Wow that took a lot of work! I threw on my B&O headphones to try and appreciate the difference. I honestly can't tell the difference between the stock and the modded AW. Thus I'm not sure it's worth it for the extra chassis vibration. One thing that is clearly demonstrated is that MB is on another level. Heck my 13' MB Air sounds better my i9 R1 AW. One day this noob will follow your liquid metal guide and change out the thermal paste. Thank you for your videos!!!
That's simply not true. In this video, the Alienware has more body and presence in the low-end. Which surprises me as the Alienware laptops haven't really had great speaker quality since ditching the Klipsch partnership and going from a 2.1 set up with larger woofers, to smaller thin speakers.
Upon further listening to the last comparison. It seems like the Alienware at first seems fuller but its only because its softer and doesn't seem to have as much clarity. Pretty disappointing showing really. My ASUS ROG Scar 15 has much nicer speakers. Much closer to the 16" MBP. I wonder if its because of the amplifiers ASUS use (smart voltage-boosted amps) or the Dolby tuning?.. I'm not sure. One thing I will say about the MBP, they do tend to be too treble-heavy.
hello! personally I glued the speakers with glue to the windscreen on the chassis and put as in the video a little sticky foam side removable part and since the sound is well (sorry for my bad english^^)
fyi the x14 speaker sound way better than all other models, if you have a chance to check them out in person I am willing to bet they are the same speaker but they are up firing and they are padded better (tightly) so the sound doesnt come off as if it were inside a plastic box thefore it gives a much better sound.
Having just gotten this laptop, I was worried about speaker sound. My considered opinion is that the speakers just suck. The best sounding laptop I've ever heard is an old Dell XPS 17...it's 12 years old and still blows other laptops out of the water soundwise. My five year old Alienware 17 R4 sounds better than the x17 R2. Oh, well... :)
OMG I have the same laptop! I recently pulled it out for use as the device to play music through my sound system at my party. Before I had all the PA/sound system set up, I was just playing music through the in-built speakers. Are you talking about the XPS L702X with the JBL branded speakers? They're rated at 22W total. Pretty unheard of in laptops, even up to today.
In my case I opened it up and found that one of the laptop chassis screws had a nut that must have fallen off and got stuck to a speaker's magnet. Must have happened when it was assembled, the laptop came like this. Removing that finally my crackling gone.
Finally i think i found the Man who can Really Solve My Problem !! Hey Man i hope you are doing very well ! Let Me Explain Everything - i was a Hard Core Mac User since my first Computer/laptop ! i am a Pro Mixing & Mastering Engineer ! 4 Months Back i was going to upgrade my mac from Intel To M1 Architecture because my intel mac was not holding big projects so i decided to upgrade to new top end mac but my requirements were i need new mac Asap and waiting period was of 4 Months so my friend guided me to have a try on windows laptop as they are also powerfull and Only couple weeks of waiting ! with the stone heart as apple fanboy i finally ordered and got Alienware X17 R2 !! i am Satisfied with the performance as it handled All Big Projects -- BUT -- It has a really annoying problem and Every Tech Person Failed To Fix !! Even we don't know what's the problem ! the problem is Randomly Crackling/Static Sound !!! it even renders with the song !! I am using High End External Audio Interface !! Interface is OK, it worked like Butter smooth On my Mac ! Drivers are upto date, reinstalled windows 3/4 times but still nothing working !! i don't know what the problem is !! if you can help me fix my problem then i will Pay You as well !! please reply to my comment and lets fix my Out of the world problem !!
@@humanoit7533 Tried Everything Bro ! That crackling sound even comes while playing in chrome !! I tried three Different Audio Interfaces of different Manufacturers but same problem !!
@@humanoit7533 Realtek Drivers are up to date & in Realtek Drivers Properties Sample Rate is Set To 48Khz But i work on 44.1K (External Audio Interface) i thought this might be the problem but my friends are working with same Settings and they are not facing anything !!
I was hoping for a bit more after the padding, but it is obvious it was designed for the headphone, and not speaker sound. If I use purely headphones, this is a great laptop. Well, after the liquid metal change. Lol. Thanks for that guide, BTW.
Interesting to see another happy Dell Alienware customer rying to fix what Dell should have done a much better job with in the first place. My one has more reverberation/vibration issues - on top of the general very poor audio quality. I think you are on the right track, but the sound quality is still so poor you would not choose to do audio calls or play music from the device at all.....which kind of defeats the purpose! Well done on the process you went through for ths though.
@@humanoit7533 Thank you. My last enthusiast laptop was the Area 51m r2. Haven’t had a high lens gaming laptop since. Lol was actually deciding if I am over buying the x17 r2 or just get the x14 with a 3060. Great video series on the AW systems, thank you.
I would say get it *BUT* ON SALE ONLY this thing devalues like crazy within just a few months I got an R1 with 2tb ssd 2k display 32gb ram 3070 upgraded killer wifi, for only $1600. this thing would be close to 3k new.
Have you considered turning on the battery threshould for 75% for instance if you use you laptop mostly on wallpower to prolong the battery longevity? Do you think it is a good option?
@@humanoit7533 I actually tried it with my alienware x17 r1 and set "start charging to 60% and stop charging to 76% so when I don't play games it doesn't charge, But when I play games it start charging despite this feature turnd on. And also after some time of playing the alieware power button logo starts blinking red sporadically and command center says "battery optimization is triggered which might take a few minutes to start chargning again"
I bought my laptop recently in the black friday sales. i was very excited to recieve it but after using it a while i am so dissapointed to be honest. i thought there was something wrong with my speakers. the sounds all wrong and when i watch tv shows the voices sound muffled and i cant understand what they're saying without really listening. im so annoyed at alienware for this, i cant understand how they can justify a laptop at this pricepoint (3.8K usually, i bought for 3.2 - STILL a hell of a lot of money and will be spending the next year paying it off) with so many sound issues so bad that i thought it was BROKEN. also the laptop came... WET. the wrapping around it and laptop itself had condensation on it (the outer box it came in was fine?!) and when i rubbed my finger more than a cm across the wrapping, or laptop or screen there would be water droplets on my finger and on the surface of where im rubbing. what the hell was that about?? what a waste of 3.2k
This is pretty disappointing. I have the ASUS ROG Scar 15 (2021) and it has 2 woofers (down-firing) and 2 tweeters (forward firing from hinge), paired with "smart" voltage-boosted amplifiers. And it sounds much better than all the more recent Alienware laptops. But it still isn't quite as convincing as my 2011 Dell XPS 17 with it's JBL-branded 2.1 set-up. The woofer is 10W and the mid-highs are 6W each. When I had the laptop apart many years ago to upgrade it, I saw the speakers. It looks as though they just took a JBL iPod speaker dock and crammed it into a laptop chassis. As it uses the same aluminum-cone drivers.
My 3 gb ram asus and lenovo laptops have better sound quality than this and if I buy a pc soon I will buy Alienware but the sound quality is just too...Trash?
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lets the songs play longer than most reviewrs and makes tea while waiting, just earned yourself a sub lol
The saddest thing is that my iPhone 13PM sounds way better than my fully loaded $4K laptop…🤦🏻♂️
Same… I have M15R4 btw…
@@JugheadJonesIII i have the M15 R2 and its okay for me.
Wow that took a lot of work! I threw on my B&O headphones to try and appreciate the difference. I honestly can't tell the difference between the stock and the modded AW. Thus I'm not sure it's worth it for the extra chassis vibration. One thing that is clearly demonstrated is that MB is on another level. Heck my 13' MB Air sounds better my i9 R1 AW. One day this noob will follow your liquid metal guide and change out the thermal paste. Thank you for your videos!!!
That’s what I love doing ❤️
Yeah they sound different after padding… not sure if it’s enough though 🤣
That's simply not true. In this video, the Alienware has more body and presence in the low-end. Which surprises me as the Alienware laptops haven't really had great speaker quality since ditching the Klipsch partnership and going from a 2.1 set up with larger woofers, to smaller thin speakers.
Upon further listening to the last comparison. It seems like the Alienware at first seems fuller but its only because its softer and doesn't seem to have as much clarity. Pretty disappointing showing really. My ASUS ROG Scar 15 has much nicer speakers. Much closer to the 16" MBP. I wonder if its because of the amplifiers ASUS use (smart voltage-boosted amps) or the Dolby tuning?.. I'm not sure. One thing I will say about the MBP, they do tend to be too treble-heavy.
hello! personally I glued the speakers with glue to the windscreen on the chassis and put as in the video a little sticky foam side removable part and since the sound is well (sorry for my bad english^^)
hey your English is fine :) i have to try it!
fyi the x14 speaker sound way better than all other models, if you have a chance to check them out in person
I am willing to bet they are the same speaker but they are up firing and they are padded better (tightly) so the sound doesnt come off as if it were inside a plastic box thefore it gives a much better sound.
Interesting…
Having just gotten this laptop, I was worried about speaker sound. My considered opinion is that the speakers just suck. The best sounding laptop I've ever heard is an old Dell XPS 17...it's 12 years old and still blows other laptops out of the water soundwise. My five year old Alienware 17 R4 sounds better than the x17 R2. Oh, well... :)
OMG I have the same laptop! I recently pulled it out for use as the device to play music through my sound system at my party. Before I had all the PA/sound system set up, I was just playing music through the in-built speakers. Are you talking about the XPS L702X with the JBL branded speakers? They're rated at 22W total. Pretty unheard of in laptops, even up to today.
@@damienlobb85 That's exactly the laptop and speakers I'm talking about! Every other laptop I've heard pales!
In my case I opened it up and found that one of the laptop chassis screws had a nut that must have fallen off and got stuck to a speaker's magnet. Must have happened when it was assembled, the laptop came like this. Removing that finally my crackling gone.
Finally i think i found the Man who can Really Solve My Problem !! Hey Man i hope you are doing very well ! Let Me Explain Everything - i was a Hard Core Mac User since my first Computer/laptop ! i am a Pro Mixing & Mastering Engineer ! 4 Months Back i was going to upgrade my mac from Intel To M1 Architecture because my intel mac was not holding big projects so i decided to upgrade to new top end mac but my requirements were i need new mac Asap and waiting period was of 4 Months so my friend guided me to have a try on windows laptop as they are also powerfull and Only couple weeks of waiting ! with the stone heart as apple fanboy i finally ordered and got Alienware X17 R2 !! i am Satisfied with the performance as it handled All Big Projects -- BUT -- It has a really annoying problem and Every Tech Person Failed To Fix !! Even we don't know what's the problem ! the problem is Randomly Crackling/Static Sound !!! it even renders with the song !! I am using High End External Audio Interface !! Interface is OK, it worked like Butter smooth On my Mac ! Drivers are upto date, reinstalled windows 3/4 times but still nothing working !! i don't know what the problem is !! if you can help me fix my problem then i will Pay You as well !! please reply to my comment and lets fix my Out of the world problem !!
Hello. Did you reinstall the realtek drivers?
@@humanoit7533 Tried Everything Bro ! That crackling sound even comes while playing in chrome !! I tried three Different Audio Interfaces of different Manufacturers but same problem !!
@@mixedbydense have you tried to completely reinstall Windows?
@@humanoit7533 Realtek Drivers are up to date & in Realtek Drivers Properties Sample Rate is Set To 48Khz But i work on 44.1K (External Audio Interface) i thought this might be the problem but my friends are working with same Settings and they are not facing anything !!
@@humanoit7533 Yes, 3 Times ! Clean Install
I was hoping for a bit more after the padding, but it is obvious it was designed for the headphone, and not speaker sound. If I use purely headphones, this is a great laptop. Well, after the liquid metal change. Lol. Thanks for that guide, BTW.
Yeah, me too. But they sound definitely different.
Interesting to see another happy Dell Alienware customer rying to fix what Dell should have done a much better job with in the first place. My one has more reverberation/vibration issues - on top of the general very poor audio quality. I think you are on the right track, but the sound quality is still so poor you would not choose to do audio calls or play music from the device at all.....which kind of defeats the purpose! Well done on the process you went through for ths though.
Great video, thank you! I am pretty close deciding to buy this laptop or not.
Go get it and optimise it asap! You will be more than happy
@@humanoit7533 Thank you. My last enthusiast laptop was the Area 51m r2. Haven’t had a high lens gaming laptop since. Lol was actually deciding if I am over buying the x17 r2 or just get the x14 with a 3060. Great video series on the AW systems, thank you.
I recently picked up a x17 r2 with an i7 and 3070 and have been loving it. Runs great and performs well running heavier games like star citizen
I would say get it *BUT* ON SALE ONLY this thing devalues like crazy within just a few months I got an R1 with 2tb ssd 2k display 32gb ram 3070 upgraded killer wifi, for only $1600. this thing would be close to 3k new.
I bought the X17 R1 used on ebay. i9, 3080, 64gb ram for only $1800. This was $3500 when new. Absolutely insane
Have you considered turning on the battery threshould for 75% for instance if you use you laptop mostly on wallpower to prolong the battery longevity? Do you think it is a good option?
Yeah, great idea!
There is an option within the BIOS where you can choose how you use your laptop primarily. Battery, ac, etc.
@@humanoit7533
I actually tried it with my alienware x17 r1 and set "start charging to 60% and stop charging to 76% so when I don't play games it doesn't charge, But when I play games it start charging despite this feature turnd on. And also after some time of playing the alieware power button logo starts blinking red sporadically and command center says "battery optimization is triggered which might take a few minutes to start chargning again"
@@andriizakrevskyi5335
The option is in the BIOS.
Under “POWER”
@@humanoit7533 it is actually located in BIos in "advanced" Panel . There is no such a " " power "
@@andriizakrevskyi5335 ok it looks like we’ve different bios-versions
Was this the replacement X17?
I bought my laptop recently in the black friday sales. i was very excited to recieve it but after using it a while i am so dissapointed to be honest. i thought there was something wrong with my speakers. the sounds all wrong and when i watch tv shows the voices sound muffled and i cant understand what they're saying without really listening. im so annoyed at alienware for this, i cant understand how they can justify a laptop at this pricepoint (3.8K usually, i bought for 3.2 - STILL a hell of a lot of money and will be spending the next year paying it off) with so many sound issues so bad that i thought it was BROKEN.
also the laptop came... WET. the wrapping around it and laptop itself had condensation on it (the outer box it came in was fine?!) and when i rubbed my finger more than a cm across the wrapping, or laptop or screen there would be water droplets on my finger and on the surface of where im rubbing. what the hell was that about??
what a waste of 3.2k
This is pretty disappointing. I have the ASUS ROG Scar 15 (2021) and it has 2 woofers (down-firing) and 2 tweeters (forward firing from hinge), paired with "smart" voltage-boosted amplifiers. And it sounds much better than all the more recent Alienware laptops. But it still isn't quite as convincing as my 2011 Dell XPS 17 with it's JBL-branded 2.1 set-up. The woofer is 10W and the mid-highs are 6W each. When I had the laptop apart many years ago to upgrade it, I saw the speakers. It looks as though they just took a JBL iPod speaker dock and crammed it into a laptop chassis. As it uses the same aluminum-cone drivers.
horrible speakers...I use headphones instead since my speakers apparently are not working properly anymore on the x17r2
thanks for the vid!🙂
You’re welcome brother 👍🏽👊🏼
I could never get the x17 after owning the x14 for a few months, It's not worth it in the slightest man. Alienware has terrible cooling tech
Optimisation is required for this laptop
@@humanoit7533 exactly for %3 more performance than my 3070TI. I mean the VRAM is a plus but that’s it.
i have the same issue with my alienware x15 r2
Alienware got shit in their pants. Why do we have to do it by ourselves????????
If ya'all would just buy MSI you wouldn't have to deal with such problems like speakers or liquid metal repaste :D
IMO…. I don’t like the design language of neither MSI and ASUS. They both look like they were made for kids (dragons, and silly logos)
@@humanoit7533 I agree...but you can cover up logos. Much better than an unfixable speaker problem.
m17 r4 had better sound than this
I believe you
My 3 gb ram asus and lenovo laptops have better sound quality than this and if I buy a pc soon I will buy Alienware but the sound quality is just too...Trash?