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Onboard sound hardware is pathetic

1088 Views 12 Replies 5 Participants Last post by v0id, Jan 7, 2007

v0id

Discussion Starter · Jan 6, 2007

I'm using an Asus P5GDC-V motherboard with CMI9880 integrated sound. Music (specifically trance, house and progressive) sounds pretty bad through headphones connected directly to the back port but half-decent through external speakers. The problem with headphone sound is the noticeable lack of bass and way too much treble. I've adjusted my equalizer settings to compensate but it's still pretty bad. Low-frequency distortion is also quite apparent.

Is this a problem afflicting integrated audio hardware in general (i.e. do I need to shell out a few $$$ for a dedicated card?), or are my settings awry?

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Jedi_Master

· #2 · Jan 6, 2007

Howdy v0id...

Don't really know where to start with this, but a lot of sound cards ( the CMI9880 which is a C-Media card/chip ) will use the MIC, Line In as outputs for sound...

Now where do you have your Headsets plugged in, is it the MIC or the Line in ?

Since it sounds half-decent through your ex. speakers I'd say that there are some sound software settings that you may have to play with to achieve your goal...

Not real sure of the software you are using to control the sound card...

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Jedi_Master

· #4 · Jan 6, 2007

Howdy winbob...

With these cards (actually some of the older cards/chips will as well ), the software can switch these inputs to outputs, its's how you get 5:1 sound out of these cards ( no offense but how do you get 5:1 sound out of one ouptut on a card/chip )...

I know I've had/worked on some of these cards/chips the software can switch between output and input on the connectors...

All you have to do is to go into the software and tell it hey I want 5:1 sound, then the sound output will become the rear speakers, the Line In will become the front speakers and the Mic will become the big hooka bass speaker ( depending on your setup )

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Jedi_Master

· #8 · Jan 6, 2007

TRS-80 vet said:
This is really interesting!!!

How many TSG posters found in their pc sound properties this setting for 5.1 sound, not knowing exactly what they were doing, and then posted with non-recording mic problems???

If you look back through some of the archives there are some who actually did !

No offence, I'm just posting

Back to lurking...

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Jedi_Master

· #11 · Jan 6, 2007

winbob said:
Jedi,
Thanks for the clarification. I only use 2.1 sound on my desktop....never tried to switch to 5.1, probably never will.

Good don't, if your sound card isn't one of those hight end hooka dollar cards, I don't think you're not going to notice the difference...

I've got a SIS audio, and with the reciver I've got, and the speaker setup I have, I have'nt realy noticed the difference ( I'd tell you if I did, trust me

) between the two ...

Which is what I think the OP should do, is to set the audio to 2:1 and use the speakers as an output to the headphones...

But don't really know what is going on with v0id, untill he/she posts back

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