Upgrade internal speakers?? (macbook 3,1)

Hey everyone,
I am wondering if anyone out there knows if there is a way to upgrade the stock internal speakers in a macbook. I have looked for a post that has already answered this, but people love to go off in tangents and talk about warranties!!! AHHHH!!! Annoying! If there is a worthy post feel free to point me in the right direction.
So anyways.. Has anyone done this?
what products and/or speakers did you buy?
Difficulty?
*I've taken my macbook apart may times for various reasons, so I am not a complete amateur.
Please do not post anything like "just buy external speakers".
I have many pairs of external speakers including semi professional studio monitors.
I just want to try and do something new, and want to keep my laptop self contained. the charger is already bad enough.
I am not looking for a boost volume app, I already know they are out there.
I am talking about upgrading internal speakers for quality, not just volume.
I have a macbook 3,1
*AND PLEASE DO NOT TALK ABOUT WARRANTIES!
Thanks in advance everyone

no one here is going to instruct you on how to make those types of modifications to your mac. You mac is designed to operate with the speakers it came with.

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