Thinkpad with best audio subsystem

Older ThinkPads.. from the 600, the 7xx, the iSeries, 300, 500, the Transnote and, of course, the 701
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Thinkpad with best audio subsystem

#1 Post by Pokrzept » Tue May 03, 2016 3:55 am

Hello Gals and Lads,

the time has come when I shall put some radio transmitter into the room of my 1-year-old baby. And this led me to an question - which of the vintage thinkpads had an best audio system installed in it? As far as I know A31p which i do own had/have superior speakers complared to any other laptop. But is there anything (ThinkPad branded) better than that you may know and I don't? I'd be grateful for any input in this case.
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Re: Thinkpad with best audio subsystem

#2 Post by brchan » Tue May 03, 2016 7:07 am

The only other thinkpads with good audio are the X300/X301, by far. The speakers have a great upper and mid section with OK bass and uses a better audio chip than other thinkpads. The X301 uses SU9400/SU9600 cpus and are still enough for most basic tasks including web browsing, streaming 1080p videos, email, and word processing.
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Re: Thinkpad with best audio subsystem

#3 Post by 600X » Tue May 03, 2016 10:11 am

A31p and X301 are the way to go. The 385XD also has a good audio system with a mini subwoofer. The 600X has potential, if only its speakers actually had an enclosure!

The last ThinkPad witha decent DAC was the X301. The last ThinkPad with a good DAC was arguably the T43. The ThinkPad with the best DAC is the A31p.

The A31p is superior in every way when it comes to audio.
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Re: Thinkpad with best audio subsystem

#4 Post by Pokrzept » Tue May 03, 2016 11:18 am

First of all thanks for quick response and all advices so far. Second of all there's an obvious mistake in my first post - I ment radio receiver not and transmitter :oops:. A31p sound quality is really great indeed I just needed to know if there's anything better than this.
T601F 8889-ABG/2007-FBG: T9300(1.0V), 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD + 1TB HDD/DVD-RW, 1600x1200, NVS140M(0.95V), Intel 802.11agn, WWAN, BT, 1Gb Eth, UltraNav, FPR, 9c+6c
310ED/360CSE/760LD/2x760ED/760XL/A22m/3xA31p/R50p/2xT60 15"SXGA+/T60F/T61 14"SXGA+/T400/X60/X61s/X61 Reserve Edition/X201/X220/L450

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