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Hear music the way it should sound with HP Beats Audio

Tue, Jun 21, 2011

 
 

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With today’s technology standards being as high as they are, there really isn’t any excuse for putting up with below-par sound quality. HP’s Beats Audio software turns computers into sound systems that play back music richer and more powerful than most Hi-Fi systems.

Producers are the unchallenged rulers of the recording studio – they shape the sound of any piece of music they’re working on, moulding it incessantly until it fits their vision. Dr Dre is one of the biggest record producers in the music industry, and his Beats Audio technology, which was developed exclusively for HP computers, reflects his attention to detail and obsession with music in general.

You might have seen the stylish red-and-white Beats by Dre headphones on celebrities such as Basketball star Kobe Bryant or Premier League footballer William Gallas, and Beats Audio applies the same high standards to music played back on a computer.

The HP Beats Audio sound system has been exclusively integrated in HP computers. These tend to be the more high spec models such as the Pavilion DV6 and DV7, the HP ENVY range and the HP Touchsmart desktops. It has all been designed with serious music lovers in mind. Features such as a re-modelled headphone jack that reduces ground noise through increased insulation, a subwoofer (in selected HP models) as well as an on-screen visual equaliser, to finetune the user’s music are all great examples of the effort that has gone in to delivering a serious hi-spec audio experience.

Paired with good-quality headphones (such as the aforementioned Beats by Dre), the Beats Audio sound system, which you can switch on and off via the computer’s software controller, improves audio quality greatly – almost to recording studio standards.

If you’re passionate and serious about music and are in the market for a new laptop or desktop, in our opinion you could do a lot worse than checking out the HP Beats Audio range.

 

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Matthias is a journalist and writer covering the latest news in technology as well as reviewing new computer products for PC Site. After studying journalism and economics in London, Matthias worked in radio and as a music writer for various publications in the UK and Germany, covering everything from politics and music to online publishing and social media. He is a self-diagnosed internet addict, but wrestles himself away from the computer to read books by angry young men, put on punk or rap records and watch Seinfeld.

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