[GTALUG] Acer Aspire 3 A315-21 laptop has mono sound only?

[James Knott]

On 2020-03-19 06:42 AM, Ken Heard via talk wrote:
> I think that this particular laptop has mono sound.  I have been using 
> it temporarily to stream content by HDMI to a LG HD monitor and then 
> by fibre optical cable to a NED D3020 V2 hybrid amplifier and finally 
> to a pair of bass reflect speakers.  Unfortunately sound comes out of 
> only one speaker.
>
> After extensive tests I have determined to my satisfaction that the 
> problem is in the laptop.  I can test the two speakers built in the 
> laptop separately, but I have no way of knowing whether the sound so 
> produced is mono or stereo.  I could find no specs for this laptop 
> with details about the sound card.
>
> Lack of such specs indicates to me that Acer does not want people to 
> know that this laptop is mono only. Is mono sound the norm for low 
> market laptops such as this one and notebooks?
>
> Ken Heard
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I guess you need one of those stereo demo records, from back in the dark 
ages.  Do you not have some music you're familiar with that you can 
listen to, both through the speakers and headphones?  Also, if the 
speakers are close together, you won't get much stereo effect.