Corsair 1500 Volume Scaling

[SacredSoul79]

Recently bought a pair of 1500s, and while they sound absolutely fantastic, and don't have the problem of being obnoxiously loud that I see floating around on this forum, there is quite an issue in the volumes scaling.

 

In comparison to my old analog headset, 1% volume is roughly equal to 20% analog volume. 2% is roughly equal to 35% analog, and 3% roughly 75% analog. From there, the volume control starts to normalize a bit, and the massive curve starts to level out a bit (granted, it takes a few more ticks up until 1% up equals what roughly 1% up sounds like on analog), until about 35%. From 35% to around 60%, everything might as well be the same volume, the change is so minuscule. I would continue, but anything above 60% is too ear-splitting, headache inducing loud for me to make an accurate comparison.

 

As for troubleshooting, I'm on the latest driver version, and have uninstalled/re-installed several times and tried switching USB ports. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, but if the solution will equate roughly to, "sacrifice sound quality for volume control," I'm not very interested. I can deal with the broken volume controls if that's the case.

 

Thank you all in advance.

[JackBootedThug]

Recently bought a pair of 1500s, and while they sound absolutely fantastic, and don't have the problem of being obnoxiously loud that I see floating around on this forum, there is quite an issue in the volumes scaling.

 

Left Port (Worse): In comparison to my old analog headset, 1% volume is roughly equal to 20% analog volume. 2% is roughly equal to 35% analog, and 3% roughly 75% analog. From there, the volume control starts to normalize a bit, and the massive curve starts to level out a bit (granted, it takes a few more ticks up until 1% up equals what roughly 1% up sounds like on analog), until about 35%. From 35% to around 60%, everything might as well be the same volume, the change is so minuscule. I would continue, but anything above 60% is too ear-splitting, headache inducing loud for me to make an accurate comparison.

 

As for troubleshooting, I'm on the latest driver version, and have uninstalled/re-installed several times and tried switching USB ports. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, but if the solution will equate roughly to, "sacrifice sound quality for volume control," I'm not very interested. I can deal with the broken volume controls if that's the case.

 

Thank you all in advance.

 

I have the same issue here. I have tended to overlook it but now that you mention it my sound option is "very quiet" or one notch up to "normal" and anything above that is "earsplitting."

 

It was something I could overlook I suppose but it is overshadowed by the left/right sound reversal issue, which by looking at all the forums posts around it, is unfixable.

[sandstorm1]

I have the same issue here. I have tended to overlook it but now that you mention it my sound option is "very quiet" or one notch up to "normal" and anything above that is "earsplitting."

 

It was something I could overlook I suppose but it is overshadowed by the left/right sound reversal issue, which by looking at all the forums posts around it, is unfixable.

 

I fixed the reversal by using older drivers.