What is the difference between "speakers" and "large speakers" in the audio settings?

[Profoundsoup]

If I have two smaller sized speaker and a subwoofer what one would I want?

[Laptop]

Large speakers.

[Profoundsoup]

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Large speakers.

Thank you sir

[Laptop]

Wouldn't have thought it makes a big difference regardless. Switch between the two and see if there's one you like.

[Kaldaien]

Large speakers usually means full-range. If you have two small speakers, they're probably not full range. I've got 9 full range speakers in my system, my rear / side channels are probably 3x the size of your front speakers -- THESE are what you would call large speakers ;)

[Profoundsoup]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Large speakers usually means full-range. If you have two small speakers, they're probably not full range. I've got 9 full range speakers in my system, my rear / side channels are probably 3x the size of your front speakers -- THESE are what you would call large speakers ;)

I mean I have two high end smaller speakers with a subwoofer........IDK WHAT TO DO MAN

[Aryend]

Originally posted by Profoundsoup:

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Large speakers usually means full-range. If you have two small speakers, they're probably not full range. I've got 9 full range speakers in my system, my rear / side channels are probably 3x the size of your front speakers -- THESE are what you would call large speakers ;)

I mean I have two high end smaller speakers with a subwoofer........IDK WHAT TO DO MAN

Full range speakers means that they cover a broad frequency spectrum (bass, mids and highs), meaning normally a bass/mid speaker and a tweeter (or even just one speaker) in the same case. in your case they would not be full range since the subwoofer (from your post I understand you have a 2.1 configuration) handles the bass while the other two speakers mostly handle the mids and highs.
About the setting, I haven't tried out yet, but I guess it has to do, among other things, with eq, since smaller speakers usually are weaker in the low end of the frequency spectrum, so I'm guessing normal speaker setting would emphasize some frequencies, the best you can do is try both configuration and just check what sounds better to you ;)

[Dionysus 🐭]

Does anyone know the difference between pro headphones and large speakers? Which one is better?

[Kaldaien]

Presumably, the audio range used for mixing is different.

They probably assume that a "pro" headphone will be lacking any bass response. But that isn't necessarily true. I have a pair of headphones with 10 Hz - 40 kHz freqeucny response. For these headphones I would never tell a game that they are headphones, that would muddy the audio quality.

[EbonHawk]

I always compare the differences between the settings. Everyone's ears are different. If the sounds or music in a game come out sounding tinny or brassy, I try different settings to get a nice balance. Some games don't need fiddling with; I haven't changed anything in AK as far as I can remember, but some games sound to "thuddy" or over-emphasized in the bass range, while others feel empty and "shallow", or what's considered "tinny" with emphasize in the higher ranges and no bass.

It's just a matter of personal preference, and some games do a better job of providing options. My (cheap) headphones perform decently, they're some kind of XBox X12s or something, and they work great. I always choose a pair for comfort first, then ones for quality and durability with the features I want: long cord, separate controls for volume, bass level, microphone on/off switch.

The one thing I almost always adjust regardless of game, when I first install one, is to check the resolution of the game to make sure it's in fullscreen. I don't know how many games start off in a really low res. Then, I glance at the other video settings and fix any that show less than High/Very High/Ultra (so many games start off initially in Low/Med), and secondly: the MUSIC volume in a game. I love it when a game provides separate volume levels for music, effects, voices, etc. I almost always set the music level to about half, and go from there. Too many games have music that drowns out important sounds and other audio cues in a game, so I like to reduce that right off the bat. I make voices max, and then maybe effects the highest as well. And, I turn on Subtitles as well. I don't like to miss crucial audio. Wish I had a dollar for every time I saw audio subtitles at the bottom of the screen, with VITAL info being spoken, but I couldn't actually HEAR it in the game, even with my custom sound settings!! It's amazing. A lot of games warn you by giving you some kind of spoken dialog in certain situations, but it's so low I wouldn't be able to hear it. With subtitles on, I don't miss it.

[Buck]

Well, the physical size, which usually also translates to great dynamic reproduction capabilities. Bigger speakers will have a bigger woofer, and probably component tweeters or even mid-range speakers.

Are your speakers big, or small? try both and use whichever sounds better to you.