From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 19:33:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F2E91065670 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:33:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f200.google.com (mail-yx0-f200.google.com [209.85.210.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9E188FC20 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:33:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by yxe38 with SMTP id 38so1381384yxe.3 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:33:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=qmRUa8xawMR9w5YaqirfPVP6k53B3EkDlThYNrGp4ME=; b=NPe4D5+LoVDjscVxNop+35YD50zbV/H1h9IT/Npl2o4Np3zAPdv0spVr4xIE0G/+Tb PscIMw5mDrslrM58aU4IzENMqDmteigWftzCQ0VfhXG2lrTMOvIPq7YnR6WFTWGe3B8i aMqEoLdbwEOUxSsLb199PntU5u6xpFhKVFFbE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=K+AH33QkGXTyfEY1tbcy9wjKZr0bIM2ujMgtGfBdicCpw1ySnnWiMB4tCS3TSj7yEL 1VbG0TpGJwhCyUFc4lMq2KELONKeZpN9NQmgVbPoVI9S0RgO5hicRmkOb0h6jhgrmJUi jZMNoCNr3QOv9neQJWf4M8ifSFmZiVWyWYKSc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.38.196 with SMTP id c4mr1687700ibe.31.1245612794998; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:33:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A3D9F73.3090109@telus.net> References: <20090620120030.4DB551065672@hub.freebsd.org> <4A3D9F73.3090109@telus.net> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:33:14 -0400 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Jeff Molofee Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Audio X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:33:16 -0000 2009/6/20 Jeff Molofee : > Just wondering what changed with the sound on BSD? My system way back in the > 4.x days sounded not too bad... good bass, etc. > > After dropping my audio cards for on board audio (intel hda) I noticed the > sound was really BAD... tin can, bad separation, no bass at all. > > Some time this past week, my audio went from sounding like crap to > absolutely phenomenal!!! My sub works again, audio is coming out of the > center channel, left and right speakers are not putting out ALL of the > sound. > > Is it just me? Did I miss a notice about upgrades to the sound drivers? > Whatever it is... AMAZING!!! > Agreed, 3db greater modulation, better granularity, useable eq . . . Are you running -CURRENT, then? http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=4771 (I don't have a clue if this was MFC'd to -STABLE) Also, thank you, ariff@! -- --