Use 'Bass Enchancer' -> 'Amount' to increase bass boost.Use 'Limiter' -> 'Input Gain' to reduce audio volume.Ensure that 'Limiter' is above the 'Bass Enchancer' in the list (on the left).Ībove settings works perfect to me with 'Xiaomi In-Ear headphones pro', but your experience might be different.Enable 'Bass Enchancer' and set 'Amount' to approximately 12db.

Enable 'Limiter' and set 'Input Gain' to approximately -15db.

In order to get a powerful and clean bass boost in PulseEffects app, you need to manually reduce audio output in order to compensate bass boost (otherwise your speakers will sound like trash). Press the HOME button, then select Settings at the bottom of the screen. Unfortunately, I've been missing this kind of app on Linux for years and here it is - PulseEffects. You can adjust various sound settings, such as bass, treble, balance, etc. On Android I've been using V4A audio effects application which greatly increased audio quality, especially bass boost. I'd like to add few details to Vladimir's comment about PulseEffects. The next thing you need to do is to put the preset on Party and slide the first column just little up, around ~15.4db and you will get that nice bass output just like on Windows machine. In order to get the nice bass sound on your headphones on Ubuntu 16.04+ and Mint 18+, you first need to have good headphones. Sound properties on the HP laptop may be set to enhance sound volume and quality. It can be started with system boot: System Settings > Sound > Output > PulseEffects(apps) HP laptops are equipped with speakers and internal sound cards.

It even has better Bass booster (Bass Enhancer) than PulseAudio Equlizer. It has more options and it's even better than PulseAudio Equalizer. UPDATE: Since I think that PulseAudio Equalizer is not being maintained anymore and it has some nasty bugs for years (Volume is set to 100% on login) I have found an alternative.

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