Astro Gaming has issued a statement regarding the Dolby Digital situation, clarifying that users with an A50 Wireless Transmitter or Wired MixAmp Pro will be able to get surround sound on day one. So good news for those people who own either of these devices. For others, you'll have to wait until Xbox One's post launch update is out.


ASTRO Gaming still provides a Dolby Headphone 7.1 experience on the Xbox One even from a stereo input.

Microsofts decision to drop Dolby encoding on their SPDIF output at launch does have ramifications for ASTROs products. While our products do not process DTS signals, we do have on-board Dolby encoding in both our A50 Wireless Transmitter as well as our Wired MixAmp Pro. An Xbox One gamer will need to select Stereo output for game audio, but our MixAmps will process that stereo signal with Dolby ProLogic II and encode it with Dolby Headphone *the* gold standard for simulated 7.1 Surround Sound for gaming headphones.

So have no fear gamers, your ASTROs will still provide a Dolby Digital Surround experience no matter what your console choice.

So if you use a Mixamp or Astros like me then then you will still have Dolby Digital.