Has anyone tried jacking in a pair of headphones in the controller for the game audio? If so, is the sound quality servicable? Not getting my PS4 until the 29th (EU), and my GFs parents are coming in that weekend (OMG the timing) to hog the TV, and my other screen doesn't have any speakers and the PS4 doesn't have analog out. So, opinions?
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PlayStation 4 is Sony's fourth home video game console, released on November 15, 2013 in North America, and November 29, 2013 in Europe. On November 10 2016, Sony released the Playstation 4 Pro, an updated version of the console targeting 4K gaming.
Game audio through controller quality?
@toowalrus Yeah, don't have a Vita, it's a pretty cool feature though.
@mister_v Nice, if Brad says it's alright, it's probably alright. Tried to catch the live stream but I missed it because life. And time difference.
As someone with an XBONE preorder (though I plan on getting the PS4 sometime next year) this makes me bummed that Microsoft didn't include this feature. It's not a huge to deal, though, as I have an Astro mixamp anyways, but... still. That's a pretty awesome feature.
@brutushayesosu Sounds good!
@bulby33 Yeah, as a (somewhat) responsible adult with people in my household that need their beauty sleep, it's a fucking fantastic feature :)
I have it, and use my Vmoda Bassfreq earphones, Koss Portapros, and Klipsche S4i's with it and it sounds great. Like 256-320kbps MP3. Very bass heavy. The surround sound effect holds up pretty well, maybe not for detecting someone walking right behind you, but someone shooting you from far away left and right sounds rightly distant. And doesn't have that airy, hollow, echo-ie concert hall effect of DSP surround/dolby headphone/prologic2 on things like Windows media player,.
Here, I recorded the sound into Audacity as a WAV file. Bear in mind, it recorded the volume a bit too quiet than what it really sounds like, so maybe turn up your speakers/phones on your PC now to hear the quality.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wnm8b662pil9byv/COD%20Ghosts%20Dualshock4%20Output.wav
@boocreepyfootdoctor: You damn audiophile! We don't like your kind around here! Go on now, get!
@ssully: She said she was 18dB
@boocreepyfootdoctor Thanks for the effort man. Sounds much better than I thought it would. Definitely servicable for some late night gaming sessions.
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