Windows 10 is playing in mono for me

[Oros Abaddon]

I just got a 789, D90, and Arya but I knew something was wrong cause the audio sounded really flat, then I realized that my computer has been playing mono. I don't know how long this has been happening but I guess I couldn't tell on my v-moda wireless. I tried looking up about enabling stereo on windows 10 and my search engine pointed me towards "Windows Sonic for Headphones."
I am not sure if that is the goal or not but it sounds like the only option to me. The only problem is every time I go into speaker properties and click on "Windows Sonic for Headphones" in the drop down it just goes reverts back to "off."

Halp

 

[maverickronin]

Windows 10

"Windows Sonic for Headphones" is something completely different.

Do you see the "Balance" button under the "Levels" tab? Are there separate sliders for L/R channels when you hit it?

Are both the test tones from the "Test" button under the "Advanced" tab in mono as well?

 

[A800]

Windows (10).
The trojan disguised as an operating system.

 

[majingotan]

Not familiar with Windows BT, but my FiiO BTR5 uses AptX when paired with Windows 10 and that's stereo. Maybe your V-moda wireless doesn't support stereo over BT through Windows (SBC mono through A2DP).

 

[Berwhale]

What do you see in the Sound Control Panel Applet when you click configure? It should look something like this...

 

[Sirdrexl]

Just throwing this out there: did you make sure the headphones are plugged in all the way? I just got the 789 as well, and the headphone jack is a little tight (not that that's a bad thing). At first, I didn't have them plugged in all the way and the sound was playing in mono.

 

[North_Sky]

This just came up three days ago ...
• https://windowsreport.com/windows-10-volume-control-not-working/

 

[Pluto]

I can help work through this with you but let me say this much – I am very familiar with the sound bits and pieces in Windows and I do not know of a way to convert stereo to mono without recourse to external applications. Genuine mixing of stereo to mono in the digital domain is a complex process, as is the removal of one of either the left or right from the stream.

In fact, I don't believe the core operating system has the means to perform either process.

What do you hear when you perform the test nicely illustrated in this message above?

 

[North_Sky]

I just got a 789, D90, and Arya but I knew something was wrong cause the audio sounded really flat, then I realized that my computer has been playing mono. I don't know how long this has been happening but I guess I couldn't tell on my v-moda wireless. I tried looking up about enabling stereo on windows 10 and my search engine pointed me towards "Windows Sonic for Headphones."
I am not sure if that is the goal or not but it sounds like the only option to me. The only problem is every time I go into speaker properties and click on "Windows Sonic for Headphones" in the drop down it just goes reverts back to "off."

Halp

 

[Pluto]

Thanks for that - I did not know that that little addition – part of the audio accessibility suite – existed.

Interesting to note that it only seems to function on audio routed through the "Direct sound" option. Anything sent to the output via WASAPI or ASIO is unaffected. Another reason to avoid "Direct sound" whenever possible.