I wanted to try this feature and was able to enable it. However, people get the 7.1 even in stereo headphones, while I do not.
My headphones register as speakers in settings when using 3.5 stick.
When I go into control panel for sound and under the speakers that my headset is registered as, I can turn on Windows Sonic, but there is no 7.1 button below when I do.
Is that an error?
Forgot to mention, I'm running Hyperx Cloud Alpha headset
Windows Sonic is not available to embedded laptop speakers.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win.../spatial-sound
If your laptop's audio chipset/driver combo doesn't allow streaming 2 different sets of audio at the same time (i.e. 5.1 audio to the actual speakers and a different stereo signal to the headphones), then you are out of luck.
It should be avaliable for all headsets/headphones. Should not matter with speakers. It says multiple places that all headsets / headphones have this avaliable..
I wrote about my headset register as speakers in the control panel for sound/playback devices. It is common apparently, does not mean my headset don't function
You can use Microsoft's default driver, you may lose some functions over realtek's.
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