Headphones or Speakers

Gandalf · September 23, 2002, 12:46:27 PM

not so! I used to use 5 point surround sound speakers and then switched to headphones and I find that I can track sound much more accurately with headphones than I ever could with the speakers.

What you must make sure is that your sound card is told you're only using headphones (I have an audigy, and it senses when I plug them in so it will mute the speakers and switch to headphone mode) If you don't so this then I guess your soundcard is only pumping l - r channel info to your headphones because it thinks you have rear speakers connected.

Gone_Away · September 23, 2002, 01:08:33 PM

QuoteThe Missus has ordered me to say Head set is best

I have to agree.. your missus's head is the best

LardieTheOverweightYardie · September 26, 2002, 08:45:36 PM

QuoteThe Missus has ordered me to say Head set is best

Hehe I know what you mean, plus she won't let me buy some nice 5.1's

Tufty · November 20, 2002, 07:15:41 PM

yeah im an earphones man myself, though not a very good one i put the earphones on back to front once when it was me and a T left.... needless to say it was a tad embarassing when i thought i heard footsteps from behind me, and turned as i rounded a corner. Lucky for the remaining T he was met with a stupid crouching guy facing entirely the wrong way....ho hum. at least this shows that headphones are better for pinpointing noise , if you put them on the right way of course

DarkAngel · November 20, 2002, 09:33:25 PM

Use headphones that way you can hear were the enemy is coming from and that way you have a comm as well. And so you dont piss everyone else in the house off with annoying high pitch comm voices...

Doorman · November 21, 2002, 08:24:04 AM

QuoteUse headphones that way you can hear were the enemy is coming from

Only if all the other team members aren't chuntering to each other, while you've got your ear pressed up against the wall, trying to HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON!

Dyamarda · January 14, 2003, 12:23:21 AM

Quotedo any of u use suround sound speakers? i dont know if cs supports suround sound?

CS since 1.3 (i think) has supported Creatives EAX surround and the Aureal A3D surround.

I use Cambridge soundworks 6.1 speakers for CS and I personally find them very good especially the Y axis directional audio...

Can always tell someone above me or below... The only time they didn't work properly was actually playing against dMw in a clan match. I had a power cut halfway through the match and then had to rejoin with my speakers and everything set to default as all the tweaking is done via an amplifier electronically

They could have at least put a settings memory chip in it...
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Buddie · February 17, 2003, 10:55:44 AM

Lo Lardie the Overweight Yardie wots brings u 2 this end of the Manor!!
Brissel is a long long long awayyyyyy!! At least 8 hours in your Masseferguson!!

JB · February 17, 2003, 05:44:51 PM

If your an old N42 regular then you may well see quite a few faces you recognise, tbh i blame Sadako and reckon we should ban him. Totally. From everywhere.

Dr Sadako · February 17, 2003, 06:27:27 PM

QuoteIf your an old N42 regular then you may well see quite a few faces you recognise, tbh i blame Sadako and reckon we should ban him. Totally. From everywhere.

I agree! Sooner we get rid of that montebank the better!