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On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, Gentoo! |
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> On my PC's audio, whilst playing CDs, with all volume settings maxed out, |
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> the volume can't be said to be louder than "comfortable and sensible". |
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> In quiet passages, the music gets drowned out by the noise of the power |
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> supply. I know from plugging in my iPod that the loudspeakers are |
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> capable of much more. |
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> The three volume controls up at full are (i) the one in aqualung; (ii) |
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> the one in alsamixer; (iii) the physical control on the right speaker. |
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> Surely I can get more volume, somehow. Could somebody please suggest |
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> how. TIA |
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> -- |
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> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |
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Are you using powered or passive speakers? On my dad's machine he had |
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passive speakers and the Intel on-board audio just wouldn't get very |
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loud so we bought some powered speakers and things were fine. In my |
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office I've got some nice NHT Pro Powered Studio Monitors so I don't |
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have that problem. |
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If you're using headphones then check their impedance spec vs what the |
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MB says it's designed to drive, as well as the efficiency of the |
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headphones. I own some AKG & Sony headphones. The Sony pair is _way_ |
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louder than the AKG pair. |
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HTH, |
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Mark |
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