How to Boost Your Laptop Audio

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54 Responses

  1. lollipopkiss says:

    Anthony thanks for your reply. I have that too. I will try it again and see :) Thanks!

  2. Anthony says:

    @lollipopkiss – I have not seen that behavior from the latest version, but does that happen with all media players? Have you tried VLC instead of Windows Media Player?

  3. lollipopkiss says:

    I had the older version of DFX (free limited version) and I loved it then one day the update popped up and claimed that with this update I will have more features free. So I updated it and it sucked because it won’t let me watch a movie by constantly interrupting by minimizing my video player.

  4. Garnet says:

    THANK THANK THANK YOU! So many sites just tell you to use the sound bar, or to update your driver, or to reinstall flash or your sound driver, ALL of which I did and they fixed NOTHING! This is the first site that told me what I actually wanted to know, which was how to make my everyday sound from my computer LOUDER. THANK YOU for not considering us all idiots who can’t find the volume bar!

  5. Hari says:

    Working well.

  6. Anthony says:

    @rayden54 – Glad the loudness equalization option worked for you. Basically it is a method to normalize the volume of different frequencies, making high and low tones sound more similar to the mid range frequencies. That helps the human ear in more clearly hearing the various tones, which works particularly well with low volumes.
    There is some more on loudness equalization in this article.

  7. rayden54 says:

    I turned on Loudness Equalization. The Youtube video went from inaudible even with full volume to perfect.

    If you don’t mind though, do you happen to know what “loudness equalization” actually IS or does? I can’t really tell from the description.

  8. Thanks for the software suggestions. My brother always complains that his computer speakers suck. It’s probably because he uses his computer to watch movies since he doesn’t have a TV and desires a “theater” sound. I might suggest some of these programs to him after I take a look at them. Thanks.

  9. Anthony says:

    @Ayesha – Have you tried using VLC player to open the network stream? That way you would benefit from the increased volume you were able to get with VLC, and still use the online audio source.
    In the Media menu of VLC player, select Open Network Stream. Then copy+paste the network URL from the browser to the VLC player and click Play.

  10. Ayesha says:

    Hi
    Thanks for all the usefull inputs . I purchased a Lenovo Z560 machine recently, its rated as a top multimedia machine with a lot of audio options, panels etc. I find the volume very low inspite of cranking up all the controls. VLC player gives better outputcompared to winamp, windows media, and realplayer. But this is for files which are being played off the computer or disc. What happens to streaming video/audio files, like on university lecture webcasts or like Youtube. I seem to have no control on this at all and get very poor output. Is there any soln for this.Which of the above mentioned 2 software would work for this or for files being played out of fixed media. The speaker specfications are 2 stereo speakers of 2 watts each.
    Thanks for your help
    Ayesha

  11. J O Lundsgaard says:

    U want to Boost your DVD-Player with Software ??

    Go to: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/k_lite_codec_pack.htm

    – and download K_Lite_codec for free.

    I choosed “Full” ver. 7.1.0 – it gives U best boost and better quality for Audio – – and for Video too !!

    Install it and set it up for full Boost ..

    Now U have a better sound and more Volume (at least some more – now !!)

    Kind regards, J O Lundsgaard – Denmark

  12. bd says:

    Well- the i got the info i needed -regarding the audio
    for laptop] –was helpful -although still i don t think
    this can be resolved any time soon
    thanks
    bd

  13. Cherry says:

    This works wonders! I’m using the trial, and I’m pretty sure I’d be purchasing this soon :) thank you

  14. aravind says:

    it worked well for me….

  15. Danielle says:

    this worked WONDERS for me. since I was watching videos online going through media player was not what I needed. FINALLY!!

    http://www.sizzledcore.com/2009/10/17/how-to-increase-volume-in-windows-7/

  16. Lloyd says:

    @Terence
    That worked really well..Thanks much.. I am enjoying the movies now

  17. Terance says:

    Media Player Clasic has built in audio booster and it is FREE.

  18. Tony says:

    Anthony– Thanks for kind reply. I have an HP Pavilion dv9000 (17″) with terrible audio quality, especially compared with a 6-year old 15″ Dell notebookI still have kicking about, which has GREAT sound, amazingly enough. I thought my HP was defective & actually returned it to HP! Ruled “not defective.” I now use an HP expansion base (no room for a more elaborate system on my desk, which helps a lot, and most sources play adequately thru that. However, when traveling w/ only the laptop, it’s a different story, & many sources are almost inaudible if they were recorded too low. I wound up downloading the AC3 program someone mentioned above, & it looks ideal for my needs (very comprehensive control panels), but I cannot get it to work! It is supposed to operate automatically when source material is played, but it doesn’t. I sent 2 emails to the vendor, no response, and their “Help” forum is waaaay too hi-tech and un-navigable to me. So perhaps a reprise of the DFX system I maligned above will be in order — stay tuned! Again, thanks for your input & advice.

  19. Anthony says:

    @Tony – Thanks for your elaborate reply, and I can quite relate to your frustration with limited versions. We do try to only post about programs that really have value, but experiences can vary still.
    Getting back to the subject, the best solution for improving laptop audio is a set of external speakers or a headset of course. Different laptop brands do matter though, my Asus laptop has way better audio than my Acer.

  20. Tony says:

    To Anthony: thanks for your input, Anthony. Perhaps I was a bit presumptuous in my harsh opinions re DFX. I’m glad the Trial Version worked somewhat for you, but it did not have ANY effect for me, as I noted. So some clarification appears appropriate regarding my preceding comment: the point I was trying to make is that I don’t appreciate a company offering me a “Trial Version” that is so limited in functionality that one cannot evaluate the product without purchasing the Full Version. I was trying to say that a poorly-functioning “free” Trial Version that is deliberately designed to force one into a purchase in order to actually try the product does not incline me to a particularly high opinion of the company, nor toward giving me great faith in the product they apparently feel they have to push in a less-than-straightforward manner.
    Apparently you had good luck with the Full Version, so clearly it’s not a total rip-off. In my comment I was simply expressing in strong terms my opinion of what my experience with the bogus(for me)Trial Version would incline me to suspect(see previous paragraph), not making a categorical statement of fact.
    And believe me, DFX is not the only product I have come across that attempts to inveigle one into a purchase in this fashion, and I find it highly annoying. If you’re going to offer a Trial Version, make it work like the real thing, if only for a limited time -– otherwise, what’s the point?? Anyway, I’m keeping away from the full product until I can test drive some approximation of the real deal.
    Re your comments concerning RealPlayer: true,I mentioned that no DFX controller panel popped up in that player, but it did in WMP. So I tried two different player downloads. In fact,it was in WMP that I experienced the unsatisfactory Trial Version results, so the relative subjective quality of the players that you mentioned is irrelevant to my experience in this instance.
    Again, thanks for responding.

  21. Tony says:

    I take back my comments about VLC, and extend full apologies. Thanks to VLC for their comments that compelled me to investigate futrher. I believe I went to the wrong download site by mistake, fell for one of those Google red herrings. Here is the site I downloaded from: http://gofree.com/download/Video/Media-Players/vlcmediaplayer.php?gclid=CM7ir_HpxqQCFUvrKgodgmgYDA

    I will re-attempt download from VLC’s site. Again, apologies to all.

  22. Anthony says:

    @Tony – So you do not want to try the DFX full version because it is not free, but you have a negative expectation anyway? Okay, well I also tried the free version, and in my case it did improve the volume of my laptop audio volume. But then I am not using RealPlayer (that is one of the worst players I ever had installed on my system). After that I purchased DFX and tried it again, and it maxed out volume even more.
    Maybe it is the player I use, or the type of laptop, but making statements of expected rip-offs based on such a limited experience is not something I agree with.

    VLC. Not sure what you downloaded, I only have to install the media player component as required. The software is GNU public license, which generally does not come with a lot of other crap.
    But hey, if you don’t like it, all the other millions of users must be wrong.

  23. Tony says:

    Tried downloading VLC, which is also a hustle — it REQUIRES installation of at least two other jive programs that you cannot opt out of prior to installation of VLC — you can only remove them de facto using , e.g. Windows Programs & Features (aka Add/Remove Programs). I stopped the download at the second add-on requirement — who needs this headache, and who knows what garbage with which these add-on programs are going to load up your computer? What nonsense!

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