The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    weaking Sound Settings Studio 17/15

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Nova69, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. Nova69

    Nova69 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    14
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Oops - Lost the first "T" in the title. Meant "Tweaking" not "weaking".

    I just received my Studio 17 and was surprised to hear that the sound was really as bad as many users claimed. However, you can tweak the sound settings and it gets much better (less tinny). If you haven't done this, you might want to try.

    Open Control Panel > Sound> Double click Speakers/Headphones> Open Enhancements> Enable both Bass Boost and Virtual Surround.......much better.
     
    Nova69, Aug 18, 2008
    #1
  2. DDGuy

    DDGuy Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    97
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Will try that later....although there is a limit to what a software tweak can do to enhance what is essentially a street side 5 $ speaker set fitted in...the **** thing starts to physically chatter at volumes that are even slightly higher !!!
     
    DDGuy, Aug 19, 2008
    #2
  3. kevkev

    kevkev Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    58
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    i actually bookmarked this a while back so I can do remember to do this to my studio when I get it but i havent got it yet however once i do ill def try it! but i think im going to get a nice pair of speakers for it so i dont kill myself over the quality of the speakers haha
     
    kevkev, Aug 29, 2008
    #3
  4. Ductapemaster

    Ductapemaster Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    12
    Messages:
    93
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yeah I gave up on mine as soon as I heard it the first time. I own a pair of Bose noise canceling headphones (amazing and totally worth the $300 price!) so I just use those instead. Along with a Creative XMOD, it's like a whole different world...
     
    Ductapemaster, Aug 29, 2008
    #4