IIUC hardware amp (the "Headphone Mic Boost" here) is disabled for Headphone/Mic/Headset combo jack (which is used on this laptop) on Windows.
Esokrates, The reality is that noise happens on a lot of machines - there are already lots of noise workaround in ALSA driver - this is just being one of them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654448 Title: XPS 13 9360 and 9350, Realtek ALC3246, Headphone audio hiss To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-sputnik/+bug/1654448/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs