Hello:

I read about 5.1 headphones "Zalman Theaatre 6"; they use 3 positioned
speakers in each headphone, hence marketing as "real surround". That looked
like the right thing to do, so I purchased them.

Tried, and heard absolutely zero difference between front and rear channel;
though I verified that indeed only the front speaker was playing the frong
signal, same with rear (used .wav files from Maven Wizard; Microsoft also
has a test at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXP/w...er/51audio.asp).
When on the head, the front and rear signals sound somewhat differently, but
I couldn't say which is where if I didn't know.

It would be interesting to hear others' opinions.

Regards

bat wrote:
Hello:

I read about 5.1 headphones "Zalman Theaatre 6"; they use 3
positioned
speakers in each headphone, hence marketing as "real surround". That
looked
like the right thing to do, so I purchased them.

Tried, and heard absolutely zero difference between front and rear
channel;
though I verified that indeed only the front speaker was playing the
frong
signal, same with rear (used .wav files from Maven Wizard; Microsoft
also
has a test at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXP/w...er/51audio.asp).
When on the head, the front and rear signals sound somewhat
differently, but
I couldn't say which is where if I didn't know.

It would be interesting to hear others' opinions.

Regards

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bat wrote:
Hello:

I read about 5.1 headphones "Zalman Theaatre 6"; they use 3
positioned speakers in each headphone, hence marketing as "real
surround". That looked like the right thing to do, so I purchased
them.

Here's some detailed pictures of them:

http://www.atruereview.com/theatre6/index.php

Tried, and heard absolutely zero difference between front and rear
channel; though I verified that indeed only the front speaker was
playing the frong signal, same with rear (used .wav files from Maven
Wizard; Microsoft also has a test at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXP/w...er/51audio.asp).

All things considered I wonder if these could ever work as they are. I can't
quite figure out what they are for sure.

It appears that they are three more-or-ess separate pairs of headphones in
one. One pair are in the center, and surrounded by more-or-less regure
earmuffs. The other two pairs appear to be in the fore and aft wings that
show up to the left and right of the earmuffs in

http://www.atruereview.com/theatre6/07th.jpg

Is this true?

When on the head, the front and rear signals sound somewhat
differently, but I couldn't say which is where if I didn't know.

I don't know if they could ever work without a lot of work. At minimum some
rematrixing and level-setting of signals seems to be in order. Which jack is
connected to which set of speakers?

It would be interesting to hear others' opinions.

It would be a cold day in San Deigo before I invested a penny in these
things, given what I know about headphone listening.