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3 years ago

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New sound engine problem?

Since the new season came out, I haven't been able to play due to unusable sound. I know a lot of you will just state that it's always been broken, but I'm talking about a way worse sound than usual....

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OPL3XITY
3 years ago
Alright guys, I figured it out!

Short answer, the headset (HyperX Cloud Flight) is faulty.

Long answer, the right hear speaker is not able to output some very specific Apex Legends sound frequencies when the volume is lowered by the character rotation.
How did I conclude that?
When using the same headset to play other games (Tested on Overwatch 2, Fortnite, Hyenas, The final, Battlefield), to watch movies or listen to music, everything sounds perfect.
When using another headset for apex, everything sound perfect, even when watching the faulty clips.
When doing the same 2 tests mentioned above on another computer, I get the same results.

I am no hardware engineer but it seems like the right hear speaker on the headset got damaged from playing too much apex. (Almost 8000 hours)
So to answer the thread title
"New sound engine problem?"
NO
BUT I was still able to hear missing sounds for bin opening animations, which doesn't matter all that much.

NickBeam27

3 years ago

@Cheese9Man I am on Ps4, and although the sound as always been an issues since day one....there are times/seasons when it is better at times than others.
With that being said, this season 14, since launch, I find the overall sound in a lot of aspects is much worse than I have ever experienced before. IMO

OPL3XITY

3 years ago

Alright guys, I figured it out!

Short answer, the headset (HyperX Cloud Flight) is faulty.

Long answer, the right hear speaker is not able to output some very specific Apex Legends sound frequencies when the volume is lowered by the character rotation.

How did I conclude that?
When using the same headset to play other games (Tested on Overwatch 2, Fortnite, Hyenas, The final, Battlefield), to watch movies or listen to music, everything sounds perfect.
When using another headset for apex, everything sound perfect, even when watching the faulty clips.

When doing the same 2 tests mentioned above on another computer, I get the same results.

I am no hardware engineer but it seems like the right hear speaker on the headset got damaged from playing too much apex. (Almost 8000 hours)
So to answer the thread title

"New sound engine problem?"
NO
BUT I was still able to hear missing sounds for bin opening animations, which doesn't matter all that much.

pandareno1999
Hero+
3 years ago
@OPL3XITY I just recently stopped using Hyper Cloud X in favor of Astro A40. It's significantly better, especially for music. I'm a professional musician, and I tried the Hyper as headphones for music precisely one time because of how absolutely terrible it sounded. That wasn't why I changed brands for gaming, but I tried the Astro for music once to see, and it actually sounded like a proper set of headphones.
BigMacAttack8u
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@OPL3XITY I HIGLY recommend the steel series arctics 9x, by far it is my favorite headset, comfortable, long battery and can connect with Xbox and Bluetooth devices. You can even connect it too your Xbox and Bluetooth device at the same time for some flawless gaming music!