When playing with headphones on Windows 10, from my experience, the game sounds awful. Whenever you break a block the sound is very stereo and only emits from the left or the right earphone depending on where the block is on the screen. For me this happens when I have my headphones in surround sound mode or stereo mode. Furthermore, the sound when breaking blocks in front of you is very hit or miss. The sound will either play at a decent volume or you won't hear it at all.
To me it seems as if there is no proper directional/surround sound in the game which is the main reason why I'm still playing on the Java Edition.
Not sure if this is a known issue or anything but my friends also have this issue on Windows 10 edition. I'm using the Logitech G930 headphones.
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I've created a Feedback issue to protest the Bedrock team's refusal to address this long-standing issue. Please vote for the issue if you have been following this bug. Bedrock has horrible sound support on Windows – Minecraft Feedback
@Valiant70 hey that link ain't working, but I agree, this issue has been going on for far too long it's a joke.
The moderators censored the feedback the first time I posted it. I tried again and they allowed it. Bedrock Edition should Support Digital Surround Sound – Minecraft Feedback
Note: So, here's a fix to fix your Logitech headset to make it have Surround Sound if it doesn't have it. This is NOT the fix for Minecraft, but a fix for the Logitech headsets in general that are not getting surround sound in Windows.
I unplugged my Logitech g930 headset from a USB 3.0 port, put it in a different port (USB 2.0) and bam.. guess what? It worked! I have surround sound. Again, this does not work with Minecraft. I uninstalled Minecraft, reinstalled it, and it's still an issue.
This is not just with headsets. My computer speakers (Gigaware) have the same issue. They're 7.1 surround sound and when I play music from the jukebox and stand directly in front of it, it's very feint. When I turn to my left, I can hear it on the right speaker. When I turn to my right, I can hear it on my left speaker. When I spin around and face away from it and the jukebox is playing behind me, I don't hear anything at all. The jukebox test is the best way to see if there's an issue or not. Also, I've noticed being in a minecart and having your reticle in the middle of the screen, facing forward directly with the rail, you don't hear anything.
Will update with any additional info I can find or any other workarounds. So far, none that I've tried work.