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O.P. RE: Laptop sound amplification?
The driver doesn't have an equalizer of its own.

>I don't see how it is a "common" problem

Well, it is, whether it be due to the software or a limitation of the speakers. Of the five different laptop models I've tried turning up to max volume, two of them were quiet (one of them being the Lenovo T61, the other being some sort of Acer Ferrari). I don't know about the Acer, but in my case it's a software limitation, making the problem theoretically solvable. The speakers are not busted; as I said, they play loudly if the source is loud.

>The laptop model (Lenovo ThinkPad T61) should be able to play sounds with a decent volume (so this is not a problem of your speakers not being able to play loud enough, it is a problem of what you are playing or how you've set up the drivers, an equalizer is not going to fix that).

No it ain't, it's a problem with the (preinstalled and correct) driver and not the way I've configured it. I'm not the only Lenovo T61 owner with this problem. Reviews confirming that the speakers are quiet:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=...eview=ThinkPad+T61 (search for 'quiet')
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=123374 (search for 'quiet')
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-IBM-Lenovo-Th...tebook.3972.0.html (search for 'Speakers'. "During DVD playback the maximum volume was just sufficient")
Come to think of it, the audio on this system also tends to glitch a few times a minute, so the driver sucks in several ways.. :P


For any other T61 users who happen to read this: Apparently the only known workaround for this is to use playback applications that have an option to turn up the volume. For WAV/MP3, Winamp is a good bet. For DVD/AVI, PowerDVD can be used as it has a 'laptop option' that boosts audio by 25%.

This post was edited on 08-02-2007 at 08:57 PM by ZrednaZ.
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Laptop sound amplification? - by ZrednaZ on 07-25-2007 at 09:53 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Nathan on 07-25-2007 at 10:23 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by ZrednaZ on 07-25-2007 at 10:41 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Nathan on 07-25-2007 at 10:43 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Voldemort on 07-25-2007 at 11:28 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Nathan on 07-25-2007 at 11:29 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Voldemort on 07-25-2007 at 11:32 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by CookieRevised on 07-25-2007 at 11:38 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Voldemort on 07-25-2007 at 11:44 PM
RE: RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by CookieRevised on 07-25-2007 at 11:55 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Nathan on 07-25-2007 at 11:51 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Voldemort on 07-25-2007 at 11:55 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Nathan on 07-25-2007 at 11:56 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Voldemort on 07-25-2007 at 11:56 PM
RE: RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Verte on 07-26-2007 at 02:06 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Nathan on 07-25-2007 at 11:57 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by ZrednaZ on 07-26-2007 at 07:57 AM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Voldemort on 07-26-2007 at 04:46 PM
RE: RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Verte on 07-27-2007 at 03:36 AM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by ZrednaZ on 07-28-2007 at 11:53 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by andrewdodd13 on 07-29-2007 at 10:59 AM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Nefzen on 07-29-2007 at 12:56 PM
RE: RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Phillip on 07-29-2007 at 02:34 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by Jesus on 07-29-2007 at 05:38 PM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by CookieRevised on 07-30-2007 at 06:06 AM
RE: Laptop sound amplification? - by ZrednaZ on 08-02-2007 at 08:51 PM


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