton AX Pro or
AX360. I'm not too interested in wireless sets--these won't ever be used outside of normal corded range. But it does look like most everything on the market right now is wireless, so if there are any suggestions there, that's cool. The Pioneer SE-DIR800C looks good, but at $250-$300 is about twice what I was hoping to spend.
So, has anyone used any of these? Or something better? Any recommendations? Thanks!
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Just browsing, they have a whole forum dedicated to headphone amps.
posted by Susurration at 12:52 PM on January 22