How to get surround sound with headphones?

[yanosh]

I have headphones and a 7.1 sound card.
Is there a way I can hear surround sound in the headphones.

The headphones have one cable so I connect it to Front Output in the sound card but this way I have only stereo sound.

[E-Male]

powerdvd contains dolby headphone

[KpeX]

There is no way to hear true 7.1 sound with headphones, or anything more than 2.1. As E-Male mentioned several programs have virtual surround downmixes available, that downmix surround sound into a stereo signal that simulates surround sound.

[ursamtl]

Actually, there are a couple of manufacturers who have started selling true surround headphones with six actual speakers. I don't know how good they are, but a quick google produced several reviews, including the following:

http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=813&Itemid=0

Regards,
Steve.

[KpeX]

Cool stuff Steve, thanks for the link :).

I'm skeptical of how effective the surround effects are considering what little physical separation exists between the drivers.

Although I'd be very interested to hear from someone who's tried these out.

[peanuts]

It will be head filling,not room filling.
Nothing like the real thing at 500 watts.
:)