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Pioneer SEDIR800C Wireless Headphones with Dolby Headphone Technology
Don't let a sleeping family keep you from your new action adventure movie, Dolby 5.1 concert, or your on-line video game tournament. Go ahead and experience all the 3 dimensional sound your heart...read more
$254.99
Average Customer Rating
4 out of 5 |
Product Features
- Wireless 5.1 surround sound headphones with Dolby Headphone multichannel technology
- Support for Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Surround formats; transmission range of up to 26 feet
- Produces up to 5 virtual loudspeakers in your head to create an immersive surround experience
- Small, medium, and large virtual room presets based on acoustical measurements of actual rooms
- Built-in volume control; includes transmitter and rechargeable AA batteries; 90-day warranty
Product Description
Don't let a sleeping family keep you from your new action adventure movie, Dolby 5.1 concert, or your on-line video game tournament. Go ahead and experience all the 3 dimensional sound your heart desires! Dolby Headphone technology produces up to five virtual loudspeakers in a virtual room via conventional stereo headphones creating a unique sum of direct and reflected sound from each channel of 5.1 audio. As a result, the listening sensation is much more natural, with sounds appearing to be outside of your head, just like a conventional 5.1 speaker system would sound. ....read more
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Pioneer SE DIR800C Wireless Headphones
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
These headphones are very good quality, comfortable and versatile. If I had a wish, I’d make these headphones with an RF link instead of the IR one it comes with. As it is, you can pretty much be 360 degrees facing the IR receiver and not lose sound, HOWEVER, you MUST be in the receiver’s line of sight or else the sound will cut out. I’m not sure if the decision to go IR instead of RF was due to sound quality (which these headphones do a very good job indeed) but I believe one of the main reasons anyone chooses ANY wireless system is the flexibility to go anywhere and do anything (within reason of course) with the wireless device.
If the need to be within line of sight is not a major concern, I highly recommend these headphones!
Great infrared wireless cans
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
These headphones are consistantly rated the best wireless phones available in the U.S. even though they have been on the market for years. Newer versions are sold in other nations but didn’t drastically improve on sound quality. One omission from newer models is that the transmitter station on Pio SE-DIR800C was one of the strongest ever used. If you require connection of an additional pair of phones (tandem) either again wireless or wired (any brand) you are served well by this station. The sound quality is unmatched by any brand remaining to challenge. I tried a few. Senns among them. They handle Dolby Headphone decoding which is rare but worth it.
Their are two downsides. 1) No remote for switching analog/digital or decoding logic from afar. 2) I wish that the transmission for wireless was RF versus IR. The IR does deliver the best sound, but the phones must be in line of sight of the transmitter and that means one room use. Plus, if any members of the family stray into that transission path the signal is temporily disrupted. But my use is while the rest of the family is sleeping primarily and I cannot use my 5.1 surround or when the kids are being loud and I can’t hear the tunes or movie without them in peace.
I wouldn’t bother with wired models but that is definately a preference.
I like em
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I upgraded from the sennheiser 130′s to these and am very happy with the decision. The sound is far superior to the 130′s. The surround works to my expectations, for example, I can hear planes coming up from behind me and going over my left shoulder and appearing on the left side of the screen when I’m playing my 360 games. Sometimes I have to take them off because I think the noise is coming from somewhere else, which is actually kind of impossible because the headphones do a pretty good job of blocking outside noise. They are comfortable to use and fit well.
I dont like the battery charging scheme, you have to remove them and place them in the transmitter. I’m use to putting my 130′s on the charging cradle and not touching the batteries. The batteries are standard AA and I have used Power-ex rechargeables as well as Eneloop with no problems. I do question the durability of the headphones based on other reviews and my own experience holding and looking at them. Overall I’m very pleased with the purchase as long as they dont break.
Very impressive.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is my third set of wireless cans I have owned. The first is the Sony MDR-IF120 infrared set which I purchased in 1996. The Sony was my primary wireless until I purchased the Pioneer a few weeks ago, and performs admirably still (I’ll be moving it into the guest room), but it wasn’t the best sound quality. The Sennheiser HDR65 RF set, which I purchased in 2004, has better audio than the Sony, but is rarely used because you have to keep your head in one position to avoid RF static, the severity of which being dependent upon the type of equipment you have in the room (I could never leave the base set upon my TV or receiver).
And now I have the Pioneer SE-DIR800C infrared headphones. They are wonderful.
The good:
1.Very immersing sound. It’s so good that I sometimes reach for the remote during loud scenes to turn down volume on my receiver before I remember I have the headphones on. It decodes Dolby Digital and DTS signals and has audio effects options.
2.Crystal clear audio stream. No static. None. Zip. Zilch. No matter which way you turn your head the signal remains static free.
3.Great connectivity. You can hook-up a digital optical cable, a digital coax cable and a standard L/R analog cable to the base unit (transmitter). This allows you to connect and switch between multiple audio sources. It even has a mini-jack on the front to connect wired headphones.
4.Uses standard or rechargeable AA batteries. The charger is built into the base.
The bad:
1.The earcups are small. I don’t have large ears, but after a couple hours of wearing them I end up having to shift them to relieve the pressure. Not a huge knock on these headphones, but I wish they were a little more comfortable.
2.Expensive. But worth it.
3.The base unit supposedly uses only Pioneer NiMH rechargeable batteries, but after inspecting Pioneer’s setup I found a workaround. Most batteries charge at the ends (positive and negative), but the Pioneer charges at the postive end and at the negative SIDE. So if you want to use regular rechargeable batteries in the Pioneer charger, just peel the label back about a half an inch on the negative end. I am using some Sony rechargeables in this manner and they work fine.
Exceeded expectations…
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This was purchased to allow either my spouse or I to use the entertainment/educational AV system quietly so the other can work, talk on the telephone or sleep.
For our AppleTV there is a digital optical input with 5.1 surround on the transmitter which sounds fantastic on the headphones. For our PlayStation, there are L/R RCA analogue inputs on the transmitter that sound pretty good on the headphones. Both the AppleTV and the Playstation are connected HDMI to the Receiver for normal room speaker listening. When quiet listening is required, we jack the Pioneer transmitter into the headphone jack which automatically mutes the main surround speakers and select either Digital or Analogue for AppleTV or PlayStation.
Another delighter is that a battery charger is built into the transmitter. A spare set of rechargeable batteries for the headphones are stored in the transmitter. So far, after 8 hours of listening, the headphone batteries have not needed a recharge.