Wraithy
New Head-Fier
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Well, thank you very much for your help, I'm going to buy Z, I hope I'll enjoy it.
Here's my Mirror's Edge videos. Since it's OpenAL game (and I'm using the correct device id), SBX doesn't do anything in it though and CMSS just enables HRTF in X-Fi case. Both are tested in stereo mode, not headphone mode. In my opinion, in OpenAL games X-Fi sounds sharper.
Zx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qL7BX_XcU&hd=1
X-Fi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GH5DsUJpY8&hd=1
If connecting an amp to the headphone jack reduces volume then something is very wrong, or the amp has actually less than unity gain (less than 1x or 0 dB).
(Or the amp's potentiometer at the position you're using attenuates the signal a lot more than you think.)
Hi everyone I recently bought the SB ZXR for my new pc and am now looking for a headphone to go with it. I am considering either the HD800 or K712 but I am wondering if the soundcard will be good enough for these headphones or will I have to get an external amp?
Thanks Anarion. I'm not 100% sure these are the same vids Fegefeur showed me before, but these sound good. Thanks for uploading them.
Any reason you tested in Stereo mode instead of Headphone mode? I'm not even sure what you mean here, Speaker vs Headphone out on the SBX control panel?
Mostly, because, well, headphone out is unusable loud with these headphones. Headphone mode also has this "in your head" kind of HRTF. While it might be more accurate, it sounds worse in my opinion. SBX wouldn't be enabled in that game anyway since it's OpenAL game and I did not use generic software mode. Headphone out and line out have different HRTF in OpenAL games and if you have SBX enabled. Same situation with X-Fi. It is kinda annoying that you can't enable headphone mode when using line out since the headphone out can be unusable with headphones. Even with line out, ACM is a must.