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Audio Quality Dropped Significantly Of My Laptop Speaker After Switching to Omarchy
Reported by 17Swagat · filed Jun 5, 2026Closed upstream on 2026-07-18. GitHub close reason: completed. No closing PR or commit is recorded — "completed" alone is not evidence of a fix.
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Original report
Audio Quality Dropped Significantly Of My Laptop Speaker After Switching to Omarchyrevision 1 · captured 2026-10-04 11:56 UTC via poll
System details
OS: Omarchy 3.8.2 ; Hardware: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12650H; NVIDIA GeFore RTX 3050 Ti ; Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.40 GHz
What's wrong?
Hi Everyone,
Tired from Windows 11, I switched to Omarchy and I find it really fun to use.
The only thing that it lacks from the Windows 11 is the Audio Quality.
When using bluetooth earphones its not an issue.
But when using my laptop's speaker which use to have amazing clear and loud sound suddenly turned shit.
On higher volumes the audio of songs cracks and sounds really bad.
I use to have Dolby and some other stuff for audio (which I don't remeber) which some made the sound quality so good.
Can anyone help me figure out to fix this sound issue and have the sound quality similar to what I had with windows 11.
My system is: Asus F-Dash-15
Copying Stuff From the Terminal (Regarding my laptop's speaker's Info):
~ ❯ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Audio [C-Media(R) Audio], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [DELL S2721HN]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
~ ❯ cat /proc/asound/card
...0/ ...1/ ...2/ ...s
~ ❯ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Audio ]: USB-Audio - C-Media(R) Audio
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. C-Media(R) Audio at usb-0000:00:14.0-9, full speed
1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0x612f288000 irq 224
2 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0x60080000 irq 17
~ ❯ lspci | grep -i audio
0000:00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA107 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
~ ❯ lspci -v | grep -A20 -i audio
0000:00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [HDA compatible])
DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1ce2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 224, IOMMU group 14
Memory at 612f288000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at 612f000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl, snd_hda_intel
0000:00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P SMBus Host Controller (rev 01)
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1ce2
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 14
Memory at 612f294000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at efa0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
0000:00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH SPI Controller (rev 01)
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
--
0000:01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA107 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [HDA compatible])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1c5c
Physical Slot: 1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17, IOMMU group 15
Memory at 60080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
10000:e0:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller #0 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 176, IOMMU group 9
Bus: primary=00, secondary=e1, subordinate=e1, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [16-bit]
Memory behind bridge: 50000000-500fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
10000:e0:06.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177, IOMMU group 9
~ ❯ wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, cookie:3390560630]
└─ Clients:
32. xdg-desktop-portal [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1534]
33. WirePlumber [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1606]
39. xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1613]
42. WirePlumber [export] [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1606]
71. WirePlumber [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1606]
78. pipewire [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1762]
79. waybar [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1790]
80. wpctl [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:17956]
Audio
├─ Devices:
│ 61. Built-in Audio [alsa]
│ 62. C-Media(R) Audio [alsa]
│ 63. GA107 High Definition Audio Controller [alsa]
│ 64. OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 [bluez5]
│
├─ Sinks:
│ 51. C-Media(R) Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 1.24]
│ 53. GA107 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI) [vol: 1.50]
│ * 65. OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 [vol: 0.94]
│
├─ Sources:
│
├─ Filters:
│ - loopback-1606-20
│ * 54. bluez_input.9C:DE:F0:73:7E:A8 [Audio/Source]
│ 59. bluez_capture_internal.9C:DE:F0:73:7E:A8 [Stream/Input/Audio/Internal]
│
└─ Streams:
Video
├─ Devices:
│ 44. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam [v4l2]
│ 60. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam [v4l2]
│
├─ Sinks:
│
├─ Sources:
│ * 73. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam (V4L2)
│
├─ Filters:
│
└─ Streams:
Settings
└─ Default Configured Devices:
0. Audio/Sink bluez_output.9C_DE_F0_73_7E_A8.1
~ ❯ pw-cli ls Node
id 29, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "29"
factory.id = "11"
priority.driver = "200000"
node.name = "Dummy-Driver"
id 30, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "30"
factory.id = "11"
priority.driver = "190000"
node.name = "Freewheel-Driver"
id 45, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "91"
factory.id = "14"
client.id = "42"
node.description = "BLE MIDI 1"
node.name = "bluez_midi.server"
media.class = "Midi/Bridge"
id 46, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "46"
factory.id = "11"
client.id = "42"
priority.session = "100"
priority.driver = "1"
node.name = "Midi-Bridge"
media.class = "Midi/Bridge"
id 51, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "94"
object.path = "alsa:acp:Audio:4:playback"
factory.id = "19"
client.id = "42"
device.id = "62"
priority.session = "1109"
priority.driver = "1109"
node.description = "C-Media(R) Audio Analog Stereo"
node.name = "alsa_output.usb-ASUSTeK_COMPUTER_INC._C-Media_R__Audio-00.analog-stereo"
node.nick = "C-Media(R) Audio"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
id 53, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "99"
object.path = "alsa:acp:NVidia:4:playback"
factory.id = "19"
client.id = "42"
device.id = "63"
priority.session = "696"
priority.driver = "696"
node.description = "GA107 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo"
node.nick = "HDMI 0"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
id 54, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "113"
factory.id = "12"
client.id = "71"
device.id = "64"
priority.session = "2010"
node.description = "OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2"
node.name = "bluez_input.9C:DE:F0:73:7E:A8"
media.class = "Audio/Source"
id 59, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "114"
factory.id = "12"
client.id = "71"
node.description = "Bluetooth internal capture stream for OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2"
node.name = "bluez_capture_internal.9C:DE:F0:73:7E:A8"
media.class = "Stream/Input/Audio/Internal"
id 65, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "107"
factory.id = "12"
client.id = "42"
device.id = "64"
priority.session = "1010"
priority.driver = "1010"
node.description = "OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2"
node.name = "bluez_output.9C_DE_F0_73_7E_A8.1"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
id 73, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "104"
object.path = "v4l2:/dev/video0"
factory.id = "11"
client.id = "42"
device.id = "60"
priority.session = "1000"
node.description = "USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam (V4L2)"
node.name = "v4l2_input.pci-0000_00_14.0-usb-0_7_1.0"
node.nick = "USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam"
media.class = "Video/Source"
media.role = "Camera"
~ ❯View raw text
### System details
OS: Omarchy 3.8.2 ; Hardware: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12650H; NVIDIA GeFore RTX 3050 Ti ; Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.40 GHz
### What's wrong?
Hi Everyone,
Tired from Windows 11, I switched to Omarchy and I find it really fun to use.
The only thing that it lacks from the Windows 11 is the Audio Quality.
When using bluetooth earphones its not an issue.
But when using my laptop's speaker which use to have amazing clear and loud sound suddenly turned shit.
On higher volumes the audio of songs cracks and sounds really bad.
I use to have Dolby and some other stuff for audio (which I don't remeber) which some made the sound quality so good.
Can anyone help me figure out to fix this sound issue and have the sound quality similar to what I had with windows 11.
My system is: Asus F-Dash-15
Copying Stuff From the Terminal (Regarding my laptop's speaker's Info):
```bash
~ ❯ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Audio [C-Media(R) Audio], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [DELL S2721HN]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
~ ❯ cat /proc/asound/card
...0/ ...1/ ...2/ ...s
~ ❯ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Audio ]: USB-Audio - C-Media(R) Audio
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. C-Media(R) Audio at usb-0000:00:14.0-9, full speed
1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0x612f288000 irq 224
2 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0x60080000 irq 17
~ ❯ lspci | grep -i audio
0000:00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA107 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
~ ❯ lspci -v | grep -A20 -i audio
0000:00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [HDA compatible])
DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1ce2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 224, IOMMU group 14
Memory at 612f288000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at 612f000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl, snd_hda_intel
0000:00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P SMBus Host Controller (rev 01)
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1ce2
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 14
Memory at 612f294000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at efa0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
0000:00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH SPI Controller (rev 01)
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
--
0000:01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA107 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [HDA compatible])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1c5c
Physical Slot: 1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17, IOMMU group 15
Memory at 60080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
10000:e0:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller #0 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 176, IOMMU group 9
Bus: primary=00, secondary=e1, subordinate=e1, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [16-bit]
Memory behind bridge: 50000000-500fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
10000:e0:06.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177, IOMMU group 9
~ ❯ wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, cookie:3390560630]
└─ Clients:
32. xdg-desktop-portal [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1534]
33. WirePlumber [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1606]
39. xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1613]
42. WirePlumber [export] [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1606]
71. WirePlumber [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1606]
78. pipewire [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1762]
79. waybar [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:1790]
80. wpctl [1.6.5, swagat17@omarchy-pc, pid:17956]
Audio
├─ Devices:
│ 61. Built-in Audio [alsa]
│ 62. C-Media(R) Audio [alsa]
│ 63. GA107 High Definition Audio Controller [alsa]
│ 64. OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 [bluez5]
│
├─ Sinks:
│ 51. C-Media(R) Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 1.24]
│ 53. GA107 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI) [vol: 1.50]
│ * 65. OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 [vol: 0.94]
│
├─ Sources:
│
├─ Filters:
│ - loopback-1606-20
│ * 54. bluez_input.9C:DE:F0:73:7E:A8 [Audio/Source]
│ 59. bluez_capture_internal.9C:DE:F0:73:7E:A8 [Stream/Input/Audio/Internal]
│
└─ Streams:
Video
├─ Devices:
│ 44. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam [v4l2]
│ 60. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam [v4l2]
│
├─ Sinks:
│
├─ Sources:
│ * 73. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam (V4L2)
│
├─ Filters:
│
└─ Streams:
Settings
└─ Default Configured Devices:
0. Audio/Sink bluez_output.9C_DE_F0_73_7E_A8.1
~ ❯ pw-cli ls Node
id 29, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "29"
factory.id = "11"
priority.driver = "200000"
node.name = "Dummy-Driver"
id 30, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "30"
factory.id = "11"
priority.driver = "190000"
node.name = "Freewheel-Driver"
id 45, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "91"
factory.id = "14"
client.id = "42"
node.description = "BLE MIDI 1"
node.name = "bluez_midi.server"
media.class = "Midi/Bridge"
id 46, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "46"
factory.id = "11"
client.id = "42"
priority.session = "100"
priority.driver = "1"
node.name = "Midi-Bridge"
media.class = "Midi/Bridge"
id 51, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "94"
object.path = "alsa:acp:Audio:4:playback"
factory.id = "19"
client.id = "42"
device.id = "62"
priority.session = "1109"
priority.driver = "1109"
node.description = "C-Media(R) Audio Analog Stereo"
node.name = "alsa_output.usb-ASUSTeK_COMPUTER_INC._C-Media_R__Audio-00.analog-stereo"
node.nick = "C-Media(R) Audio"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
id 53, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "99"
object.path = "alsa:acp:NVidia:4:playback"
factory.id = "19"
client.id = "42"
device.id = "63"
priority.session = "696"
priority.driver = "696"
node.description = "GA107 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo"
node.nick = "HDMI 0"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
id 54, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "113"
factory.id = "12"
client.id = "71"
device.id = "64"
priority.session = "2010"
node.description = "OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2"
node.name = "bluez_input.9C:DE:F0:73:7E:A8"
media.class = "Audio/Source"
id 59, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "114"
factory.id = "12"
client.id = "71"
node.description = "Bluetooth internal capture stream for OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2"
node.name = "bluez_capture_internal.9C:DE:F0:73:7E:A8"
media.class = "Stream/Input/Audio/Internal"
id 65, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "107"
factory.id = "12"
client.id = "42"
device.id = "64"
priority.session = "1010"
priority.driver = "1010"
node.description = "OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2"
node.name = "bluez_output.9C_DE_F0_73_7E_A8.1"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
id 73, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
object.serial = "104"
object.path = "v4l2:/dev/video0"
factory.id = "11"
client.id = "42"
device.id = "60"
priority.session = "1000"
node.description = "USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam (V4L2)"
node.name = "v4l2_input.pci-0000_00_14.0-usb-0_7_1.0"
node.nick = "USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam"
media.class = "Video/Source"
media.role = "Camera"
~ ❯
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