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    If I plan on hooking up a set of external speakers, is the Audiology software worth it?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by nslauson07, Jul 4, 2007.

  1. nslauson07

    nslauson07 Notebook Guru

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    Hey, I ordered the Inspirion 1520 and I plan to hook up a set of Klipsh Speakers to it.

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...ategoryId=pcmcat110000050027&id=1176506346872

    The real question here is, would the extra sound software be worth it to give those speakers any kind of extra punch? On a side note as well, any other suggestions as to which speakers would be worth getting? They would have to be from Best Buy though, since I do work there and get a pretty big cut on most speakers...
     
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    nslauson07 Notebook Guru

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    About that.....
     
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    PR0DiGY Notebook Consultant

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    Well, like someone previously mentioned.

    There is no new hardware, it's all software sided, I'm sure you can find similar apps that do the same thing.
     
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    snork Notebook Evangelist

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    Since it's just software...it's not worth any money IMHO. Just use a decent media player with an adjustable EQ. The output will only be as good as the built in hardware which is mediocre at best.

    If you have an extra $60 and space for the subwoofer, get the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 (which they do have @ Best Buy). They will sound way better...I've had a set for 6 yrs now and they still sound better than most all other computer speakers. But if you need portablility, they're obviously not great.
     
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    The main thing that I think the extra SW would be useful for is EAX emulation for games that support it.
     
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    Which is presumably copyrighted and therefore not available by other means(?)
     
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    jkim Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    no do not get it. you can only use the "sound" software if you use their music player "creative media player" and trust me its a piece of crap software thats hard to navigate.

    just get the normal sound option and use itunes/wmp/winamp
    definitely not worth it

    if you really want the "sound" software - go out and buy the actual sound card should be around 100 dollars - even then i don't really recommend it unless your a true audiophile
     
    jkim, Jul 4, 2007
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