Quiet speaker volume - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

The volume from the speakers is pretty quiet. I have to turn the volume up to 100 just to hear dialog. Some reviews I have read mentioned the speakers were plenty loud, however that is not what I am experiencing. It happens with music and video. Any one else having this issue?
I have tried speaker booster from the play store and it helps a little.

Return it. I have zero problems with my speakers. They are very loud. When playing games I only have the volume up about 2 clicks from off.
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You've tried different apps for video? Or games? Everything is quiet? Mine is quite loud unless the video itself is quite quiet.
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I believe mine is on the quiet side also....my note 2 is much louder...
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ksbarnz said:
The volume from the speakers is pretty quiet. I have to turn the volume up to 100 just to hear dialog. Some reviews I have read mentioned the speakers were plenty loud, however that is not what I am experiencing. It happens with music and video. Any one else having this issue?
I have tried speaker booster from the play store and it helps a little.
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What vidoes or music did you play? It is mostly loud for me. Some youtube is louder then streaming from a tv app. Voices in the streaming apps are quiet.

Loudness is relative. I think its plenty loud. However I think all mobile devices suck, clip and distort at relative low volumes.... so...
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I'm experiencing a similar situation with both games and videos. With the volume midway I can barely hear a thing with my ear pressed to the speaker. Using headphones I still have it set to full and find it lacking. One of the main reasons I bought the tablet was screen resolution and supposed sound quality...my kindle HD makes this sound like a joke. With the other comments here I'm wondering if I do in fact have a malfunctioning unit. Just five minutes ago I had my first random reboot too...
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I returned my nexus and the new one is much louder. It was definitely a problem with the speakers.

is there a loudness BEATS audio or any mods apk file that improves the sound? i find it too low

Really? Looks like I'll be doing that today.
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I too definitely find the speakers to be lacking. Videos on YouTube are very low and music is not anywhere near what I thought it would be! They made a big deal about the Fraunhofer audio but I am pretty disappointed.
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I agree that the audio is quite low especially when compared to my S4. BUT the sound quality is better. I guess its give and take.
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TechSilver13 said:
I agree that the audio is quite low especially when compared to my S4. BUT the sound quality is better. I guess its give and take.
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How can you tell the sound quality is better if you can't even hear it???
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Many apps, videos and music files are quiet on mine too. It's the file not the tablet. For a song I just download from somewhere else. For apps you can edit the apk or just live with it. not much you can do unless you are quite familiar with computers.

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Sound distortion

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone else has this issue, I'm running CM10 and the music quality isn't too bad while running the headphone jack to speakers, ie my car, home. But when I plug my headphones and and try to play with DSP at all it always sounds distorted and sound like the headphones are blown, this only happens after I enable something with DSP, the headphones are fine. I also tested on my zune and my roommates Droid X2, both of which sound much better than my phone.
Any suggestions or solutions would be great, the headphones are sennheiser HD558's
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Triscuit said:
Hey guys, just wondering if anyone else has this issue, I'm running CM10 and the music quality isn't too bad while running the headphone jack to speakers, ie my car, home. But when I plug my headphones and and try to play with DSP at all it always sounds distorted and sound like the headphones are blown, this only happens after I enable something with DSP, the headphones are fine. I also tested on my zune and my roommates Droid X2, both of which sound much better than my phone.
Any suggestions or solutions would be great, the headphones are sennheiser HD558's
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DSP distorts the sound, no way around it. Try poweramp music player, it uses it's own equalizers and settings and has great sound.
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prototype7 said:
DSP distorts the sound, no way around it. Try poweramp music player, it uses it's own equalizers and settings and has great sound.
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Thanks I've always been hesitant to use poweramp, but I've heard so many people praise it, I'll try it out, I just don't want to leave Apollo lol
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Triscuit said:
Thanks I've always been hesitant to use poweramp, but I've heard so many people praise it, I'll try it out, I just don't want to leave Apollo lol
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I've used it since it was in beta and there's no other music player like it I think its hands down the best eq and sound
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I've used it since it was in beta and there's no other music player like it I think its hands down the best eq and sound
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I'm gonna throw on the cans now and see how it is
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At first I only used it because Apollo wouldn't play certain file types that I had, loved it ever since.
I've been using power amp for two years and love it
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OK I've been testing it and its great in the EQ setting the limiter is what makes the difference, it stopped music from peaking. Thanks guys
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Improve audio

been away for too long and lost track of tricks to improve audio volume on Gnex, especially on notifications (not only music).
Anything new and really working?
Mostly interested in improving volume for notifications through external speaker.
Thanks
MegaBassBeats is the way.
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MegaBassBeats is the way.
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There are a dozen of audio mods with beats and bass etc. I have yet to see one working...
exactly... pmus this one is for s3... and I want volume from ext spkr not basses... and for notifications not music
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Sorry but I must say a huge... NO
As an audio enthusiast, Beats must be the ****tiest sound I've ever heard.
There is/was an app called "Volume+" which is said to work pretty well. Though I can't confirm it.
Otherwise some ROM's and Kernels do have a bit of volume boost built in.
Timmyfoxeh said:
Sorry but I must say a huge... NO
As an audio enthusiast, Beats must be the ****tiest sound I've ever heard.
There is/was an app called "Volume+" which is said to work pretty well. Though I can't confirm it.
Otherwise some ROM's and Kernels do have a bit of volume boost built in.
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volume+ was working with ics but broke with jb...
plus I need only volume increase on ext spkr for notifications
I fixed mine with trinity kernel. They have an audio slider that helps with that.
On the topic of audio is there any way to control the gain of the mic when recording video?
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I've been pretty pleased with Misledz's work over here. Works well for JB to improve audio quality and boost volume.
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On the topic of audio is there any way to control the
gain of the mic when recording video?
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There is a pinhole-size notch in the top edge of the rear cover, toward the right side as you look at your phone from the back. Behind that is supposedly a second microphone that is used when recording video. There have been complaints that it is set far too sensitive, and garbles the audio in loud environments. I don't know of any way to adjust it with software. You could try reducing the MIC's sensitivity by holding your finger over the pinhole.

Audio loud and distorted from speaker?

Hey peeps I just want to see what others think about the audio quality when playing music from the phone speaker..even some of the ringtones sound bassy a bit loud and distorted. Anyone else notice this? I hope my speaker isnt blown..
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pezlomd said:
Hey peeps I just want to see what others think about the audio quality when playing music from the phone speaker..even some of the ringtones sound bassy a bit loud and distorted. Anyone else notice this? I hope my speaker isnt blown..
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I've noticed the same thing on mine.
Its extremely loud. Ive noticed things sound normal if u put the volume like 2 notches under the max.. but still its rather strange. You think this is normal or defect?
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pezlomd said:
Hey peeps I just want to see what others think about the audio quality when playing music from the phone speaker..even some of the ringtones sound bassy a bit loud and distorted. Anyone else notice this? I hope my speaker isnt blown..
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It seems to be a general issue with the device. I exchanged my device because of this issue but I notice the same sound distortion when volume is maxed.
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It seems to be a general issue with the device. I exchanged my device because of this issue but I notice the same sound distortion when volume is maxed.
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So same audio loudness and distortion with replacement phone? I guess its not that bad.. here at my job I put it on max volume and you can hear the music from quite a distance. The distortion goes away tho if u dont raise volume to max. Seems to be only with speaker because it sounds good with headphones.
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[Q] Video recording Audio with weird "scritch" sounds

I was recording a live band and every now and then there's a slight "scritch" sound.
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Does anyone have the same problem?
Same here. Recording high frequencies causes same screeching type sound in videos.
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Same problm...
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Paul013 said:
Same here. Recording high frequencies causes same screeching type sound in videos.
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ahhh, I guess there are limitations to this device. their music was a bit loud anyway. I did several recordings and the audio seemed fine albeit not crystal clear as it's only a smartphone.
Ive noticed similar problems with all of the galaxy s/note phones ive owned. Its improved alot from the galaxy s1 though where to much high or low noise would sound distorted. I noticed that using a pair of headphones with the built in mic helped me a bit on older phones but I have yet to try it on my note 2. Maybe if there was a audio tweaking mod like voodoo that we could try?

There has to be a missing setting

I put my 10 side by side with my LG V10 and played multiple songs and video clips and the htc is consistently inferior on quality and volume. Like not even close. Have tried theater and music mode.
Am i missing something? Stock setup. Was so looking forward to an M8 like sound experience but so far am not impressed.
Dud unit?
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Dud don't think so. I also believe that the speakers on this phone is inferior to the Moto x pure. It sounds good but not loud enough.
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Loudness and clarity are two totally different things. Is it not clear or loud enough because coming from an M8 my 10 sounds clearer/cleaner.
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It's not near as loud but also doesn't sound nearly as crisp. Almost tinny on my htc.
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It's not near as loud but also doesn't sound nearly as crisp. Almost tinny on my htc.
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Do you have it in theater or music mode? The former for videos and the latter for songs.
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