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(More customer reviews)I bought 2 sets of these headphones for the main purpose of evening TV viewing for both my wife and I once our son was put to bed.
I have connected these to the Optical out on my Pioneer AV receiver (thankfully there are 2 optical outs) which is hooked up to my PS3 and HTPC.
The sound is simply amazing, the voice is crisp, the surround sound captivates you and the headphones are extremely comfortable to wear. In terms of sound quality, I do not think any thing beats them.
The reason I have only given these a 4 star is the lack of features.
1) The preset modes (Cinema / Game / Voice) are terrible. The sound produces a cave like echo.
2) These do not work well with the Asus HDAV 1.3 via optical out. The sound produces a cave like echo on all settings. I am now using the X-Fi Titanium via optical out, which works fine.
3) This is more of an annoying global problem. A HDMI device will not output sound through Optical. You have to connect both HDMI and Optical inputs to receive Video and Audio. (PLease correct me if I am wrong)
4) The single most annoying feature, and one that is the cause of 4 star is lack of additional headphone support. Unless someone can correct me, (To which I hope happens) 1 headphone to 1 Processing unit) this is crazy. The MDR DS 6000 allowed additional headsets, why not this? Not all people who use headphones are using them alone. It is a good thing my AV receiver supports 2 optical out puts otherwise I would have had to search for an optical splitter.
My conclusion is
Pros
- When paired with the right equipment, the sound is amazing
- Comfortable to wear.
Cons
-No additional headphone support.
-Setup is not easy if you want to connect them to multiple devices through an AV receiver.
-very small lag between video and audio, just enough to notice.
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