I was about to unleash the hounds on Turtle Beach for pushing their new Audio Advantage Micro as a “Virtual Surround Sound USB Audio Adapter,” because just about every computer made in the last five years or so has been able to do that passable (if not ear-blowing) stereo “surround” out-of-phase trick. But lo! I actually read more than the first paragraph (don’t expect this to become a habit) and discovered that it also has an option to connect up the $30 unit to a real 5.1 system – via a digital TOS-LINK optical cable – to provide actual, honest-to-god surround sound. So if you look at it that way, the fake headphones surround option is sort of cool, because now the point of failure is you and your lack of 5.1-capable headphones/ears. Turtle Beach would give you more, you see, if you could just hang with them.
Read – Product Page [TurtleBeach via TRFJ]
