Unbalanced Stereo Sound on MacBook Pro

Much of what you say is true, but it doesn't much matter to anyone who is interested to listening to music from a MBP. Anyone who really wants to do that will use external speakers or headphones, because the idea that the built-in speakers in any notebook computer are fit to listen to is laughable.

You're a professional sound engineer and you're using the MacBook's speakers to check your stereo balance!!!!????

I don't have wonky sound with my head tilted over to one side! I check my stereo balance on a decent pair of studio monitors or a good pair of headphones. I concede that it's a good idea to check the mix on a variety of different speaker systems, including the ones on a MBP, but by the time I'm doing that I already have a provisional mix decided on using studio monitors, and the stereo balance is most definitely already decided on. I would not dream of making final decisions regarding either mix or stereo balance using the built-in speakers on a laptop. Oh, and yes, I can comprehend everything you wrote - please don't be so condescending!

As you say in the post that overlapped my last one, poorer quality speakers are for checking a mix, not deciding on it! I think you're overbearingly condescending, I'm outa here so don't bother replying!

Well aaaaanyway... Thanks for the information... I thought that maybe one of my speakers weren't playing anything on the left but now I know! Much appreciated. And plus, the other posters are douchebags that couldn't just say thank you for the info but had to try and prove how "smart" they are. Haha

You are so entirely wrong. I am a professional composer. I check my mixes on many different reference speakers, including my 2006 MBP. The 2010 MBP I just picked up, the stereo field is so out of wack I can't even work on the thing, and listening to music only coming out of the right side is SO annoying, even more annoying than your woefully ignorant and incessant banter.

I am fine listening to tinny speakers, I like to hear how my mixes translate to them. But listening to an out of phase, wildly right heavy mix is of no use to me.

Based on my product line research the only MBP that fixes and addresses this egregious and extremely disappointing design flaw is the MBP with the retina display, which has new speakers.

If course I am reading that these MBP are having trouble with the video cards required to drive the display.

I guess you would say that anyone with a laptop shouldn't be worried about how it looks, just plug it into a hi def monitor?

Niall, I know, I know. I am a professional as well. You can see my comment to the other moron explainging why we shouldbn't be using the speakers on a laptop. I have been using my 2006 MBP, and like you I check mixes on bigs, smalls and computers to see how they translate. THese people who don't understand it are just consumers. Amazing how they can get so self-righteous about something they obviosusly know nothign about.

This design flaw, which I only just found out about, is just the latest in a series of disappointments for me as mac turns into a mass merchandise company that makes hand held gadgets for consumers at the expense of supporting the creative professionals, like myself, who have been using their products for 20 years.

I have an i7 PC that I use for a donkey in my rig with VEP, it just streams samples - it is so fast and so solid, when digital performer comes out in 64 bit for windows I might just be done with Apple after 20 plus years of relying on their products to get the job done.

Egregious design flaw that they let go on for years.

I can't listen to mixes on this thing, I would rather have tinnier sound and a balanced stereo field.

And if I want hi fi, I monitor through my K&H 0300's.

I would like to ask a question about true sound stereo surround in a Auditorium and at Home

Lets say I go to a concert I listen to some classical peice with Piano and Obo. I sit in the middle of the Auditorium and there is a Mic hanging above in the front part of the stage about 3 metres and on stage the Piano is behind and the Obo ist is in front, they both have a mic each ,but the sound wall is clear and all around and there are speakers around ,actually you can hear the sound in the lobby so that people can know that music is playing.

As I was listening I stared to move around because I wanted to know which mic was connected to which channel and where the Piano was loudest the Piano and Obo was in the centre so I wondered how did they set up the sound was it surround or stereo?

If we had them apart left and right and going into left and right channels I guess both sides of the Auditorium would sound different.

but for the sake of experiment do that and they record this concert on Digital CD and get a copy and I listen to it on a stereo system at home ,How would I set up the speakers so I listen to the Piano on my left and Obo on my right as I listened to it at the Auditorium.

They do not explain on the media which mic they used on what instruments and one should be able to listen to such and such instruments on such and such speakers or does the all set up come out exactly

I am finding that this problem persists even with headphones/earphones.

I own four sets of earphones. All four sets work just fine with my iPhone and iPads. But when I plug in to my MacBook Pro with Retina display, there is a definite and irritating bias to the right-side. I paid nearly $3000 for this machine and I listen to tons of music.

This is a huge setback. I wish there was something, anything to be done about it.

Yes Dont i know it, been on many blogs, and to consumer rights, As thats why It stuck with getting another mac book pro as the synamic wide range on my last was so good, Spen over 2 years working out why I could not get wide sound, Oh well i got fiber optics from the ear phone that plays well through the HI. However , Apple should call them in for correction. I am persuing this matter , As it must infringe on consumer rights.

No way of asking apple directly what they think. bhut the complains are becomming bigger. have asked and put out, if the middle speaker can be disconected, and bring back the true sterio, **** Thats the whole point of having paid all that money, RIGHT?