How to set up headset and speakers to play sound simultaneously

Liam Charlton

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Feb 12, 2015
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Hi

I'm trying to set up my rig to play sound through both the speakers and the headset. I want to have both plugged in at all times so I'm not disconnecting or switching between the two in the sound settings.

What I've done so far:

Set speakers to default in Playback
Set Stereo Mix to default in Recording
Ticked Listen to Device and selected the headset in the dropdown

This allows me to control the headphones sound seperately, but when I adjust the speaker volume it plays back through both headphone and speaker. So lost...

The speakers are connected via the rear headphone jack, and the headset is connected via USB.

Speakers are standard stereo logitech pair, headset is Sennheiser PC 323D.

ANy help appreciated, virtual pint for the best answer :)