All about Beat is hype.I bought a desktop with Beat,believing i was gonna get premium sound frpm integrated,i was wrong.I hat to turn off Beat,in order to have a decent sound.I added DFX sound enhancer,and to my surprise sounds better(with Beat off).
I am not an audiophile, but I do listent to lots of music (all types) on a quality home theater sound system and premium car audio system. I have to beleive that foks who feel BEATS audio is not worth the money have either not turned it on, or have not plugged in their headphones. BEATS gives you pre-set settings as well as all kinds of equalizer adjustments that you can easliy make. General settings are included for music, voice, and movie. Graphic equalizer settings are available for noise reduction, in -ear, and passive.
All this said, I can relate to the laptop computer speakers not being that great. My old 2 speaker Pavilion zv5000 Harmon/Kardons with Soundmax sounds almost as good. Folks do need to undestand that a subwoofer is not part of the dv6 package as I understand it. The larger dv7 has the subwoofer. I have not listened to it to determine its effectiveness.
I give BEATS two thumbs up. Along with the other features my HP dv6 offers, it clearly was the best deal out there for a high performance laptop. No buyer's remorse here.
I was expecting more. It's NOT crisp or clear with some distortion at the loudest. I need an easy way to adjust the structure of the sound but haven't found a way yet,,,, still getting to know the computer. I love everything else about my HP though and it does surpass my old HP from 2007, sound and programs. I must say, with headphones, I had more volumne. But I bought this so I wouldn't have to use headphones.
