<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Please fix PulseAudio equalizer" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94971#c3">Comment # 3</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Please fix PulseAudio equalizer" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94971">bug 94971</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:nw9165-3201@yahoo.com" title="nw9165-3201@yahoo.com">nw9165-3201@yahoo.com</a> <pre>(In reply to Alexander E. Patrakov from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=94971#c1">comment #1</a>) > No, we don't need an equalizer. In 2016, it's an outdated concept in > consumer audio world. Wrong. You're talking about high-end AV-receivers and buying microphones and stuff... Yet, personally I would simply be needing an equalizer for a simple Logitech 2.1 active PC speaker system, which connects directly to the analog speaker output of my mainboard's onboard soundcard. That speaker system has too much bass even with the bass knob turned all the way down. However, using the 10-band equalizer that is built into the Realtek HD Audio Manager on Windows, I can get the bass just right, by simply lowering the bass a bit on the 31 and 62 Hz slider of the equalizer. Simple as that. Here's a screenshot of the equalizer in the Realtek HD Audio Manager on Windows: <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/sound-audio/305826d1392117211t-using-graphic-equaliser-realtek-audio-realtek-eq.jpg">http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/sound-audio/305826d1392117211t-using-graphic-equaliser-realtek-audio-realtek-eq.jpg</a> There are lots of active PC speakers out there that can be made sound better through some simple adjustments in that equalizer. So please don't say there would not be a need for an equalizer. That's simply wrong. > Equalizers are something too difficult for normal people (not audio > engineers) to operate. And we shouldn't model our UI on Windows when there > are better models. In fact, many high-end AV receivers don't have > equalizers, and have a better UI for the tasks normally solved with > equalizers in Windows. Wrong. See above. Please don't assume that most users are using high-end AV receivers or AV receivers at all. Not having a proper system-wide equalizer available everywhere on Linux is a _major_ downside to Linux compared to Windows. Seriously, not having a proper system-wide equalizer available on Linux would be one reason for me not to switch from Windows to Linux as a desktop operating system. Regards</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the QA Contact for the bug.</li> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>