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How’s the sound quality of these gaming systems? I hate talking on phones more than ever because rectangular “candybar” smartphones aren’t a good fit for a fac
by ken 7y ago
How’s the sound quality of these gaming systems?
I hate talking on phones more than ever because rectangular “candybar” smartphones aren’t a good fit for a face, and the audio quality is terrible. I have to keep saying “What did you say?”
Of course I prefer meeting in person, and ideally in a place that isn’t pumping in music. It’s the only way to hold an actual conversation.
- keypusher 7y agoSound quality and audio codec compression of these services (Discord, Mumble, Teamspeak, Ventrilo) is generally quite good, they are designed to support rapid coordination of large groups in high intensity situations and e-sports tournaments. It was not uncommon to have 40+ people in a single voice channel for MMO raids 10 years ago, and things have only improved since then. However, your experience will be significantly affected by your choice of headset and microphone. I have spent a lot of time in voice channels and it's common to have long conversations among groups of friends or online acquaintances there.
- vwyxp 7y agoSound quality is perfectly fine. When it's not, it's always because the other party has a crappy microphone or a crappy connection.
- kazagistar 7y agoI just had a chat on mumble last night catching up with a collage friend who now lives back home in the middle east. It was totally fine and clear. I also had a chat with my mother over a cell phone, and she lives in another city in the same state, and that quality was way worse and actually dropped audio at one point. It's really kinda embarrassing how bad phones are at this point, relatively speaking.
- bartwe 7y agoWith proper headphones, mic and a higher bitrate it is superior to phonecalls