Just to let you guys know, If you're having problems getting decent sound personalization accuracy and mapping, you can ask Creative to look at your head pictures that are uploaded and to manually fix the mapping for you, which will be stored on their servers. Did this a long time ago with a...

A phone repair shop can easily repair that connector. You'll have to buy the proper connector from digikey however for them to solder it on (obviously if you have soldering experience and decent tools, you can just do it yourself). Unfortunately they have several solder pad layouts and only...

I believe you can use the windows app to factory reset it.

I do this literally every single day or every few days/week for over two years now. No problem whatsoever. I'm sorry I can't help you. Either test it on a different computer, clean both the 3.5mm jack and the male plugs with Deoxit D5, or RMA the amp.

I've only seen this crackling usually right after windows boots, on the very first sound test. Then on the next test it's as good as ever. I think I may have heard it once recently after a reboot, maybe after changing a profile (on my phone?). There's also a bug sometimes when you have the...

The Super X-fi binaural engine sounds more accurate to me. I have had the GSX-1000 for years and bought the Super X-fi amp as soon as it went for sale. So I definitely prefer the SF-Xi, as the GSX has a more generic HRTF that doesn't work well for everyone. The GSX does have less reverb...

This can't be the successor to the X7. It doesn't have 5.1 or 7.1 discrete speaker support (3.5mm jacks). Not sure if it can do it over optical out or if it's just Super X-fi only. The X3 does have direct 5.1 speaker support. This device seems to be a direct competitor to the GSX-1200, since...

Can you kindly link to the one that you bought from Aliexpress for us?

The new Gen2 profiles and firmware seem to improve reverb and positioning clarity in FPS games seems to be better.

That shoudn't happen. Try a higher quality USB-C cable like an Anker cable. If there's any play in the cable, that can happen. You can also try buying some Deoxit D5 and spraying it in the contacts and cleaning the contact pins that way.

I have the Wicked pads and I didn't notice any difference in bass from the XL pads. I did not test a comparison between the wicked and original pads, though. My gold standard for bass testing is the ripped Diablo 1 music tracks, which have the most overloaded bass of anything I have. And they...

Another firmware update 1.61.01.

XL pads will always have slightly less bass since the pads are larger. How much it's changed depends on your ears. You can try these and see how well you like them. https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Cushions-Moda-Memory-Replacement/dp/B07DR57HM8/ There seem to be a new set of pads that are used...

There was a firmware update sometime recently, but it doesn't show on the computer app, only on mobile. 1.45 instead of 1.40.07.

Super X-fi > Sennheiser GSX-1000 > SBX > CMSS 3D.

Stereo downmix. I've never seen a phone that has a 7.1 configuration possible over a headphone jack, which would require the operating system to be surround sound aware, allowing a configuration for it.

Been several months now :/ Any feedback?

Does the A16 still cost as much as a small car? :(

You can do it on both the PC software and android. Pretty much the same options on both. It's saved onboard so once you have a profile you like, you don't need to run software on another OS to use the Amp.

OOYH adds a great deal of sound latency. This has already been shown (and mentioned here) and many professional, semipro or simply competitive gamers don't want extra latency in anything, even if it doesn't affect them like input or screen latency does.. People already freak out about 4ms just...

I wss in communication with Creative extensively about the 10 khz sine issue for many weeks and after several exchanges with engineers, we found that its working properly. I verified this with my 5.1 Klipsch setup. (I am just a poor gamer on a fixed income, keep this in mind--I do not have...

They apparently change the sound since the drivers are farther away from the ears. That can be a good or bad thing or maybe you won't notice it. And you may have trouble with glasses. They are not expensive so if you're doing well financially (assuming everyone on this site is--I am not), try...

That will definitely do it. But if the volume is lowered on the 598, it still distorts?

The Amp seems to handle Bass differently than the Sennheiser GSX-1000. Go to the sound test in volume properties on the GSX-1000 and test the "Subwoofer". Notice how it sounds? It sounds like a drum, right? (My X-fi Fatal1ty also has the "drum" sound on the bass test, but see below). Now go to...

No, I'm just not into that stuff. I didn't even know all these other things even existed until this thread. I know how deep the rabbit hole might go and it takes alot of research but living on an fixed income I'll never be able to get the really good stuff. (like a Realiser A16). But maybe...