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One major thing about the new Air that seems to go unnoticed!

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qbcall11

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The speakers on this thing are amazing! The clarity seems unprecedented for this kind of notebook. I was listening to an acoustic cd, and it was as if the artist was in the room. The speakers are that good.
 
I don't think my 11" air's speakers are THAT good, but they are surprisingly good considering their size and placement.
 
Fuchal said:
I don't think my 11" air's speakers are THAT good, but they are surprisingly good considering their size and placement.
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11" vs 13" is night and day. I am really impressed with the 13" speakers, however the 11" is more of what I expected, considering it's size.
 
Fuchal said:
I don't think my 11" air's speakers are THAT good, but they are surprisingly good considering their size and placement.
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I found the 11" speakers to be pretty quiet, and not all that much better than the mono speaker on my 13" RevB MBA.

It's nice to hear that the 13" RevD has better speakers. :D
 
I didn't think that the rev b mono speaker was too bad. As long as you pump the volume up in vlc player or whatever. It's pretty good.
 
qbcall11 said:
The speakers on this thing are amazing! The clarity seems unprecedented for this kind of notebook. I was listening to an acoustic cd, and it was as if the artist was in the room. The speakers are that good.
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Does anyone have a comparison of the new 13" MBA speakers to regular MacBook speakers? My 2007 white notebook left something to be desired in the audio department. It wasn't horrible, but I'm wondering how much they've improved.
 
I received my 13" MBA last night and I too was surprised how good the speakers were. They're at least as good the speakers in my pre-unibody, Core Duo MBP and leaps and bounds better than the abysmal speaker in my Thinkpad Tablet that I've been using as my main travel machine. Not only is this thinner and more lightweight, I won't have to bring my travel speakers!
 
Ya, I wouldn't listen to music on it, but it is OK for watching tv and youtube. I had garage band going out of the speakers for a while, but I plugged my headphones in and it was a world of difference.
 
I am very impressed with the speakers on the 13". I was expecting somewhat of a puny sound coming from a notebook this thin, but was pleasantly surprised. Of course though... I wish there was more bass :p
 
Well, I'm getting some intermittent rattling in my left speaker, but other than that I think they're pretty good. Seems to go away if I, gently, whack it a little bit.
 
The speakers on the 13" are WAY better than the 11". I had both, and the 11" speakers SUCKED!
 
Don't you guys use earphones with your MBA´s? Im going to use my future MBA mostly on trains, flights and such anyway. Of course it would be nice to have the good speakers for movie watching in a hotel room or something like that. Can anyone explain how the 11" compares to a 15" 2010 MBP?
 
I hadn't opened iTunes until today on my 11" and wow... these speakers are much better than my late 2008 unibody MB, for sure. (That might not be saying much, but it's a nice surprise.)
 
If you're typing while music is playing, be prepared for vibrations, though. My palms are definitely getting a massage! I don't remember that happening on my old MB.
 
Yes.

Watched "Winter's Bone" (great flick BTW) last night on a 13"

Sound was good. Volume was good.

Good for movies. Some surround effects.

(The HD picture was very good also).

MY GOD, I think i'm actually satisfied. :eek:
 
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