[haejuk]

I have just dug up my old Audigy 2 ZS Platinum sound card to replace the on board sound on a desktop I built last year.  The problem is that it doesn't sound like it used to.  When I listen to music, any amount of bass will cause the mids and highs to fade out while the bass is happening.  The sound also gets super distorted if I turn the bass up even 5% over its default setting.  It isn't a problem with my headphones, as they sound fine from other sources.  I am 90% sure that it is a problem with the Windows 7 drivers that creative cobbled together for this card (it is like 7 years old and sounded good on Windows XP). 
 
Has anyone run into this?  Does anyone have a solution for this?  Or did I even explain it well?

 

[haejuk]

I just tried installing the PAX drivers.  I had no idea that they also had drivers for Audigy cards.  This made my card sound better and got rid of the terrible distortion from adjusting bass settings, but I still get the highs and mids getting auto-balanced or something when there is a bass presence in music. 
 
Does anyone have any idea if there is some setting or something that does this?  It is driving me crazy.  I might be looking at a new sound card this holiday season.

 

[nagual]

Try the drivers from the  kxproject.

 

[haejuk]

Thanks, I'll give those a try, too.  How many different drivers are out there for these old cards?