sound quality

I just installed Windows 7 and it really seems to be quite a good OS, atleast compared to Vista! I'm going to use it as a music player on my netbook with MCE and Logitech remote control, but the problem is that it seems to mess the sound quality somehow. I read that the Windows' kmixer always...

Hi everyone :D I've just installed Windows 7 on this PC but I'm having a very strange problem with the sound. I have an X-fi XtremeMusic PCI card which has worked fine in my old PC for years running on XP. Since installing Windows 7 the sounds are coming out very peculiar. Normal windows...

I am using the trial version of Audio Mid Recorder and when i record anything from like lets say, youtube or even from a radio station it comes out sounding very thin, as if it was recorded from a pair of head phones. All audio devices seem to be in working order.

About a year and a half ago, I bought my current computer (a Gateway running Vista; the side says "GT5662", so I assume that is the model). I spent two or three weeks installing programs, uninstalling some of the programs it shipped with and altering settings. Now, I'm not computer savvy. I...

Conexant AC-97 laptop audio is screwing up. It sounds like a CD that skips CONSTANTLY. Sometimes the sound starts normally and then gradually starts to screw up. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the audio drivers. Does anyone have any ideas?

Alright so I get sound and drivers for the card installs just fine. I install the software the CD has on it like graphics equalizers,EAX settings and all kinds of other sound adjustment stuff. Everything seems to be fine for a few days but after awhile I get error pop ups that say (The audio...

A separate problem I have with audio in WIN7 is a large reduction in sound quality. Regardless of the lack of EQ-ing I mentioned in my other thread, my audio should still have a level of quality to it that just isn't there. Music encoded @ 320kb/s sounds like a poorly encoded 128kb/s. I have...