Hi guys,
My sound card is an Asus STRIX Soar, and I like it, but when I'm on my speakers the sound is noticeably quieter than on my headphones. When I used my on-board sound card the overall volume was a lot higher. It's not like silence-low, it can get pretty decent, but I have to turn the volume knob on my speakers all the way up for that.
Why is that?
I recently found that if I turn up all EQ channels then the volume is absolutely louder and to my liking in terms of loudness, but having to move each slider independently means I can't test for any changes is sound quality.
So I guess what I'm asking is: does identically boosting all frequency ranges distorts the sound in any way? Am I getting worse sound because of it?
Also, why is that not affecting the headphones?
Which, by the way, are a HyperX Cloud Revolvers. They are set to Medium Impedence.
And it appears to me that the distance on their volume knob from "pretty quiet" to "headbursting loud" is really short - is that normal?
I've added a screenshot of my sound settings.
Thank you
My sound card is an Asus STRIX Soar, and I like it, but when I'm on my speakers the sound is noticeably quieter than on my headphones. When I used my on-board sound card the overall volume was a lot higher. It's not like silence-low, it can get pretty decent, but I have to turn the volume knob on my speakers all the way up for that.
Why is that?
I recently found that if I turn up all EQ channels then the volume is absolutely louder and to my liking in terms of loudness, but having to move each slider independently means I can't test for any changes is sound quality.
So I guess what I'm asking is: does identically boosting all frequency ranges distorts the sound in any way? Am I getting worse sound because of it?
Also, why is that not affecting the headphones?
Which, by the way, are a HyperX Cloud Revolvers. They are set to Medium Impedence.
And it appears to me that the distance on their volume knob from "pretty quiet" to "headbursting loud" is really short - is that normal?
I've added a screenshot of my sound settings.
Thank you