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Louder Powerbook Speakers?
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Has anyone ever tried to replace the current 15" Powerbook speakers with a louder speaker?
As it is, it's absurdly quiet.. Barely usable standalone. I could pump more power through it, even giving them their own speaker, but I'm not sure if anyone has attempted such a project before..
I've found that in iTunes, if I turn the Equalizer to have Maximum amplification, and turn everything up, there is distortion, but it is almost loud enough. Is there a way to do this system wide?
Colin
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Join Date: May 2001
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the speaker in itself does not contribute to the amount of volume... check your system preferences about volume... it could be turned down...
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No, it's not turned down in the system panel. I keep it listed on the menubar, and it is as loud as it will go. But still too darn quiet.
My theory is, and, admittedly, I do not know much about speakers, but I should be able to buy a signal amplifier, and then take the feed from the speakers on the motherboard. From there, I could feed it into a more powerful set of speakers, that don't distort when I run more power through them then the standard for the PB...
Thoughts?
Colin
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if you have a headphone output in that book, you can use it with a cable that has small connector on one end and 2*RCA connectors on the other... that's how my G4 is connected to amplifier... also, you will be better off if you set the volume to about 1/2-3/4 of the range on mac when using the amplifier, this way the signal level should be less than what it can take...
DMC
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