Frequently Asked Questions about the TS 6.0 Headphone System
1. What is the TS 6.0 Headphone System?
The TS 6.0 Headphone System is the world's first headphone system that goes around your head with 6 built in speakers that ping pong sound from every direction into your head. The 2 earpieces are made of silicon rubber and work as airways or vacuums to the 6 speakers located within the diameter of the tubing. The TS 6.0 tubing contact to our heads creates bone conduction sound that is unlike any conventional headphone. Each speaker in the tubing is connected to a different channel allowing great distinctive real ambient audio multi channel surround sound. No other headphone system or conventional headphone can claim real surround sound feature from a circular design.
2. Who makes the TS 6.0 Headphone System?
Tube Surround Company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Inventor/CEO is Yul Anderson a street musician; recording artist and renowned European based American Pianist who many know from his performance of “All Along The Watchtower” in the John Malkovich debut directorial film “The Dancer Upstairs”. (see: www.yulanderson.com )
3. How did Mr. Anderson come up with this great idea?
While recording and mastering one of Northern Europe's first 5.1 DVD's, Anderson wanted to hear the results of the finished 5.1 DVD mastering. This was not possible to do with the current stereo headphones because they have only 2 channels or simulated surround sound. In fact, the recording engineer thought it would be great to have real surround sound headphones. However, he had no idea how such a headphone system could ever exist.
Having worked with tubing, speakers and audio technology, Anderson needed to invent headphones that could hear the music recorded using 7 microphones through 6 different channels with 6 different signals. After months of working with different tubing, wiring and specially made micro watt mini-speakers, Anderson heard sound reflecting the real ambient surround sound of the recording of his live performance.
4. What kinds of CE products does this TS 6.0 Headphone System work with?
Although the TS 6.0 Headphone System was invented out of Mr. Anderson's need to hear his music recorded live in 5.1 surround sound from his Home Entertainment System, the headphone system also comes with a 3.5 connector and can be used to get a multi channel surround sound unique to the TS 6.0 Headphone System from portable devices such as DVD players, mp3 players, laptop DVD, video game consoles, and other related applications.
Volume Safety Resistance (VSR)
The TS 6.0 Standard Edition which is available now has resistance in the volume control necessary for use to work with broader range of impedance. The current TS 6.0 model was made to be compatible to DVD players that are integrated with the receiver as one unit up to 50 Hz/200 watts. For Home Entertainment Systems with greater than 50 Hz/200 watts, the built-in resistance clicks in the headphone system or puts the receiver into overdrive when the volume is too loud. Since most people enjoy their movies, music and games at a medium- high medium volume they are quite satisfied with our volume safety resistance.
5. How does it connect to my home entertainment system?
The TS 6.0 is the only headphone that connects open wires directly to the 5 speaker output clamps or jacks in the back of your 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 or more receivers in the same way you would connect your speaker system. For those recievers that limit the user to their color code jacks it may be neccesarry to get compatible adapters. The TS 6.0 Headphone System comes with a special connector with multiple channel inputs and a converter switch that enables you to change from the TS 6.0 headphone system to your home entertainment speaker system in a flick of a switch. This means you will only have to go in back of your reciever one time to connect the TS 5.0 converter switch.
6. Why should I use the TS 6.0 Headphone System in my home, when I can use my speaker system?
For those who prefer the low cost and high convenience of staying at home to watch movies, the TS 6.0 Headphone System is the only headphone system that allows you to watch your favourite movie at cinema volume level without disturbing the little baby sleeping in your arms, or the your partner in the same room, or your roommate studying in the next room, or the neighbours next door. Tube Surround Company aims to bring people closer together through offering them the opportunity to enjoy their home entertainment system audio quality at the level experienced when the purchased it. What good is it to buy that mega home entertainment system without the possibility to TURN UP THE VOLUME!
7. How does the TS 6.0 Headphone System match up to the surround sound of the movie theatres?
The movie theatres are great! Tube Surround Company is 100% in support of the big sound of the movie theatres (all things evolving as they should), the TS 6.0 Headphone System will be adopted by the theatres to give movie goers a more personal experience and intimate relationship with theatres by allowing moviegoers to control the volume of the movies, select to hear the latest theatre mp3 music downloads, even talk on the TS Phone while sitting in the comfortable theatre chairs watching and enjoying the ultimate big screen experience. The TS 6.0 will bring the people back into the movie theatre because there will be no more shhhh..shhhh, or disturbing the person next to you whispering, laughing, talking, coughing etc.
The adoption of the latest TS 6.0 Ultra Bass Headphone with 40 hz - 20,000 hz frequency will bring movie theatres forward into a future with greater appeal, convenience, volume control and communication to their movie going. Experience!
8. Why should I go to the movie theatre if I can have the same audio experience using the TS 6.0 at home and watching DVD's on my big screen?
Of course, some people have personal circumstances that keep them having to stay at home, but most people will enjoy the social atmosphere that the TS 6.0 Headphone System will create at the movie theatres. Imagine being able to bring your little toddler to the movies with you or calling home on the TS Phone without disturbing others next to you.
9. How about gaming. Does the TS 6.0 Headphone System work with my videogame console?
If your video console is connected to a surround sound receiver you will get the most incredible sound ever heard playing games. It would be like connecting the game console to your home entertainment speakers, of course. As for the portable gaming industry, the TS 6.0 Headphone System the best gear because you get to hear the games in surround sound. I mean, you actually hear voices, people, cars, gunfire etc. in back of you when gaming. Obviously, you cannot do with conventional 2.0 headphones that give you simulated surround or just stereo sound that go from side to side in flat 2 dimensional sound. However, keep in mind that this is just an added feature of the TS 6.0. To truly experience my headphone system you must simply connect it to the back of your receiver and be amazed.
10. Do you plan to have a wireless TS 6.0 Headphone System in the future?
At the time being we have incorporated the mp3 player with our TS 6.0 using a connector pocket so that there are no wires hanging down (see photo below). This is what I personally love about the TS 6.0. I can put it in my sun blocker hat and it is very indiscreet, you cannot notice you have the headphone system on. Tube Surround Company does offer the TS Pocket and we do recommend you try this wireless possibility.
Tube Surround is developing wireless technology for our TS 6.0 headphone system. However, achieving 2 channel wireless is still not developed to the satisfactory of the consumer. Most have to move around in special yoga positions to get clear sound without static or going out of range. Soon there will be 5.1 portable devices that will encourage better technology advances in multi channel wireless headphone systems.
11. How do you see the future of your TS 6.0 Headphone System going?
Well. at first people will have to get to learn to accept the new design of the headphone system. Ironically, they seem to contradict themselves when they talk about not wanting to put the TS 6.0 on the heads because of its appearance. Once they have had them on for a while they forget that they are wearing thime because the TS 6.0 Headphones are so comfortable and only weigh 6 oz.
Perhaps as one user of the TS 6.0 Headphone System put it, "The TS 6.0 is the greatest because he can walk around in a world of surround sound hearing his favourite music, watch his favourite movies and still be open to social interaction and communications".
Also the user adds, "I have met so many people and some lovely ladies by wearing it without the hat. People are always curious about new things and this is the newest and most revolutionary headphone system in the world. I feel like an angel with my halo of surround sound on my head. Then, I see those people wearing the conventional big cup headphones with 2 horns of stereo sound and I think to myself. Me Good, Them Evil! LOL.
12. What do you think is the most inventive thing about the TS 6.0 Headphone System?
For me it was out of the need to hear my music creations and performances in the way they were performed, recorded and mastered in 5.1 surround sound. For the world, it is now possible to hear surround sound real ambience audio. The invention of the TS 6.0 Headphone System opens the door to the creation of a new industry of multi channel and surround sound professional and consumer electronic goods of mp3, mobile phones, laptop computers, TV, radio and all future applications.
Note: Tube Surround Company does not endorse any of the products which we test with our TS 6.0 Headphone System. We thank those companies which have taken the time and consideration to test our TS 6.0 with their different brands. Our mention of those products are only as a means to inform the public of the capabilities of the new and the use of our new TS 6.0 Headphone System, which we are confident will perform with great results on other multimedia systems.