Winamp's pre-amp increases the "volume" of the sound by 20dB by increasing the amplitude of the sound wave before it's output.
TBH, my HP laptop has Altec Lansing speakers built in which can put out some fairly loud sound. The thing is, by trying to put the sound past the systems maximum you might just end up distorting the sounds.
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