Does setting the "subwoofer" to 100 actually produce any improvements?

Take baby steps in any kind of audio adjustment.

James202 said:

yeah there is a small built in subwoofer under the laptop and the model is: l502x

This from Dell:

Audio and Speakers

• JBL 2.1 Designed & Certified Speakers + Waves MaxxAudio® 3
  2.1 Audio: 2 X 4W + 12W sub-woofer = 20W total peak audio performance

To get 5.1 surround sound, you would have to have six speakers: two front speakers, two rear speakers (impossible to build into a laptop), a center channel speaker, and a sub woofer. A system like that would require three cables plugged into three jacks on the laptop to feed it.

That said, you can always try gradually increasing the setting on the "subwoofer" (sorry, I'm having a hard time wrapping my old mind around the concept of a true subwoofer on a laptop) until you get the sound you want. Keep in mind a tiny "subwoofer" like that isn't going to give deep, thundering bass no matter where you set it.

Layback Bear said:

I didn't even know they made a (low) 12W Sub Woofer.

I suspect it's more marketing hype than an effective subwoofer (slap three tiny speakers in a laptop case and call it a 2.1 sound system) but, not having actually heard one, I can't really say.

Ive just read that the when maxaudio software is on the subwoofer is aswell but im not understanding if this windows 7 setting 100 could damage the subwoofer? Im mostly listen to music or watching videos and my speaker volume is 35. I would admit it you would notice a difference when its on and compared to laptops which does not have 1(tested with a vaio e series).