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

[Don Tai]

The specs on this laptop say that it is stereo. I'd be surprised if it was
not.

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/model/NX.GNVEK.009

You could download Audacity and try recording in left or right only
channels.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 06:42, Ken Heard via talk <talk at gtalug.org> 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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