Amplify laptop sound?

Hey guys,

I recently purchased an HP G72-B60US. As you can tell by this purchase I’m not really an advanced user. The computer really works well to fit my basic needs.

… almost.

The laptop came with Realtek Audio installed. While I’ve read decent reviews about it, I find the overall volume to be extremely quiet. I’ve maxed out my volume sliders, maxed out the sliders in the Realtek console in Control Panel, and had activated the Loudness EQ feature in Realtek’s console. My Sony inner-ear headphones have an independent volume on them and that’s maxed out also. It’s just not loud enough!

My biggest concern is amplifying the volume level I get through headphones, which is primarily how I listen to stuff from my computer.

Are there any hardware solutions – internal or external?

Hopefully this is the right forum, but I can't imagine there being a software solution to fix this problem. Even though I’m a total laptop noob, don’t be afraid to recommend complicated solutions. I work with some computer gurus that’d probably do any hard work for me.

 

Notebook PCs are notorious for having (at best) marginal sound output due to small internal speakers and power-saving concerns.

If listening at home, any powered speaker system that has a 3.5mm plug can be hooked up to the headphone jack. If you want a better (louder) speaker system for on-the-go, here's a USB powered system that has good reviews and does not require an AC/DC adapter:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...cm_re=notebook_speaker-_-36-121-047-_-Product

Hope this helps.

 

I appreciate the prompt response Gman. However, I'm not looking for a speaker... I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to increase my notebook's volume threshold for listening with HEADPHONES. :-D

 

My bad. :-o

You might want to try an external USB sound card. They're about the size of a flash drive; the user review on the second one (which appears to have both analog and optical audio outputs) gives a thumbs-up on increased volume (At worst, if it doesn't do the job you're only out a few bucks in round-trip shipping costs).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...8&cm_re=usb_sound_card-_-29-118-008-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3&cm_re=usb_sound_card-_-29-118-013-_-Product

 

Have you also maximized the sound using the Fn + F4 key? It might be a different key combo but my old HP laptop does increase the sound with Fn+F4 as well as all the other controls.

I was looking to see what key might increase the volume and someone mentioned some quick keys at the top of the keyboard.

Look around the keyboard and see what is available to increase the volume.