I made 5.1 surround-sound headphones

Can’t wait to see where you put the .1 lol

I'll be honest, I've been in this hobby for a few years now.

I've definitely hit diminishing return and there isn't too many gear that interests me or is starting to get way too expensive for tiny bit gain.

Seeing this guy's creation breathe a new life into this hobby.

Keep up the good work!

Hello,

I call this headphone the "Dolbus" and have added it to my website, here:
https://pud.com

I make unconventional headphones and a lot of people have asked me to make a surround sound headphone.

I've wanted to do it, but wasn't sure how to get 5 speakers (plus a subwoofer) on the head.

Also, if the main (L and R) speaker drivers had regular earcups (essentially sealed with earpads), I wasn't sure how you'd be able to hear the additional drivers.

Then I came up with this idea that's a custom helmet, with chin-cup for stability, and off-ear speakers--with knobs that let you adjust the speaker height.

The speaker drivers are Tectonic BMR headphone drivers, which are specifically designed to be full-range off ear headphone speakers.

There's still not enough bass so I need to add a subwoofer - I'm thinking either a small subwoofer speaker mounted on top -- or a tactile speaker inside the helmet (or possibly on the chin cup).

As for powering it, any regular headphone amp can power it. But I recommend a cheap USB surround-breakout box, which has USB on one end and 5 channels (plus sub) line-level outputs.

For example search Amazon for the $29 "Cubilux 7.1 USB Surround Sound Card." Then you just need a few headphone amps (or a multi-channel headphone amp used for bands) to plug into all 5 (or 6 with sub) inputs.

Will try to evolve this over time.

Thanks for checking it out!

cool but where is the .1?