Tag: Audio
Dell XPS 14z Rocks – Great Speakers and Sound
Notebook audio is always a mixed bag, and often a disappointingly muddy and quiet bag at that. When you do hear good audio it’s usually found on notebooks designed to be stuck on a desk, but the Dell XPS 14z is able to pack in some of the best sounding speakers I’ve ever heard, in a surprisingly [...]
How to Troubleshoot Sound Problems in Windows
Sound is an important part of using your PC. We use our notebooks to listen to music, listen to the audio in a movie, while we chat with friends and to listen to online radio and video. Sound also indicates various events that take place in Windows, alerting you to a completed download, computer startup, [...]
Listen to Music and Your Surroundings w/ Audio Monitor Pass Thru on Mac
If you want to listen to your music loud, but don’t want to completely tune out your surroundings, you need to get Audio Monitor for Mac. This handy application passes audio from the Mac’s internal microphone through your headphones so that you can hear other people or events around you. This application will work great on your MacBook, MacBook [...]
Alienware Notebooks Get Better Sound with Klipsch Speakers
Sound matter on notebooks, which is why Dell has selected Klipsch speakers to pump out the sound on the Alienware M17x and eventually other Alienware notebooks. Starting with the Alienware M17x, a 17.3″ 3D gaming notebook, Klipsch speakers will be the go to delibery method for music and gaming on Alienware notebooks. Many notebooks are [...]
Logitech Announces Wireless Audio Connection for Laptops and Speakers
At CES 2011, Logitech announced the Logitech Wireless Speaker Adapter for Intel WiDi-enabled laptops. WiDi is a new method of connecting your laptop to an external display wirelessly. Logitech’s solution is intended to be used by people who want to get better sound for listening to music on a laptop. Laptop speakers are often inadequate [...]
Dolby Home Theater v4 Equipped Notebooks Coming Soon (video)
Dolby is set to formally introduce Dolby Home Theater v4 at CES 2011 next month. Dolby is working with most major PC manufacturers to improve the audio experience when listening to music and movies, whether through headphones or laptops’ built-in speakers. Rather than simply selling PC companies a software solution, Dolby works with them to [...]
Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550 Brings Big Sound to Small Notebooks
Logitech announced a new netbook and laptop accessory today aimed at addressing the weak sound systems typically found in netbooks and small laptops. The Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550 is like other notebook lap desks in that it keeps your laptop off of your actual lap, but unlike many others it also has a built-in speaker system that connects to [...]
Monster and Beats Add new Headphones and a Speaker Dock
For music lovers that want a premium audio experience on the go Beats by Dre has been one of the go to brands and now there are more options to listen to your music the way the artist intended you to. Dre. Dre and Jimmy Iovine showed off a new collection of Beats audio products [...]
College Students Want Better Laptop Audio, Willing to Pay
Results from a survey, conducted by Dolby Laboratories, revealed many shocking statistics on how college students use their PCs. Why should PC manufacturers pay attention? Results showed that many college students would pay, on average, $824 for their next computer, if it came with an “ideal audio set-up”; that compares to the general population who [...]
HP Envy Beats by Dr. Dre Commercial
Dr. Dre and a slew of other artists have spent the summer promoting Beats Audio and the HP Envy line. Commercials are now airing on cable lifestyle channels, including MTV, FUSE and BET to raise raise awareness of notebook audio quality. HP’s Envy notebooks feature Beats audio, a combination of hardware and software that results [...]
