New headset

[Les]

Originally Posted by klem

Medusa here, for a few years now. Comfy but a little heavy for some. It's an older version with the separate amplifier.

The only problem I have is in the cockpit when I look down from forward to my lap. There is a passing point at which the sound becomes much louder.

However having listened to various demos where I don't get that I suppose it's something to do with the game sound or perhaps my PC audio (Realtek AC97 on my Asus mobo)

It's mostly an in-game thing I think. When your viewpoint changes in cockpit and your plane's engine sound gets moved around, it can have some unwelcome effects.

You still get it with stereo headphones, but it can get amplified by the different speakers in a 5.1 setup. In fact I can remember being annoyed by the different sound levels with my Medusa's as the engine sound moved between speakers.

In your case all I can suggest is checking the levels between your front and rear speakers, maybe adjusting them in an otherwise un-natural balance to counter the effect, but I'm only guessing.

At the moment, with stereo headphones, I'm getting this odd thing where if I look up, the sound gets louder than when I'm looking straight ahead or down (with no difference between straight ahead and down). Which is the exact reverse of what you're describing. It's not a problem, but I don't see the point of it.

If the sound changes are supposed to be because of my virtual ears proximity to the engine, I'd expect the sounds to get louder if anything when looking straight ahead, or when looking left or right and pointing one ear directly at the engine, rather than when looking up.

Despite the novelty of it, I'm not sure how realistic it is to have the engine sitting right in front of you be all that directional anyway. I imagine it'd be more of an all-encompassing, almost deafening noise, only interrupted by impacts to your plane or nearby explosions. But it's not something I've really looked into or experienced in real-life myself, so I can't really say.