Laptops and Their Speakers in Road Warriors, Notebooks & Distance http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22119750 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:50:23 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:50:23 EDT Re: Laptops and Their Speakers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22762040 Bobcat : My laptop's speakers suck. They're tinny and way too quiet.

I tried these speakers from Logitech - »www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speak···=roeu,en
They plug into the USB port. No separate power supply. No connection to the headphone jack. It's nice to have only 1 cable to connect.

They sounded good, but didn't work with my laptop's USB port. It's probably my laptop's fault.
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Most dell's I have come across are decent, My friend has older Inspirion 6000 and they are loud and clear. We have a Vostro 1500 at work and they seem just as precise, a surprise considering its a business unit. Thinkpads I know are horrible and have no volume to them at all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22749224 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:34:59 EDT Re: Laptops and Their Speakers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22605803 trparky : I have one of those HP notebooks with the subwoofer on the bottom. That has speakers that sound great.
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I am extremely satisfied with them.
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I bought three pairs of the PX-100 because they are inexpensive and sounds great on my notebook, mp3 player, and surround receiver.

Like anything else they will eventually disappear so get a pair or two well you can IMO.
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said by Grail Knight See Profile :

I use my Sennheiser PX-100 headphones with my HP dv7t and what a difference it makes.

Sound quality without headphones is not bad either after playing around with the EQ.

Does your Dell have a Software EQ UI for the speakers?
Yes, it does have EQ software. Doesn't improve the sound much using the internal speakers, though. :huh:
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said by Grail Knight See Profile :

I use my Sennheiser PX-100 headphones with my HP dv7t and what a difference it makes.
I use those on my iPod, MacBook Pro, Dell, and at work. They are amazing headphones.
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Sound quality without headphones is not bad either after playing around with the EQ.

Does your Dell have a Software EQ UI for the speakers?
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»www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp···26204520

MDR-J10
16 OHM

When I got mine, they were $9.99... shop around.
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I've got a pair of JBL speakers with a subwoofer hooked up to my desktop, so the sound is fine there. I suppose I'll just have to get used to the tiny and tinny sound from the lsptop...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22174051 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:42:50 EDT Re: Laptops and Their Speakers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22170185 Ctrl Alt Del : My MacBook Pro has surprisingly good speakers, very clear in the mids and high end, but they completely lack any bass response. The speakers are just too small to move enough air.

I always have my laptops hooked up to external speakers when on a desk.
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I plugged them into the headphone jack on the front.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22155096 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:46:54 EDT Re: Laptops and Their Speakers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22144343 PeteC2 : Well, after all, the allure of notebooks is their size and light weight...to build a superior set of speakers in a sub-6lb electronics package would be a pretty neat trick!

That is why as I say, I want and expect "clear" sound from my laptop speakers, but no way do I expect a superior, wide-range experience.

dadkins has the best answer, IMHO, which is if/when one needs a high level of audio, headphones are the answer!
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Also it seems to come down to the design of certain laptops. In the case of mine, it looked like on the inside that there just wasn't any kind of room to add anything more. Even if they did, they would have to increase the size and weight of the entire machine itself to accommodate that.

It's not just that they trying to cut the cost but also alot of other things have to be accounted for as well when adding in those extras into the design.
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Get some quality, low-OHM impedence headphones.

My laptops can blow your head off via headphones! :)
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It just seems a shame that Dell, for example, allows you to customize almost every aspect of the computer and dramatically improve the basic offering, yet the speakers are a throwaway item.

I think that Toshiba that I had had a sub-woofer on the bottom. That's probably what made the difference in the sound that I remember.
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My HP notebook sports "Altec Lansing" speakers (well, I suspect that HP just purchases the rignt to "name" them as such), and they are pretty ok for being after all, teeny-tiny little drivers! No bass, of course, but the sound is clear within the limited audio range which they cover.

Truth is I do not expect a lot from such a dimminutive form-factor, and when I want any real audio quality I hook my lappy up to my very real Altec Lansing speaker system!
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See Pic.
These are the drivers installed in my AR Series VAIO laptops(I bought some spare parts off ebay).

8 OHM .7W
Sound pretty good considering.

Some machines have larger(like my A Series) and some machines actually have a sub-woofer.
Varying brands of audio components(Altec/Lansing/JBL/???)... but you have to remember, it will still be like blasting headphones.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22126038 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:06:11 EDT Re: Laptops and Their Speakers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22124110 Mospaw : That's really surprising for a newer machine. My ancient ThinkPad has very loud speakers, and they're clear at pretty much any volume. There's not much bass (which is expected) but the rest is loud enough to act as a boom box in an otherwise quiet room.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22124110 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:52:19 EDT Re: Laptops and Their Speakers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22119939 Zero Gravity : I have a studio 15 and while I admit the speakers aren't that good, I don't find them much different from my son's Acer laptop. There's no doubt that better sounding machines are out there, but I connect to my HDTV and surround system for any critical listening. The crackling noise can be fixed by updating to the newest nic drivers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22119939 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:54 EDT Laptops and Their Speakers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22119750 DownTheShore : I finally broke down and got a laptop computer, a Dell Studio 15, and I have to say I was shocked at how lousy the sound is from the speakers. It's tinny and has no depth whatsoever. It's also very soft and playback tends to crackle at times. Now, I don't expect laptop speakers to be state of the art, but jeez, I've got transistor radios that sound better. I've searched online and have seen that this is SOP for the Studio series, and have managed to get the volume level raised. I used to have a Toshiba Satellite 5205 and I don't remember be appalled by the sound of it.

I've researched a bit more online and I've seen other complaints about laptop speakers.

So my question for you folks is: are lousy sounding speakers now the norm for the laptop industry? Do your laptops have poor-sounding speakers?

Luckily, I have an pair of external speakers that came with my Gateway desktop that I can use, but it's annoying to have to take them along whenever I want to use the laptop at another location.
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