@Skitzotech If you play with good headphones, you can hear things better _but the relative volume between loud and soft sounds is the same_ . That’s the difference, and that’s what’s important.
With good headphones you can still only crank up the volume ever so far because otherwise explosions become so loud they rip your hearing apart 🙂 This limits how audible footsteps will be for you no matter what headphones etc. you’re using.
With your audio enhancement you can crank up the volume much more because loud sounds are reduced in volume. And since low sounds are already boosted in volume from the start with your audio enhancements, footsteps become “extra extra” much easier to hear for you.