Did you read anything that helped you figure out EQs they’ve always been a little annoying to me, and I’ve never found a great guide.You can try these. If the bass is too low, just bump the left two frequencies up a tick.
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
There really isn't a one size fits all when it comes to EQs. Honestly, it would be nice if each game could have its own sound profile.
As for EQ, I am no expert, but you don't need to be for a simple EQ like this one. If you break it down, we are basically looking at the following.
- 125Hz = Bass
- 250Hz = Low Mid
- 1KHz = Mid
- 4KHz = Upper Mid
- 8KHz = High
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
It seems the simultaneous feature isn't with multiple bluetooth devices at once, is that correct? I'm able to connect to my series X (xbox protocol) and my android phone (bluetooth) so I can use both. I am unable to connect to my PC and phone both via bluetooth though, each are able to connect individually when pairing but not simultaneously. Anybody get that sort of thing running reliably?
So far the battery life has been great and they're really comfortable to wear and walk around the house with. On that range is solid too. I did have to move a power adapter away from the back of my PC as it was causing some cut offs of sound, just interference and went back to being rock solid once I moved the power adapter away from the PC tower.
So far the battery life has been great and they're really comfortable to wear and walk around the house with. On that range is solid too. I did have to move a power adapter away from the back of my PC as it was causing some cut offs of sound, just interference and went back to being rock solid once I moved the power adapter away from the PC tower.
THE DUCK
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I dont think it was meant to work with two simultaneous Bluetooth devices.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
You might be right there. I did read something about 4 bluetooth devices in the marketing material though, I guess just switching between. There are other headsets out there that do this though. Hopefully Xbox does a firmware update that enables that sort of feature, it would certainly be useful for my workday.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Xbox and Bluetooth yes. You cannot connect to multiple Bluetooth devices.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
To me the pulse sound better but not by much.
The Xbox headset has great controls how the whole outter ear piece is a dial.
For the price both are great values.
If I had to stay with one that worked for both (just dreaming) it would be the Xbox set just because of the controls
The Xbox headset has great controls how the whole outter ear piece is a dial.
For the price both are great values.
If I had to stay with one that worked for both (just dreaming) it would be the Xbox set just because of the controls
Varteras
Gold Member
If I missed this in the thread already I apologize but I just read that in order to have Dolby Atmos work in the Xbox headset you have to make a one-time purchase of $15 after a 6-month trial is over?
www.purexbox.com
The New Xbox Wireless Headset Comes With 6 Months Of Dolby Atmos
If you buy it before this October
www.purexbox.com
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Wait... what?!If I missed this in the thread already I apologize but I just read that in order to have Dolby Atmos work in the Xbox headset you have to make a one-time purchase of $15 after a 6-month trial is over?
The New Xbox Wireless Headset Comes With 6 Months Of Dolby Atmos
If you buy it before this October
Mofos selling specs as add on DLC now?
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Varteras
Gold Member
Xbox Wireless Headset Comes With Six Months of Dolby Atmos for Free
The new Xbox Wireless Headset comes with a free six month trial of Dolby Atmos as long as it is purchased before a certain date.
gamerant.com
It seems you have to pay for Dolby Atmos which apparently isn't new
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Nickel and dime. At one then, platform holders would eat those licensing costs when they hocked a spec feature in marketing PR.Xbox Wireless Headset Comes With Six Months of Dolby Atmos for Free
The new Xbox Wireless Headset comes with a free six month trial of Dolby Atmos as long as it is purchased before a certain date.
It seems you have to pay for Dolby Atmos which apparently isn't new
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
They never advertised it as free. You pay 14.99 USD to enable Dolby Atmos for headphones across ten devices on the Dolby Access app. Its been like that since 2017 on Xbox One. Everyone knew about the licensing fee.
Experience Your Games in Full Audio Immersion with Windows Sonic and Dolby Atmos Spatial Sound - Xbox Wire
This holiday, not only can you play your games on Xbox One X, the world’s most powerful console, but you also have a broad and diverse lineup of new games to experience – including Forza Motorsport 7, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Assassins’s Creed Origins, Super Lucky’s Tale, and PlayerUnknown’s...
news.xbox.com
Four years later you are getting concerned because you learned of a reason to.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I'm not concerned, I'm criticizing. Sorry not sorry if that offends you.They never advertised it as free. You pay 14.99 USD to enable Dolby Atmos for headphones across ten devices on the Dolby Access app. Its been like that since 2017 on Xbox One. Everyone knew about the licensing fee.
Experience Your Games in Full Audio Immersion with Windows Sonic and Dolby Atmos Spatial Sound - Xbox Wire
This holiday, not only can you play your games on Xbox One X, the world’s most powerful console, but you also have a broad and diverse lineup of new games to experience – including Forza Motorsport 7, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Assassins’s Creed Origins, Super Lucky’s Tale, and PlayerUnknown’s...
Four years later you are getting concerned because you learned of a reason to.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
Criticizing an option that has been there since 2017? Your criticism may have been valid if this feature was free on other platforms.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Why are you so invested in this? Show me on your Xbox where I hurt you.
I didn't know criticism had expiration dates. Conform, citizen!
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Thirty7ven
Banned
Pulse is the new gold.
It's odd this never gets mentioned actually but unless the party system and codec have improved on Ps5 it's not only a lot slower to setup but as you said, the quality is much, much poorer aside.
stitch1
Member
For sure! The PS5 chat system kind of sucks. Not sure why they messed with it.
Dusktildawn48
Member
My arctis 7 works with both consoles, so they'll probably be my thing throughout the entire generation. Plus they are super comfortable and have really good battery life.
stitch1
Member
Why would anyone want to use a wire with a wireless headset?
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Not sure what's the comparison here, but with Pulse 3D on PC you can use the same dongle to have lossless 2.4GHz connection. Also you can use direct AUX to an amp/controller. 3D audio comes for free as well, no extra charge.
The dongle seems to work with the Switch as well.
The dongle seems to work with the Switch as well.
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CamHostage
Member
If the headset sounds good and the gear you're using it with doesn't have wireless functions (which is a LOT of audio gear,) better a wire than nothing.
Also, it's a USB Audio-to-Wireless device, so all the benefits of your USB Audio connection (which is a good amount of gear and also all PCs) are there, so versatility is all around.
...My question is, why would anyone want to use Bluetooth 4.2 with no AptX/AAC/equivalent to keep good sound sounding good?
(*The Dual Pair is a compelling use case, so there is that at least.)
(And as has been mentioned, it's hard to use one headset with the opposite console, so we can compare them for fun or to set expectations for 2.0 of either headset line, but ultimately there's no easy path to just buying the best headset between the two; get the one for the console you own and that's that.)
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THE DUCK
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Except that if what you really want is a wired headset, there are much better sounding options for $100. 99% of use for both of these headsets will be wireless, the addition of Bluetooth is more valuable.
CitizenKratos
Member
Yah. Sony has the best binaural audio.
CamHostage
Member
If you're buying a Pulse 3D, you don't really want a wired headset; you really want a wireless headset but also don't want to be shit-out-of-luck if you feel like tapping into another sound source or and the nearest good-sounding headphones that aren't earbuds are your gaming ones. I constantly have devices that I plug into for one reason or another (a 3.5" is still on almost everything that makes a squeak, except for phones,) whereas I can't think of a lot of cases where I've gone, "Oh thank god, it's got Bluetooth..."
THE DUCK
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I would contend that this very rarely happens, and that 98% of buyers don't even take the wired cable out of the box or lose it far before this happens.
I would contend that this very rarely happens, and that 98% of buyers don't even take the wired cable out of the box or lose it far before this happens.
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iHaunter
Member
Options to use it for other devices. Sound quality is also higher.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
Wtf??? Man
Bernkastel
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STARSBarry
Gold Member
Because the verge don't hire tech experts who know what the fuck there talking about. This has been pretty much proven time and again, eclipsing in this video where when people pointed out the guy was doing things like installing the PSU backwards potentially choking it's airflow and presenting a fire hazard the guy went on to bad mouth the community as a bunch of angry nerds who hate him because he's black.
Everything in this video is pretty much wrong, but this was the best guy in the office for it apparently... do you trust the guy they hired to review headphones to know about them now? No...
Why is no one talking about the fact Dolby Atmos is a 6 month trial and requires a separate payment to use beyond that? I use Dolby Atmos on PC (which I paid for) its a hell of a diffrence even compared to other premium DAC's but you need to pay on top for this. Sony's tempest is the only thing iv heard that is superior for these false surround headphones and comes as standard which I use on my Wh-1000xm4's and is utterly fantastic even compared to Atmos, the issue with Tempest is it needs its own file type, which is not an issue for PS5 games as they support it, but means listening to an MP3 played on the console is going to sound better on the Atmos headset.
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SkylineRKR
Member
Pulse 3D 3,5 cable along with a usb to 3,5 plug doesn't work with my Pixel 4, shitty phone.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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If you like to get ripped off, it's okay if you let yourself.
But this should not happen.
So do not involve others for something that is unfair and inappropriate.
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Werewolfgrandma
Banned
How did you come to the conclusion it's better if there currently isn't an A B to compare?
A DAC is a digital to analog converter. In the case of these headphones It's a physical thing that sits between the receiver and the drivers. Using the pulses wired it then is in the device you plug into.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
yep. Technically if You use them wired and wireless, the sound should change like You say.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
I mean sound is subjective but I have a seperate ESS DAC which I physically plug my headphones into, most motherboard's also have an onboard DAC depending on if its a High end premium one. However the Dolby Atmos software works miracles for audio on PC, iv started to use it almost exclusively especially for gaming as it just sounds better and despite essentially using stereo seems to give more accurate representation of gunshots on my 7.1 headset than an actual DAC that supports 7.1
As for my Sony Wh-1000xm4, as long as I'm using the correct file type for 3D audio it sounds the best, however for everything else even lossless formats its just.... ok, making it play through ATMOS first improves the experience for pretty much any music file type.
So what I'm saying is a headset that supports the same Atmos will be great... the issue is in Microsoft case you have to pay extra to access this after 6 months.
However since the pulse comes with the Tempest 3D audio as standard and the PS5 supports that format natively, unless your using your gaming headset to listen to none tempest music or movies I don't think The Microsoft sets going to sound best.... in my experience.
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Werewolfgrandma
Banned
Sorry I might not of been clear.
How could you come to the conclusion that Tempest is better if currently there is nothing to AB.
Currently there is no game that supports Tempest and something else. So how did anyone for that matter compare Tempest to Atmos or DTS or Sonic?
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Because hyperbole is a thing and people have ears... so if you need a 1 hour comparison showing graphs proving the range before you can make any conclusion based on how something sounds to you while using the product this ain't going to to work for you sorry. I can however play a game with Tempest on PS5, then take that same headset upstairs and plug it into a DAC, and then plug it into my PC and use Atmos and play the same game to compare, but thats not an exact science.
Hence the subjective part if your looking for a pie chart sorry I don't have that on me.
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Werewolfgrandma
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While not 100% sure, I'm quite confident there are no current games that support Tempest and one of the other options so a comparison can not be made.