Asus G73-JW integrated speakers!

Hi there,

I am getting impressed with a new G73-JW. as a musician.1. could someone tells me which type of the integrated speakers did Asus use in the G73-JW gears?

I am afraid of getting like altec lansing or a built-in High Definition Sound System. Both of these are well-known to have weak ranges of sound. i have bought Asus Bamboo U43JC recently, and the sound card was extremely terrible, so I did RMA.. Does Asus really did a good job and used a 5.1 volume surround inside the G73-JW.. If it's not. 2. Is it possible to change the internal sound card for getting 5.1 sound surround in future thanks alot.

 

1). I believe they are Altec Lansing

2). Any musician that uses a computer for editing, producing etc. uses either headphones or monitors and both are 2 channel, not even 2.1. Just about every album ever released was engineered/mastered on 2 channel. And just about the best music setups are 2 channel also.

 

@ziddy. thanks for your prompt response dude. Do you find a subwoofer has a big bass and being noticeable for the user?

 

The g73 speakers are decent for a laptop. The only other machine I have been more impressed with is the msi gx660 series. Dynaudio and msi did a good job there. I second the headphones motion. As a headphone nut myself I can agree that most speakers under 10k will not rival a nice headphone and headphone amp combo for fidelity. This is coming from a cedia/ thx/isf certified home theatre and high end dork. Before the custom computer bug bit me.

 

@Joseph, Have you listened to the Qosmio X505 speakers? I felt those were far and away superior to the G73's soundstage, and still are the best laptop speakers I've heard. I haven't heard the GX660 yet though.

@GrinningDoom, If you're a true audiophile, look into a USB DAC and a decent pair of headphones, entry-level ones are Sennheiser HD555 and Audio-Technica ATH-AD700.

 

Seconding the USB DAC, amp and headphones idea. Any self respecting musician or music creator/producer is NOT going to use the integrated drivers on ANY laptop, even if it is the Qosmio X505.

 

Absolutely, but I still demand quality laptop speakers, because I don't want to use headphones for everything, just the stuff I really want to listen to and analyze. Listening to headphones all day, regardless of quality, will lead to hearing loss eventually.

 

It shouldn't do if you listen to them at lower levels.

 

Listening to sound above 80dB in general will lead to hearing loss, regardless of being speakers or headphones. Now 80dB isn't exactly what most people would consider to be loud, which is why it's often a good idea to have a 100% quiet room to listen to music in, so the music doesn't have anything to compete with and seems a lot louder.

Having higher quality speakers is necessary, since they can produce more of a room filling experience (not the joke crap BOSE tries to push) without producing as much sound pressure.

The same can be said with headphones. I can enjoy my Sennheiser speakers are a fraction of the dB output of any cheap old Wal-Mart pair of headphones.

I also loved bass, and turned music up real loud. When I noticed it started to have an impact on my hearing, I went for a different approach and bought a silent subwoofer.

 

ziddy123, you have a real problem with making absoloute statements that are absoloutely innaccurate.

There are plenty of musicians as well as sound engineers that master in more than 2 channels for a variety of reasons. A lot of >2-channel tracks are also re-encoded into a 2-channel matrix depending on the target.

Sound mixing and multi-channel mastering is quite a robust market and has been for the past 10+ years. So please do not try to interject a level of understanding you do not have.

Also, a few musicians I know want a decent sounding laptop to get an idea of how thier music will sound on "non-reference" equipment. Since the vast majority of sound systems fall far below reference standards a good musician will listen to make sure it sounds like it should based on the target market (and yes sound engineers/mixers know all about the limitations of most sound systems and lean toward a sound that will be accurate for the target).