The audio on my new laptop is awful. Using the mini jack out to a mixing console and very high end studio monitors.
Playback of known music sounds horribly compressed and sometimes, even slightly out of phase. The music breathes and the perceived volume changes drastically, depending on the sound levels of the music. At times, it even sounds like it's got a limiter on it with a very slow release, resulting in drastic volume changes and even distortion.
If I disable beats audio, it sounds horribly thin, but at least, the compression stops.
I didn't drop a grand on a laptop to have it sound like crap.
Any help?