[HS80] Sidetone level way to low

[BigFrank]

Hi everyone,

So I got myself a HS80 on black friday. Very happy about it and I don't have the low-mic sound issues that other seem to have in a different topic on this forum.

But a big issue that I have is that I just can't hear myself. My girl doensn't like me screaming so I cranked up the sidetone volume to it's max in the ICUE software but that didn't do much.

I have to set my windows volume to 100% to hear myself and then it's not great either. Of course gaming with 100% volume is not what I want and I don't want to manually lower the volume of all individual games every time.

Anyone has a tip how I can fix this sidetone volume? I am using Windows 11.

Edited December 1, 2021 by BigFrank

[ZadesLegacy]

Same issue here. Here is a link to my post https://forum.corsair.com/forums/topic/173698-corsair-hs80-low-miclow-sidetone/

I have not found a solution to this issue. It seems the gain is way to low on the microphone itself.

[Tslex]

Please Corsair, fix it. make a boost button on icue or something on the next actualization. volume is way too low compared with other brands

[PleaseFixHardware]

Just bought these and having the same issue. My mic levels are fine (they appear nonexistent but other gamers confirmed I am loud and clear). But the sidetone! At 100% it's barely audible - and the real problem - it's linked to master volume. I came from the HS70's where these were separated, so I could put master volume at whatever I wanted, and independently adjust sidetone to be louder or softer than everything else. But with HS80's and sidetone at 100, if I turn down main volume, it takes sidetone with it. I use these at an 8 or 10 master volume while gaming, and sidetone at 100% in iCUE, and it's nonexistent. 

[Grx33]

Same ...

On the Void Pro, Virtualization is perfect, sidetone to .... (Elite version, mic is too low and need a APO equalizer for boost the mic ...)

Why does corsair change things thet work perfectly well before ?

Why link the sidetone on the Master volume ? .... and no one from corsair is answering us ...

I think im gonna return back my headset to Amz and keep my old Void Pro ...

Can you give us a solution ? can we modify something in ICUE files ? Can you fix this ?

Best regards

[Fuzz Box]

Same exact issue!  Just bought HS80 (usb version) and I can only hear mic monitoring when the main volume is at eardrum piercing levels.  Why Corsair?  I want to love these as they sound wonderful but if I can’t hear myself speak it’s a deal breaker. 

[Fuzz Box]

I discovered something last evening that may help others with their (perceived) low sidetone issues.  I thought I had them too.  I’m not a Chevy fan but an appropriate analogy would be that the HS80 is a Corvette that I was “driving” like a Malibu. IOW, these need their gas pedal pushed to really shine.  I had been using them in the 18-23 main volume range so my game sounds (in Dead By Daylight) wouldn’t hurt my ears.  Sidetone was imperceptible.  I decided to turn down the game’s own volume and turn my headset volume up to around 40. Boom!!!  Mic monitoring was loud and clear!  I feel rather silly not only for complaining about this but also for not thinking of it sooner.  It makes sense, the HS80 needs something near “half throttle” to function as it should.  I am now in love with these again. Of course, I also had to slightly turn down my teammates’ volumes in Discord but I came from an inexpensive pair of on-ear headphones so that is to be expected.  Hope this helps.