modern silo
I installed Linux Mint on an old laptop and the sound isn't too great. Trying to figure out what is from the hardware vs. software.
But what are the best things to do to improve the sound quality for music listening?
What is the difference between Pipes and** Pulse Audio?**
fair kraken
for music listening, I recommend the light, simple and beautiful app audacious . Readily available through the Software Manager or via apt through terminal.
you can adjust its equalizer to suit your preference, and choose which graphical skin mode it should appear as
Pipewire is the new sound subsystem that Mint has been using, and has lower latency and some better routing
Pulseaudio (not to confuse with pulseaudio volume control , *pavucontrol) is the old subsystem.
if you want fancier digital sound processing, like stereo widening, compressor , etc , then you can use VLC Media Player. also in the repos easily.
Lastly, all laptops , no matter how expensive (and the best of the best for internal sound I've witnessed to be Macbooks) are still shit in comparison to a good set of 20 watt RMS amplified desktop speakers.
modern silo
Yeah. I have a MB Pro and the sound is luxurious! Most amazing thing I've every heard. 🥰 🎶
I typed pactl info | grep "Server Name"
and got: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.0.5)
Is that what it's supposed to be? So which do I have? PulseAudio or Pipewire?
fair kraken
that's not really my preferred method to check
due to some plugin that translates calls
run inxi -Axxx command instead, @modern silo
I take it you mean: EPOS Sennheiser IMPACT MB Pro headset
modern silo
No. MacBook Pro