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    Sony FE Question about speakers

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by shivy, Oct 28, 2006.

  1. shivy

    shivy Notebook Consultant

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    Is it true that the fe internal speakers are really bad?
     
    shivy, Oct 28, 2006
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    easy116 Newbie

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    yeah, i just bought one yesterday and on max volume, they're not that loud.
     
    easy116, Oct 28, 2006
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  3. shivy

    shivy Notebook Consultant

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    umm lets say i am in a room sitting and watching a movie 4 feet away how do you think i could do?
     
    shivy, Oct 28, 2006
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  4. Vaio

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    actually the FE speakers are really good.....
    they are pretty good laptop speakers.... 4 feet is no problem...
    and if u really have trouble hearing then get some real speakers......
     
    Vaio, Oct 29, 2006
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    If they are anything like the speakers on the AR, which I would presume they are...it's not so much the speakers that are the fault. I've heard them go quite loud, and sound pretty full with little distortion, with Windows Media Player when using the SRS WOW and equalizer, but for normal stuff they are very anemic sounding. Some people have successfully installed the Toshiba Virtual Surround software, which boosts volume across the board, but I could never get it to work.
     
    kgbeezr1, Oct 29, 2006
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    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    yes they are bad! they sound weak! volume is very low; so much for bass reflex speaker! although the sound quality is okay (btw, this was test withoth the SRS WOW).
     
    wobble987, Oct 29, 2006
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    Yes, The speaks are VERY LOW!! Sound quality is not all that bad. I never agreed about the "buy external speakers" with laptop, because the previous two I had were fine. But with this one, I actually am debating it...
     
    Syrus, May 19, 2007
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  8. kuwaitgroup

    kuwaitgroup Notebook Geek

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    Yea The FE Speakers are Very Low. But what can u expect from a laptop.
     
    kuwaitgroup, May 19, 2007
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