Low Audio on G74SX? Here's the fix

[Chastity]

Open up the THX TruStudio app and set it to "External Speakers". When on "Built-In Speakers", it's filtering the audio improperly, and losing a lot of the audio playback.

Just a FYI, comparing the G74SX to the G73SW, the audio is fuller sounding. Seeing how the audio plate is wider, I suspect they put in larger drivers. 🙂

Feedback welcome!

[Lubi]

jprice1986 wrote:
There is no built-in subwoofer on the G74. Very annoying to know, when reviews would talk about about a woofer and then you talk to ASUS and they say there was never a statement from us that there was in it.

That's not true.
I have a G74-SX laptop in front of me and can tell you that there is a subwoofer build in.

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The Crystalizer can be seen as a kind of equalizer. The higher the setting, the fuller the sound.
Of course Chastity's tip is right.Try it out and you'll get better sound.

Anyways...
It's still a notebook and you can't expect very good audio. The best sound I've ever heared on a laptop, was from a toshiba satelitte model which comes with harmon kardon speakers.

[jorlanm]

There is no sub woofer on the G74sx...it was sacrificed to get the screwless bottom

[Retired]

Hiya... I bought a BestBuy G74 myself, but I don't see any THX, I checked the drivers and All it shows for me is NVIDIA Hidefinition Audio. Do I need to buy a soundcard for my laptop? And If so where should I look? I'm using a Razor headset atm and it sounds very staticy if I turn it anywhere enjoyable.

[BrodyBoy]

arcamean wrote:
Hiya... I bought a BestBuy G74 myself, but I don't see any THX, I checked the drivers and All it shows for me is NVIDIA Hidefinition Audio. Do I need to buy a soundcard for my laptop? And If so where should I look? I'm using a Razor headset atm and it sounds very staticy if I turn it anywhere enjoyable.

It's not a driver....just an add-on program. Type "THX" in the Windows search bar and you should see it in the list of pop-up programs. (It's there in a "Creative" folder.)

Your laptop already has Realtek integrated audio, so you don't need to buy anything. I don't know what a Razor headset is, but I assume it's wireless? (Because moving affects the audio.) That's a problem with the headphones and/or their wireless connection....the Realtek chip and its driver wouldn't be likely to affect that at all.

[380mcn]

BrodyBoy wrote:
It's not a driver....just an add-on program. Type "THX" in the Windows search bar and you should see it in the list of pop-up programs. (It's there in a "Creative" folder.)

Your laptop already has Realtek integrated audio, so you don't need to buy anything. I don't know what a Razor headset is, but I assume it's wireless? (Because moving affects the audio.) That's a problem with the headphones and/or their wireless connection....the Realtek chip and its driver wouldn't be likely to affect that at all.

i prefer the srs sound labs software .. like brodyboy said, it's not a driver it's just an add on.

[Retired]

works like a charm 🙂

[Retired]

Is it possible to set it to external speakers from startup? starting to get frustrating to open THX every time windows start.

[kouotsu]

I did a clean install when I got my G74 and didn't bother installing THX. Glad I tried installing it now! The sound is definitely improved, even in my earbud headphones I am hearing more bass and rich sound than I thought was possible in these little things. But yeah, that built-in preset is a huge annoyance... Running on Realtek alone had the speakers very nice and loud.

[Retired]

I just got a g74sx-xt1. I can see that THX TruStudio is installed but I cannot find any where how to open the app. Any help?

[Retired]

Hit your start button and search for "THX". You will find the app.