Medusa 5.1 headphones.. and a Xfi.. bass issues please h

Like I posted I have a "Medusa 5. surround headset.

I installed everything as stated on the manual... When I went into the control panel of my sound card everything worked and I could control the volume with everything by using my remote on my headphones... The bass also worked and could get loud enough for me head to start to shake.

The problem is when I go to play music or games the Bass stops working and it sounds like its coming from the front speakers... I also can not control the bass anymore... but if I go back into the control panel and test everything works

Why does the bass work only in the control panel and not in games or music? It seems to me like it cuts off the bass (controller everything) and changes it over to the front speakers... while rear and center still work

Rear and center sounds fine but the bass and the front speakers seems off while in games etc




Edit: the front speakers in my headphones make the bass noise and nothing else it seems but the center and rear work like i said while the bass/controller for the bass doesnt
Message Edited by Steve2005 on -02-2005 09:56 PM

I recently got a set of Medusa 5. headphones and am noticing the same problem.
Speaker tests, even THX tests off commercial DVD movies work correctly. When those test tones get around to the LFE channel the headphones properly play the bass and also vibrate... I can adjust the level of bass and vibration using the VIB volume on the headphone controller.
However when it games (EQ2 in my case) that I know have an LFE signal it doesnt sound right.. All comes from the front speakers it seems and there isnt any VIB. Actually there is very little "noticable" bass at all. Everythign else about the 5. soundfield appears to work correctly...front/center/rears. I can find a torch or something in game and stand in front of it, spin my character around and hear the sound of the flame go around me as it should. There just inst any bass when there should be.
Again movies and various test tones work correctly.. Games I play dont.

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