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Pierre Dabrunst
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Okay so this might be a wierd question....

 

Is there a way to "overclock" or boost the audio in Windows? I do not have a headset with volume control and the sound in Windows is maxed as well as in my music, videos etc...

Is there a way to raise the volume to over 100% or is that like a no-go?

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2 minutes ago, Pierre Dabrunst said:

Okay so this might be a wierd question....

 

Is there a way to "overclock" or boost the audio in Windows? I do not have a headset with volume control and the sound in Windows is maxed as well as in my music, videos etc...

Is there a way to raise the volume to over 100% or is that like a no-go?

Buy a better audio amp, you can't overclock that part of a PC really

 

Yours faithfully

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5 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

Buy a better audio amp, you can't overclock that part of a PC really

 

No he needs new headphones. I have never heard of a PC where you can't get a headset loud enough. Unless he's using something really hard to drive, which I doubt. 

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6 minutes ago, Max_Settings said:

No he needs new headphones. I have never heard of a PC where you can't get a headset loud enough. Unless he's using something really hard to drive, which I doubt. 

 

13 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

Buy a better audio amp, you can't overclock that part of a PC really

 

Might just be an audio config issue. I've seen people with very similar issues, and they had one application turned down in the windows volume mixer.

 

I personally find PC audio outputs way too loud on max volume with every pair of headphones I have every owned.

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Just now, unknownmiscreant said:

I personally find PC audio outputs way too loud on max volume with every pair of headphones I have every owned.

Exactly, even most audiophile headphones would still be too loud at max volume on onboard audio. I can think of maybe 5 headphones were this would not be the case.

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45 minutes ago, Max_Settings said:

No he needs new headphones. I have never heard of a PC where you can't get a headset loud enough. Unless he's using something really hard to drive, which I doubt. 

 

37 minutes ago, unknownmiscreant said:

 

Might just be an audio config issue. I've seen people with very similar issues, and they had one application turned down in the windows volume mixer.

 

I personally find PC audio outputs way too loud on max volume with every pair of headphones I have every owned.

I'd assume he either has said hard to drive headphones (happens a lot, people go out and buy high impedance headphones not knowing) or he has a laptop, some laptops have pretty bad audio. He doesn't specify a lot of required info. I like to really crank my audio but I usually use low impedance headphone for compatibility with a lot of devices 

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3 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

 

I'd assume he either has said hard to drive headphones (happens a lot, people go out and buy high impedance headphones not knowing) or he has a laptop, some laptops have pretty bad audio. He doesn't specify a lot of required info. I like to really crank my audio but I usually use low impedance headphone for compatibility with a lot of devices 

True, although I have yet to encounter a laptop with crap audio that can't utterly deafen me. (crap being a relative thing.)

 

Having said that, all the laptops I have encountered are either dell or HP.

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18 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

 

I'd assume he either has said hard to drive headphones (happens a lot, people go out and buy high impedance headphones not knowing) or he has a laptop, some laptops have pretty bad audio. He doesn't specify a lot of required info. I like to really crank my audio but I usually use low impedance headphone for compatibility with a lot of devices 

Only thing is he said headset, which I’m assuming means gaming headset, but I might be wrong.

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2 hours ago, NinJake said:

What speakers/headphones are you using?

 

1 hour ago, Max_Settings said:

Only thing is he said headset, which I’m assuming means gaming headset, but I might be wrong.

 

1 hour ago, Lord Nicoll said:

 

I'd assume he either has said hard to drive headphones (happens a lot, people go out and buy high impedance headphones not knowing) or he has a laptop, some laptops have pretty bad audio. He doesn't specify a lot of required info. I like to really crank my audio but I usually use low impedance headphone for compatibility with a lot of devices 

 

My headset "setup" is kinda stupid but it's what I got....

I have a Razer BlackWidow keyboard with the audio jack passthrough in the back audiojack on my motherboard and my headset into the keyboard...

The headset is a stupid headset but good audio... Beats Solo Wireless 2 but with the AUX connected since my PC dosen't have bluetooth.

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7 minutes ago, Pierre Dabrunst said:

 

 

 

My headset "setup" is kinda stupid but it's what I got....

I have a Razer BlackWidow keyboard with the audio jack passthrough in the back audiojack on my motherboard and my headset into the keyboard...

The headset is a stupid headset but good audio... Beats Solo Wireless 2 but with the AUX connected since my PC dosen't have bluetooth.

What happens when you try to plug your headset in through your motherboard?

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Just now, NinJake said:

What happens when you try to plug your headset in through your motherboard?

Kinda the same thing.... It's good sound and all and a "normal" audio level but I just want it to be abit higher since I am kinda like a music freak lisening with as high audio as I can.

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If you really aren't enjoying the default audio levels your best bet is to get an external amplifier to power your headset. I haven't heard any Beats ever so I can't say what they should or shouldn't sound like but they may just not hit the levels you are trying to accomplish... however I find that hard to believe for pretty much anything. I have 5 dollar ear buds off amazon that are wayyy more loud than they need to be for my work environment and have suited me well for the past few years.

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17 minutes ago, Pierre Dabrunst said:

 

 

 

My headset "setup" is kinda stupid but it's what I got....

I have a Razer BlackWidow keyboard with the audio jack passthrough in the back audiojack on my motherboard and my headset into the keyboard...

The headset is a stupid headset but good audio... Beats Solo Wireless 2 but with the AUX connected since my PC dosen't have bluetooth.

Whats your motherboard?

 

Yours faithfully

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