How to enable Audio Enhancements on Windows 11

  • To enable Audio Enhancements on Windows 11, open

    Settings

    >

    System

    >

    Sound

    >

    All sound devices

    >

    Speakers

    , and turn on

    Audio Enhancements.
  • Then open the

    Sound

    page again and open the

    More sound settings

    page to access the Enhancements settings to choose

    Bass Boost, Virtual Surround, Room Correction, or Loudness Equalization.

You can use the Audio Enhancements settings in Windows 11 to improve the sound quality of your computer’s speakers.

One useful feature is the ability to equalize the audio output, which can help you avoid commercials overpowering the content you are watching or listening to. You may adjust the audio in a room, enhance the bass of the speakers, and transform stereo speakers into a surround experience.

This tutorial will show you how to improve Windows 11’s audio quality.

  • Enable Audio Enhancements on Windows 11

  • Disable Audio Enhancements on Windows 11

Enable Audio Enhancements on Windows 11

Use these procedures to activate and set up Windows 11’s Audio Enhancements:

OpenSettings on Windows 11.

Select “System.”

Select the Sound tab.

Click the All sound devices setting under the Advanced section.

All sound devices

Choose the Speakers setting from the Output devices section.

Speakers

Choose the Device Default Effects option in the Audio Enhancements setting under the Output settings section.

Enable audio enhancements

Reopen the Soundpage.

Click the More sound options option in the Advanced section.

Click the Properties button after choosing the output device.

Press the Enhancementstab button.

Choose which Windows 11 audio features to enable:

Enhance audio


  • Bass Boost:

    Boosts the lowest frequencies that the speakers can play.

  • Virtual Surround:

    Encodes surround audio for transfer as stereo output to receivers with a Matrix decoder.

  • Room Correction:

    Compensates for room and speaker characteristics.

  • Loudness Equalization:

    Uses an understanding of human hearing to reduce perceived volume differences.

Press the “Apply” button.

Press the “OK” button.

The adjustments will be applied to improve the audio experience on your Windows 11 machine when you finish the procedures.

Disable Audio Enhancements on Windows 11

Follow these procedures to turn off Windows 11’s Audio Enhancements settings:

Open the settings.

Select “System.”

Select the Sound tab.

Click the All sound devices setting under the Advanced section.

All sound devices

Choose the Speakers setting from the Output devices section.

Speakers

Choose the Off option in the Audio Enhancements setting under the Output settings section.

Disable audio enhancements

Following the procedures, Windows 11’s audio improvements settings will be turned off.

Another way to turn off the enhancements is to go to Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound, choose the output device, click the Properties button, open the Enhancement Studio, and check the box next to “Disable all enhancements.”

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