I have a set of Medusa 5.1 earphones and they are great for when you cant use your hifi.
they definitely give better surround sound than a set of stereo cans but sound quality isnt quite up with a similarly priced set of stereo ones, but still not bad sounding.
If you game and/or watch movies a lot you will likely prefer the medusas to a stereo set.
We only have two ears so why do you need 5 speakers strapped to your ears? Turn on X-Fi headphone mode with decent quality headphones and CMSS 3D and you won't need surround headphones.
Yep, as I suspected, sleeping in class when you should have been paying attention. Anyone who knows a little about headphones knows you don't need those crap 5.1 headphones for surround sound.