
Add surround to your games with extra speakers, using the standard USB input or use gaming headphones with a microphone-mic input is standard on Syn.Ī remote control DAC, preamp, and headphone amp.

Plug it in to the optical output of your TV, connect to some amps (or powered speakers), and you’re good to go.Ī gaming rig. As in, use it to run front left and right, center, rear left and right, and subwoofer in a 5-channel plus subwoofer setup. Read on to get all the backstory, the tech details, the different ways you can use it, and more, but let’s start with a quick overview.Ī surround processor. This crazy do-all product I’m talking about is called Syn, and it’s by far the craziest thing we’ve done. Oh yeah, and the main channels are discrete. Oh yeah, and it can simply add channels, while not processing the mains at all.

“You’re doing surround?”Īnd what’s more, it’s designed to be super-easy, around the screens and systems most people use, not around the assumption you’re cool with finding room for 13-34 speakers and running apps for room correction and pulling new HDMI cables whenever they decide to change the standard.

So when I say, “Hey, we got this surround thing here, it works with everything, and it won’t ever be obsolete,” that’s gonna make some waves. But we’re talking about a product that lobs an arm-sized wrench into the works of an audio treadmill that has ground along for decades, dictating what standards Must Be Followed and when you Must Upgrade for the good of god and country (and sales).
