Many gamers spend a lot of time and money trying to get the sound on their PC to be the best it can be. The money is spent on sound cards and speakers, which can easily get into hundreds of dollars. The time is spent arranging and re-arranging the speakers until everything sounds just right. When it comes time to head out to the next LAN, though, all of that gets left behind. Wouldn't it be great if you could take killer surround sound with you?
LTB (Listen to Believe, clever, isn't it!) thought so, too. That's why they've come out with a set of headphones that you can plug into a USB port and get really good, true, surround sound out of! That's right, you do not nedd a sound card or even on-board sound from your motherboard to get true surround sound in a set of headphones! The LTB USB Pro 5.1 Headphone Set is what we're looking at today, although it's part number on the LTB website is LTB-USB-M. I'd like to thank Jon Miller for the sample used in this review.
Specifications
Let's take a look at the specs for LTB's USB Pro 5.1 Headphone Set, as listed on their website:
Specification:
LTB Headphone:
LTB USB M-Box:
Net Weight (without cord):
170 g (6 ounce)
Net Weight (without cord):
50g (1.76 ounce)
True 5.1 surround sound:
Yes
Box Size:
98 x45 x25 mm
Independent speaker chambers:
Yes / 6
New SafeBass technology:
Yes
Drive Unit (speaker size):
SoundBlaster EAX Compliant:
Yes
Center:
15 mm X2
Volume Control:
Yes
Surround:
15 mm X2
Connection:
USB
Front:
40 mm X2
Power source:
USB
Max Power:
15 m W
Sensitivity:
-103 dB
Impedance:
S/N (signal/Noise):
> 80 dB
Center:
16Ω
T.H.D.
< 0.3%
Surround:
8Ω
Decoder:
AC97 Decoder
Front:
32Ω
Application:
PC, Notebook, Tablet PC, Mac.
Frequency Response:
20Hz—20KHz
T.H.D. (total harmonic distortion):
< 3%
Microphone:
Yes /Detachable
Cord Length:
7 ft
Universal audio adapter:
Yes
The first thing you should notice is that there are six actual speakers in these headphones. That means that you are getting true surround sound, not some gimmicky software approximation of surround sound!
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