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OMEN by HP 16.1 inch Gaming Laptop 16-k0000 (594J5AV)

I just bought Omen 16,1 and after updating literally everything still sound is very flat and without low tonnes or bass. Which i understand that laptop are not suppose to have high quality but still I think it is below acceptable level for mid end device. Is there any fix for that "Bang & Olufsen" ?

Headphones work alright

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I don't have an Omen, but I pretty much felt the same way about my Envy's speakers. As far as I can tell, that's just how it is to an extent. 

 

If you haven't tried this already, you can install this B&O app which will let you use certain audio enhancement presets, I find the sound noticeably stronger with any of them activated, it's easy to turn them on/off to compare:

 

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PB1LZWMBZ5C?hl=en-GB&gl=us

 

While it's better, the speakers still aren't great. Peace for Equalizer APO is another more powerful option, you can tweak individual frequencies in all sorts of ways and go down a big rabbit hole, it even lets you download profiles specific to, say, your model of headphones:

 

https://sourceforge.net/projects/peace-equalizer-apo-extension/

 

I'm not an expert with all of that but there are resources around to learn more. My laptop speakers would buzz a bit with certain sounds, very annoying, and I found the "Radio" preset in Peace was effective to stop the buzzing and make it a bit less muddy overall. Maybe worth experimenting with.

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@Ak710 
Decision on buying HP Omen have been after long research, of course people have been mentioning bad quality of speakers but they always added "Like every laptop". So what comes to me was "Okey, ive had Lenovo Y700 with JBL soundsystem and it was great, i owned few macbooks with little speakers and  they also were great" and branding from Bang & Olufsen put my expectations higher then the JBL on my old Lenovo. And I am expecting quality at least on level of a 2012 Macbook or that Y700 from 2017. Even if we take into consideration the price of that Omen which is not the cheapest option on the market for the spec

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