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As I understand the audio quality is lower than expected and need a solution as the issue persists on headphones as well.
(Please correct me if I'm wrong and thank you for the details)
I have a few steps you could perform to resolve the issue: Remove the audio drivers & Reinstall the original drivers Update the Audio drivers from the Official HP website for windows 10 (click on change on the top to switch between OS).
Increase volume on playback device settings after setting your speaker as the default device. For more steps, follow a similar post on the HP forums: click here
* Perform a hard reset
* Reset BIOS to defaults
* Run the Audio test from the HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI)
* Update the BIOS
* Reset your computer
* Perform an HP System Recovery
Let me know if those steps worked for you. If they did, that’s awesome!
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