New Sound Treatment in AH3

[Chalenge]

I wonder if sounds are quite different to folks with on board or dedicated sound cards ..or headphones v tv speakers

Yes. Onboard sounds are almost always skewed, as are USB audio sets. The few exceptions are USB audio DACS where the USB cable is just a pipe for the audio stream. The bottom end consumer audio cards are not much better, but can be much better with adjustments from a plugin equalizer. I prefer the top-end Creative cards because they have positioning included, but there are other options like the Yamaha audio interfaces that also act as external audio interfaces (Yamaha MG10XU for example), or the Behringer Firepower FCA1616 firewire/USB interface. Neither one will do positioning, but both offer excellent audio response and take the audio processing off of your MB entirely, free up the PCI(e) slots and offer other specialty options (sound effects, mixing and so on).

If you listen to my AH2/AH3 Tiger (1 or 2) at idle and don't feel the bass, then your audio is cheating you. After you get used to it then you will want more, as with anything.

[1Canukk]

BTW, if you want a good idea for Christmas present this year, hint to the giver you want a butt kicker.  Ah3 greatly enhances the butt kicker's output.

  So true Randy , I have it on my chair and Id say on of the present to myself for this game ..Love the sounds , well done Hitech and crew 

[Bizman]

Unfortunately again there was a very metallic sounding echo, not the natural one but as if someone was setting of firecracers in a large metal duct.

Are you sure you haven't set the Environment effects in the Realtek Control Panel to "Sewer Pipe"? 

[ONTOS]

The sounds of AH III maybe better than AH II, but not nearly as good as the custom sounds we had in AH II. At least that is what I think.