Hello, I have a different laptop I am using currently.  It is an Acer 5002WLMi w/ 100 GB HDD, DVD+/-RW, 512MB DDR Memory, 1.6GHz, AMD Turion processor, with XP NATURALLY.  The laptop came preset with limited volume on it's INTERNAL speakers.

I was looking to get either an audio amplifier program, or something that would make the current internal speakers louder.  I recently set the bass & treble to nearly max [+12] which HELPED some, but it's still not that loud from the internal speakers.  I have the main volume control set at max and the wave volume at max as well.  Any ideas how to improve the audio?The internal speakers are not supposed to be very loud at all. I don't think any program can help you. Sorry   :-/  The best thing to do is go external.

FlameHeadphones?I changed the "Sound Effect Manager" settings to bass & treble both at nearly max (+12dB) right before I posted here so I didn't test out the settings.  It is a bit louder, in that it doesn't require the main volume control at the highest position after the change.  For instance, even at the current 3rd notch position it's louder than it was without CHANGING the bass & treble settings!  The wave volume is set to max on the slider BAR though.

It could be the internet, or the program that is playing the "streaming" audio, but it sounds like it's echoing when someone talks.  It isn't that noticeable when it's the words in a music song, just, say, when a DJ is talking it echoes.  The overall sound quality of the music stream is at 90% I'd estimate.

I have tried headphones, but they were cheap ones ($1-store headphones) and well they weren't the best quality headphones.  The audio was at medium loudness over the headphones, so possibly I could add better sound/volume with high(er)-wattage external speakers to the laptop.  It would kind of take away the convenience of being portable, but if I want the better sound or even just louder volume, I'd have to do it that way.