Audio workaround? How bad are they really?
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You don't have to use the built-in speakers if you don't want to. The sound doesn't come through the HDMI cable, it comes from a second audio cable... just like you would use to any external speakers.
1818353
Yes, just start audio out from your computer without boost and work up from there.
534176
It's not terrible. It causes strange audio bugs in certain games for me where it loops the same sound over and over freezing whatever program or game I'm in. Could be driver related not sure though. I keep mine disabled.
654183
I hope a more informed person will post to enlighten us, but I believe this bypasses your sound card/built in audio codec. I think that is the same for any USB headset.You would need to plug a headset directly via mini jacks in the sound card to use that. I guess where I am lacking clarity is that I believe there is no special speaker hardware for headsets to do "positional" surround. I think it is all simulated- either in the chip in the USB dongle or in your PCI sound card.
1023571
You could get a SCART audio extractor that lets you input audio, or you could modify the cable to support audio. What console are you using?
460350
There are audio settings in the menu, I was able to play with those and get good volume. The TV is at another location so I can't help you with specifics now.
2067765
I'm not aware of any solutions apart from utilizing the headphone out on your audio receiver. With a TV this nice you've got a sound system, right? ;-)
1405159
It will bypass all internal audio components. I wouldn't call it an improvement over most integrated audio, but for a laptop with bad onboard you would definitely hear an improvement.
1067228
Did you get it? I have one of them, it doesn't work. Neither do 3 others I have tried in the last week though, so I think I have a bad sound card. Sorry - I think it worked alright before it stopped working, but I could not swear it and I have a PC. Good luck.
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Hi Jess.. Yes there is some problems regarding connection, but i'll manage to use them any way even thoug they sometimes "Fall off" but you can use a mini Jack to connect to your Mac or what ever.. The Sound is oudstanding!!
1528557
Not sure what you are doing here. Not enough detail. If you are outputting audio from computer to stereo thers no issue. Whatever you are doing, I can say that quality will not be compromised.
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M. Furukawa: You're the only person I've read on this subject (and I've read hundreds of pages on Head-fi and elsewhere) who contemplated a "separate mic dongle" with the Westone ES cable. If you went that route, how did it work for you? People talk about having to "sand them down" to make them fit.
1491587
Yes, a GOOD sound card will fix the problem. I have been using sound blaster since it first came out
194975
It totally depends on the unit. Mine won't play back audio without crackles here and there but others don't have that issue. A bit of a crap shoot unfortunately. I still use a different interface for recording for what that's worth.
2064000
Theorectically yes, but this is connected in to line level output/input...means unamplified.....not worth the hassle. Look into software controlled audio.....good luck
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Yes. It'll probably run into some issues when unplugging/hotplugging if you're just using direct ALSA, but pulseaudio appears to take care of that.
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My experience is the same as Jacky's. I don't use mine with a laptop so can't comment on that. My headphones work fine without anything related to the speakers as I plug them into a USB port on my CPU.