Windows 10: audio enhancements purpose/problems

don't know if this discussion is already being had, too many problem threads to go through...i exclusively use hifi headphones to listen to music and other audio on my laptop, but i've noticed lately that i couldn't always get the sound on a comfortable level. finally today i went looking and found audio enhancements in settings, and device default effects was on; only when i turned it off, the music became more natural and bearable.can anybody tell me what exactly this feature is supposed to do i can already guess compression or if you've noticed something similar? i think it must've starte

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Audio Enhancements

Hi Charlotte,

One step that we could try is to manually re-install the Audio Enhancement, and see if it helps. First, go to HP's website and download the latest Audio Enhancement installer (IDT) and save it to your Downloads folder. Once done, follow the remaining steps
below:

• Search for Control Panel via Cortana search and hit the
  Enter key.
• Open the Device Manager and click Sound, Video and Game controllers.
• Right click the IDT device and select Uninstall.
• Restart your PC.
• Once your PC restarts, it should automatically load all audio driver. Let it complete the process.
• Go to the Downloads folder, right click on the IDT installer and select
  Run as administrator.

Once complete, check if you have the enhancements back and let us know the outcome.

 

Audio Enhancements Problem

Driver enhancements give you some special sound effects that will enhance your audio experience.

The steps to disable driver enhancements are listed below:

a. Click Start.

b. Type Sound in the Start search box and click
Sound from the available options.

c. On the Playback
tab, click Speakers and then click Properties.

d. Click the Enhancements
tab and then select the Disable all enhancements check box.

If disabling driver enhancements doesn't help, please follow the steps given below:

a. Right click on volume icon in system tray.

b. Select Playback Devices. Select the Speakers icon, and click
Properties.

c. Select the Enhancements tab.

d. Scroll down to Loudness Equalization and check the box.

e. Click Apply.

If the above given methods do not help, please uninstall your Audio driver, restart your PC and again install it.

 

Hidden audio enhancement

Hi...

I have a wired headphone and a pair of bluetooth earbuds. In the headphones/earbuds properties > Enhancements tab, I didn't select and apply any of those listed enhancements, but still I get an awesome audio playback effect of some kind. That effect disappears if I check and apply the Disable all sounds effects checkbox. Means that audio effect is not listed there and remains unknown. I'm unable to identify what effect is that. Sonic effect is already off. Audio player's all kinds of enhancements are off. Can you tell me what is that unnamed unlisted audio enhancement?

Many thanks