Re: [LAU] How much does my new SB Extigy suck and why?

From: Paul Winkler <pw_lists@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Sep 06 2007 - 20:00:31 EEST

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 06:55:46PM +0200, Johannes Mario Ringheim wrote:
> Hmmm.... Now I think I recall something. It's rather vaige, but might be a
> clue:
>
> On the SBLive, the sound was awful (kinda like you describe it), after I'd
> first install Linux. According to something I found on google, I had to
> switch off some tone controller in the mixer. Not shure if it showes up in
> the standard gnome/kde/etc mixers, but try with alsamixer or alsamixergui
> to see all of the controls. As far as I remember it was a switch with
> needed to be turned off, not a slidebar. And it had something to do with
> tone control (bass/treble). The problem had to do with the bass/treble
> being at max by default, as far as I recall.

Along the same lines, if there is anything like a "3D" control, make
sure it's muted.

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Paul Winkler
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