http://www.technologicalwanderings.co.uk/taxonomy/term/141 en http://www.technologicalwanderings.co.uk/node/82 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/5">apple</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/24">macbook</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/137">sound</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/138">audio</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/139">quality</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/140">distortion</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/141">low volume</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I have had a MacBook Pro 15" i5 (2010) for a number of months.</p> <p>Since it was new, it's had a horrible distortion of sound at low volumes. Very noticeable on headphones and with quiet music. I had resigned myself to having a faulty computer and just putting up with it.</p> <p>Well, it's not faulty. It's a software setting. I suspect there are millions of frustrated MacBook Pro owners in the world who are putting up with this for no reason.</p> <p>The fix is to open Audio MIDI Setup (Applications/Utilities) and flip the format to "2ch-32bit" while playing something that causes the distortion. "2ch-16bit" mode is broken.</p> <p>The improvement should be instantaneous.</p> <p>I am somewhat upset at the number of months I've put up with poor quality for no reason.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:53:32 +0000 techuser 82 at http://www.technologicalwanderings.co.uk http://www.technologicalwanderings.co.uk/node/82#comments