Tecra S11 - Low sound level

I have recently purchased an S11 and as a previous owner of the Tecra line I was quite disappointed in the Audio level. I realize that the S11 is a Business machine and not a multimedia machine, but I have to sit very close and make sure there is no noise in the room to hear the on board speakers.
Is there a way to overcome this? Even 50% more audio would be a tremendous improvement.

Hi Pman,
Im not a Tecra S11 owner but I cant imagine that the sound level is so low as you described.
What program you use for listening music?
What kind of files you have more music?
What operating system you have?
I can recommend the multimedia player VLC media player. Thats a freeware tool which is really great and play the most audio and vide files.
Furthermore make also sure that you have highest sound level and try updating the sound driver.

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