
Is the right choice selected (Headphone has other impedance than speaker and this can sound different). In the ‘output’ tab sometimes you can select between speaker and headphone. With Linux Mint Mate you can get to audio preferences with right clicking the speaker in the status bar. I guess you want to listen with headphone. In this program you can activate an equalizer with menu option Tools>Effects and filters.
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You can use VLC media player, available in the Software Manager.
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Is there anything I can download, or do in the terminal, that could help? Should I upgrade my Linux kernel to get more drivers? I so badly want to switch the Linux Mint full-time, but I want the audio quality to be just as good as it is on Windows 10.

The Linux kernel I'm using is the default one for Mint 18, which is 4.4.0-generic. I also installed alsa-tools-gui, for hdajackretask, but it didn't help that much, and I don't have the same pins as others who are using it for their HP laptops with Beats Audio(those posts are also a few years old anyway). I downloaded PulseAudio Equalizer, and set the preset to "Live" which helped a lot. Now, I can make the sound a little better than out of the box, but for some reason, it still doesn't sound as good, as loud and clear, as it does on Windows 10, and I even have Beats Audio turned off.

My audio driver, according to Mint, is Realtek ALC3241, as I do have Realtek speakers.

I have an HP Pavilion 15-p033ca Notebook(Canadian), and it comes with Beats Audio. I love everything about it, and I absolutely love Linux! There's only one glaring problem preventing me from making the full-time switch to Linux Mint, and that's audio. I'm new to Linux, and I thought I'd try Linux Mint Cinnamon 18 as my distro of choice.
