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[Timen]

admin or no admin, these kind of replies are annoying...

 

[Sho Nuff]

I'll bet you didn't know that Drinky only exists in your mind. Stop believing him and he'll go away.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Spoiler

Well... according to my clock as of 14 minutes ago it's Thursday.

Let's hope for another Thursdayton

Anyway, I've wondered that too. Surround Sound? If it's fake, why not just have it be the stereo option.

i don't know exactly how it works, but it widens the stereo field to give a closer effect to real surround than stereo. Why have simulated surround instead of just stereo? It sounds more impressive. Pity that it's not an option in the system, but then again both the DS and PSP sound better (or debatably best) via a good set of headphones or earphones.

 

[Amir0x]

PSP sound always seems muffled to me. Maybe an artifact of form over function. That little skinny grille on the front I suppose is where the speakers are. It can certainly get loud, but it's not very crisp. Could also be audio compression to cut down on loading.

That's not where the speakers are. Also, the speakers are just weak in general - nothing to do with loading. Wear headphones to hear how it should sound.

 

[Rlan]

Didn't PSP spec sheets say it had 7.1 sound!!11! or something?

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Spoiler

Well... according to my clock as of 14 minutes ago it's Thursday.

Let's hope for another Thursdayton

Anyway, I've wondered that too. Surround Sound? If it's fake, why not just have it be the stereo option.

Not all stereo sounds are alike. Surround is probably modified to sound well given the usual placement of the DS speakers to a person's head. Like how some games also have a Headphone option, which is yet another variant of stereo sound.

 

[Particle Physicist]

mike works was demodded for doing a one time prank. this fool is constantly trolling. its quite ridiculous. and not even funny...

 

[Sho Nuff]

Didn't PSP spec sheets say it had 7.1 sound!!11! or something?

At one point it had 7:1, but it was taken out because someone realized "Er, there is only a stereo earphone jack on the actual hardware."

The PSP's speakers are utter garbage BTW.

 

[aoi tsuki]

At one point it had 7:1, but it was taken out because someone realized "Er, there is only a stereo earphone jack on the actual hardware."

The PSP's speakers are utter garbage BTW.

It would've been possible to get surround sound via headphone via Dolby's Virtual Headphone tech, but it would've been more processor intensive and Sony would have to pay to license the technology.

And speakers are always a weakpoint of pocket tech, especially with such a "hi-fi" device as the PSP. Headphones are the answer.

 

[ohamsie]

I'll bet you didn't know that Drinky only exists in your mind. Stop believing him and he'll go away.

Drinky is impotent in his trolling.

Believe.