The small speaker on the Epson isn't really useful for anything, and I just turn the volume down to zero on it

Most people will use a separate sound system and never use the projector's speakers, so this projector only having one small mono speaker is not an issue

The speaker inside the projector is enough to get you by, but not something I want to live with long term

but I guess it has to be like that for the quality of the image we are talking here, smaller and lighter projectors just cant deliver such quality,sounds is not something you can rely on, and I dont expect to have a projector with really good quality speakers, its impossible or very very expensive, always better get sound from another source, any portable speaker can compliment a good huge size movie experience

With a better quality speaker hooked up to this projector and with the picture quality that it delivers, I can see myself never needing to go to the movie theatre again!

but I noticed the same problem as far using an external speaker that has a 3.5 mm input or an optical cable input

If you were to use this in an outdoor movie setting for a movie in the back yard under the stars, you would likely need a better speaker.

The compact speakers should have been much better than the ones in itTheir rights are useless and do not fit anything at all

We wanted a 4K capable projector but prices are still far too high, so this unit will suffice in the meantime