xUbuntu 16.04 no bass and poor sound quality












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I have a AsRock motherboard with Realtek ALC892 chipset.



cat /proc/asound/cards



returns



 0 [PCH            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7110000 irq 29
1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 17


The main thing is that I don't really hear bass on Audacious when playing music. If there's bass, is really low compared with Windows. I've tried loading a Bass and Treble preset from WinAmp using the Equalizer in Audacious and the sound is very bad, like when having a poor speaker on max volume. This happens both on my 2.0 setup or on my headphones.



How can I improve this?










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  • what motherboard exactly ? When its brand-new, then generally with Linux it lasts 4 to 6 months until it is fully supported by drivers.
    – dschinn1001
    Jan 25 '17 at 12:38
















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I have a AsRock motherboard with Realtek ALC892 chipset.



cat /proc/asound/cards



returns



 0 [PCH            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7110000 irq 29
1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 17


The main thing is that I don't really hear bass on Audacious when playing music. If there's bass, is really low compared with Windows. I've tried loading a Bass and Treble preset from WinAmp using the Equalizer in Audacious and the sound is very bad, like when having a poor speaker on max volume. This happens both on my 2.0 setup or on my headphones.



How can I improve this?










share|improve this question






















  • what motherboard exactly ? When its brand-new, then generally with Linux it lasts 4 to 6 months until it is fully supported by drivers.
    – dschinn1001
    Jan 25 '17 at 12:38














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I have a AsRock motherboard with Realtek ALC892 chipset.



cat /proc/asound/cards



returns



 0 [PCH            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7110000 irq 29
1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 17


The main thing is that I don't really hear bass on Audacious when playing music. If there's bass, is really low compared with Windows. I've tried loading a Bass and Treble preset from WinAmp using the Equalizer in Audacious and the sound is very bad, like when having a poor speaker on max volume. This happens both on my 2.0 setup or on my headphones.



How can I improve this?










share|improve this question













I have a AsRock motherboard with Realtek ALC892 chipset.



cat /proc/asound/cards



returns



 0 [PCH            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7110000 irq 29
1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 17


The main thing is that I don't really hear bass on Audacious when playing music. If there's bass, is really low compared with Windows. I've tried loading a Bass and Treble preset from WinAmp using the Equalizer in Audacious and the sound is very bad, like when having a poor speaker on max volume. This happens both on my 2.0 setup or on my headphones.



How can I improve this?







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  • what motherboard exactly ? When its brand-new, then generally with Linux it lasts 4 to 6 months until it is fully supported by drivers.
    – dschinn1001
    Jan 25 '17 at 12:38


















  • what motherboard exactly ? When its brand-new, then generally with Linux it lasts 4 to 6 months until it is fully supported by drivers.
    – dschinn1001
    Jan 25 '17 at 12:38
















what motherboard exactly ? When its brand-new, then generally with Linux it lasts 4 to 6 months until it is fully supported by drivers.
– dschinn1001
Jan 25 '17 at 12:38




what motherboard exactly ? When its brand-new, then generally with Linux it lasts 4 to 6 months until it is fully supported by drivers.
– dschinn1001
Jan 25 '17 at 12:38










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Is amarok and rhythmbox installed on your system ? You should install them both, because these packages have drivers.




sudo apt-get install amarok rhythmbox




After this then, when playing music-files, there should be something to hear for you.






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  • @Alin - reboot your machine then.
    – dschinn1001
    Jan 21 '17 at 11:53










  • stil the same... I guess it's time to switch to Windows
    – Alin
    Jan 24 '17 at 12:41



















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Check that the system volume ist unamplified.



To do so, click on the speaker icon in the top panel and navigate to "Sound Settings" and set the slider to "unamplified".



It is also possible that parts of your sound system are muted or turned down, to fix this follow this tutorial.





If this doesn't help



You can try to enable High Quality Audio on Ubuntu by following these instructions.






share|improve this answer





























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    PulseAudio and ALSA are configured for 44.1KHz 16-bit audio by default which is not bad but not really great.



    You can check the current configuration with:



    $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


    It will show something like this:



    $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
    sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz
    sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz


    To change it, we need to edit the PulseAudio's configuration file:



    $ nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf


    Find these in the file:



    ; resample-method = speex-float-1
    ; default-sample-format = s16le
    ; default-sample-rate = 44100


    Remove the semicolon and change the values to:



    resample-method = src-sinc-medium-quality
    default-sample-format = s24le
    default-sample-rate = 96000


    Save the file by pressing Ctrl+O (to save) and Ctrl+X (to exit).



    Restart PulseAudio:



    $ pulseaudio -k
    $ pulseaudio --start


    Check the settings again:



    $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


    It should something like this:



    $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
    sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz
    sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz


    and we are done!



    For more info:
    https://r3dux.org/2013/12/how-to-enable-high-quality-audio-in-linux/






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      Is amarok and rhythmbox installed on your system ? You should install them both, because these packages have drivers.




      sudo apt-get install amarok rhythmbox




      After this then, when playing music-files, there should be something to hear for you.






      share|improve this answer





















      • @Alin - reboot your machine then.
        – dschinn1001
        Jan 21 '17 at 11:53










      • stil the same... I guess it's time to switch to Windows
        – Alin
        Jan 24 '17 at 12:41
















      0














      Is amarok and rhythmbox installed on your system ? You should install them both, because these packages have drivers.




      sudo apt-get install amarok rhythmbox




      After this then, when playing music-files, there should be something to hear for you.






      share|improve this answer





















      • @Alin - reboot your machine then.
        – dschinn1001
        Jan 21 '17 at 11:53










      • stil the same... I guess it's time to switch to Windows
        – Alin
        Jan 24 '17 at 12:41














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      Is amarok and rhythmbox installed on your system ? You should install them both, because these packages have drivers.




      sudo apt-get install amarok rhythmbox




      After this then, when playing music-files, there should be something to hear for you.






      share|improve this answer












      Is amarok and rhythmbox installed on your system ? You should install them both, because these packages have drivers.




      sudo apt-get install amarok rhythmbox




      After this then, when playing music-files, there should be something to hear for you.







      share|improve this answer












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      dschinn1001

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      • @Alin - reboot your machine then.
        – dschinn1001
        Jan 21 '17 at 11:53










      • stil the same... I guess it's time to switch to Windows
        – Alin
        Jan 24 '17 at 12:41


















      • @Alin - reboot your machine then.
        – dschinn1001
        Jan 21 '17 at 11:53










      • stil the same... I guess it's time to switch to Windows
        – Alin
        Jan 24 '17 at 12:41
















      @Alin - reboot your machine then.
      – dschinn1001
      Jan 21 '17 at 11:53




      @Alin - reboot your machine then.
      – dschinn1001
      Jan 21 '17 at 11:53












      stil the same... I guess it's time to switch to Windows
      – Alin
      Jan 24 '17 at 12:41




      stil the same... I guess it's time to switch to Windows
      – Alin
      Jan 24 '17 at 12:41













      0














      Check that the system volume ist unamplified.



      To do so, click on the speaker icon in the top panel and navigate to "Sound Settings" and set the slider to "unamplified".



      It is also possible that parts of your sound system are muted or turned down, to fix this follow this tutorial.





      If this doesn't help



      You can try to enable High Quality Audio on Ubuntu by following these instructions.






      share|improve this answer


























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        Check that the system volume ist unamplified.



        To do so, click on the speaker icon in the top panel and navigate to "Sound Settings" and set the slider to "unamplified".



        It is also possible that parts of your sound system are muted or turned down, to fix this follow this tutorial.





        If this doesn't help



        You can try to enable High Quality Audio on Ubuntu by following these instructions.






        share|improve this answer
























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          Check that the system volume ist unamplified.



          To do so, click on the speaker icon in the top panel and navigate to "Sound Settings" and set the slider to "unamplified".



          It is also possible that parts of your sound system are muted or turned down, to fix this follow this tutorial.





          If this doesn't help



          You can try to enable High Quality Audio on Ubuntu by following these instructions.






          share|improve this answer












          Check that the system volume ist unamplified.



          To do so, click on the speaker icon in the top panel and navigate to "Sound Settings" and set the slider to "unamplified".



          It is also possible that parts of your sound system are muted or turned down, to fix this follow this tutorial.





          If this doesn't help



          You can try to enable High Quality Audio on Ubuntu by following these instructions.







          share|improve this answer












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              PulseAudio and ALSA are configured for 44.1KHz 16-bit audio by default which is not bad but not really great.



              You can check the current configuration with:



              $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


              It will show something like this:



              $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
              sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz
              sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz


              To change it, we need to edit the PulseAudio's configuration file:



              $ nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf


              Find these in the file:



              ; resample-method = speex-float-1
              ; default-sample-format = s16le
              ; default-sample-rate = 44100


              Remove the semicolon and change the values to:



              resample-method = src-sinc-medium-quality
              default-sample-format = s24le
              default-sample-rate = 96000


              Save the file by pressing Ctrl+O (to save) and Ctrl+X (to exit).



              Restart PulseAudio:



              $ pulseaudio -k
              $ pulseaudio --start


              Check the settings again:



              $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


              It should something like this:



              $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
              sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz
              sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz


              and we are done!



              For more info:
              https://r3dux.org/2013/12/how-to-enable-high-quality-audio-in-linux/






              share|improve this answer




























                0














                PulseAudio and ALSA are configured for 44.1KHz 16-bit audio by default which is not bad but not really great.



                You can check the current configuration with:



                $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


                It will show something like this:



                $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
                sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz
                sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz


                To change it, we need to edit the PulseAudio's configuration file:



                $ nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf


                Find these in the file:



                ; resample-method = speex-float-1
                ; default-sample-format = s16le
                ; default-sample-rate = 44100


                Remove the semicolon and change the values to:



                resample-method = src-sinc-medium-quality
                default-sample-format = s24le
                default-sample-rate = 96000


                Save the file by pressing Ctrl+O (to save) and Ctrl+X (to exit).



                Restart PulseAudio:



                $ pulseaudio -k
                $ pulseaudio --start


                Check the settings again:



                $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


                It should something like this:



                $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
                sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz
                sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz


                and we are done!



                For more info:
                https://r3dux.org/2013/12/how-to-enable-high-quality-audio-in-linux/






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                  PulseAudio and ALSA are configured for 44.1KHz 16-bit audio by default which is not bad but not really great.



                  You can check the current configuration with:



                  $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


                  It will show something like this:



                  $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
                  sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz
                  sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz


                  To change it, we need to edit the PulseAudio's configuration file:



                  $ nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf


                  Find these in the file:



                  ; resample-method = speex-float-1
                  ; default-sample-format = s16le
                  ; default-sample-rate = 44100


                  Remove the semicolon and change the values to:



                  resample-method = src-sinc-medium-quality
                  default-sample-format = s24le
                  default-sample-rate = 96000


                  Save the file by pressing Ctrl+O (to save) and Ctrl+X (to exit).



                  Restart PulseAudio:



                  $ pulseaudio -k
                  $ pulseaudio --start


                  Check the settings again:



                  $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


                  It should something like this:



                  $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
                  sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz
                  sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz


                  and we are done!



                  For more info:
                  https://r3dux.org/2013/12/how-to-enable-high-quality-audio-in-linux/






                  share|improve this answer














                  PulseAudio and ALSA are configured for 44.1KHz 16-bit audio by default which is not bad but not really great.



                  You can check the current configuration with:



                  $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


                  It will show something like this:



                  $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
                  sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz
                  sample spec: s16le 2ch 41000Hz


                  To change it, we need to edit the PulseAudio's configuration file:



                  $ nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf


                  Find these in the file:



                  ; resample-method = speex-float-1
                  ; default-sample-format = s16le
                  ; default-sample-rate = 44100


                  Remove the semicolon and change the values to:



                  resample-method = src-sinc-medium-quality
                  default-sample-format = s24le
                  default-sample-rate = 96000


                  Save the file by pressing Ctrl+O (to save) and Ctrl+X (to exit).



                  Restart PulseAudio:



                  $ pulseaudio -k
                  $ pulseaudio --start


                  Check the settings again:



                  $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample


                  It should something like this:



                  $ pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
                  sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz
                  sample spec: s32le 2ch 96000Hz


                  and we are done!



                  For more info:
                  https://r3dux.org/2013/12/how-to-enable-high-quality-audio-in-linux/







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