Timeline for Macbook Air (2020 Intel) speakers panning wrong
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| Sep 1, 2021 at 23:21 | comment | added | Dronir | For what it's worth, their diagnostics showed some problem, they swapped out the logic board, and the diagnostics were fine, but the problem still persists. Might be software after all, but I can't imagine how or where. | |
| Aug 4, 2021 at 11:09 | comment | added | Dronir | Yeah, I'll take it to Apple while it's still under warranty, probably tomorrow. I'll try to remember to report here what they said, for future reference. | |
| Aug 3, 2021 at 10:33 | comment | added | Tetsujin | I'd be tempted to let Apple have a look at it then. I really don't know how the audio circuitry works on laptops, but if it only appears when using internal speakers, it might be a short somewhere. | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 21:38 | comment | added | Dronir | @Tetsujin The sound is totally fine with headphones. Also this is a relatively clean install of macOS. I've had it for 11 months and I don't think I've installed anything to do with audio. Everything I hear here makes me think the problem is somewhere between the OS and the speakers. | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 16:41 | comment | added | Tetsujin | I don't think this is a hardware issue - something about it tells me something is feeding inverse phase of one channel to both channels. Without being able to actually mess with it myself to get it straight in my head, that's the only rational explanation i can come up with. I'd blame a 3rd party add-on of some kind. I think the chances of this being a physical wiring issue are very small. See if you can reproduce the same effect on headphones or external speakers. [headphones will perhaps distort your perception of a phase issue… but let's see.] | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 14:10 | comment | added | Dronir | Yeah I guess I'll take it in, it still has a few weeks of warranty left. I've been meaning to upgrade to a M1 so I'll probably be selling this one soon anyway. Better have it repaired before that. | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 13:30 | comment | added | cmason | Honestly, I would take it to Apple while still under warranty | |
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