I put my laptop on externals and they sound fine. Caveat: I am not an audiophile but can tell it helped. There are so many fine bookshelf speakers today that I can't pick one over another.
Does anybody know how I can beef up the audio on this Sony Vaio? My HP used to rock but this thing sounds like a 70s pocket transistor radio with a low battery. I can barely hear it. Can better speakers be installed or audio card? Would external speakers help? Thanks for any info on this.

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