{"id":134793,"date":"2021-08-09T20:36:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T19:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=134793"},"modified":"2024-03-05T04:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:19:48","slug":"philips-tagh401bl-affordable-gaming-headphones-with-virtual-3d-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/gaming\/philips-tagh401bl-affordable-gaming-headphones-with-virtual-3d-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Philips TAGH401BL: Affordable gaming headphones with virtual 3D sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dirac and Philips have announced a partnership that has already\u00a0created\u00a0affordable 7.1 virtual surround sound gaming headphones.\u00a0The product is based on Dirac&#8217;s proprietary technology &#8211; Surround Dirac 3D.<\/p>\n<p>According to its creators, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philips.co.uk\/c-p\/TAGH401BL_00\/pc-gaming-headset\">Philips TAGH401BL<\/a> gaming headset will let you hear &#8220;where the sound is coming from and at what distance.&#8221;\u00a0Gamers need to get \u201caccurate surround sound\u201d.\u00a0In addition, the sound of the headphones has been tuned so that speech in games is clear and understandable.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/57162fb-b847-47b6-b0a5-771a2f91b8f7.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to gaming capabilities, the headphones received modes for watching movies and listening to music.\u00a0The user will be able to control these modes through the remote control on a USB cable.<\/p>\n<div id=\"$SO_CL_1\" class=\"lfb__item lfb__item_large\"><\/div>\n<p>Philips said its collaboration with Dirac has resulted in a gaming headset that has &#8220;the immersive and realistic sound of more expensive devices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b6d4e26-5cbe-46d0-865b-5c21d99a51d7.jpg\" width=\"826\" height=\"659\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"$SO_CL_2\" class=\"lfb__item lfb__item_large\"><\/div>\n<p>From the point of view of traditional technical characteristics, the headphones received two 40-mm speakers, the sensitivity was 102 dB, and the declared frequency range was from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.\u00a0Among other things, Philips drew attention to a comfortable rim, soft ear cushions and a dedicated gaming microphone.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dirac and Philips have announced a partnership that has already\u00a0created\u00a0affordable 7.1 virtual surround sound gaming headphones.\u00a0The product is based on Dirac&#8217;s proprietary technology &#8211; Surround Dirac 3D. According to its creators, the Philips TAGH401BL gaming headset will let you hear &#8220;where the sound is coming from and at what distance.&#8221;\u00a0Gamers need to get \u201caccurate surround [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/gaming\/philips-tagh401bl-affordable-gaming-headphones-with-virtual-3d-sound\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":134794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[777],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-134793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gaming","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}