#PS5 protip: if a game's headphone mix sounds like it's got way too narrow a soundscape, try disabling “3D Audio for Headphones" in the PS5's OS-level settings.
In the past I noticed that #DeathStranding sounded really muddy in headphones and have noticed the same with #FinalFantasyVIIRebirth. The latter sounds better with 3D audio turned off, and thankfully the headphone mix is otherwise fine.
Rebirth sounds excellent in my little 2.1 computer speakers setup, though, so like, I know the quality is there! Too bad the 3D audio for headphones mix is kind of off.
Did a little more cross-comparison with #FinalFantasyVIIRebirth#PS5 in headphones with 3D audio for headphones on and off, using my pair of Sennheiser HD 6XX open ear headphones.
Yeah, audio sources at a short distance away from the player character sound off (muffled) and there's some treble falloff that I don't understand (it makes audio sound compressed or aliased). Even the music mix sounds bad.
3D audio off definitely clears up the headphone mix! Super bizarre.
Sent this in to Square Enix, for whatever it’s worth!
The real tell is that imaging sounds completely wrong for positional audio, so, hopefully they can look in to it. An in the meantime, disabling “3D audio for headphones” greatly improves things.
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