Hi, I can't say much about how it should sound when all the connections and cables are in order and the audio output is optimized as much as possible for the audio input of what I assume are active speakers. But one thing is certain, the audio components on motherboards are absolute junk. Even prosumer audio devices in the higher-end prosumer price range don't come close to the sound quality of '80s Hi-Fi systems.
I'm writing this right now on a computer in my home audio studio. Even for my professional audio interface, which is of way better quality than '80s Hi-Fi systems, I still bought separate preamps for the inputs. But that's a different topic altogether, the sterile, neutral-sounding top- tier inputs need to be given a more lively character. To sum up. I'm convinced that you're dealing with a solvable software and/or hardware problem, but I'm not convinced that it's worth finding and fixing the cause. If you want to use the headphones not only for, let me put it this way, "making phone calls", but also for listening to music, then you should, even if you don't have high expectations, at least consider an affordable prosumer audio interface. If your quality requirements are Hi-Fi or better, then a professional audio interface is the only option. If you don't use the poor-quality headphone amplifiers found in prosumer audio devices, but instead connect the aux outputs to a Hi-Fi amplifier, to use it's headphone output, you can actually achieve nearly Hi-Fi quality, even with prosumer audio devices. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
