[illitirit]

So I just purchased a Zx with the ACM module.
 
I am using audio techninca a900x as my headphones.
 
The bass is just absolutely horrible on this.
 
I am upgrading after 12 years with my audigy 2 card, did I really wait 12 years for this sound?  I was expecting to be BLOWN away.
 
While the sound quality isnt bad, its just the bass.  Its muddy, its not pronounced.  It just doesnt have that satisfying hit that I am used to.  To describe in further detail, all of the bass coming through my headphones sounds like if you were playing a drum set and using the loud bass drum that you step on (I dont know the name of it).  Songs that should have more of a BOOM type bass just sound like someone is tapping on a bass drum.
 
Any help is appreciated.  Im about to toss this thing right back into the post to get a refund.

 

[jiiteepee]

ZX's headphone output :: A900X impedance missmatch?
DSP effects active?
Compare stsreo speakers/headphones profiles ....

 

[illitirit]

i found the problem.  It is the ACM module.  I plugged directly into the back of the sound card and now I am in bass heaven.
 
Whatever kind of gimmick creative was thinking with this ACM control unit, they really have lost my trust.
 
Im returning the card and buying the base model Z card.
 
It really does sound WAY better than my audigy 2, but the ACM thing is absolutely useless.

 

[genclaymore]

The ACM sounds like it was cheaply made, I seen some one made there own and did a better job then what creative did.