Re: Sound Quality
From: David Kelsey (david_kelseyNO_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/27/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:01:26 -0000
Thanks again. I can't believe it, but after all this time, I have never
actually checked out the speakers! I bought new ones about the time I
installed XP, and kind of assumed they would be OK. I have just tried the
sound with my best earphones, and it blew my socks off. No stutter, no
rumble, and fantastic sound. Black mark to Labtec then.
Thank you for your help in suggesting things and forcing me to do the
business properly! It doesn't account for the difference between XP and ME,
but maybe these speakers just work better with ME. When I get some new
ones, I'll know. How often is it that the simplest things get overlooked.
David
R. McCarty wrote:
> Thanks for the follow-up. It's a somewhat difficult area to diagnose.
> I wouldn't think you'd have a perceptible change in audio quality from
> ME to XP.
>
> There are a number of settings/variables connected with Audio.
> In the Sounds/Audio applet in Control Panel I would check the Audio
> (TAB) and make sure the correct hardware is being used. Also, it
> (deficiencies) could be the Sample, Data rate used by the Hardware.
> Also, codec priorities might be different between ME & XP. Speaker
> settings can add "Coloration" if the settings are for any 5:1 or other
> multi-channel outputs when you have a standard Stereo speaker
> setup.
>
> It's an aggravation to have a situation with something as basic as
> Audio/Sound. You might want to visit some of the Realtek based
> forums and see if other users with your motherboard/Chipset are
> having issues. By the way have you updated your Chipset driver
> package ? Also, I would check the actual Sound Card in Device Mgr.
> and verify the driver revision. Most sound cards require multiple
> drivers and if some are mismatched it might account for "Abnormal"
> output/tone response.
>
> "David Kelsey" <david_kelseyNO@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u5%23%23s1NHFHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Thansk for your response. This system has very little under the
>> volume settings, but there is a separate app called Soundman which
>> has a mixer/equaliser and sound effects with 23 environments to
>> choose from, each of which is editable (not by me, I don't think.).
>> It has always been set to none. The equaliser offers the usual
>> range of sound types, but again, all are off. There is noise
>> suppression for a microphone, also off. I don't want to play with
>> it - I just want normal sounds with no unwanted aberrations, so I
>> have not set anything. I probably wouldn't know what to set anyway.
>> I just have two speakers of no great quality. This lot is all there has
>> ever been on this system, both under ME
>> and XP, over about three years. I didn't alter anything under ME
>> either, but the sound was perfect for me. I have reinstalled XP
>> twice on clean drives. Do you have any suggestions for areas I should
>> look at? I thought
>> the default settings would be fine, as one would expect. I have
>> even tried bootvis in an attempt to change the loading sequence,
>> which might have been causing a blip, but it also happens on shut
>> down, so that seems unlikely.
>>
>> I'll play with the equaliser, as you suggest, but I don't really
>> know what I am doing.
>>
>> Thanks again
>> David
>>
>>
>> R. McCarty wrote:
>>> Just a question, When you installed the Realtek drivers have you
>>> used the support software (Mixer, Speaker configuration, EQ) ?
>>> It may not be a driver, codec - but coloration effects of the
>>> support software.
>>>
>>> I would use those tools and make sure that things like Noise
>>> reduction, Equalization and "Spatial" settings are off.
>>>
>>> Also, before you upgraded to the latest driver package, did you
>>> uninstall any previous support software via Add/Remove programs ?
>>>
>>> "David Kelsey" <david_kelseyNO@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uSY7pdNHFHA.3912@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> When I had XP dual booted with ME, there was a very noticeable
>>>> difference in sound quality in ME's favour. ME was full and
>>>> mellow, while XP was thin and weak. Now XP SP2 on its own
>>>> continues to stutter and stumble during the startup and closedown
>>>> sounds, and downloaded music has a background slight rumble like
>>>> very distant gunfire. I have the latest sound drivers for my
>>>> Realtek AC97 on board sound on an MSI K7T266 Pro2 motherboard, and
>>>> the latest Direct X. I have also set Windows Media Player (also
>>>> current) as the default player, and removed Total Recorder after I
>>>> found it interfered with iTunes. I've plugged and unplugged the
>>>> speakers and cables, but nothing improves matters. So, two
>>>> questions please - has anyone any ideas on solving the problem in
>>>> XP, and/or is there any way of using the ME codecs or whatever in
>>>> XP? Incidentally, the stutter often goes away if I play the
>>>> sounds in Control Panel. All suggestions gratefully received.
>>>>
>>>> David Kelsey
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