On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:56:11 +0300, Eero Ahonen wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 
>> My kid just picked up a used D610 and he seemed happy with the speakers
>> so far.
> 
> My earlier work-laptop was D610 (now I have a D620, surprisingly) and I
> mostly couldn't stand theier speakers. To be truthful, the "soundcard"
> (Intel HD-Audio oslt) those Dell's have ain't actually helping in the
> situation.
> 
> Same goes for my own HP (nc6320). The soundcard's problems can be heard
> while listening with headphones. The Dells and the HP tend to have
> twisted frequency response assigned with el-cheapo final amplifier with
> ability to overrun the mixer *and* pre-amplifier easily. It's just
> hidious.
> 
> Basically it's impossible to have a decent sound out of very small
> speakers, which just *can't* be designed and configured for each
> using-environment independently. But if either HP or Dell D6xx are on
> the top of what's possible, I'm surprised - it shouldn't be *that*
> impossible.
> 
> And yes, I'm a kind of hifist, so 'bout every sound-quality rant I write
> has the over-shooting part of it. But still... *brr*

Well, yeah - I'm a bit of an audiophile myself, having worked with pro 
recording equipment in the past.  Nothing in a laptop comes close - most 
frequently, it's low bass response that kills the sound.  But my T42p has 
its speakers mounted on the front edge, and it does seem to do better 
than most other laptops - but if I want really good sound, of course, 
I'll hook it up to my stereo. ;-)

> Don't hook him up with eg. Sennheisers high-quality headphones :). It
> might lead to an expensive path :P.

Well, it's his money. ;-)

Jim

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