How to raise speaker/headphone volume

[kartikitrak]

- Right click the speaker icon in the task bar (or choose Control Panel : Sound).
 - Select Playback Tab : Speakers : Properties.
 - Select Enhancements Tab.
 - Check the Loudness Equalization box and click apply.
 
 Volume should now be substantially louder.
 Modifying Equalizer and Environment settings may also provide a boost.

This raised my volume alot!

[Shadow]

Increases sound level, decreases balance in range. Not worth it in my honest opinion. Better fix: splice out the manual volume controller - your speakers shall now be greatly louder. For instance, my PC speakers are on level 8 of 100 and it's louder than my macbook which is on 10 of 10.