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16th November 2008, 04:50 AM
|  | TST Enthusiast | | Join Date: Sep 2008, 295 posts. Location: Michigan Reputation:  | |  [SOLVED] Speaker sound...
There are no troubles or anything, they work both through speaker and headphones. But I was curious, is there a way to have the sound be louder than it can be? I have it as loud as I can get it and the sound on the headphones is still kind of low. Now just so you know, I am hearing impaired which may be why it sounds real low for me. But I'm just curious if there was a way to be able to turn it up louder than it is?
Any suggestions would be appreciated... thanks!
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Last edited by CJ1985; 17th November 2008 at 01:40 AM.
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16th November 2008, 08:06 AM
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if you have an amplifier, like for a guitar, you can actually route your speakers through it with the right cables and attachments, and that will both make it louder and give you an equalizer to play with. more bass, more treble, etc.
i have some of the extra bits and pieces to play with, and i've actually tried this method. and it works quite well. i did it for fun though, not because i couldn't hear it well enough. hehe.
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16th November 2008, 08:10 AM
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Just check in your sound settings ( control panel sounds and audio tab )
under advanced and see if you have a loudness box
if so tick it 
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16th November 2008, 08:29 AM
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Hey thanks Donna, I think that actually worked... If not, lol I'll let you know but I think it did because sounds seem a lot louder. Thanks so much!! 
Edit: Sorry about this, I didn't even think to put this in the Sounds and Speakers forum... if someone wants to move this there that is alright with me, I apologize!!!
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Last edited by CJ1985; 16th November 2008 at 08:33 AM.
Reason: wrong forum...
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16th November 2008, 08:32 AM
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Sorry about the wobbly circling
im on my first coffee 
One way to check is to play a song with it unchecked and then check it while you are listening to it 
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16th November 2008, 10:06 AM
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Another thing you can do is to buy a pair of headphones with a low impedence.
I will explain, most headphones have an impedence of 32 ohms or more. The impedence limits the ammount of sound the speakers in the headphones can make to protect both the speakers and the user.
24 ohm or less will be much louder. It may also be possible to get headphones made especially for the hearing impaired. I would have a google myself but i am currently in an internet caffee and my time here is limited.
I apologise for any spelling errors, but there is no spell checker installe on this pc.
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16th November 2008, 11:50 AM
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Thank you, I will definitely have to take a look into that. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
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16th November 2008, 03:26 PM
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I think that I have come across headphones that are 16 Ohms before, so they are out there if you look around
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17th November 2008, 12:12 PM
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Just a word of caution - check that your sound card will support low impedance cans as some cards depend on the resistance to balance the circuit - if it is too low it could cause problems on the sound card.
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17th November 2008, 12:26 PM
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Very interesting, that 
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17th November 2008, 12:31 PM
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Thank you Dave! It used to be really critical on valve systems and early transistors used to overheat if either no speakers were connected or they were too high impedance.
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17th November 2008, 02:01 PM
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Well that's the thing what I learned today
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17th November 2008, 02:07 PM
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Well I am glad I did something useful today...
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18th November 2008, 12:47 PM
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It may also be possible to buy a small headphone amplifier. I used to have one many years ago but haven't seen any about recently.
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19th November 2008, 04:51 AM
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Thanks everyone for the tips. I think what Donna had given for a suggestion worked because I haven't had any problems being able to hear people talk when watching movies on my computer.
Thanks again!!
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21st November 2008, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackmirror  Just check in your sound settings ( control panel sounds and audio tab )
under advanced and see if you have a loudness box
if so tick it | Okay, Donna. I need help. lol I'm on a different computer now, and trying to get it so that I can do the loudness thing, but for some reason I can't? Now the weird thing is, I'm assuming you have Windows XP, right? Well, the computer I was trying to get to do the higher volume on was Vista windows. Now it worked, but now I'm on XP windows and I can't seem to do what you suggested. Any thoughts on this?
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21st November 2008, 10:24 AM
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Try this
control panel sound and audio tab
take a screen shot please and post
Thats the bottom picture
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21st November 2008, 10:41 AM
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Alrighty, here you go.
Grr, I was having issues trying to get the image to upload. Darn thing! Here it is, you may have to tilt your head, lol! Anyway, here ya go... just don't break your neck ha
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21st November 2008, 10:47 AM
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Oh my poor head
You want the volume/advanced tab
click and see what you have there please
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21st November 2008, 11:01 AM
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Well when I click on Volume it brings up the Speaker stuff... such as:
Speaker Balance, Wave Balance, SW Synth Balance, CD Player Balance, Microphone Balance and that's it. The only one muted on that one is the Microphone.
Now when I click on Advanced the following tabs are shown: Speakers, Performance, Effects...
On the Speakers tab it has the Speaker Setup as Stereo headphones.
Under the Performance tab, the audio playback is full as the hardware acceleration and the Sample rate conversion quality is set to Best.
Under the Effects tab it is set to none, and when I click on the drop down arrow there is nothing in the list.
Anything else you want?
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