Guild Wars 2

I tried posting this in the Audio section, but it won’t let me.

Recently, I got a new pair of headphones (Sony MDR-ZX100) to replace my usb powered speakers. Everything plays fine on the speakers. However, when I try to use the headphones, my weapon sound effects are completely messed up. I either can’t hear them at all, or they’re very subdued/distorted. For example, on my engie I can only hear the end “pop” of the flamethrower autoattack, can barely hear my grenade explosions, and the rifle autoattack is a weird, faint “pah” rather than the punchy gun sound it usually has.

NPC voices sound fine, except they cut off before they’re finished. Music is great and the other ambient sound effects are great.

All I can think is that maybe something about the jack isn’t right. It’s a 3.5mm, same as the speakers, but it does seem to have issues contacting the walls of the plug-in site. Maybe a jack to usb adapter would help?

My guess is your headphones are playing mono even though gw2 is sending stereo.

Now there’s a thought. It does almost seem like some sounds don’t know where they’re supposed to be, or are “behind” me somehow.