In my admitedly limited experience, most laptops use nearly equivalent sound
chips. The main difference is the speakers. And since you'll be using
external speakers, it shouldn't really matter which laptop you get. I'd
forget about the sound chip and concentrate on the other specs. I personally
like ThinkPads. They're fairly durable, and have great keyboards, well at
least they use to. However, the latest models have inferior keyboards, so
I'd buy a used one from the previous generation. In fact, that's what I just
did. You can get some great deals on Ebay etc. I got a T420 with the good
7-row keyboard, I7 Sandy Bridge, 4 GB RAM, 256 SSD, and Win 7 pro for just
$600, about 400 pounds. And it still has a year left on the warranty from
Lenovo. Whatever you decide, I definitely suggest an SSD for speed and
battery life.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter" <w...@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 5:04 PM
Subject: Laptops and audio quality
Hi to all. Last Friday lightning struck my home and wiped out nearly all my
media equipment, including my high spec PC and my Toshiba laptop. I will
need to replace those and as audio is my main concern I would like to ask
the group; in your opinion, which laptop, or laptop manufacturer produces
the laptop with the best audio output. I will be playing this through an
external sound source such as a Bose soundbar. I live in the UK and I would
say the max budget is £1,000. Apart from the sound quality, the processing
power would need to be fast as I do a lot of file transferring and
downloading. Opinions welcome. Walter.
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