Why do most laptop speakers aim downwards?

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My wife and I have 2 gaming laptops (MSI and ASUS) and two regular laptops for work (Lenovo and ASUS). All of their speakers fire directly downward to the point where actually using it on our laps makes them nearly inaudible unless cranked up until they sound like crap. Last time I was at a store I checked all of the display models and EVERY ONE OF THEM had downward-facing speakers. This seems so counterproductive to me, but I’m not an engineer so who knows.

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>Why do most laptop speakers aim downwards?

Assumption that most people will put laptops on hard surfaces (which will reflect most relevant frequencies from the downward-fired speakers towards general direction of user’s ears) + less chance of dirt/food leftovers getting inside and depositing on the surface of the speakers (compared to top-firing placement of speakers) + the cost considerations (it would cost more money to do things like widen the top keyboard area to accommodate top-firing speakers placed at each side of the keyboard).

There are some manufacturers that still put top-firing speakers on their laptops or a combination of top-firing and bottom- or side-firing speakers, like Razer, MSI (their Raider series), Asus (their ROG Zephyrus series) and some others.

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