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YaQuin
09-30-2003, 07:25 AM
Interesting concept. I wonder what the fidelity is like?

http://www.tomshardware.com/video/20030926/

http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/ZM-RS6F.htm
Dave
09-30-2003, 10:57 AM
Did you find a price for these anywhere GS?

They do look kind of cool.
Lord Hawthorne
09-30-2003, 12:32 PM
I tried most of the quadraphonic headphones that came out, and kept the Koss, but not even those gave a ghost of front/rear spatial ambience that I could detect. Maybe my ears were pinned back too often.
Were blind tests ever conducted with quad headphones?
YaQuin
10-01-2003, 07:43 AM
Originally posted by Dave
Did you find a price for these anywhere GS?

They do look kind of cool.

Dave, about $45 U.S. from zalmanusa.com
PMC7027
10-01-2003, 08:04 AM
Does anyone make a 5.1 channel headphone amplifier? It might be interesting, since my music system is 2 channel, to hook my Sony SCD-XA777Es directly to a 5.1 channel headphone amp and try these so I can experience surround from my SACD collection.
RetroSmith
10-01-2003, 12:41 PM
That was my question, what do you plug these into? The headphone jack of my 6.1 reciever in just stereo!!
PMC7027
10-01-2003, 12:45 PM
The picture out on the Zalman web site shows plugging them into three (3) headphone jacks on a PC aound card or 5.1 channel headphone amplifier.
mudbone
10-01-2003, 12:54 PM
Here's the hookup instructions. Seems you need an amp sold seperately (of course)

http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/ZM-RS6F.htm

The phones have 3 jacks which hook into the fromt of the 5.1 amp (sold seperately, of course) which connect to your Mch receiver.

mud-