The AULA A700's 7.1 surround is an effect in AULA's driver software; the headset plays through 50mm stereo drivers. Without that driver, on a phone over Bluetooth for example, you hear plain stereo across the 20Hz to 20kHz range, with no virtual 7.1 on top.
"7.1" on a headset spec sheet tends to conjure an image of seven little speakers packed around each ear. That is not what happens inside most gaming headsets, and it is not what happens inside this one. The AULA A700 7.1 surround is an effect produced by AULA's driver software, played back through two conventional drivers, and knowing that changes how you set it up and what to expect from it.
The A700's 7.1 surround comes from AULA's driver software, not from extra hardware. Physically, the headset has one 50mm dynamic driver with a neodymium magnet in each ear cup, covering 20Hz to 20kHz. With the software running, those two drivers carry a virtual 7.1 effect; without it, such as over Bluetooth to a phone, you get plain stereo. At Evetech the A700 is priced at R569.
Your ears locate sound using small differences in timing, loudness and tone between left and right, plus the way your head and outer ear colour a sound depending on its direction. Virtual surround software imitates those cues. It takes a multichannel game mix and processes each channel so that, played through two drivers, it seems to arrive from the front, side or behind.
How convincing that feels varies from person to person, because everyone's ear shape is slightly different. Some players find virtual surround helps them place footsteps; others prefer the cleaner stereo image and turn it off. Neither choice is wrong.
A true multichannel headset would need several drivers per cup. The A700 does not claim that. Its spec lists 50mm dynamic drivers, 32 ohm impedance and sensitivity of 114dB +/-3dB, a straightforward stereo design. The 7.1 label describes processing, and it lives entirely in AULA's software.
It is easy to mix up the 7.1 effect with the modes built into the headset. They are separate things. The A700 has Game Mode 1, Game Mode 2 and Music Mode, switched from the power button on the ear cup, and it starts in game mode. Those modes live on the headset, so they travel with it to any device.
The surround effect only exists where AULA's driver software is running. Move the headset to a device without it and the modes remain, while the virtual 7.1 does not.
Because the effect sits in software, where you plug in decides what you hear:
None of that is a limitation of the drivers. Stereo from a pair of 50mm units is how the headset is built to sound; the virtual layer is optional.
The A700 also carries a detachable noise-cancelling mic and RGB on the ear cups. For a wider look at how other headsets handle surround, browse Evetech's gaming headsets, or trim the list to headsets without a cord on the wireless headset page. Whether you run the surround effect or plain stereo, the headset's 1 Year Local Warranty from Evetech stays the same.
No. Each cup holds one 50mm dynamic driver. The 7.1 effect is created by software processing.
Not AULA's 7.1 effect, which depends on its driver software. A phone gets stereo from the two drivers.
Try both. Some players place sounds better with it on; others prefer plain stereo.
No. They switch from the power button on the headset itself.
No. Game Mode 1 and Game Mode 2 are onboard modes; 7.1 is a separate effect in the driver software.
Ready to hear where the footsteps are coming from? Virtual surround suits some players and not others, so line up the options across Evetech's gaming headsets and pick the one that matches how you play.
No. Each cup holds one 50mm dynamic driver. The 7.1 effect is created by software processing.
Not AULA's 7.1 effect, which depends on its driver software. A phone gets stereo from the two drivers.
Try both. Some players place sounds better with it on; others prefer plain stereo.
No. They switch from the power button on the headset itself.
No. Game Mode 1 and Game Mode 2 are onboard modes; 7.1 is a separate effect in the driver software.
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