My Macbook ignores the song volume and equalizer - any solution?

Whenever I play music through my wireless headphones (Sony WH-1000XM4) on my Macbook Pro, I can't hear any difference when I change the song volume and/or equalizer - does anyone has a solution for this?

This problem occurred since the update to Monterey.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Dec 29, 2022 06:11 PM

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turingtest2

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Dec 30, 2022 07:51 AM in response to JimFree

Those settings are ignored for AirPlay.

tt2

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