Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I tried hooking external speakers up to it, but they don't work either. I had some little airline earphones that worked for a short time, but those quit, too. I think there must be something basic interfering with the sound. I don't miss it except when I get all of these great links to youtube videos and such. I hope I don't have to send it back to Houston again :-( Tina On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote: > 2010-12-31-18:26:19 Tina Manley: > > I got my computer back from Dell. Very fast turnaround. Too fast. > > The sound worked for about 10 minutes and then quit :-( > > Ahh, that classic Dell quality! Are you constantly on the move with > this laptop, or do you often settle down in a predictable place, a > place where you could leave some proper speakers to plug the thing > into? Because you can get much better sound than laptop speakers will > give with a cheapish but high-quality outboard D/A converter (like one > of the HRT Music Streamer II models, for example) > > > http://www.amazon.com/HRT-Music-Streamer-II-Resolution/dp/B0038O4UFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293838739&sr=8-1 > > with that gizmo's analog line outs plugged into some decent powered > computer speakers. Or even better, whatever stereo you might already > have in the room. One USB plug into the laptop, easy to connect and > disconnect. And you just completely bypass the flaky builtin speakers. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com