As a side note I didn't note it right away and could have left it alone, but that was only because I use my Bose Companion 5 USB virtual surround sound system. But for grins and giggles I connected head phones to see what the card is like. Also to use the Stereo Mix feature.
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Larry Higgins Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 6:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: Question about a sound card issue - maybe Listers, Something has been kind of bugging me since I began using this Dell XPS 7500 machine back in march of last year. It seems to me that the on board Realtech sound card has a characteristic of making voices sound as if they are cave like, depending how they are positioned. I think that if they are completely centered in a stereo version, they sound more reverberous, or as if they are a bit more in the background than they should be, at least more so than they sounded with my old Creative Audigy card. If anybody has also noticed this with either this or any other card, and have a ready solution to what I at least consider a problem, I would really like to hear about it. Guess I can live with it, I have for almost a year, but if it could be corrected, at least without having to buy another card, in the hopes that it wouldn't have the same issue, it would be nice. BTW, my speakers are correctly phased. Any input or advice on this would be very much appreciated, Larry
