Just bought a new pc and I'm having weird issues with the sound card or sound
settings. The problem is that for some reason, voice comes through the
speakers muffled and really quiet. The weird part is that all other audio
besides voice comes through fine. Mp3 files and music files arn't affected
by the muffled dialogue. This is not a speaker problem, I've tried multiple
speakers. Its also not in any of the volume control settings or speech, Ive
adjusted them all. I also adjusted the speaker settings in the Realtek Audio
manager with no results. There are no device conflicts either and all
drivers are up to date. Ive even tried lowering the hardware acceleration
and that doesnt help either. I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable about
computers but I cant figure this out. Can anyone help?

On 6/16/2007 9:36 AM On a whim, erik pounded out on the keyboard

> Just bought a new pc and I'm having weird issues with the sound card or sound
> settings. The problem is that for some reason, voice comes through the
> speakers muffled and really quiet. The weird part is that all other audio
> besides voice comes through fine. Mp3 files and music files arn't affected
> by the muffled dialogue. This is not a speaker problem, I've tried multiple
> speakers. Its also not in any of the volume control settings or speech, Ive
> adjusted them all. I also adjusted the speaker settings in the Realtek Audio
> manager with no results. There are no device conflicts either and all
> drivers are up to date. Ive even tried lowering the hardware acceleration
> and that doesnt help either. I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable about
> computers but I cant figure this out. Can anyone help?

Hi Erik,

Is it phone conversations? Possibly through a cordless phone? Your
computer may be picking up the frequencies used by one nearby. Might
require better grounding, shielding of some cables, or other methods to
reduce the transmissions to negligible levels.

--
Terry R.

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I have the exact same problem, the omly differnce being that I built my PC.
But my mate built more or less exactly the same PC as me (we built them at
the same time in fact) and doesn't seem to have this problem. I've tired
everything, this doesn't seem to be a very common problem cos I've not found
it on any forums. But windows narrator is muffled and so is any other mic
feed sent over the internet.