Character Voices Extremely Quiet

To add my version of it:

It's like I have an additional pass of reverb on speech.
Outdoors it sounds like I'm in a cave, in a cave the reverb is twice as strong.

I have deactivated reverb for now, that fixes the issue (and cost a bit of atmosphere).

Realtek onboard sound.

This still being worked on? I want to make a shadow but I can't until this is fixed. This will be my first shadow and I hear he has awesome lines so I want to hear them.

The imposing high-priest steps forward into the rain, his elite guard readied beside him. He speaks, unintelligibly, in his best library voice, and any fear he may have instilled is drowned out by the roaring storm.

Same problem here, SoundBlaster-Z on Win7 64. All dialogue is extremely muted.

So I just played in a group, which is something I never do. The funny thing is that when in the group my voice volume went back to normal. I think they needed to be in town with me though, not sure.