True surround headphones for Counter Strike players

Mar 30, 2007 07:13 GMT  ·  By

Terratec touts that its Headset Master 5.1 USB offers true surround sound thanks to its built-in 5.1 speaker set-up. That's something that is difficult to achieve considering that all the speakers are located close to each other. This might suit your desires if you happen to be an avid FPS gamer. The USB powered headset is actually targeted at hard core gamers.

Soon after you hook this true surround "item" into a USB 2.0 on your PC, you'll have to install the tools and drivers. Then, you can adjust the "system" using multiple set-up options. You can even make your voice sound like a monster's or a woman's voice. It has a decent surround sound effect, a neat microphone and it's suprisingly comfortble. The device looks useful for those stressed die-hard Counter-Strike players. It offers realistic sound helping players to better listen to the steps made by approaching virtual enemies. The sound is good and tweaking the volume of the 5 channels while "going for the kill" could help you hear enemies and also avoid attacks coming from behind. Hostage rescue or Bomb Defusal should be easy tasks. If you do get killed faster than you did in the games where you didn't used true a surround headset, then you must be almost def. Anyway, headphones can make you really "achieve" total deafness if they're not used properly; so think twice when trying to adjust the volume. Tertec said that the device should do well for both games and films. I wonder if the device will be helpfull for WOW players. You can buy the Terratec Headset Master 5.1 USB for 40 pounds.

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