While writing all this I messed around a bit more and I might, JUST might be getting a 5.1 audio out of it. (That might be as high as its built to go.) I also see a RealTek Digital Out device and when I use this device the headset will use a 2 channel, 24 bit, 48000 Hz (Studio Quality) but not any higher quality ones. So again thinking Dolby Digital Live is the issue.)Īs I said I do have full audio and I can communicate with the mic. (I have it hooked up via an optical cable. To hear surround sound, you need to use the digital optical cable as shown in the first diagram and have Dolby Digital Live installed. In this configuration you will only hear enhanced stereo audio. In order to hear surround sound, your computer must have a digital (optical) connection and Dolby Digital Live installed. Yet, it also stated earlier in its instructions that: (Which is what I think is going on here.) You will hear enhanced stereo audio unless Dolby Digital Live is installed. Most games will not output Dolby 5.1 unless your computer is running Dolby Digital Live. That said I do think it should be capable of doing more as the head set is a 5.1 sound system so I looked in the user guide and it states: (Which is better.) Note: Windows (I'm on 8.1 BTW) says this is Bluetooth Stereo when I check to see if the driver is up to date. Looking around some more I saw another device (PX Stereo) that offered 2 channel 16 bit stereo (CD Quality) setting. So I got around to looking and saw it was using a hands free mode (sound, playback, highlighted the device in question, properties, default format) and it was 1 channel 16 bit. Now, I have a game I'm really into (or will be when it releases), which I'm going to need to be able to communicate, and as I used my headset during its beta I realized how off the sound was.

So I have an 'old' gaming headset (A Turtle Beach PX5) that I used on last gen consoles and have used it, on some level on my PC, but playing mostly SP games and in my own room a headset isn't often needed.

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