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Confusingly, there’s an advanced option in the Windows 7 sound options for the Micro II simply labeled “Loudness”. The net effect is the Micro II was heavily compressing music-making softer sounds much louder than they should be.īAD SOUND EXPLAINED: It turns out, as described in the comments to this article, the C-Media CM102 integrated USB sound chip apparently used in the Micro II has a “feature” called Dynamic Range Control (DRC) that defaults to on. But it only drops 8 dB! That’s a massive 12 dB error. Dropping the input from 0 dBFS to –20 dBFS should drop the output by 20 dB as well. The Micro II was displaying a horrible linearity problem. When I dropped the level to see if the distortion would drop, I found the problem. Then I checked the 1 Khz THD and while it wasn’t great it also wasn’t bad enough to explain the poor sound quality.
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POOR DRIVER DESIGN (updated): I first checked the Micro II’s frequency response and it was reasonably flat out to 15 Khz so the poor sound was still a mystery. I was really curious to measure the Micro II and find out why it sounded so obviously bad. Playing familiar well recorded audiophile tracks the Micro II made them sound shrill, glaring, and harsh regardless of what headphones I used. The sound quality, however, was seriously odd. SUBJECTIVE SOUND QUALITY: There was moderate hiss with my Ultimate Ears IEMs but the Micro II was fairly quiet with less sensitive headphones. The only sample rates and bit depths available are 16/44 and 16/48 as shown to the right in Windows 7. Windows reported it as a “USB Sound Device”. WINDOWS INSTALLATION: The Micro II installed smoothly in both XP and Windows 7 without needing any drivers. There’s no volume control, other controls, or inputs of any kind-just a blue LED. It has a single 3.5mm jack which serves as line out, headphone out, and an optical digital out (using a supplied 3.5mm-to-Toslink adapter). TURTLE BEACH MICRO II: The Micro II is a small “dongle” with an attached 2 inch “pigtail” USB cable. I also have updated how I test and present DAC results.
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According to Turtle Beach, it’s supposed to provide “higher quality sound” compared to internal PC audio. The $25 Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Micro II is just such a DAC. The DACs are all small, easily portable, and USB powered. The idea is to test the DACs with a high impedance load (such as the O2 Headphone Amp) and a typical headphone load.
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Always make sure your Turtle Beach Headset is running on the newest firmware and customized to your liking with the Turtle Beach Audio Hub for iOS.INTRO: This is the first in a series of inexpensive portable USB DAC reviews I’ll be publishing in the next week or two.The Stealth 700 is Turtle Beach's first truly. In this video, I share the process of updating the firmware of the Stealth 700. Updating your Stealth 700 from Turtle Beach has never been easier.Ear Force Audio Hub is a preset manager and firmware updater for the Elite 800, Stealth 500X, XP510, PX51, Phantom, Z300, i30. If you cannot find the right driver for your device, you can request the driver.
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To find the latest driver, including Windows 10 drivers, choose from our list of most popular Turtle Beach Sound / Audio downloads or search our driver archive for the driver that fits your specific Sound / Audio model and your PC’s operating system.