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Headphones seem to act like 3 speakers.

Randomperson2

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Jul 27, 2016
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I bought some headphones hoping they would be good. However when I plug it in and listen to a song I can only hear the instruments and not the voice. I found out how to fix it on windows by changing the balance but I don't know what to do about devices I cannot change the balance on.
 
Solution
Make sure that your audio control panel is set for 2 channel audio. If it was set for 3.1 or 5.1 it would place all the voices on the center channel speaker that your headphones don't have.
Make sure that your audio control panel is set for 2 channel audio. If it was set for 3.1 or 5.1 it would place all the voices on the center channel speaker that your headphones don't have.
 
Solution