Sound/Speaker Quality for T400/T500

[ali88]

hello everyone,

my T500 has arrived! however it is sitting at my house about one and a half hours away in houston! so i will be able to use it on thursday night so i will post up some nice pics.

im a pretty big music person so i just wanted to know how the speaker quality of the T500? and also is the onboard sound card pretty nice?

or else i am considering getting the ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio card.

looking forward to some responses!

[keltix]

Sorry to break it to you, but I'm betting the sound is going to STINK.

The t400 review said that the sound basically had no volume, just sound. You will have to use headphones.

[JamesTBrewer]

well, i dont know about no volume, but the quality of the sound leaves a lot to be desired. its very tinny with no deep notes at all. im picking up a logitech soundbar

[ernstloeffel]

Can they be replaced? How hard is it to get to the speakers?

[Lew]

Easy enough to get to the speakers, but I'd be really surprised if you found anything you could replace them with that would be any better. The physics of the space would pretty much preclude any bass.

The audio is about as good as I'd expect from something designed as a business laptop. It's not specifically aimed at the consumer/home market.

[T61W2008]

For good sound, go with the media oriented IdeaPad, which even has a built-in woofer! For thinkpad, the speakers are basically for "You Got Mail!"

Get a SENNHEISER earphone and you'll get decent sound from any laptops.

[keltix]

Just got my t400.

I am SURPRISED with the sound. It's very audible, actually it's loud. Set it to Max and put a song on and you can definitely hear it like in a different room.

[yn1997]

Just got my t400.

I am SURPRISED with the sound. It's very audible, actually it's loud. Set it to Max and put a song on and you can definitely hear it like in a different room.

Totally agree!! Speakers impressed me too although lacking of bass as usual.

[acerbits]

I never understood the point of speakers in a business notebook, they're gonna be mediocre anyway, so why not put a good sound card in and just take out the speakers? Use headphones or external speakers.

[T61W2008]

I never understood the point of speakers in a business notebook, they're gonna be mediocre anyway, so why not put a good sound card in and just take out the speakers? Use headphones or external speakers.

The fact is that the sound card is already pretty decent in any current laptops. It's just the speaker, limited not by cost but by the form factor. If you hook up any major brand notebook sound output to a stereo/receiver, it will play as good as any hi-fi CD/DVD player.