Hey,
does someone of you use a 7.1 Gaming Headset?
I‘m just wondering if the Simulator is able to create those Surround Effects.
Maybe you even have a recommendation for a specific Headset I should buy.
Regards
Marco
I used to have a Logitech G36 Surround Headset, and it was utter cheap garbage. Ended up going back to my trusty Beyer Dynamic DT-770 Pro (10+ years old, and still kicking).
I could never tell if I had enabled Surround Mode, or if I was simulating surround in Stereo Mode. Complete waste of money if you ask me, but other headsets might be of a much higher quality, and provide a better experience.
The Logitech G36 I had fell apart 2 times within warranty (the plastic dissolved, and was a production issue with the first batch). So I ended up getting 3 headsets before retiring it.
A studio quality headset is, in my opinion, far superior, and provides the depth you need to never even consider a surround headset again. But others might have very different experiences with Surround, so someone else might give better advise. 
They’re pretty good. I don’t have a surround headset. But I do use a 5.1 soundbar with rear surround speakers setup with Dolby Atmos.
Dolby Atmos sounds awesome, the sound placements are very immersive. But there’s an issue where if you use recording tool or livestream to YouTube, they don’t have the Atmos codec to process them, so the whole video would be mute.
So I just use the 7.1 speaker setup from the windows audio settings, and it sounds really good too. So I assume a 7.1 surround headset with 7.1 setup from Windows audio setting should sound really good.
I use a cosair void elite wireless gaming head set.
Corsair Void Elite 7.1 Head set, wireless
Pretty good, comfy for long sessions and balance nicely with the flippable boom. The surround is great.
I have a cloud revolver S, a 7.1 and…nope, I is not good. I use the stereo mode. The 7.1 sound…well…imagine that you are inside a pool. This is it.
I have been using surround sound headsets for many years now - yes, they are worth it and affordable.
MSFS sounds great on mine.
PSA: Try Dolby Atmos in the sim - Community / General Discussion - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums
Faik surround headsets are a gimmick
I picked up a box from flightsounds.com and a headset from Sporty’s Maybe overkill but I like it a lot
there’s a gigantic reason i’m incredibly biased against logitech products. You have discovered that reason: It’s cheap garbage. I own a pair of z313 speakers and they’re about the only quality product i’ve owned from them. speakers bump and quality is fair. I’m not an audiophile, i just enjoy crisp sound.
My car has 7 (or 9 i can’t remember) speaker bose and it’s WAAAAAYYYYYY better than these logitech satellites…
Every logitech mouse, keyboard, headset or webcam i’ve ever had broke, fell apart or otherwise stopped working. Sometimes it was my fault, sometimes it’s because Logitech is cheap garbage.
I have these. best wireless headset for under $100. it’s not true surround of course, but they do the trick
Lets say…the cloud 2 headset - with its soundcard and 7.1 - its not working good with FS? Är Cause FS only mixes out in stereo right? Dont want fake surround.
Dolby Atmos - is that supported by FS or will that also fake things up?
Do not buy it. I have a 7.1 and, for me, I spent money for nothing
Hello Marcoosoo. We’ve ben very impressed with the Razer Kraken V3 Hypersense although please be advised, on full setting this Headset will most definitely provide truly stunning effects.
Regards from us.
absolutely not… if you wanna hear absolutely best of the best 7.1 sound with headphones go with gsx1000 and any good enough headphones that will never worst than any surround headphones. i swear you gsx 1000 it’s piece of technical art and must have things for headphones gamers and movie’s lovers…
No, MSFS mixes the sound depending on your Windows sound settings. If you have Dolby Atmos enabled in your Windows sound setting, it will work in MSFS as long as you go to the MSFS sound options and enable the “Spatial Sound” setting. This will make MSFS use the Dolby Atmos format on your hardware. Otherwise, if your Windows setting is set to use 7.1 format, then MSFS will also mix the sound in 7.1 format.
I use MSFS with a dolby atmos sound bar with rear speakers and set to 7.1 format. And I can confirm the sound coming from the back of the cockpit is coming from the rear speakers. So it does work. The only reason why I don’t use the Atmos format is because they don’t mix well to video recording. I do LIVE streaming on all my flights to my YouTube channel. And using Dolby Atmos format, the sound doesn’t get mixed very well in the video, losing some sound or something sound really weird. But a 7.1 makes the recording sound really good. So I keep it that way.
As far as the headset itself, I think the others have given their advice. It depends on the hardware itself whether they can actually run the sound format fed by Windows effectively or not.