Windows 10: no sound in widnwos if i enable audio enhancement

This has suddenly popped up. how is this possible?

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Windows 10 Audio Sounds "Cheap" and Weird "Enable Audio Enhancements"

Alright guys, I have a question.

I have an HP Pavillion g7 laptop. I reallytake care of it, I know for a fact I didn't blow out my speakers, yet I'm having trouble with the audio.

I recently updated to Windows 10 and that's when all the BS started to happen. I'm using Speaker/HP (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC) and I like the way they sound until recently.

I've installed drivers, updated, "troubleshoot-ed" all that good stuff.

I found that when I plug in my headphones and "Enable Audio Enhancements" is checked OFF my headphones sound beautiful, like it's supposed to sound but when I unplug them the speaker audio with "Enable Audio Enhancements" still checked OFF it sounds bad,
like cheap 10 dollar speakers. Now when I have "Enable Audio Enhancements" checked ON the speakers sound great just like when I first bought my laptop but when I plug in my headphones the sound quality sounds "cheap" like 5 dollar headphones quality.

Basically:

Enable Audio Enhancements ON = Great Speaker Quality, Horrible Headphone Quality.

Enable Audio Enhancements OFF = Horrible Speaker Quality, Great Headphone Quality.

-__________- I have to keep switching it on and off if I wanna listen to speakers or headphones.

Lol It goes back and fourth. Its Vice Versa. Is there a way to fix this? It didn't do this before. I would plug my headphones in and out and the audio quality would remain the same, my good audio lol, no problems at all!

 

Realtek audio driver "Enable audio enhancement" makes volume go up & down

I use the realtek audio driver on my windows 11. I have been experiencing volume fluctuations. After experimenting & researching, I found out that the problem lied in the "Enable audio enhancements" in the drivers advance settings, and switching it off fixes the problem, but the sound quality changes. I tried fixing it because I like the enhanced sound, but ultimately failed. So, how to enable the audio enhancements without this issue?

Here is what I know & already tried:

1. This problem exists only in the realtek audio driver and not in other drivers because I have other headsets that don't have this issue
   
2. There is no specific software that issues this problem as it either exists in all softwares if enhancements are enabled, or don't if disabled
   
3. I tried unistalling the driver from the device manager, and restarted my laptop, but it didn't work
   
4. I restarted the "Windows audio" service, but didn't work
   

Thanks in advance

 

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.