Linuxmint 18.2 - UX430UQ - Muffled Sound

[brokenshoulder]

Hi All,

I'm having an issue with muffled sound on a fresh linuxmint 18.2 install on an ASUS UX430UQ laptop. The sound worked fine on the initial install, but once rebooting is "muffled/fuzzy". I had tried searching for solutions and tried several versions of purging pulseaudio/alsa, but eventually ended up with no sound and re-installed to get back to original problem.

Any ideas on a fix? System info is below.



inxi -Fxz



System: Host: steve-UX430UQ Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.4.6 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Machine: System: ASUSTeK (portable) product: UX430UQ v: 1.0
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX430UQ v: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends v: UX430UQ.201 date: 12/16/2016
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i7-7500U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11616
clock speeds: max: 3500 MHz 1: 499 MHz 2: 499 MHz 3: 544 MHz 4: 502 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Intel Device 5916 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: nouveau
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.01hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel Device 9d71 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 Sound: ALSA v: k4.10.0-32-generic
Network: Card: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 512.1GB (24.1% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_SD8SN8U5 size: 512.1GB temp: 43C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 355G used: 100G (30%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
ID-2: swap-1 size: 17.05GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-0
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 233 Uptime: 12 min Memory: 1845.2/15927.4MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35




pacmd list-sinks

1 sink(s) available.
* index: 0
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9959
volume: front-left: 43233 / 66% / -10.84 dB, front-right: 43233 / 66% / -10.84 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max request: 0 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 0
sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 341.33 ms
card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3>
module: 6
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "ALC295 Analog"
alsa.id = "ALC295 Analog"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xef228000 irq 130"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "9d71"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "front:0"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC295"
alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0295,10431740,00100002 HDA:8086280b,80860101,00100000"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
ports:
analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
active port: <analog-output-speaker>