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    Toshiba P35-S611: Bose companion 3 Multimedia spea

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by OnTheGo, May 6, 2005.

  1. OnTheGo

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    Hi,

    A week ago I purchased a Toshiba laptop P35-S611 and the Bose multimedia speakers. The Bass output from this setup is very feeble. I have maxed the volume control on the laptop, on the windows media player and on the subwoofer. But still not as good as it sounds with Sony disk man.

    I tried this speaker with HP dv4050US and Sony T250L (not too sure about the models), both were better than Toshiba P35-S611. I have also tried with another P35-S611 in the store and this was no better than what I had.

    I want to know
    · If the Bose speaker is supported for the laptop
    · If I could use a different media player and get better output
    · If others have faced this problem
    · If there is anything else that I could do to get a better bass.

    It would also be good if somebody could share comments on the sound card in this laptop. If this is no good then I got to accept that there is no fix.

    Toshiba says that this is a gamers PC, is it unusual for gamers to use extra speakers? I was surprised when the Toshiba representative said that no body had complained about this before :(

    I am considering returning both the laptop and the speakers and hence any help to fix the problem will be much appreciated.

    Thanks,

    PS: I talked to both Bose and Toshiba before buying these, both said affirmed that it should work :(
     
    OnTheGo, May 6, 2005
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  2. majornerd

    majornerd Newbie

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    As a general rule, notebook soundcards are pretty crappy. That is why the Discman sounds way better, it is better. The only real way I know of is to get an external sound card (a nice one) or just not crank it up all the way, that can easily distort even good cards and speakers.
    Keep Computing

    "You're the gayest monster since gay went to gaytown." Master Shake
     
    majornerd, May 9, 2005
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  3. OnTheGo

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    I compared with Sony and HP both did better. Did lot of testing with different speakers, different models etc at Bose and Circuit city. Finally I have found Toshiba soundcard is not good enough. I am returning it today and hope not to loose much in restocking fee.

    I cannot believe that such an expensive laptop with such great display can have such a bad card!

    Anyways, Thanks for your inputs.
     
    OnTheGo, May 9, 2005
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