Windows 10: Want LOUD sound, but enhancements and other options missing from sound properties

Hi there,

I was trying to make my (new) headphones be louder for when I want to drown the world out and I was told to go to my headphone sound properties, and go to enhancements and make sure loudness equalization and bass boost were on. However, the only tab I have in the area I was shown to go to is "General" and that's it.

The only device driver I have is the standard Windows High Definition Audio driver and it says it's up to date. I plug my headphones into a Beats laptop and the sound is clear, crisp and LOUD just like I like it. But in my computer, which is technically a far superior gaming computer, it's fairly dull in comparison.

What can I do to make the sound louder or to get that loudness equalization and other enhancement tab? I had used a couple of free sound boosters but they just made my audio distorted. What can I do to get super loud sound? I have a good gaming headphone set and my speakers are plenty loud on their own, but it's just dull in the headphones. Thanks!

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Sound Properties under Realtek Drivers Missing Enhancement Tab

Technically, the enhancement on and off is now under Advanced.





And the individual options are in the Realtek Audio Console app.

 

Sound is too low for windows 10

Try these steps:

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  Open the Sound menu (as shown in your second screenshot).
  
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  Right-click on your speakers (or the audio output you want to amplify), and select Properties.
  
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  Go to the Enhancements tab.
  
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  Check the Loudness Equalization option.
  

This makes quiet sounds louder, loud sounds quieter.

 

Sound Properties under Realtek Drivers Missing Enhancement Tab

in addition to my previous post, here's what the Enhancements tab looks like on the Speaker properties dialog box when using traditional/legacy Realtek HDA drivers and not Realtek UAD drivers:





(this is only an example as there's also an srs premium sound tab, which is an extra enhancement for certain computers with realtek audio + srs; as I said previously this dialog box may be going away in a future release of Win10 as MS wants to move everything onto the Windows Settings app)

note to leis - I have found a slightly newer Realtek UAD driver from Lenovo that you can try out; it's v6.0.8734.1 & even though it may not be listed for your ideacentre 510-15icb model (it was listed for ideacentre 510-15ick), the 8734 uad driver should work as it has the same INF files as the 8699.1 version.