7.1 Surround + Windows sonic?

[herb]

i have a creative sound blaster audigy rx and i have 7.1 surround turned on for my headphones. its sounds good and the surround sound is fairly accurate. my question is: should i turn on the "windows sonic for headphones" option in the sound settings menu? Could having both of these turned on at the same time create issues or will they work together?

[Origami Cactus]

You can just try, but i will bet they will just stack on top of each other, causing weird sounds.

I have tried Windows Sonic just by itself and im not really too impressed, I much prefer Dolby atmos.

Just I would just recommend sticking with the Audigy.

[OfficialTechSpace]

Both are detrimental to sound quality, you should have neither enabled at any given time.

 

Read up on any audiophile forum/thread, this is widely documented. Any positive effect you feel you're experiencing with either on is placebo. Different sound is not better sound, and digital processing filters stray from accuracy which objectively worsens sound quality.

[cmndr]

Trying to cram a 5.1/7.1/atmos signal into 2 channel system will only do so much.

At some level you're just taking one set of tradeoffs over another.

My default bias is to error on the side of NOT having things on. From there come up with a few combinations and test just to see what you like more. A good way of testing would be to do something like this

4 use cases (Game A, Game B, Music A, Music B) that are sufficiently distinct from each other.
Then test each of the 4 combinations. (Off+Off; Off+On; On+Off; On+On)

For music I'd suggest Bubbles by Yosi Horikawa as one of the tests.