Increasing speaker sound

Any ideas to override the not-so-loud maximum volume offered by windows? I have turned on "Bass boost (to 3dB, the lowest offered)", "Virtual Surround", and "Loudness Equalization" and the combination seems to take the volume higher.

Some players like VLC allow you to go to 400% volume, but I think it's just a gimmick. I don't notice it being much louder than 100% in media player classic, so I don't use it.

I have an E6520, so my speakers are 2W, but they are running at 0.5W, or so I have heard.

Googling, I haven't been able to find anything that might help me. Thanks!

 

I have already turned on Loudness equalization...

 

You can't increase the tiny laptop speaker volume significantly. Windows doesn't put any cap to the speaker volume.

 

With the addition of many name brand manufactures, laptop speakers have come a long way in the past few years. Still, they are tiny and low powered items and are not likely to be making the room shake anytime soon.

If the limit established by manufacturers still do not have enough sound for you, then it time to invest in a good set of external speakers that do.

 

I use this: Breakaway Audio Enhancer

 

I have external speakers, they're just not portable, nor sharable.

The problem is, if I were to turn them higher, they would not distort. I may use something like Breakaway or another equalizer to just push everything higher.

Will report if it works.

 

well i was looking for something similar for my new 8150. the sound is clear and loud but i wanted it louder.

i turned on equalizer loudness and pumped up the volume from 75 to 100 and installed breakaway. breakaway made a huge differance. its fn loud now almost deaf for listening to it. now im super happy about buying the 8150.

best screen ive seen
best speakers ive heard(with breakaway)
best keyboard i have used
6990m is beast runs all games at least dx9 all high so the games all look good
cpu is lightning fast
hard drive should be a ssd but i dont mind the standard one.

 

An equalizer will not push anything higher, it will only allow you to isolate frequencies. You should also keep in mind that like a lot of hardware of your computer, the manufacturer builds in a limit that has some "wiggle" room.

Before you attempt any modifications, make sure you know what you're doing, otherwise, you could be replacing your speakers instead of improving on them. All it takes is a millisecond ambient spike and they're history. Good luck!