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    Speaker Sound on Vaio SR series

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by km283, Dec 28, 2008.

  1. km283

    km283 Newbie

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    Hi there,

    I am very near to buying the SR290 laptop but need one piece of information before pulling the trigger. Could someone tell me how loud does the speaker in the SR series get?

    Is it sufficient to listen to online videos/movies without using a headphone? I am not very concerned about the sound quality per se. The main concern is if it can get loud enough to able to listen clearly.

    Thanks a lot !!
     
    km283, Dec 28, 2008
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  2. racein

    racein Notebook Geek

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    its not real loud, but passable, I have used for different online tutorials and made out fine, go for it, the sr290 is a great laptop, good luck
     
    racein, Dec 28, 2008
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  3. totono

    totono Notebook Consultant

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    built in speakers are weak...definitely connect to external speakers
     
    totono, Dec 28, 2008
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    You also need to download the latest driver update for realtek.
     
    pepoy, Dec 28, 2008
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  5. Primes

    Primes Notebook Deity

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    they are pretty weak. On a normal laptop I might have the sound set to about 20-25%, on the SR about 80%.

    They are fine for web / youtube, etc. but for any type of music you would probably want headphones.
     
    Primes, Dec 28, 2008
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