Amplifying sound on a netbook

Nonstopdrivel
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14 years ago

I have a hardware question. At the moment, I'm using my wife's netbook. I have a set of stereo headphones attached to the audio jack. However, the audio is unacceptably quiet. I have every possible Windows audio control I can find set to max, yet the output is still barely a notch above whisper quiet.

Is there any way to amplify the output from a low-end machine like this?

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alharrisdude31
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14 years ago

you could get speakers, no? 30 bucks got me cyber acoustic's ca3080 speakers, ultra high quality, decent max sound with detachable sub

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Nonstopdrivel
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14 years ago

I'm in a coffee shop, so I'm trying to keep the sound to myself. Hence the headphones. 🙂

Zero2Cool
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14 years ago

use VLC Player ... its free and boosts I believe 30 percent.

Nonstopdrivel
Preferred Member Topic Starter

14 years ago

I do like VLC, but will that help with Youtube videos and other online content?

Zero2Cool
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14 years ago

No. But save the SWF files and online content to your machine and play them locally.

alharrisdude31
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14 years ago

I'm in a coffee shop, so I'm trying to keep the sound to myself. Hence the headphones. :)

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

ahh i see

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zombieslayer
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14 years ago

I'm in a coffee shop, so I'm trying to keep the sound to myself. Hence the headphones. :)

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

You should have whipped out the speakers like Alharrisdude suggested. Then when someone complains, answer back in German.

Americans are very forgiving of foreign tourists.

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Rockmolder
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14 years ago

I'm in a coffee shop, so I'm trying to keep the sound to myself. Hence the headphones. :)

"zombieslayer" wrote:

You should have whipped out the speakers like Alharrisdude suggested. Then when someone complains, answer back in German.

Americans are very forgiving of foreign tourists.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

Nice. I could take advantage of that.

I've asked my half-deaf friend but he doesn't have anything, either. He just bought a better headset that you can put ridiculously loud without any extra software.

alharrisdude31
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14 years ago

#10

I'm in a coffee shop, so I'm trying to keep the sound to myself. Hence the headphones. :)

"Rockmolder" wrote:

You should have whipped out the speakers like Alharrisdude suggested. Then when someone complains, answer back in German.

Americans are very forgiving of foreign tourists.

"zombieslayer" wrote:

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

check out turtle beach headsets, there for gaming and are extremely high quality and loud, you could probably find a usb jack for them
there is one set for 30 bucks, but thats basically the cheapest

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