Poor soundstage on the Realtek alc897 soundcard compared to usb audio dacs on iems and a headset | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:19 PM

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Fedora Linux 41
the aux port is located on the front case IO
AlsaMixer Attached what could be the cause of the issue?

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:20 PM

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you've got front channel muted. go to its column, n press m

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:22 PM

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will check

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nothing still the difference from the usb audio and the front IO is still massive

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plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:24 PM

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what are you listening via analog on?

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:25 PM

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Thuthear Gate same issue happens with my gaming headset and very very cheap earbuds I found in my drawer

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:25 PM

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idk maybe cheap soundcard

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:26 PM

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People online seem to be praising the Realtek alc897 but I cant really wrap my head around it?

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:26 PM

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it's more apparent via headphones. running amplified speakers, u may not notice

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:26 PM

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currently using iems

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:27 PM

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polish the TRS plug. maybe oxide or dirt. not conducting well

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or did you install some kind of DSP/effect software? one which would affect the analog soundcard, but not the USB/digital out?

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:28 PM

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James DSP is running but everything is off

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might try turning it off completely

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still no difference

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perhaphs sometrhing with the motherboard? B550M AORUS ELITE

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maybe the fact that I dont have alsa-firmware installed could do soemthing with it?

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mention me please if you know anything that might fix my issue

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:41 PM

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shrewd acorn maybe the fact that I dont have alsa-firmware installed could do soemthing with ...

boot the live ISO and test sound from that environment, to rule out software u added causing the issue

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:42 PM

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Any live linux distro?

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:42 PM

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yeah any mainstream one

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:42 PM

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WIll check tommorow because I dont have that much time today

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downloading the iso is gonna take some time thanks to my internet connections speeds

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:43 PM

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miniOS standard is a small, workable one

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:43 PM

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perhaps could also try using my old laptop aux port?

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It also uses a realtek soundcard on the same os too

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:44 PM

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that would test ur headphones, but does nothing for your current pc

shrewd acorn Mar 24, 2025, 6:44 PM

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Yeah fair enough scrap that idea then

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is there any way you can change the channel mode/number inside alsa mixer?

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This

plain creek Mar 24, 2025, 6:57 PM

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use pwvucontrol or pavucontrol

shrewd acorn Mar 29, 2025, 5:34 PM

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huh? You gotta be kidding me it just converts anything to poor stereo of the headphones and they dare to call it high end audio? This gotta be a big joke while yes it does support 24 bit 124 khz audio whats the point if you wont have a high quality soundstage looks like this soundcard is simply no dice for headphones and earbuds etc just ment for speakers which have an inbuild amp

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is there any 'app' that gives me lots of control over the audio settings on linux? That allows editing the audio config files?

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seems like the soundcard is just straigh up trash thats a shame at least I know what dac/amp chips to avoid

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I guess its time to look for the cheapest imagineable dac/amp with at least a hi-res certification

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