Why does audio sound more quiet when I use the headphone jack to my Chroma Blackwidow?

[Starchild]

It's just a weird thing I noticed..I find it easier to hook up my earbuds to the keyboard, as when it's connected to my tower(Which I keep outside to the side of my desk), I don't have a lot of room, because of the length of the cord. But the audio's a lot better when it is hooked directly to the tower.

I also noticed that on volume mixer, when I connect the earbuds to the tower, the icon changes to headphones..Whereas when I connect it to the keyboard, the icon changes to speakers. I just find it kind of weird.

[Xpliciit]

You have a headphone jack in your keyboard O_o

Presumably it has something to do with how its going through so much wire and through the keyboard to play sound through your earbuds. If it is plugged into your tower it doesnt have to go through a third party to get there.

Its also possible that since you have a headphone jack on your keyboard that there may be a volume control for it there too that is messing with it.

[Starchild]

Xpliciit님이 먼저 게시:

You have a headphone jack in your keyboard O_o

Presumably it has something to do with how its going through so much wire and through the keyboard to play sound through your earbuds. If it is plugged into your tower it doesnt have to go through a third party to get there.

Its also possible that since you have a headphone jack on your keyboard that there may be a volume control for it there too that is messing with it.

Yup! The Razor Blackwidow Chroma gaming keyboard. I also have a usb port on it that I can easily use for my Xbox controller. There's also a port for a microphone. It was a real pleasant surprise when I got it. I need all the ports I can, only because I have so much hardware. Though, I reckon you're correct. I'm probably not getting the best audio due to so much wiring.