Upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, experiencing extremely bad sound quality

Solution 1:

If your audio driver is Realtek then try the following, it worked for me:

• right click on audio icon from taskbar
• click Playback devices
• select Speakers/HP
• click Properties
• go to Advanced tab
• uncheck "Enable audio enhancements"
• click Apply, click Ok.

Solution 2:

Had the same problem, this worked for me though:

• right click on audio icon from taskbar
• click Playback devices
• select Speakers/HP
• click Properties
• go to enhancements tab
• click disable all sound effects
• click Apply, click Ok.

Don't know why it worked, but sound is back to normal and it doesn't sound like a pirated copy of music from someone's flip phone anymore.

Solution 3:

I'm experiencing the same problem with a Dell XPS 12 laptop which has a Realtek audio system. The sound quality was good with Windows 8.1, but after upgrading to Windows 10 I had no bass and it just sounded bad. There are no sound effects or enhancements options to disable with my driver. I checked for driver updates via Windows and it didn't find anything. But then I went to the Dell support site and they had an updated Realtek driver package which I downloaded and installed. It made a huge difference. The sound quality is now as good as it was before updating to Windows 10. You might want to check HP's support site to see if they have updated drivers for your system.