a40 Astros

[Guest]

So you're saying they only play loud enough in certain applications? Which applications do you not get enough volume?

[Jabberwookie]

windows sounds and internet based sound is only maxing at 25 % but when I test my plackback on these speakers its really load and windows media player plays at that volume too... this is with everything wide open.

[Jabberwookie]

and its not running off the onboard processing so it cant be that, why would it play max in media player but not normal windows sounds?

[Jabberwookie]

i ran to through video card this and onboard, if it were onboard it would change, not to mention this was not an issue till 2 days ago

[Jabberwookie]

It could be your onboard sucks. It happens sometimes. Do the headphones sound fine when using other devices like your phone? Also, did you disable all the extra audio features in the Realtek program and set the audio out as 2 channel stereo?

yes I have messed with all those settings in every config as well as completely disabling them

[watts300]

@Jabberwookie It's a shame you can't figure out what the issue is.   I bought an A40 Audio System, too, and it's the best sounding, most comfortable pair of speakers I've ever worn on my head.   

 

Make a new user account on your computer and do some checking.  Maybe you have some odd settings/preferences in your account. 

[Guest]

This is starting to sound more like a general troubleshooting problem. You might get more help if you report the thread and ask to have it moved to that section.

[KaminKevCrew]

yeah, at this point, you may be better off going with something like a fiio e17k, which is an amp/DAC that runs over USB, so you won't have issues with whatever your onboard sound setup is.

I have the e17k, and it works great for everything that I put it through. the onboard bass/treble boost is a very welcome addtion, as my headphones sometimes decide they don't want to hit hard enough for the Bass.

 

Also, I got into the thread a bit late, but I would recommend just getting a decent pair of regular headphones, and add something like an antlion modmic 4.0 onto them. I have a pretty strange setup personally, but it works for me... 

 

It's an Asus Xonar Essence STX, with a pair of Shure SE535's as my main gaming/listening headphones, with an MAudio Producer USB condenser mic. I also have some Speakers hooked up through the Line out on my sound card, but those are hooked up to my computer, my turntable, and my N64...

 

But I digress... I think you should try out something that is external, and runs off USB before you go spending more money on headphones, since that is very unlikely to be the issue at this point.

[Jabberwookie]

I have a presonus audiobox running midi so audiotech m50s a DAC would make no sense

[Jabberwookie]

who do I ask to move it, and I even did a full reinstall of windows last night... same problem

[Jabberwookie]

yeah, at this point, you may be better off going with something like a fiio e17k, which is an amp/DAC that runs over USB, so you won't have issues with whatever your onboard sound setup is.

I have the e17k, and it works great for everything that I put it through. the onboard bass/treble boost is a very welcome addtion, as my headphones sometimes decide they don't want to hit hard enough for the Bass.

 

Also, I got into the thread a bit late, but I would recommend just getting a decent pair of regular headphones, and add something like an antlion modmic 4.0 onto them. I have a pretty strange setup personally, but it works for me... 

 

It's an Asus Xonar Essence STX, with a pair of Shure SE535's as my main gaming/listening headphones, with an MAudio Producer USB condenser mic. I also have some Speakers hooked up through the Line out on my sound card, but those are hooked up to my computer, my turntable, and my N64...

 

But I digress... I think you should try out something that is external, and runs off USB before you go spending more money on headphones, since that is very unlikely to be the issue at this point.

now I have a audio-technical ATH-M50 running through a Audiobox usb from presonus and a audiotech condenser mic

[Jabberwookie]

FIXED IT!

 

okay here is the run down,

 

Basically after purchasing 6!!! and yes I said 6 different headsets and the 100 to 200 dollar range... can be difficult, analog sound is hard because you have to play around with it, the only way I could get then to sound great is if the audio was separate from the mic, the tied lines that split are utter garbage.

 

razer products are bad.... unless you are a in love with bass, and even then the bass isn't clean, the only one at the price range was the kracken chroma usb, but they arnt worth it and mic sucks plus the ofter war, I did the kraken usb, pro, and chroma usb surround, turtle beach at the range for pc was even worse then those.

 

now the A40, I spoke with support about it in live chat and they told me my issue was I needed there 130 extra dollar mix amp to get the sound I was wanting, otherwise it would just be basic sound through windows

 

so basically for the A40s need a DAC.... which is bs because I hate that marketing piggyback crap, "oh you want the advertised sound? buy this!"

 

when I changed my ath M50s audiotechnica through the on board sound it was even lower, turned on dolbys eq and BOOM! full sound at 24bit and 192k sample rate!

 

so this mobo has to be ran with the damn dolby sound it came with.... gigabyte I think just lost a customer, btw these headsets are rated at 85 ohms so this MOBO card is just fine espesically with 24 bit super high sample rate

 

GA-990fxa-ud3 mobo

 

 

THANK YOU GUYS THO FOR HELPING ME!

 

oh and DON"T BUY A40s  unless you plan on getting it WITH the Mix amp, which I got better phones and a condenser mic for the same price

[Jabberwookie]

well I lied its not really fixed, but better, the sound needs amperage, so I am getting it processed through truaudio on my vcard then amped that way, in the same way I did the a40s which it sounded far worse on the a40s.. go figure, until I get something to take that great sound from the mobo and amplify it like.... a bunch, its weird I have never had this issue until now, and my laptop sports a different audio set up so that could be why the difference

[watts300]

 

now the A40, I spoke with support about it in live chat and they told me my issue was I needed there 130 extra dollar mix amp to get the sound I was wanting, otherwise it would just be basic sound through windows

 

so basically for the A40s need a DAC.... which is bs because I hate that marketing piggyback crap, "oh you want the advertised sound? buy this!"

 

oh and DON"T BUY A40s  unless you plan on getting it WITH the Mix amp, which I got better phones and a condenser mic for the same price

Their marketing is pretty clear that if you want surround you need to use their mix amp with optical input from a Dolby sound card. There's no smoke and mirrors there.

The A40 headset alone does work with Windows in stereo without any additional hardware. I can personally attest to that, and the fact that you went through six headphones trying to make it work really seems to point to the fact that it's not the headphones that you bought over and over and over again. Seriously, why after the fifth set of headphones could you really think that they're all faulty and your computer hardware and/or software is fine? That's not logical at all. Oh ya, the sixth one will fix it for sure. Not.

[Jabberwookie]

Their marketing is pretty clear that if you want surround you need to use their mix amp with optical input from a Dolby sound card. There's no smoke and mirrors there.

The A40 headset alone does work with Windows in stereo without any additional hardware. I can personally attest to that, and the fact that you went through six headphones trying to make it work really seems to point to the fact that it's not the headphones that you bought over and over and over again. Seriously, why after the fifth set of headphones could you really think that they're all faulty and your computer hardware and/or software is fine? That's not logical at all. Oh ya, the sixth one will fix it for sure. Not.

The several head sets is because I was trying to get the proper quality per dollar and experience the mids highs and lows. most of were terrible and the turtle beach and kraken pro had faulty parts, splitter cable was causing feed back and the turtle beach... the sound in general for those were just terrible comparing them to my bose earbuds at about the same price point and I wanted a headset. Not to mention each had differences in the volume level.

 

and I wasn't trying to get surround with the A40s that I don't care about, the mix amp doesn't just add the surround but it acts as a DAC. Even amping the power the same way I am with these M50 Audiotech and sounded terrible, where these AT M50s do not at all.

 

but you can respond with actual help would be great instead of implying that what I was doing doesn't make sense but I figured someone would troll eventually so its cool.

 

your set up and the straight analog to your mobo might work for you, out of all the headsets they were defiantly the best.  It just didn't work for me for that price. 

[watts300]

 

but you can respond with actual help would be great instead 

I did.    I suppose since you didn't post your troubleshooting question in the troubleshooting section, you weren't in troubleshooting mode to see that I was previously trying to be helpful.   But if you want to call any one a troll that tries to point out the errors in your unexplained logic, it's cool. 

[Jabberwookie]

I did.    I suppose since you didn't post your troubleshooting question in the troubleshooting section, you weren't in troubleshooting mode to see that I was previously trying to be helpful.   But if you want to call any one a troll that tries to point out the errors in your unexplained logic, it's cool. 

Its hard to point out errors in logic when you never asked all the "logic" behind why I went through all those head sets, I did look at your first post and it was helpful, and I agree with you about the A40s, but they have issues, every headset will even in the upper end. Astro wants you to buy the mix amp... that was what there resolution with the quality I was having. my hundred dollar ear buds sounded better. It was not a stab at you. And I will agree with you about the comfort of them for sure.

 

I said it was a troll because you just explained the 6 headset thing in an entire post from assumption of how I did it and why. you could have just asked why I did that if it didn't make sense to you instead of just stating it.

[Jabberwookie]

Their marketing is pretty clear that if you want surround you need to use their mix amp with optical input from a Dolby sound card. There's no smoke and mirrors there.

The A40 headset alone does work with Windows in stereo without any additional hardware. I can personally attest to that, and the fact that you went through six headphones trying to make it work really seems to point to the fact that it's not the headphones that you bought over and over and over again. Seriously, why after the fifth set of headphones could you really think that they're all faulty and your computer hardware and/or software is fine? That's not logical at all. Oh ya, the sixth one will fix it for sure. Not.

you will probably like this... Iiiii went back to the A40 WITH the mix amp this time... and so.... I will say my claim of you trolling me good sir is definitely valid.