Windows 10: Headphones Audio Very Quiet.

Hi all.

For the first time in a long time I decided to plug In earphones into my desktop. The audio I get out of it is very quiet and at full volume I have very limited sound. I tried updating drivers, disabling all audio enhancements and nothing is working. These are brand new head phones. They work fine with other devices Also, the speakers I've had connected are working fine.

Please help.


Win 10 64bit.

Core I7 Cpu.

8gb ram.

:)

 

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most of the cans you listed will also need an amp to push them.

 

Move audio to one side for speakers but not headphones

Hello J1mmyth3F1sh,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

• Is your headphones getting detected in the Playback settings?
  
• Are you trying to play the audio on both Speakers and Headphones at the same time?
  

Ideally, if you have configured Sound settings to play on your left speakers, the same goes with the headphones. The sound starts playing only on the left side of your headphones according to the settings changed.

Meanwhile, we can try configuring the headphones and change the balance level in the sound settings and see if it works. Kindly check with the steps listed below and see if it helps.

Method : Run audio test for your headphones.

• Open Control Panel from the Start menu and click on
  Sound.
  
• In the Sound window, click on your
  Headphones and select Configure option at the bottom left.
  
• By running the test, check if both sides of your headphones are working fine.
  

If that doesn’t help, I would suggest you to check with the audio balance by following the steps listed below:

• Open Sound settings from
  Control Panel, and right click on the Headphones to open its
  Properties.
  
• Click on Levels tab and select
  Balance button. In the Balance window, you can use the slider to balance both left and right headphones equally.
  

However, I commend and appreciate you for recognizing this behavior. This is a valuable suggestion as there may be other users with a similar requirement. Hence, I suggest you to leave a
Feedback for this product so
that our developer team can look into this and check if it can be implemented in the future updates.

Regards,

Mala S

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Headphones are quiet

Hello Jacob,

For better assistance, we would like to know more information about your concern.

• Did you already try to connect another headphones to check if you will encounter the same issue?
• Are you referring to the audio driver about uninstalling and reinstalling?

We suggest that you run the troubleshooter for Playing Audio and Hardware and Devices.

• Press Windows key+X and select Control Panel.
• Type Troubleshoot in the Search Control Panel box.
• Click Troubleshooting and click View all in the left pane.
• Select Hardware and Devices to scan and resolve any devices or hardware issues.
• Click Next and follow the onscreen instruction to troubleshoot the issue.
• Select Playing Audio to scan and resolve playing sound concern.
• Click Next and follow the onscreen instruction to troubleshoot the issue.

Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.

Regards.