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I recently bought X7 Limited Edition + E-MU XM7 bundle, got them set up and all appears to work as expected. But bass is lackluster, which is unlike various reviews I've read and watched. I've also seen a few YouTube videos, such as this one and this one which shows how the drivers visibly vibrate. While I can certainly feel the vibrations on mine when I touch the drivers, they barely visibly vibrate at all even during heaviest of bass.
As per Creative's XM7 setup guide, 8 ohms is selected in X7, also tried 4 ohms but no difference (speakers are 6 ohms). X7 is connected to my desktop computer or laptop via USB cable (Windows 10 and USB 3.0 in both cases). I've also tried to play music on my Android phone via Bluetooth, with same results. Having gone through the X7 manual, I didn't notice anything amiss.
I've fiddled with Windows sound settings, tried different default bitrates and frequencies, also checked and unchecked full range speakers. I've also tried with Creative's SBX effects on, without them and with "Direct Mode" enabled, which bypasses DSP entirely. Bass is in all cases missing.
I've updated X7 firmware to the latest version and also using the latest X7 drivers.
Found this thread in which someone apparently has same issues on USB, but RCA works well. I tried 3.5mm Line-In and there was no difference. When I get the chance, I will try S/PDIF as well, but can't do that until later next week. But chances are high that won't do anything either.
What could possibly be the problem here?
As per Creative's XM7 setup guide, 8 ohms is selected in X7, also tried 4 ohms but no difference (speakers are 6 ohms). X7 is connected to my desktop computer or laptop via USB cable (Windows 10 and USB 3.0 in both cases). I've also tried to play music on my Android phone via Bluetooth, with same results. Having gone through the X7 manual, I didn't notice anything amiss.
I've fiddled with Windows sound settings, tried different default bitrates and frequencies, also checked and unchecked full range speakers. I've also tried with Creative's SBX effects on, without them and with "Direct Mode" enabled, which bypasses DSP entirely. Bass is in all cases missing.
I've updated X7 firmware to the latest version and also using the latest X7 drivers.
Found this thread in which someone apparently has same issues on USB, but RCA works well. I tried 3.5mm Line-In and there was no difference. When I get the chance, I will try S/PDIF as well, but can't do that until later next week. But chances are high that won't do anything either.
What could possibly be the problem here?
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