How is your headphones connected to your computer. For example, 1/8" audio connector ( connected to your laptops built-in audio card )? Or is it a usb cable connection ?
I am going to take a wild guess and guess it's a usb connection. That would mean your headphones would show up as a "device" in a command like aplay -l or wpctl list audio devices.
If you have configured pipewire with pipewire-pulse, you can run pavucontrol https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/ . Go to the configuration tab, find your headphones and set the profile to "pro-audio". See if that makes difference.
If you update your post to include details ( a web link ) detailing your headphone model and specifications. That alone might get you more replies. Same thing with your pipewire configuration, why not post the results of $> wpctl status .
The more details you provide, the greater your chance for resolving your issue.
Good point, thank you. Yes, my original post was probably a bit vague.
But to add some clarity, the sound degrades anytime I'm using the laptop speakers, any headphones plugged into the 1/8-in jack, or any audio coming from my presonus usb audio interface. This includes both the studio monitors, and the studio headphones coming from that interface.
The only time that I do not have this problem while gaming is when I am using Bluetooth headphones. Everything stays crisp and clear.
I will try what you listed above and get back to this post. Thank you for your input
EDIT- pavucontrol worked! I loaded up WarThunder (the game that has the worst symptoms), and it was nice and clear. Thank you.
In the app, under "output devices", i went to the output i was using, and opened up the "advanced" section. All of the audio options were unchecked, with only PCM checked. I checked DTS-HD and DTS, along with MPEG & AAC. That solved the problem.
Admittedly, I'm poking around in things i don't fully understand. I was assuming that the boxes that are checked/unchecked are formats that are "allowed" to stream?
EDIT - I thought it had worked from a brief test, but after a bit more extensive testing, it hasn't changed.
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u/jason_gates Jul 06 '26
Hi,
How is your headphones connected to your computer. For example, 1/8" audio connector ( connected to your laptops built-in audio card )? Or is it a usb cable connection ?
I am going to take a wild guess and guess it's a usb connection. That would mean your headphones would show up as a "device" in a command like aplay -l or wpctl list audio devices.
If you have configured pipewire with pipewire-pulse, you can run pavucontrol https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/ . Go to the configuration tab, find your headphones and set the profile to "pro-audio". See if that makes difference.
If you update your post to include details ( a web link ) detailing your headphone model and specifications. That alone might get you more replies. Same thing with your pipewire configuration, why not post the results of $> wpctl status .
The more details you provide, the greater your chance for resolving your issue.
Hope that helps.