Gaming laptop speakers have always been workable, but almost never preferable. Fans get in the way of footprints, and cranking the volume to overcome the whirr often creates some kind of post-punk distorted mess. That's not troubling Audioscenic, though, who has just announced a partnership with Lenovo to bring its 3D beamforming tech to the Legion 7a.
This spatial audio tech "creates a wide, three-dimensional soundstage that appears to extend beyond the physical boundaries of the device," according to Audioscenic. It's being touted as a full 3D sound experience without the need for the one of the best gaming headsets, but unless the Legion has found a magical method of reducing fan noise to zero, I still hold my reservations.