Bad sound quality Pipewire

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I recently switched to Manjaro from Windows, and I noticed that the sound quality was better on Windows (same laptop, HP 15). On Manjaro, the audio sounds like it’s coming from inside a box. I tried uninstalling PipeWire and switching to PulseAudio, but I couldn’t get it to work. I really want to improve the sound quality—can anyone help me?

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Hi @iblacking

Please provide some system information (see below), and describe in as much detail as possible the steps you’ve taken.

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I’m sure someone will help as soon as they are able.

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Thanks for the information. Now, I’ll share some basic details about my PC and what I did.

First, I completely uninstalled PulseAudio to use PipeWire. Then, I did the opposite, but it didn’t work—I couldn’t hear anything. However, when I switched back to PipeWire, my PC was able to produce sound again.

System Information:

  • OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64
  • Host: Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 15-fb0xxx
  • Kernel: Linux 6.6.74-1-MANJARO
  • Uptime: 53 mins
  • Packages: 1,164 (pacman) [stable]
  • Shell: Bash 5.2.37
  • Display 1 (BOE0991): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz (16", Built-in)
  • Display 2 (CR240DM): 1920x1080 @ 144 Hz (24", External)
  • DE: GNOME 47.3
  • WM: Mutter (X11)
  • WM Theme: adw-gtk3-dark
  • Theme: KvLibadwaitaMaiaDark [Qt], adw-gtk3-dark [GTK2/3/4]
  • Icons: Papirus-Dark-Maia [Qt], Papirus-Dark-Maia [GTK2/3/4]
  • Font: qt5ct [Qt], Noto Sans (11pt) [GTK2/3/4]
  • Terminal: GNOME Terminal 3.54.3
  • Terminal Font: MesloLGS NF (11pt)
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H (12) @ 4.28 GHz
  • GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Discrete)
  • GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series (Integrated)
  • Memory: 6.87 GiB / 22.81 GiB (30%)
  • Swap: Disabled
  • Disk (/): 27.55 GiB / 139.32 GiB (20%) - ext4
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Thanks for the effort. However, the best way to obtain useful information for Support purposes is to ask your system directly.

The command to do that was given above:

inxi --verbosity=8 --filter

Please provide the output from this command.

Place it between 2 rows of 3 backtick characters, like so:

```
[Your pasted command output here]
```

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Regards.

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Manjaro has metapackages manjaro-pulse and manjaro-pipewire to switch between PulseAudio and PipeWire audio servers

Specifications for Victus by HP 15.6 inch Gaming Laptop 15-fb0000 shows system has proprietary software “Audio by B&O” to enhance audio to speakers on Windows that is not supported on Linux

Headphones or external speakers plugged in to 3.5mm jack is likely to deliver better audio quality from on board audio codec (Realtek ALC245) without additional processing software

Linux has Easyeffects and JamesDSP to enhance laptop speaker audio

pamac install easyeffects

[How To] Make Linux sound GREAT!

pamac build jamesdsp

[HowTo] Make Linux Sound BETTER, easier, with JamesDSP

System has 2 downward-facing speakers so speaker audio quality would be affected by the type of surface it is placed on

Low quality speaker audio is a common problem for modern thin laptops because speakers are too small to reproduce bass frequencies. Modern laptops also have lower power amplifiers for better battery life

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Oh sorry, my bad. I didn’t share it because I thought it was too long, so I sent that one instead.Now I share the correct

System:
  Kernel: 6.6.74-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=fb88d279-8a9b-46b1-aff3-ad67ccd15d04 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.3 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 47.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 15-fb0xxx v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8A3D v: 35.48 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: 6F7G6LA#ABM uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.22
    date: 07/23/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 58.6 Wh (95.4%) condition: 61.4/61.4 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 17.6 min: 15.4 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: charging cycles: 222
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 30.69 GiB used: 4.3 GiB (14.0%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Bottom - Slot 1 (left) type: DDR4 detail: synchronous
    unbuffered (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check
    curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMSX16GX4M1A3200C22 serial: N/A
  Device-2: Bottom - Slot 2 (right) type: DDR4 detail: synchronous
    unbuffered (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check
    curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMSX16GX4M1A3200C22 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA500011
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
    desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4280 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400
    8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 bogomips: 79080
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt
    ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep
    sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
    stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip
    user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
    STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: nvidia v: 550.144.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: none bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:25a2 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series /
    Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
  Device-3: Quanta HP Wide Vision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0408:5481
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    alternate: amdgpu,fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1-0 note: disabled pos: right
    model: CR240DM serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: N/A dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
    chroma: red: x: 0.663 y: 0.329 green: x: 0.275 y: 0.616 blue: x: 0.137
    y: 0.090 white: x: 0.325 y: 0.373 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65")
    diag: 658mm (25.9") ratio: 4:3 modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900,
    1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x960, 1366x768, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768,
    800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: BOE Display 0x0991 built: 2020
    res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
    x: 0.580 y: 0.365 green: x: 0.349 y: 0.580 blue: x: 0.165 y: 0.137 white:
    x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800,
    1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 2
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: radeonsi gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless:
    drv: nvidia x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
    renoir LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.54 6.6.74-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:1638
    memory: 500 MiB unified: no
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA107 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir Radeon High Definition
    Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
    snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
    snd_sof_amd_vangogh pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-4: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.74-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Foxconn driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0489:e0e0
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 36.73 GiB (7.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: MZVL2512HCJQ-00BH1 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: HPS3NGXH temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 142.62 GiB size: 139.32 GiB (97.69%)
    used: 36.65 GiB (26.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
    label: N/A uuid: fb88d279-8a9b-46b1-aff3-ad67ccd15d04
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
    used: 81.2 MiB (31.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: SYSTEM uuid: 3E01-1130
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 333.35 GiB fs: ntfs
    label: Windows uuid: 01DB7A88786111D0
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 705 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 3E4CA2DC4CA28E69
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-2:4 info: Huasheng USB2.0 HUB ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 214b:7250 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2.4:5 info: Sunplus Innovation Gaming mouse [Philips SPK9304]
    type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 1bcf:08a0 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-3:2 info: Quanta HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0408:5481 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-4:3 info: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0489:e0e0 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.9 C mobo: 48.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 2702 fan-2: 2409
Repos:
  Packages: 1261 pm: pacman pkgs: 1254 libs: 345
    tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://fastmirror.pp.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirror.ibakerserver.pt/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 363
  1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 4969 mem: 3.88 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 3.5% command: firefox pid: 2530 mem: 534.6 MiB (1.7%)
  3: cpu: 2.8% command: gnome-terminal-server pid: 4864 mem: 58.4 MiB (0.1%)
  4: cpu: 1.8% command: gnome-shell pid: 1649 mem: 410.2 MiB (1.3%)
  5: cpu: 1.8% command: firefox pid: 3619 mem: 273.2 MiB (0.8%)
  Memory top: 5 of 363
  1: mem: 534.6 MiB (1.7%) command: firefox pid: 2530 cpu: 3.5%
  2: mem: 482.1 MiB (1.5%) command: pamac-manager pid: 4496 cpu: 1.6%
  3: mem: 410.2 MiB (1.3%) command: gnome-shell pid: 1649 cpu: 1.8%
  4: mem: 366.6 MiB (1.1%) command: firefox pid: 2689 cpu: 1.3%
  5: mem: 273.2 MiB (0.8%) command: firefox pid: 3619 cpu: 1.8%
Info:
  Processes: 363 Power: uptime: 35m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
    image: 12.25 GiB services: gsd-power, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
    running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.37

Mod Edit:- Corrected command output formatting.

edited by nikgnomic to include audio information

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Probably, the frequency response of the loudspeakers are linearized by the sound driver.

8

I suggest use this to show information about audio

inxi -Aa

and edit previous post to show audio information to confirm system is using PipeWire

Driver snd_hda_intel for analog output to speakers does not include any signal processing (DSP) to equalise or “linearize” audio frequencies

Easyeffects and JamesDSP both include a graphic equalizer to adjust audio frequencies

9

You misread/misunderstood the instructions given. Your post looked virtually no different than before you edited it; that might have indicated something was obviously wrong…

I have corrected the formatting for you.

In future you are expected to do this yourself according to forum guidelines. See the links previously given.

Regards.

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inxi data in post #6 is incomplete and does not include Audio information
Not helpful for this topic

@iblacking

I suggest install JamesDSP to enhance laptop speaker audio

pamac build jamesdsp
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There is the output

System:
  Kernel: 6.6.74-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=fb88d279-8a9b-46b1-aff3-ad67ccd15d04 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.3 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 47.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 15-fb0xxx v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8A3D v: 35.48 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: 6F7G6LA#ABM uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.22
    date: 07/23/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 58.6 Wh (95.4%) condition: 61.4/61.4 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 17.6 min: 15.4 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: charging cycles: 222
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 30.69 GiB used: 4.3 GiB (14.0%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Bottom - Slot 1 (left) type: DDR4 detail: synchronous
    unbuffered (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check
    curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMSX16GX4M1A3200C22 serial: N/A
  Device-2: Bottom - Slot 2 (right) type: DDR4 detail: synchronous
    unbuffered (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check
    curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMSX16GX4M1A3200C22 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA500011
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
    desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4280 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400
    8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 bogomips: 79080
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt
    ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep
    sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
    stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip
    user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
    STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: nvidia v: 550.144.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: none bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:25a2 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series /
    Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
  Device-3: Quanta HP Wide Vision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0408:5481
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    alternate: amdgpu,fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1-0 note: disabled pos: right
    model: CR240DM serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: N/A dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
    chroma: red: x: 0.663 y: 0.329 green: x: 0.275 y: 0.616 blue: x: 0.137
    y: 0.090 white: x: 0.325 y: 0.373 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65")
    diag: 658mm (25.9") ratio: 4:3 modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900,
    1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x960, 1366x768, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768,
    800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: BOE Display 0x0991 built: 2020
    res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
    x: 0.580 y: 0.365 green: x: 0.349 y: 0.580 blue: x: 0.165 y: 0.137 white:
    x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800,
    1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 2
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: radeonsi gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless:
    drv: nvidia x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
    renoir LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.54 6.6.74-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:1638
    memory: 500 MiB unified: no
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA107 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir Radeon High Definition
    Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
    snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
    snd_sof_amd_vangogh pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-4: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.74-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Foxconn driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0489:e0e0
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 36.73 GiB (7.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: MZVL2512HCJQ-00BH1 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: HPS3NGXH temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 142.62 GiB size: 139.32 GiB (97.69%)
    used: 36.65 GiB (26.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
    label: N/A uuid: fb88d279-8a9b-46b1-aff3-ad67ccd15d04
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
    used: 81.2 MiB (31.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: SYSTEM uuid: 3E01-1130
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 333.35 GiB fs: ntfs
    label: Windows uuid: 01DB7A88786111D0
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 705 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 3E4CA2DC4CA28E69
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-2:4 info: Huasheng USB2.0 HUB ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 214b:7250 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2.4:5 info: Sunplus Innovation Gaming mouse [Philips SPK9304]
    type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 1bcf:08a0 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-3:2 info: Quanta HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0408:5481 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-4:3 info: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0489:e0e0 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.9 C mobo: 48.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 2702 fan-2: 2409
Repos:
  Packages: 1261 pm: pacman pkgs: 1254 libs: 345
    tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://fastmirror.pp.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirror.ibakerserver.pt/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 363
  1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 4969 mem: 3.88 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 3.5% command: firefox pid: 2530 mem: 534.6 MiB (1.7%)
  3: cpu: 2.8% command: gnome-terminal-server pid: 4864 mem: 58.4 MiB (0.1%)
  4: cpu: 1.8% command: gnome-shell pid: 1649 mem: 410.2 MiB (1.3%)
  5: cpu: 1.8% command: firefox pid: 3619 mem: 273.2 MiB (0.8%)
  Memory top: 5 of 363
  1: mem: 534.6 MiB (1.7%) command: firefox pid: 2530 cpu: 3.5%
  2: mem: 482.1 MiB (1.5%) command: pamac-manager pid: 4496 cpu: 1.6%
  3: mem: 410.2 MiB (1.3%) command: gnome-shell pid: 1649 cpu: 1.8%
  4: mem: 366.6 MiB (1.1%) command: firefox pid: 2689 cpu: 1.3%
  5: mem: 273.2 MiB (0.8%) command: firefox pid: 3619 cpu: 1.8%
Info:
  Processes: 363 Power: uptime: 35m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
    image: 12.25 GiB services: gsd-power, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
    running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.37
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Your inxi output was incomplete. Please edit your previous post (as linked) so that it contains the full output of;

inxi -zv8
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I have edited post #6 to include Audio information. More data will not help with audio quality issue

Data confirms pipewire, pipewire-pulse, and wireplumber are all active

System has pw-jack plugin so it would also be possible to use pipewire-jack Pro Audio profile with professional audio effects

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Now is complete I’m so sorry, I trying to understand how it works everything

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