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Have just brought my MacBook Pro 11,4 (mid 2015) over to Arch Linux, and whilst everything else works a dream, the audio is a bit tinny/not very full-bodied, in comparison to the audio in MacOS. It _feels_ like the bass is dialed right back, but not an audio expert, so it could be anything really. This isn't a problem I've experienced on my other Arch devices (mostly desktops), so wondering if it's something MacBook/laptop-specific. Anyone have any tips or tricks for improving MacBook audio quality? I'm using Pipewire and its ALSA/PulseAudio/JACK replacements.
Cheers in advance.
Last edited by steeps (2021-03-19 10:33:43)
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Maybe this will help?
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So based on ponyrider's suggestion, I got my sound chip with the command
cat /proc/asound/card{0,1}/codec* | grep Codec(a Cirrus CS4208).
Looking up this model in the kernel docs, there's a mbp11 option. Creating a /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf file containing
options snd-hda-intel model=mbp11this seems to have improved the sound quality. Thank you!
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When I enter:
cat /proc/asound/card{0,1}/codec* | grep Codec I get this output:
Codec: Intel Haswell HDMI
Codec: Cirrus Logic CS4208 So it is the same in my case
I don't know if it is helpful but I installed gnome-alsamixer from the AUR:
yay -S gnome-alsamixerOr whichever AUR helper you use.
With that application, I was able to increase the volume of the 'Bass Speaker' channel, which seemed to make the MacBook sound less tinny.
Unfortunately, I still don't think it sounds right.
Recording the output from both Arch Linux and MacOS and comparing the two sound-waves, would perhaps confirm or deny a difference.
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