Bit of an older system. Sound Blaster Z sound card, 3.5mm splitter, one to Klipsch Promedia 2.0 speakers, the other to some earbuds. Earbuds have zero issues. When speakers are turned up, right is about 20% louder than the left. I can correct this with balance slider, but then the left in the earbuds is 20% louder. I don't want to have to continue doing balance correction when I switch devices.
Multiple troubleshooting steps taken. Speakers replaced, splitter replaced, swapped which side feeds which device on splitter, removed splitter and switched devices manually, etc... So far I cannot isolate the issue.
Ideally I'd have outputs to both and run them simultaneously, but from what I've read the SB-Z cannot do this. So my question is really two-fold. I either need to figure out what I'm missing and why this is happening, or I need a hardware device that can do both simultaneously. Any thoughts?
Multiple troubleshooting steps taken. Speakers replaced, splitter replaced, swapped which side feeds which device on splitter, removed splitter and switched devices manually, etc... So far I cannot isolate the issue.
Ideally I'd have outputs to both and run them simultaneously, but from what I've read the SB-Z cannot do this. So my question is really two-fold. I either need to figure out what I'm missing and why this is happening, or I need a hardware device that can do both simultaneously. Any thoughts?