Shoutbox

I've bought a new Lenovo ThinkPad T61. It's indeed turning out to be a nice machine except for the fact that the internal speakers for the most part can't be turned up loudly enough. It's not a limitation of the speakers themselves as the audio output is loud enough if the source is loud. Isn't there some software amplification tool out there to crank up the general sound volume in Vista?

/Zred!

Hmmm, if you have a realtek sound card, then go to control panel and you might see: "Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager" Or something similiar, go onto the equalize bit, and crank everything up to full.
It won't sound as good, but it will be louder.

I'm afriad I don't have that control panel option. I have checked the regular control panel sound options: Sound --> Speakers properties --> Levels tab --> bar set to Max, but this bar is simply connected to the regular Loudspeaker sound bar in the Windows Mixer. And the Windows Mixer sound bar is also connected to the computer's actual volume buttons located under the screen, so all these have been checked and turned up to max.

Hmm, Are you using iTunes, I believe that has a equalizer built in.
If not, search for some simple, free programs that has an equalizer

18:27:11 <btoo> .g define: equalizer
18:27:14 <Effexor> A component designed to alter the frequency balance of an audio signal. Equalizers may be graphic, parametric, or a combination of both. @ http://www.google.com/search?hl=all&q=define:%20equalizer

point being voldemort...

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Originally posted by Voldemort
alter the frequency

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Point being that frequency and volume are two unrelated things.



ZrednaZ, make sure your 'Wave' output (and the likes) are also set high. What you changed might be just the 'master volume', not the individual volumes of the devices (or vice versa)...

at least, that would be all I could suggest, I cba to restart PC in Vista to take a screenshot etc

Other than that, dunno
but changing the settings of the equalizer is certainly not a proper thing todo (unless all freqencies were set to 0 of course)

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
ZrednaZ, make sure your 'Wave' output (and the likes) are also set high. What you changed might be just the 'master volume', not the individual volumes of the devices (or vice versa)...

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also check:

I am correct in a way, he is wanting a louder sound, therefore boosting the frequencies up, it makes it higher pitched (and eliminates the bass the laptops speakers cont support too well) and therefore your ears adjust to it.