I have a laptop with the standard crappy speakers and sound card. I
think it is the AC97 motherboard sound card. I was wondering if
changing the speakers out with some Altec Lancing might give me a
better sound. I listen to a lot of music. Where would I find some
quality replacements? This can be done without too much trouble right?

Thanks

Uriah wrote:

> better sound. I listen to a lot of music. Where would I find some
> quality replacements? This can be done without too much trouble right?

No.

You might possibly find a speaker that will mechanically fit inside the
laptop, but there is a lot more to the matter than just the speaker. A
really crappy speaker in a really good resonant enclosure sounds much
better than a really good speaker in a badly designed enclosure.

Laptops don't have good sound. Live with it. Various specific models
are better or worse than others, but none of them is a surround-sound
experience in a box; the mechanical requirements are the main factor
driving a laptop design.

There's nothing you can really do internally. Of course you can use
headphones or external speakers. No laptops have truly great speakers
-- physical size kind of precludes that -- but some Toshiba models have
relatively good ones.


Uriah wrote:

> I have a laptop with the standard crappy speakers and sound card. I
> think it is the AC97 motherboard sound card. I was wondering if
> changing the speakers out with some Altec Lancing might give me a
> better sound. I listen to a lot of music. Where would I find some
> quality replacements? This can be done without too much trouble right?
>
> Thanks
>

On 5 Nov 2006 13:22:51 -0800, "Uriah" <uriahsky********.com> wrote:

>I have a laptop with the standard crappy speakers and sound card. I
>think it is the AC97 motherboard sound card. I was wondering if
>changing the speakers out with some Altec Lancing might give me a
>better sound. I listen to a lot of music. Where would I find some
>quality replacements? This can be done without too much trouble right?

I bought a set of Logitech speakers which plug into the USB port.
The sound was much better than the original laptop speakers. For more
information:


http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...ONTENTID=10908

Uriah wrote:
> I have a laptop with the standard crappy speakers and sound card. I
> think it is the AC97 motherboard sound card. I was wondering if
> changing the speakers out with some Altec Lancing might give me a
> better sound. I listen to a lot of music. Where would I find some
> quality replacements? This can be done without too much trouble right?
>
> Thanks

Connecting a USB Altec lansing external speakers like the compact model
XT2 would improved your laptop sounds...