Lenovo W520 audio dropouts, low volume |
Lenovo W520 audio dropouts, low volume |
 Jul 5 2012, 08:21
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I have a Lenovo W520 with 2nd gen i7, 8GB RAM, running Windows 7 64 bit, and foobar2000. The audio skips during network activity when using the Conexant audio driver, but it doesn't have this problem with the Microsoft High Definition Device driver. This is even when the buffer in foobar2000 is set to 1500 ms.
The problem with the Microsoft driver, is the volume is limited (maybe 5 dB lower) than the Conexant driver. This is unacceptable when driving the Sennheiser HD 600 headphones with ReplayGain enabled, especially during quite passages. Is it possible to bump up the volume of the system when using the Microsoft driver? |
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Jul 10 2012, 18:37
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Group: Members Posts: 2114 Joined: 24-August 07 From: Silicon Valley Member No.: 46454 |
QUOTE BTW. What's the purpose of the "headphone limiter". Is it some kind of attempt to protect the listeners hearing from excessive volume? I believe this is an EU regulation. There's something about it mentioned in my Lenovo user manual. (My Lenovo laptop puts-out about 0.75VRMS with a high impedance load. I have not checked it with headphones.)
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LocrianGroove Lenovo W520 audio dropouts, low volume Jul 5 2012, 08:21
Apesbrain So long as your playback is via foobar2000, you ca... Jul 5 2012, 13:41
LocrianGroove The foobar2000 preamp gain won't help very muc... Jul 7 2012, 03:07 Dynamic QUOTE (LocrianGroove @ Jul 7 2012, 03:07)... Jul 7 2012, 22:14 uart QUOTE (LocrianGroove @ Jul 5 2012, 00:21)... Jul 8 2012, 19:14 LocrianGroove Yes, the volume controls/mixer levels are all up i... Jul 10 2012, 04:39 uart QUOTE (LocrianGroove @ Jul 9 2012, 19:39)... Jul 10 2012, 18:13 LocrianGroove QUOTE (uart @ Jul 10 2012, 13:13) Take a ... Jul 12 2012, 07:42 uart QUOTE (DVDdoug @ Jul 10 2012, 09:37) QUOT... Jul 10 2012, 19:17 [JAZ] I have a realtek HDAudio in my laptop, with the br... Jul 12 2012, 18:13 LocrianGroove QUOTE ([JAZ] @ Jul 12 2012, 13:13... Jul 13 2012, 03:59 uart QUOTE (LocrianGroove @ Jul 12 2012, 18:59... Jul 13 2012, 13:21 LocrianGroove It will be for the reason, audio drops out under n... Jul 13 2012, 15:08 AliceWonder Have you tried a 3rd party USB sound card?
I have ... Jul 23 2012, 05:56 LocrianGroove QUOTE (LocrianGroove @ Jul 12 2012, 22:59... Oct 8 2012, 05:27 |
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