Speakers on my iBook suck

Its probably bad for it, but on my old iBook G3-500 I used to have the equaliser cranked to full volume on preamp in iTunes, just to squeeze out a bit more power.

The speakers aren't bad for a laptop ... which is another way of saying they're pretty useless.
 
symphonix said:
The speakers aren't bad for a laptop ... which is another way of saying they're pretty useless.
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I have to disagree with this. I think that the iBook's speakers are exceptionally bad, compared to a friend's Dell, which I can hear clearly across the room. It's a low-end Dell, too, so we're not talking top of the line. It blows my iBook away to the point that I can't even hear it when I'm sitting right in front of it if his music is playing ten feet away. I also have a co-worker who uses an IBM ThinkPad, and those speakers aren't that bad. I think the speakers in the iBook are designed to be crappy, so that the natural upgrade path is the PowerBook or MacBook Pro.

All that said, I still say that a portable Mac for $999 (the 12" iBook that I have) is a darn good deal. If the tradeoff is bad speakers, I can live with that. :)
 
I must agree with the useless aspect on my ibook 12" i'd rather throw music with airport express AKA airtunes to my JBL creature and use a headphone to skype to avoid the larssen effect with the mic... and to extend on the subject even my iMac G5 speakers are far less good then the ones (harmann Kardon I believe) that were fitted in the iMac G3..
 
I have to say, the iBook's speakers are exceptionally average for a laptop. The PowerBook's speakers and pretty good. And I once heard a ThinkPad that was absolutely AMAZING for a laptop... which, basically means, they're all crap. Just varying shades of crap.

Boosting your 'Books speakers in any way means you just risk distortion or, worse, permanent damage, thus causing permanent distortion. Use portable speakers or pheadphones.... even the crappiest versions of those will still sound better.
 
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