I'm pretty sure you need to adjust the "chat mix" knob on your headset as the audio will now be playing through a separate audio device on the headset. Basically previously it was using the mono "chat"/mono output on the headphones. Now with the ppa it's primarily using the "game"/stereo output. AFAIU the knob adjusts the mix between the two outputs on the headphones themselves.
I'm pretty sure you need to adjust the "chat mix" knob on your headset as the audio will now be playing through a separate audio device on the headset. Basically previously it was using the mono "chat"/mono output on the headphones. Now with the ppa it's primarily using the "game"/stereo output. AFAIU the knob adjusts the mix between the two outputs on the headphones themselves.