I wanted to give a try at sound whoring so I bought this virtual 7.1 headset. Tom's hardware gave it a solid score and it was in my price range so I said, "what the heck?".
This headset is garbage! Extremely poor bass. I can't hear crap even with the amplify perk on. I fiddled with most of the eq presets and they all sound nearly the same. Everything sounds muffled or hollow and God forbid a helicopter fly over because it so friggen loud it drowns out everything else.
I googled for some help but all the settings I see are from the old driver but the new driver appears to have removed the virtual shift and eq presets those people were suggesting.
I switched USB ports and noticed 1 of my front/top ports was significantly down in volume. Moving to another USB port helped make everything louder but the equalization is just all jacked up. The best preset is reference. I hear no difference between 5.1 and 7.1 through CODg.
Does anyone use this headset? If so, do you mind sharing your EQ settings? I'm trying to salvage this $100 headset but so far, my $65 stereo Turtle Beach X11's put this to shame. Sadly, even my stereo speakers (Audio Engine) beat both of these headsets but it's hard to sound whore with stereo speakers.