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Anybody have any experience with this new technology yet?

I see that Marantz receivers are offering dolby headphone at the midlevel receiver.

I watch many movies at night (while others are sleeping) so this would be a great feature for me, but don't know if its worth turning in my current Onkyo for a Marantz

I wonder if somebody is going to make an external Dolby Headphone decoder. That would be cool.

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start?CategoryName=pa_Headphones_VirtualDolbyDigital&Dept=audio

I don't think that I would trade out receivers for that feature alone, but I really like Dolby Headphone. Much like yourself, I listen at night with the family sleeping. DH will not match a solid 5.1 system, but in my opinion, it blows away the best of systems if you are forced to listen at greatly reduced volumes.

http://www.audiotstation.com/wiki/Audio-Technica_ATH-DCL3000

Supposedly the "best" dolby digital decoding headphones available. About $1000 USD.
Dolby Headphone technology at least allows you to use a decent set of headphones (like Grado) at a fraction of the cost but then you have to "put up" with the cord. Not a big deal I'd say.

bruceh,

Since you seem to have the knack at finding dolby headphones. . .

How about some corded ones as opposed to the cordless. (All things I have heard say cordless just isn't quite up to par compared with corded).

Thanks for all your replies and help

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All things I have heard say cordless just isn't quite up to par compared with corded

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That is true for all but the Audio Technica headphones. But then again, not many people really want to spend that kind of coin on a headphone system.

Apparently the new Sony wireless headphones are supposedly quite good as far as not losing the signal.

Some products like Pioneer's SE-DIR2000C Dolby Digital Surround Headphones have a headphone jack to make them "wired" so you have the best of both worlds.

Here is a good link with options:

http://www.audiocubes.com/category/Headphones,+Earphones_Wireless,+Surround.html