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Zalman 5.1 Surround Headphones

Martin "Langaleer" Finbow

2004-03-17 00:09:00.0


Pimprig have been listening through Zalman’s 5.1 surround headphones:

After checking the wires, I found out that the center channel is wired to the center speakers in Mono! This kind of shocked me, but it means that they could option for 7.1 surround sound with some wiring or driver tricks, perhaps in the future? As I took a closer look at the speakers, I noticed that the center speakers were different. The center speakers are 32 ohm speakers while the outer two are 16 ohms. If you think about it, it makes sense to limit the impedence of the speaker right over your ear to the ones that are away from them.

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