the output is such garbage it even affects the earphones, what the fuck

other than getting a different laptop, throwing the laptop in the ocean, et cetera

my laptop from 15 years ago has better speakers than this fucking mess

and how is the headphone sound quality affected? that makes no damn sense. there is basically no volume mixer (bass, treble, mid) and it's just like a god damn tweeter. it's like ear rape

like I cannot enjoy any music on it lol

and I listen to ASMR a lot and it makes that fucking suck too

AND I have a stupid issue where, if I'm listening to ASMR (it applies the most here, because it's meant to kind of stay at a constant volume), and I pause the video for some reason so I can go hear something else, or go to another tab, then I come back to the video, press play and the LOUDEST FUCKING POPPING NOISE IN THE UNIVERSE occurs like 50% of the time lol

like??

how is newer tech shittier? I get that we're in a cost-cutting world now but what the fuck

I have never had that problem.. ever

like why does it play some LOUD ALARMING POPPING NOISE

I fucked with all the sound settings and of course it didn't work

1/18/2026 5:27:03 PM

Have you tried bluetooth ear buds like airpod pro 2nd generation or sony wh-1000xm4?

1/18/2026 5:44:53 PM

^do they have their own EQ environment/interface?

I haven't but I suppose I could

1/18/2026 5:56:37 PM

With the sony headphone you have to get the sony app on the iphone. Unsure about how it works on a laptop

1/18/2026 6:08:52 PM