I love my new M1530...but...

...I have to say, the built-in speakers have to be the **WORST** I have ever heard in any laptop I have owned. Seriously... Dell, could you have spent an extra few $$$ and put something a little better in there? JEEZ.

I think the speaker in my Radar Detector is higher quality...

 

TBH, I don't think they are all that bad... and I personally think, in fact they are nice though they are a bit tinny... but they are pretty nice and I have no problems with the speakers.. and anyways I dont think its sensible to expect a laptop speaker to churn out a dolby home theater like sound....

 

yea it sucks to deal with that, but u can always invest in some usb powered speakers or some headphones to fill the void =)

hope that helps

 

Lol, if you want nice sound, check out the Lenovo Y510. My uncle has one and the bass on it owns. o.o

 

Hey, sorry you feel that way about the speakers.

I don't have any prob's, nor have I run into any prob's with mine on my 1530.

You have other choices if you are that dissapointed in the speakers

How is everything else running on your 1530, other than that????


Cin

 

fonduekid - I am a realist... I don't expect them to sound like my home theater system. However - they are definitely the worst of any of the Dell's I have owned. I have had four different Dell laptops myself, in addition to all the different ones I have at the office (I am an I.T. manager), and these are definitely the worst. Tinny is an understatement.

Rickimusha - I already have a set of powered ones on my desktop. It's not convenient to carry them around in my laptop bag though...

Cin' - I really like the laptop. In fact, it's probably the best laptop I have owned. Of course, that kind of makes sense, since technology keeps getting better. I would say that overall, I like this one as much as I liked my Toshiba Tecra (back in 1996). The Tecra was a pretty nice laptop for it's time. This laptop is the first machine I have used with SSD. I really do see them taking over, especially in the laptop side of the market. I am pretty hard on my laptops, and my last Dell (D800) burned through 3 7200 rpm hard drives during it's 4 years. I am hoping that SSD proves tougher than I am.

-Jim

 

Hello Jim!
I'm glad you like the 1530 (minus the prob w/the speakers) You have had a few lappy's!

I hope you don't *burn* thru this one to quickly! LOL

How are you planning on accomodating for the speaker problem??

Cin

 

JWKramer - well, to each his own... you are probably right compared to other dells but this one ain't that bad, really... I mean, I am a music freak too... and I prefer the best sound possible to fall into my ears.. and I was apprehensive about the laptop speakers at first.. but then when I got this, I figured out they aren't as bad as I read around from some posts Anyway, opinions vary.. At least u already have an external speaker.. and for carrying around there are lots of cool earphones available which u may wanna try out.. No?

 

Cin' - I'll just live with them. I use this mainly for business, so it's not that big of a deal. It is, however, nice to listen to an MP3 or two occasionally. I suppose I will just have to pick up some buds for that.

 

I'm with the OP, I can't stand the speakers. Luckily, I bought some Creative Speakers with mine, which are lovely and millions of times better than the built in speakers.

 

Yes, I understand...well you know the 1530 works, and you like it. so that's a very good thing!

And, yes some nice ear buds will work well!



Cin

 

Why is the sound so low......I mean I put the sound up to 100 and it is like level 30 on any of my other computers including my Dell M170.......Plus whenever I listen to music in Media Player the sound is all over the place....Loud to soft loud to soft loud to soft.....If I go to You Tube and listen to a music video everything is level.....I mean I cant even hear the tone when you hit the speaker in the bottom left until I hit fifty and I can barely hear it......

 

I must admit, I'd rather have the speakers from my old E1505, then these, there crappy to say the least, I guess dell wanted it out quick and didn't think about the speaker, mine came with some good earbuds...

 

i don't mind my speakers, i've actually had someone compliment the sound of my speakers! that person owned an asus haha.

luckily you can plug in a 5.1 speaker set into the m1530.

 

I don't mind about the speakers... I keep the sound off at work (to avoid embarassing MSN beeps and others), and use good headphones for gaming...

What really annoys me is the slow-responsive volume control.... I'd rather have an instant-action ugly-looking analogic dial, than these really slow cool-looking touch buttons...

 

No room in that frame for good open-air speaker design, so the bigger your laptop the better it gets, the m1730 speakers are great for laptop ones, but are no match for my ATH-ad700 headphones from audiotechnica and my bose companion 3 series 2 speakers, get a good pair of headphones youll be fine, check out newegg. ATH costed 110 flat and you can get steelseries icemats for 75 now.