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I prefer 9137. Vocals on 9155 sound a little... shouty to me, a bit forced. Sticking to 9137
I prefer 9137. Vocals on 9155 sound a little... shouty to me, a bit forced. Sticking to 9137
QUOTE=sandyt;2219109]MUC has 9137 UAD.[/QUOTE]
No expert on MUC but seems to be Dell only ATM
Here's something...interesting.
I tried the UAD 6.0.9137.1 driver (the following applies to all UAD drivers) from MUC. It installs and sounds great, but lacks all effects and control panel (I won't do Nahimic, Creative Sound Blaster, etc.) because I'm on LTSC with no store. I could live with the stripped down feature set, but here's a problem.
1. I can not select between rear output to speakers, and front output to headphones. If headphones are plugged in, they play. If unplugged, speakers play.
2. However, the second I hot-unplug them my PC instantly crashes, like pulling the cable out was an off switch, with the following event viewer complaints:
All UAD drivers = stripped down, featureless CRAP for me. Back to good old, ancient HDA 6.0.1.8328 for me. Full featured, full control panel, no bugs.Code:The previous system shutdown at 2:36:32 PM on 5/12/2021 was unexpected. The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Rant: Why do they have to take a perfectly good and effective system (old HDA drivers with just Realtek default controls and effects) and cripple it, then force us to use third party, buggy garbage apps (Nihimic, Creative, etc) to only partially restore features via yet another layer of sh** software? I assume it is a marketing gimmick where they attempt to trick us into thinking the motherboards have some "brand name" high falutin audio system instead of a plain old cheapo Realtek codec? Thing is, there is nothing wrong with a plain old cheapo Realtek codec these days! Leave it the f#$% alone!
Last edited by Quexos; 12 May 2021 at 14:25.
Well, nobody seems to have posted yet, but there appears to be a 6.0.9143.1 up. The 11.2 MB one is OEM.
Although my hp laptop doesn't use any of these 3rd party apps (Nahimic, Creative etc.) I did something very simple (expensive...but simple).
I got myself an Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt USB DAC/Amplifier, where I plug in my headphones (any type, even very hard to drive ones) and I enjoy music the way it's supposed to be! No Realtek driver, No 3rd party apps...just great sound!
Up until midnight (my time), Microsoft still hadn't posted the OEM option(s)...
anyhow, thanks for the heads up.
If anyone wants 6.0.9143.1:
Realtek_UAD_v6.0.9143.1
well asturias7 & Mervil 9143 UAD was available on MUC several days ago but only the Asus based 10.7Mb package was there until MS recently posted the "all OEM" 11.2Mb version
edit - speaking of 9143, MSI recently has a 9143 UAD version of their own posted on their web site (for many MSI laptops, desktops & motherboards)
here's a "full" 9137 UAD MSI driver(complete with many "Realtek Device Extension" 9137 INF files) if you need it, Texas Gore. {old link removed; posted a "repacked" or re-released version from this new link, adding additional extension INF files and Realtek APO2 files}
also bundles Installshield setup.exe installer - this one can be clean installed (aka installed with no previous version) or update from previous version
edited 6/12/2021
Last edited by erpster4; 12 Jun 2021 at 20:06.