I want my music louder!

Is there some reason you need music exceptionally loud right now? Intentionally being antisocial?

And yes, as TFleming says, you're basically asking to bend the laws of physics! If you keep increasing the output from the laptop then all you do is add more and more distortion, it may sound louder to a point but it isn't, it's just higher when averaged (all the dynamics flattened) and, of course, sounds terrible.
 
Valentino said:
But vlc and itunes can make it go louder, i don't understand why i can't?
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VLC haz powerz you cannot possess!

On a serious note, VCL and the like most likely faff on with EQ's, turning down the bass and raising the treb & mid can make things seem louder but it will sound tinny and crap. The only real way it to get a decent system with some good wattage!
 
simulatorman said:
Put a feed into a multichannel amplifier with some proper speakers and a subwoofer. Then you can blast yourself to kingdom come. But do watch the volume if you don’t want to start going deaf.
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Stereo will do

Get some PMC FB1, with REL Storm III or something similar, something like a Musical Fidelity or Cyrus Amp.

(and these are not what you call expensive in the HiFi world)

Not only you risk going deaf, you risk loosening the foundation in your house. :D
 
Raymond Lin said:
Stereo will do

Get some PMC FB1, with REL Storm III or something similar, something like a Musical Fidelity or Cyrus Amp.

(and these are not what you call expensive in the HiFi world)

Not only you risk going deaf, you risk loosening the foundation in your house. :D
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i only searched the first jumble of letters and numbers and it was over a grand. What fairy world do you people live in?
 
One where the laws of physics apply?

There really are limits to how much sound you can get out of a pair of (if you're lucky 2") speakers run from an amp that might only push a few hundred milliamps through them.
And that limit will tend to be fairly low, and will sound awful well before you reach that maximum.

It's like expecting to be able to hear your headphones loudly and clearly at a distance of several feet (because, basically the speakers in your laptop are almost certainly smaller than those found in some headphones, and driven off the same sort of power).

Hence the comments about needing an external, proper amp and speakers to make it louder, and why at discos and live shows they tend to have huge hulking great speakers with many amps in the hundreds, or kilowatt range rather than a Bush or Alba stereo from Argos (it's exactly the same problem, on a different scale).
 
Use some duct tape to attach your speakers to your ears headphone-style.


That would probably cause the kind of permanent damage you seem to be after. And you don't even have to buy an amp.
 
Werewolf said:
One where the laws of physics apply?

There really are limits to how much sound you can get out of a pair of (if you're lucky 2") speakers run from an amp that might only push a few hundred milliamps through them.
And that limit will tend to be fairly low, and will sound awful well before you reach that maximum.

It's like expecting to be able to hear your headphones loudly and clearly at a distance of several feet (because, basically the speakers in your laptop are almost certainly smaller than those found in some headphones, and driven off the same sort of power).

Hence the comments about needing an external, proper amp and speakers to make it louder, and why at discos and live shows they tend to have huge hulking great speakers with many amps in the hundreds, or kilowatt range rather than a Bush or Alba stereo from Argos (it's exactly the same problem, on a different scale).
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Well if you'd read my thread you would realise I'm not using laptop speakers! What you've said is my point though, why can't I take my speakers up the point where they sound crap? If I could tone it down to just before they are crap then i would have them at their loudest surely? And yes I did call you Shirley!
 
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