Oh that could be too. But seriously though Tom. Dell does do something odd with the mother bord audio. I'm surprised Larry hasn't notised it till now. But then again I heard it straight away over Bose OE2I headphones. I have no idea what effect dell turns on. I checked mine so I could shut that particular effect off with out disabeling the ability to use effects, but no banana. Who knows what dell's up to. It disappoints me to hear they do that noncence with the XPS as well.
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 10:23 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: RE: Question about a sound card issue - maybe Larry: Might it be that you've got something on your stereo receiver set for enhancments or something? Just a thought! Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Larry Higgins Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: Re: Question about a sound card issue - maybe Well Tim, thanks for that bit of advice, but I've tried that, and that takes practically all of my amplification away. I only have the minimum of enhancement going. I don't even have any equalization, at least not through the sound card, only through Winamp. As far as Winamp, my player, and the part it might have to play in the equation, I don't even have surround sound on at all, because I am using an old school analog stereo receiver. So, I am open to even more suggestions. Thanks much, Larry On 2/26/2016 7:28 AM, Tim Aune wrote: > Try going in to control panel and go to sound link and click on your > sound card. Then go to playback and then to the properties and then > the enhancements tabs and check disable all enhancements. I hope that > solves the problem. > Tim > > -----Original Message----- From: Larry Higgins > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 5:38 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > 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 > > >
