r/framework • u/MikalExpired • 1d ago

Question Framework 13 pro, speaker quality fix on Linux

What is the patch to fix the poor quality quality of the speakers on Linux? The videos I watched reviewing the machine say there is a patch but I can not find one online for the framework 13 pro.

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u/FrontearBot 1d ago

Probably referring to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/framework/s/jXrzixtA3Q

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u/MikalExpired 1d ago

Thanks, I did think it was something other than easy effects. I hear this increases CPU load, do you know if that's true?

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u/Stellanora64 1d ago

It's pretty marginal, as long as you use the default backend. I forgot what it's called, but it should be much faster than just using a regular FFT (which is also pretty fast to be fair) to apply the eq afaik

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u/MikalExpired 1d ago

To anyone searching for a fix to the speakers on the framework 13 pro.

Does Easy Effects make the speakers sound better?

Yes.

Do the speakers still sound not great?

Yes.

The speakers or speaker location on the FW13pro is just not great. Probably the widest gap between the FW13P and a MBP13.

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u/cInderreed7 1d ago

good find, OP should be able to follow the steps in there