Macbook air poor sound

Headphone sound is great. Speakers are terrible. Any suggestions?

harvey waxman wrote:
Headphone sound is great. Speakers are terrible. Any suggestions?
Plotinus veritas replied. " i got all apple books, and the AIR has the best speakers, but download the program BOOM off the app store , i recall its like $5, I use it, and it makes your speakers 3-5X louder / better."
I could not reply until I logged in. When I logged in the reply was not visible so I'm trying this.
I couldn't find anything named BOOM in the app store. Can you explain why the headphone output is what it should be but the speaker output is not?
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Does your sound work when you try to use head/earphones? If so, try the following:
Plug your Headphones into your Mac.
Play a sound through them (a song for example), then stop the sound.
Make sure 'Preferences' is isn't open. If it is, Quit.
Launch System Preferences > Sounds.
While the Sounds tab is open and set to 'Headphones', pull out the Headphones from the jack.
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