Windows 10: My headphones audio quality became messed up

I just had Windows 11 installed on my laptop, and when I plugged in my headphones to listen to some music, the audio didn't felt right. The sound was tinny, there was no bass, and it didn't sound HD, for lack of a better word. I don't what happened nor why do my headphones sound like that.

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Poor audio quality in Sony mdr zx330bt Headphone

A:

1 I've been facing this issue since I've connected these to my computer

2 No, Not really

Method one didn't work

Method two didn't work as the headphones don't have drivers...

"I also suggest you to follow the article Low sound quality and Sound
from the Bluetooth headphones/speakers cuts or noise occurs, and check if that helps."

I read those but none of them helped

I have used these with other devices (other computer, laptop,mobile devices etc...) and the audio quality is good

I hope to speak to you soon,

David P

 

[WTB][EU]   Beginner audiophile headphones

i would also recommend looking at the Audio Technica m50s if this is your first step into audiophile headphones.

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