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    Alienware speakers question.

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by imglidinhere, Dec 12, 2011.

  1. imglidinhere

    imglidinhere Notebook Deity

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    Are they really as good as everyone claims? I've not had the pleasure of hearing one. o_o
     
    imglidinhere, Dec 12, 2011
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  2. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    meh, they are ok. I just have a m11x, so nothing stelar in the audio area.
     
    ejohnson, Dec 12, 2011
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  3. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    Who's claiming? The speakers suck lol.

    USB headset FTW :D
     
    SlickDude80, Dec 12, 2011
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  4. EtownsFinest

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    The ones in my m18x are pretty good second best I ever heard :) First still goes to my HP Dragon 20 inch lappy :D
     
    EtownsFinest, Dec 12, 2011
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  5. TheMatrixHacker

    TheMatrixHacker Notebook Evangelist

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    They sound great to me! best i ever heard in a laptop. Thing has some kick when you start tweaking the IDT.
     
    TheMatrixHacker, Dec 12, 2011
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  6. UberJason

    UberJason Notebook Consultant

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    The speakers are pretty good as far as laptop speakers go. They're not as good as real, dedicated speakers, but they're pretty decent. My M11x and M14x have nice, loud speakers (the M14x one is a bit louder) with decent sound depth. I prefer to have my real speakers plugged in when I'm at home, but they're pretty good when I'm on the go.
     
    UberJason, Dec 12, 2011
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  7. chez

    chez Notebook Consultant

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    As laptop speakers go, they are above average but are easily beaten by very cheap external speakers.
     
    chez, Dec 12, 2011
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  8. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    Oh come on, of course external speaker will always beat laptop's speaker, even the best would get pwned too, even a simple headset will also beat it too, like my Turtle beach Z1 (20 buck) easily beat the AW's speaker. But If compare to all other, I think the AW's is the best so far, even better than my bro's MBP 13".
     
    CGSDR, Dec 13, 2011
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  9. bumbo2

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    The speakers are pretty good as far as laptop speakers go. But with the IDT software on the graphics EQ. I use the classic EQ., I don't even use my Bose companion 5 with my N18x, the speakers are excellent my 2 cent...
     
    bumbo2, Dec 13, 2011
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  10. PsiPr0

    PsiPr0 Notebook Evangelist

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    My M17x-R2 speakers sound really good compared to MOST laptops out there. I like how it's not only high frequency sounds. Does a better job of covering a more complete range. Only thing that could beat it is the Asus Ultrabook's Bang and Olufsen speaker setup (with external subwoofer attached). Otherwise, the others have too much distortion and are mostly high frequency sounding speakers. I actually enjoy using the Alienware speakers (except when my W,A,S,D hand covers the left speaker, lol)
     
    PsiPr0, Dec 13, 2011
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