Hi, Ken.

If confirmed, it would be the first laptop I know of that has mono sound.
It looks like it is stereo, though:
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/CA/content/model/NX.GNVAA.030

Are you sure it is not a defective connector? Or the first cable right out
of the laptop?


Il giorno gio 19 mar 2020 alle ore 11:44 Ken Heard <k...@heard.name> ha
scritto:

> I think that this particular laptop has mono sound.  I have been using
> it temporarily to stream content by HDMI to a LG HD monitor and then by
> fibre optical cable to a NED D3020 V2 hybrid amplifier and finally to a
> pair of bass reflect speakers.  Unfortunately sound comes out of only
> one speaker.
>
> After extensive tests I have determined to my satisfaction that the
> problem is in the laptop.  I can test the two speakers built in the
> laptop separately, but I have no way of knowing whether the sound so
> produced is mono or stereo.  I could find no specs for this laptop with
> details about the sound card.
>
> Lack of such specs indicates to me that Acer does not want people to
> know that this laptop is mono only. Is mono sound the norm for low
> market laptops such as this one and notebooks?
>
> Ken Heard
>
>

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