My Toshiba laptop's sound is pretty weak,Imho. I did go to thw Coyote Forte software synth, but improving sound from the laptop speakers was not my goal in using it. I have a little cm-30 Roland monitor cube that provides some pretty decent sound. I use it to practice with with a cable from the headset jack on the laptop to the cube. For our small live performances, I use an Archos Jukebox as an mp3 player into the Cube. This works well in small venues but would be too small for an auditorium. The Archos has a 20GB hard drive which makes file operations quite easy. The Roland Cube works well for me YMMV.

Stan


Cornet Curmudgeon