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cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td class="section w99"> <div class="moduletable"> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="padding"> <h2 align="center"> <?php include '../banner.php' ?> </h2> <h2 align="center">OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone (cont.) </h2> <p align="left"><strong>Description:</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/08.jpg"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/08th.jpg" width="243" height="250" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p align="left"> Unless initially told, you would not know the OK800 was a pair of surround headphones because they look like a pair of standard oversized stereo headphones. Each earpod features an oval mesh grill on their outer sides and very cushy leather pads on their inner sides. Despite looking like a pair of stereo headphones, OK800 features an array 8 combined speakers. Each earpod features 4 speakers: front, rear, center, and sub woofer. They are arranged in a diamond pattern with the center speaker on top, bigger sub woofer speaker on bottom, and two small front and rear speakers on the two sides.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/10.jpg"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/10th.jpg" width="250" height="130" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The left earpod has a small white button and LED on its back side whose function will be described later. The left earpod also features a microphone jack on its outer side which can accept the included boom microphone. Audio cords extend out of the bottom of both earpods. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/09.jpg"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/09th.jpg" width="250" height="205" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Each earpod can loosely pivot up and down for a comfortable fit. They can also rotate 90 degrees forward and be folded inward to fit in a flat or compact space.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/15.jpg"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/15th.jpg" width="250" height="200" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Connecting the two earpods is a flexible steel enforced adjustable headband. The top of the headband features a very comfortable leather pad.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/13.jpg"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/13th.jpg" width="250" height="122" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>At the end of the two meter audio cable is a USB plug instead of a 3.5mm mini stereo plug. This is because the OK800 headphone features a built-in sound card. Even with the built-in sound card, the headphones are very light at 12oz. Included with the OK800 is a USB to 3.5mm adapter to allow the headphone to be used as a standard stereo headphone away from the computer. The white button on the left earpod (as mentioned earlier) toggles the headphone between surround USB mode and stereo 3.5mm mode. When in USB mode and plugged into a computer, the accompanying LED shines bright blue. When audio is being transmitted, the LED flashes accordingly.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/11.jpg"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/11th.jpg" width="250" height="152" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p><strong>Software:</strong></p> <p> Included with the OK800 headphones is an Audio Surround Processing Software CD. The CD installs appropriate drivers for the headphone's built-in C-Media CMI106 sound card. When the headphones are plugged in to the computer, an icon will appear in the system tray. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/07.jpg"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/07th.jpg" width="198" height="250" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Clicking on the icon brings up the USB 3D Sound Configuration utility. This utility has a lot of options and settings. It does however look more tailored to the C-Media sound card than the OK800 headphone. Some options such as S/PDIF output and 7.1 analog output is simply not possible with the headphone. Some options that are possible include 2, 4, and 6 speaker analog output, virtual speaker shifting, output and microphone mixer adjustments, environment and equalizer effects, and karaoke/magic voice enhancements.</p> <p align="center"> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="320" height="278"> <param name="movie" value="OK800.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <embed src="OK800.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="278"></embed></object> </p> <p>Along with the 3D Sound Configuration Utility, the included CD also installs a Helicopter 3D Positional Sound program and Rockwar 3D Positional Sound game. Both of those programs are designed to demonstrate surround sound performance. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/heli.gif"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/helith.gif" width="250" height="174" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>For Helicopter, a yellow helicopter flies in circle around a radar tower. The default setting has the user right behind the radar tower. As the helicopter flies around you, all of the speakers get a thorough workout. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/okgear_headphone/rockwar.gif"><img src="atruereview/okgear_headphone/rockwarth.gif" width="250" height="205" border="0" alt="OKGear OK800 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Headphone"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Rockwar is a simple space rock shooting game. Sound queues are used to locate rocks flying around you. 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