EasyEffects
Hacker ApprovedAudio equalizer in Audio
People recommend it for improving sound from laptop and small speakers, with an equalizer and loudness filters that apply to all apps. Critics say it needs its window kept open and lacks VST plugin support.
People recommend it for improving sound from laptop and small speakers, with an equalizer and loudness filters that apply to all apps. Critics say it needs its window kept open and lacks VST plugin support.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Improves sound from small speakers
“EasyEffects can apply a generic improvement for most small speakers.”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “EasyEffects can improve laptop speaker sound quality” “at least it doesn't sound like it's inside a tin can”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “EasyEffects can improve laptop speaker sound quality” “made the sound at least tolerable”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “EasyEffects can improve laptop speaker sound quality” Deep customization with equalizer and filters
“I do this currently with EasyEffects equalizer and loudness filters”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “EasyEffects can improve laptop speaker sound quality” “I could tweak everything to my heart's content”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico” “Elsewhere I also use it for things like dialogue boost and it surely does feel like overkill then, but convenient.”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “EasyEffects can improve laptop speaker sound quality” Night and day versus stock audio
“It's night and day, highly recommended.”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “EasyEffects can improve laptop speaker sound quality” “it's night and day compared with stock”
Comment from 29 Aug 2026 in “EasyEffects can improve laptop speaker sound quality” Framework laptop profile available
“I did get turned on to easyeffects and there is a profile for the 13 which helped a bit”
Comment from 21 Apr 2026 in “Framework Laptop 13 Pro” “it's improved by installing Easy Effects and running a Framework profile.”
Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13”
What people said
All 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I have never seen it have any noticeable performance impact on anything”
“it's night and day compared with stock”
“the experience felt buggy e.g. my attempts to reduce some painful treble caused the bass to vanish”
“This is practically mandatory on a Framework.”
“As someone into high end audio I really dislike that sound.”
“It's working for me, although I have to leave the GUI window open all the time now.”
“made the sound at least tolerable”
“EasyEffects can apply a generic improvement for most small speakers.”
“run them under either EasyEffects or natively under Pipewire”
“at least it doesn't sound like it's inside a tin can”
“the lack of vst support though, seems like a terrible oversight”
“using easy effects made them plenty”
“I question the value of including it by default though.”
“I do this currently with EasyEffects equalizer and loudness filters”
“Elsewhere I also use it for things like dialogue boost and it surely does feel like overkill then, but convenient.”
“It's night and day, highly recommended.”
“Really wished it worked with pulse or alsa.”
“I could tweak everything to my heart's content”
“I did get turned on to easyeffects and there is a profile for the 13 which helped a bit”
“Works perfectly for all the apps, or I can choose which apps it should alter.”
“I've been able to mitigate the latter with EasyEffects.”
“it's improved by installing Easy Effects and running a Framework profile.”
“discovering a new world of audio experience”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.