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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 903781" data-attributes="member: 74969">Can anyone expand on this?&nbsp; Since moving to 2009,&nbsp; I have Microsoft-issued sound drivers.&nbsp; For the most part, sound is OK but at times there is obvious muting in certain scenarios, plus the quality isn&#039;t all that hot, so that requires periodic adjusting in Control Panel/Sounds.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have Dolby but do have OpenAL, a great little app for my Creative Labs speakers. That improves things more than anything but it&#039;s not at pre-2009 quality.&nbsp; My sound card should be better on my ASUS than my prev. Z170 board but sound is now a bit worse in quality.&nbsp; I&#039;ve turned off all Enhancements, set Windows to do nothing (default is mute background sounds by 80% which is ghastly) and just about everything should be pretty much at defaults.&nbsp; But here&#039;s the clunker:&nbsp; Trying to download the Realtek drivers will take up to 2 hours it&#039;s at like 20 kb/minute form the server.&nbsp; Aborted that pronto! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite131" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs down&nbsp; &nbsp; (n)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(n)" /> I mean, would this be worth it?&nbsp; Used to be just some seconds.&nbsp; Any comments on this, or observations?&nbsp; Again, the sound on here is OK but could be better.&nbsp; Maybe I should get a new sound card.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite119" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 903781, member: 74969"] Can anyone expand on this? Since moving to 2009, I have Microsoft-issued sound drivers. For the most part, sound is OK but at times there is obvious muting in certain scenarios, plus the quality isn't all that hot, so that requires periodic adjusting in Control Panel/Sounds. I don't have Dolby but do have OpenAL, a great little app for my Creative Labs speakers. That improves things more than anything but it's not at pre-2009 quality. My sound card should be better on my ASUS than my prev. Z170 board but sound is now a bit worse in quality. I've turned off all Enhancements, set Windows to do nothing (default is mute background sounds by 80% which is ghastly) and just about everything should be pretty much at defaults. But here's the clunker: Trying to download the Realtek drivers will take up to 2 hours it's at like 20 kb/minute form the server. Aborted that pronto! (n) I mean, would this be worth it? Used to be just some seconds. Any comments on this, or observations? Again, the sound on here is OK but could be better. Maybe I should get a new sound card. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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