I want my music louder!

Headphones - The only way to ensure a smile with out offending people around you.

Or

Purchase a couple of 15" Peavey speakers with the black widow drivers and connect them to an amp that drives them at 500 watts RMS.

The building will shake.
 
Valentino said:
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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Ah, my apologies I didn't see you were using external speakers.

However the basic point still stands, those Logitech 2.1 speakers are likely to only be a handful of watts.
Your dad's old amp and speakers were probably measured in the hundreds of watts, and not the PMPO or whatever it is they use to show the "huge" wattage on relatively cheap speaker systems rather than the sustained output.

It is also worth noting that if the speakers and amp are matched (as I strongly suspect they are in the likes of most PC speaker sets), the chances are the manufacturers aren't going to put an amp in that will drive the speakers hard enough to make them sound really bad. If for no other reason than by doing that you're risking damaging them, thus decreasing the reliability of them, and potentially increasing the failure rate (something that no manufacturer wants), so they use speakers that won't be damaged by the amp used in the set.
This is unlike home stereo separates where you can buy a 500watt amp, then buy 200watt speakers and damage them if you turn the volume right up
 
So my speakers are made to only go to a certain volume when plugged into a pc. That is annoying. I'm still surprised there isn't a way to get my laptop to think it isn't at 100% and chuck out a bit more oomph. I'm surprised because sound in my laptop is just a wave that should be able to be amplified loads of times.

I do really need to get a half decent sound system though. Might just get my dads old one down from the loft. He claims it is better than the one he has now but because he spent so much on his new one he won't use his old one out of principle loool.
 
Good amp + good hi-fi speakers + decent cabling = massive win over what you have.

Do they still have Richer Sounds in the UK? It's an inexpensive way to get entry level parts which will destroy what you currently have.
 
External Amp + Speakers 4tw.

Have a Denon reciever with Kef Speakers and a BK -XLS200 Sub. Not a 'expensive' set up in the grand scheme of things but not cheap either. Also has the PS3, TV and anything I could need linked into it.

Best bit of cash I ever spent tbh.

2.1 is where you're going horrifically wrong.

And to answer above, yep we still have RicherSounds in the UK.
 
Valentino said:
I KNOW BUT THIS DOESN'T HELP ME AT 10 PAST THE MORNING DOES IT?

Basically, is there any way to overdrive my system? I have linux that i can load up if that gives me the option to rape my speakers to death which i will do!!!
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What is your obsession with loudness? You're listening to music you want quality. I really don't get why you just want volume...

To get loudness and quality you need to spend money on decent kit.
 
Valentino said:
Everything is full volume! What can i do? I mean, audio is a processed thing, why does it have a limit? My dads old audio kit used to be able to blow speakers it you put it to max, how do I ramp up the volume on my pc so my music is really loud?
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This may work...
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You'd need more than 3KW to power it though, may I suggest a 25KW genny? :D
 
Im running a 2.0 on a denon 1906 and can get enough bass to rattle my windows. Getting some new bookshelfs for the front on monday and putting the floorstanders behind me for some awsomeness.


Once you get a hifi set for your PC you will never go back, better then any pc speaker set iv tried. (Not tried the Z5500's.)
 
[FnG]magnolia;17821643 said:
Do they still have Richer Sounds in the UK? It's an inexpensive way to get entry level parts which will destroy what you currently have.
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Richer Sounds is still going and you're right, for a couple of hundred quid you should be able to pick up a decent enough amp and speakers to go pretty loud with reasonable quality. I don't think I've ever needed to put my amp beyond about half on the volume control and it's too loud for anything other than a party.
 
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