Psyko 5.1 Video

Psyko 5.1 Video Transcript

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>> Hey, I'm Tom Merritt from CNET.com here at CES 2009 taking a look at the Psyko 5.1 gaming headset. They will be having this coming out for consoles down the road. Right now, it's meant for PC gamers. It is 5.1 surround sound in your head. You probably heard this tried before, but I think is probably one of the more brilliant approaches that I have seen. You've got the 5.1 cables here, the regular 3.5-millimeter cables. And then that comes up into the headphone. The speakers are actually here in this top part. You've got your center speaker, your front left, your front right, your back left, and your back right, and then the subwoofers are down here in the ear cups, so that all of the speakers are on top of your head. Now, how do you hear them, you might ask? These are audio conductors. They actually carry the audio through hollow tubes down to your ear, and they give you the surround sound positioning by having a -- taking advantage of a natural delay. They're precisely positioned so that when a sound comes from here, it will go to the right ear and the left ear, but because it's on the left, it's gonna hit the left ear just a little faster. So you really get that feeling of having a surround sound speaker system right there in your heads. Now, a funny story is James Hildebrandt, the CEO of Psyko Audio Labs, actually came up with this idea because a friend of his wanted to play surround sound video games after his wife to bed, but he had to use the crappy speakers, so he came up with this solution. I think it's pretty brilliant. I haven't got a chance to listen to it yet, so I can't wait to swing by and give it a shot. They say it will run about $299.00, and they're expecting it sometime in Q2. Once again, Psyko 5.1 PC gaming headset. At CES 2009, I'm Tom Merritt. ^M00:01:40 [ Music ]