I'm using a notebook and I often use earphones to listen to music or watch movies by plugging it to the headphone jack. The problem is that the volume is still too low even if I drag the volume to maximum and the audio quality is also bad because there isn't any equalizer. Of course it will sound better if I use speakers but I can't take them everywhere I go.
Is there any software or is it even possible for me to increase the volume even more?

u could give ffdshow a try..it can increase volume up to 500% and it has equalizer too..

It sounds like your laptop is already at its maximum volume - which means pushing the volume is just going to create distortion.

You can try using a compressor+limiter to increase the average volume, but I doubt that would get you anywhere. Depends what software you use to watch/listen. For music you can try Foobar2000 and use the compressor, or if you try winamp it has built in eq and gain controls

One way is probably to get a portable headphone amp...

Thanks for the replies!
Installed ffdshow but still not sure how it works so I gotta play around with it.
WinAmp does have equalizers but the volume is still kinda low.

Somehow if your volume is still soft even though it's set at maximum - I don't think you're going to get it any louder without inducing dynamic compression or clipping/distortion... because any louder and your system will run out of bits and distort...

it seems to me that your output is just not strong enough to drive your headphones.

Is it soft with ALL your music and sounds?

for ffdshow:

double click on icon (near clock, bottom right)..
then select volume..
adjust the master volume there..

p/s: make sure u tick the volume's box..

Most of the time its very soft. But I guess it depends on how the mp3 or video is encoded or something. It might sound soft for some movies but not for others.

It can sound very loud if I plug speakers to the notebook jack and later plug my earphones to the speakers jack though.


Thanks! It works!
But ffdshow only seems to come out when I use Windows Media Player. Is there any way so I can also use it when I'm using VLC player or something?