Audio Sounds Muffled Windows 10

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  1. Audio Sounds Muffled Windows 10 7
  2. Headphones Sound Muffled Windows 10
  3. Audio Sounds Muffled Windows 10 Media Player

Check for Simple Fixes First. There’s nothing more embarrassing than yelling at the PC over sound.

If you read my blog you probably know that I am a big ThinkPad fan. Lenovo has continued the classic IBM lineup and now there is a ThinkPad for almost any taste. My current favorite is the Lenovo ThinkPad T470. This 14″ beauty is nearly perfect for work and travel.

Speaker

However, from the factory it does suffer from a (fixable) issue that seems to plague many modern ThinkPads… terrible sound!

Audio Sounds Muffled Windows 10 7

Sounds

Specifically, the sound is extremely echo prone… After listening to some music on the laptop my wife aptly said “it sounds like they are singing into a tin can”. Like terribly bad sound quality that is almost unbearable 🙁 Thankfully there is a simple fix that can drastically improve the sound quality problems 🙂

  • Select Sounds (in Windows 10) or Playback Devices (in Windows 7). In the Playback tab in the opened window, select the default device and then click Properties. Click the Advanced tab. Under Default Format, alter the sample rate and bit depth until one of the settings works.
  • Select Hardware and Sound from the Control Panel, and then select Sound. On the Playback tab, right-click the Default Device, and then select Properties. On the Enhancements tab, select either the Disable all enhancements or the Disable all sound effects check box (depending on which option you see), select OK, and try to play your audio device.

Here are the three necessary steps:

  1. Go to “Sound” in Windows Control Panel
  2. Select your speakers first, then “Properties”
  3. Check the box that says “Disable all sound effects” (then click OK)

And here are screenshots:

Headphones Sound Muffled Windows 10

Click your speaker first, then Properties

Navigate to the “Enhancements” tab, then check the “Disable all sound effects” box and click OK

Voila, after that your sound should be much better 🙂

SoundsAudio Sounds Muffled Windows 10

Audio Sounds Muffled Windows 10 Media Player

NOTE: these steps are for Windows 10 Pro but they should apply to any version of Windows that utilizes a similar driver.