

Plug in the Astro's and make sure your windows audio config is correct. I would uninstall the Creative software and start from the beginning. The software was made for lower end/mid end motherboards that didn't include any good surround software. You didn't need the software in the first place. The Astro mix amp is the sound card and simulated surround processor so my guess is that the Sound Blaster software is conflicting with the mix amp. How do I make it so that it comes from the Optical so I can actually use the surround sound feature on my mixamp? Thanks. If I disconnect the Optical cable, the sound keeps playing, which means the audio is coming from USB. What am I doing wrong? I even set my output to Optical on my Playback devices, but that played nothing through my Astro A40. Also, the equalizer presets seem to do nothing at all. I have the Creative Soundblaster XiFi MB 3 audio software, with a Gigabyte GA Z97X Gaming 7 motherboard. The reason I want Optical is because I want surround sound, even if it's simulated. I have it connected to my PC with USB and Optical output, but for the life of me I can't get the mixamp to stream the Optical audio.

The power button's on top instead of the bottom like the old one. I'm talking about the 2013 edition, where the mixamp does NOT have a battery pack.

Sound quality is great, the mixamp has great build quality. So I recently got the Astro A40, and I was really excited.
