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[For actual owners] The Desire speaker output volume?

To the actual (lucky) owners of the Desire :
-How's the main speaker volume?
Is it low as Nexus One or much louder?
I love smartphones but I can't understand why the mot basic things like ringtones volume could be low so I hope the Desire is a true upgrade in this domain compared to N1

Please I have to know to see if I wait 3 more weeks for Desire(Lebanon) or get now the N1

Never heard the volume on the N1 or indeed what you would consider loud - seems ok to me on the Desire.

Mine is more than loud enough....

Mine is pretty loud. However when I listen to music the high frequencies seem too loud. I didn't look for an equalizer yet, but it,s probably there somewere.

Mine is also loud enough, but I wouldn't call the sound quality superb. It's OK.

Karolis said:
Mine is also loud enough, but I wouldn't call the sound quality superb. It's OK.
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Seems like the reaction I had about the HD2 the first time. It is loud, but starting from about 50% max volume and up it starts to sound 'bad'? I was expecting some good things from that 'enchanted dolby around' stuff.. and in the TechRader review they said it sounds quite nice.

[Q] Arc volume limit

I just got the arc a few days ago, I absolutely love this phone except for one really annoying problem I have with it. The volume of music when listenning through earphones. My iphone could go much louder.
I have since tried different earphones and downloaded a few volume boosting Apps, and nothing changes. The Apps do absolutely noyhing.
I have searched to see if there are others who find this same problem. I seem to be the only one, I suppose my ears are shot. Is there any way to get the volume to go higher or am I stuck with this? Thanks.

Mate, if you actually gave the thread a proper title rather than " [Q] ", more people would be willing to help you; especially those who know the answer.
With regards to your problem, I'm sorry but I don't have the solution to that.
Cheers!

Jujuforever said:
I just got the arc a few days ago, I absolutely love this phone except for one really annoying problem I have with it. The volume of music when listenning through earphones. My iphone could go much louder.
I have since tried different earphones and downloaded a few volume boosting Apps, and nothing changes. The Apps do absolutely noyhing.
I have searched to see if there are others who find this same problem. I seem to be the only one, I suppose my ears are shot. Is there any way to get the volume to go higher or am I stuck with this? Thanks.
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Bro, you got some problem with your ear...not with the phone or headphones . Most of the reviews I read says that Arc has one of the best volumes for music.
Checkout the gsmarena website, they have one of the cleanest I guess and change your topic.

prathaban said:
Bro, you got some problem with your ear...not with the phone or headphones . Most of the reviews I read says that Arc has one of the best volumes for music.
Checkout the gsmarena website, they have one of the cleanest I guess and change your topic.
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As I said in my original post, my Iphone could go louder and was much more enjoyable. I'm disappointed that the volume can't be increased even with the help of apps.
I've also noticed that when using PowerAMP and adjusting the EQ to a preset setting, they all lower the volume even more so. I can't even change my EQ to Dance, or Rock without losing more volume.
Thanks for the help.

Jujuforever said:
As I said in my original post, my Iphone could go louder and was much more enjoyable. I'm disappointed that the volume can't be increased even with the help of apps.
I've also noticed that when using PowerAMP and adjusting the EQ to a preset setting, they all lower the volume even more so. I can't even change my EQ to Dance, or Rock without losing more volume.
Thanks for the help.
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I never used an iPhone, but I'm pretty sure that Arc has one of the best audio capabilities. I use bluetooth to listen to music (MW600) and I don't leave that in full volume sine my ear can't take it. My volume is always 1/2 to 3/4 only!
If you are experiencing issues, then I better advise you get your phone exchanged if possible or repaired. But I'm not sure how your comparison is done and not sure what will be result after you repair or get another piece.

I'm using CX300 II and my arc give me great sound quality, I have iPod nano gen 5 too for my comparison. Volume with CX300 I always set it to 1/4 as it loud enough for me.

lol i too think the problem is with your ears not the arc, or you have a faulty one? i think the arc has one of the best audio quality and i had the iphone 4 too....

Probably a faulty device. Try exchanging it and test out the audio quality at the store itself before bringing it back home.

my question is the limit !! can it be increased ? i usually like loud music and for me the limit is a bit low .

if the limit is too low then you seriously have hearing problems. Must be all the loud music

philansel7 said:
my question is the limit !! can it be increased ? i usually like loud music and for me the limit is a bit low .
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You're not reading the advice.. The arc volume is loud.. if your device is not loud then you have a faulty device.

I got my new ARC today, hurray (sweet silvery mist)!!
Honestly, the sound quality is very good. But it feels like that there could be one or two more steps on the volume controll to increse the loudness, atleast with the supplied in-ear headphones.

Some music plays lower and some higher i dont know maybe ur musics?
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I've noticed this too. It's kind of shocking to see the amount of people jumping to conclusions here....
I got around it by using 'PowerAmp', and using the PreAmp function located under Equalizer settings.
I'd say that it's some kind of volume limiter (I think UK commonly has some kind of Volume Limitations on devices; my device is from the UK).

SkitZaY said:
I've noticed this too. It's kind of shocking to see the amount of people jumping to conclusions here....
I got around it by using 'PowerAmp', and using the PreAmp function located under Equalizer settings.
I'd say that it's some kind of volume limiter (I think UK commonly has some kind of Volume Limitations on devices; my device is from the UK).
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Probably a volume limiter, but its not an UK idea. What I remember from before (2007) when I had a SE P1i, it was France that had som EU regulation issues about volume on mobiles.
So SE decided to implement it on all new devices worldwide, not to get insurance "hearing problem" claims.
But its just a guess...
Ps. My SE P1i was a brown/engineer model (impossible to flash without hardware tools aka EPROM, so I bricked it totally once one day after modding too much).

just came from this thread then finally go to this page.
From GSMArena
...Plus the XPERIA Arc is reasonably loud so it's all looking pretty good...

I use Power amp to play my music. Its available on the market, you can really control the volume on your music and is much better than the music player that comes with the phone.

[Q] Question for people who has 4.0.4 in hand, please..

I just notice that 4.0.4 is out for LTE and one of the change-log says "Increase Volume"
Does it really increase the volume? By how much like big different or barely noticeable?
Thanks

vosszaa said:
I just notice that 4.0.4 is out for LTE and one of the change-log says "Increase Volume"
Does it really increase the volume? By how much like biog different or barely noticeable?
Thanks
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I didn't notice much of a difference. If I boost it more with Volume+ it distorts a bit, so the speaker (as weak as it is) is maxed out.

ATnTdude said:
I didn't notice much of a difference. If I boost it more with Volume+ it distorts a bit, so the speaker (as weak as it is) is maxed out.
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So you're saying that by default(no 3rd party apps) it doesnt improve anything..?

Im running 4.0.4 as well and didnt notice that much difference. "Not like im measuring volume output" I use volume+ as well and sound has been great.

Does volume+ increase volume by raising the digital levels? In that case, anything normalized to -0 db, or close thereabout, would quickly start to digitally distort if raised any higher. Doesn't necessarily mean the speaker is creating the distorted sound in that case.

Sound Quality

Does anyone experience this ? my wife & I listen to internet radio (like pandora), she had a X8 (rooted) my is of course Ion. Compare the two, the sound for X8 was alot better clear and sharp bass. the Ion is just dull, a lot of white noise ? Is this because we haven't been able to unlock bootloader and rejuvenate its hardware ?

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Does anyone experience this ? my wife & I listen to internet radio (like pandora), she had a X8 (rooted) my is of course Ion. Compare the two, the sound for X8 was alot better clear and sharp bass. the Ion is just dull, a lot of white noise ? Is this because we haven't been able to unlock bootloader and rejuvenate its hardware ?
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Considering pandora is streaming radio it's not a very good test...
Also make sure that one of the Pandora clients isn't set to high quality audio while the other is not.

papped said:
Considering pandora is streaming radio it's not a very good test...
Also make sure that one of the Pandora clients isn't set to high quality audio while the other is not.
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I said this cuz I tested same song - same channel. Listening on Ion make me want to throw the phone to the wall, cuz I was just so bad. I understand the inconsistency of the streaming, however shouldn't be that much of a different. I just have to wait until getting a custom ROM.

two things..one. def do this test with a song that is of good quality and on the phone already. not streaming.
two. try tweaking the DSP manager for Phone Speaker... i listen to a lot of electronic music and i'd say i'm hearing the tracks quite beautifully with my ion

I listen to pandora a lot and think it sounds great
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Overall I'm not too impressed w the ion's built-in speaker in regards to music, audio, etc (my X10 sounds better). However its pretty much what I expected from the ion's slim design, long as it's loud enough to hear ring & notification(which it is) I'm pretty much good.
I def agree streaming radio is by no means an adequate source test for fidelity but on the other hand the ion fidelity in only going to be so good unless u plug it into a more capable sorce. eb
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and in which case... the sound quality is pretty freakin nice if u ask me.. esp using dsp manager to tweak out the bass and treble

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and in which case... the sound quality is pretty freakin nice if u ask me.. esp using dsp manager to tweak out the bass and treble
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Some where I read dsp doesn't do any good instead conflicted with the rom, but that when I was with my VIVID. Maybe i should give dsp manager a try now.

really? thats weird.. i had it on my inspire running exitz AOSP 4.03 and it worked great... works on my HTC Flyer as well.. and i DEF notice a diff when i turn it on on my ION...

I really only use the default music player on the phone and you just gotta play around with the equalizer a bit. From dubstep to screamo and everything in between I've gotten it to sound pretty damn good from the speaker. Not perfect quality, but hey, it's a phone. Anyone with something they can stream it to I'd advise that over anything though, if I wanna play it out loud I stream it to my Sony Google TV.

Yeah it is what it is so to speak. I'm good w it.
Anybody needs DSP Manager I posted it along with some other 2.3.7 apps under the "Themes & Apps" section of this forum. They all should install regularly as they did for me. eb
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accts said:
Does anyone experience this ? my wife & I listen to internet radio (like pandora), she had a X8 (rooted) my is of course Ion. Compare the two, the sound for X8 was alot better clear and sharp bass. the Ion is just dull, a lot of white noise ? Is this because we haven't been able to unlock bootloader and rejuvenate its hardware ?
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Have you tried to enable XLoud in your audio settings?

discoceris said:
Have you tried to enable XLoud in your audio settings?
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Yes, did used the dsp manager too. I still didn't get that good quality sound. The speaker is loud, but sound is very dull not much of bass nor treble. I felt like it got a lot of white noise - Output to speakers however is better. Maybe I just don't know how to set it up.
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M9 boomsoumd speakers seem to be really low

I've owned the M8 and finally decided to get the M9 and the Boomsound speakers seem to be a let down so far.
I have it set to Music mode and full volume and can barely hear anything. My wife Lg G4 and Sisters Note 4 seem to o be a lot louder. Any fix?
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mikaeldalc said:
I've owned the M8 and finally decided to get the M9 and the Boomsound speakers seem to be a let down so far.
I have it set to Music mode and full volume and can barely hear anything. My wife Lg G4 and Sisters Note 4 seem to o be a lot louder. Any fix?
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same here, but only with ringtones and notifications.

Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/mod-dolby-atmos-t3109446 o
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211163

Try to switch from Dolby Theatre to Dolby Music.
If you got root then install Viper4Android and boost the speaker with the tweaks, but it looks like HTC have put a hardware limiter, so above a certain level of tweaking the speakers will keep the same volume, it's still better than stock volume though.

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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/mod-dolby-atmos-t3109446 o
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211163
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Has anybody tried the first link (Dolby Atmos) with Viper Rom? Any side effects besides battery drain? Glitches?

I installed the second link mod (Dragon soundmod)..No Luck. The boomsound speakers are NOT loud at all. I love the dual speakers but I prefer the loudness of the Lg G4 back speaker.
With the name BOOMSOUND and all the praises reviewers give this phones speakers, I expected more.

I prefer some quality with my loudness.

Try a song with a higher bit rate or a higher grade video with decent audio quality. You'll see that it is actually loud, HTC just haven't allowed people to break their speakers, something which has happened time and time again since the m7. In terms of audio quality its still the best there is, in terms of loudness, no there's phones out there, including the iPhone 6 with louder speakers. Maybe they could have given more. I'm still happy with it. if I was upset I'd use a mod, but if its going to affect the battery then no I wouldn't bother. Acid mod was good iirc

mikaeldalc said:
I installed the second link mod (Dragon soundmod)..No Luck. The boomsound speakers are NOT loud at all. I love the dual speakers but I prefer the loudness of the Lg G4 back speaker.
With the name BOOMSOUND and all the praises reviewers give this phones speakers, I expected more.
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Are you sure you don't have a hardware problem? Saying "I can barely hear them" strikes me as odd. My speakers aren't deafening, and they're certainly not as loud as a dedicated portable speaker (I have the HK One and use that often), but the M9 is definitely louder than other phones I've seen. My son has a G3 and is always telling he wishes he had the M9 speakers on his.
You might take it back to the store and compare with a floor model.

iElvis said:
Are you sure you don't have a hardware problem? Saying "I can barely hear them" strikes me as odd. My speakers aren't deafening, and they're certainly not as loud as a dedicated portable speaker (I have the HK One and use that often), but the M9 is definitely louder than other phones I've seen. My son has a G3 and is always telling he wishes he had the M9 speakers on his.
You might take it back to the store and compare with a floor model.
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thats what i was thinking about doing. I just watched a video on youtube that compares the HTC M9 to the Xperia Z3, GS6 and iphone 6. The HTC didn't hit as high on the decibel scale as the GS6, so i dont think its a hardware issue but im definitely gonna stop by a tmobile or something and compare.

i installed the dolby atmos mod and it is better than it used to be.

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Has anybody tried the first link (Dolby Atmos) with Viper Rom? Any side effects besides battery drain? Glitches?
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Yeah, the biggest let down is the volume of the M9 IMO..... It sounds better, but just isn't as loud. I use mine all the time around the office or at home when doing some things around the house and don't want to use my Bluetooth speaker or ear-buds, so the lower volume killed that option for me.
I started using the Dolby Atmos (first link) on my M9 last week..... Made a world of difference! You get a slight volume boost, plus more global EQ options and it works along with the stock Dolby/Boomsound of the M9. I don't really notice much of a drain, unless I'm doing nothing but listening to music, and at that it's maybe an extra percentage or two per hour. When not using it, I can't tell a difference? You can also turn it off/bypass it. If you don't like it, you can flash the remove zip to take it off.
There's an option in it called "Volume Leveler" that really increases the volume, but you can hear some "funky" compression kick in on loud parts and some distortion..... but for general listening, it works best as a volume boost. I'm actually afraid to turn it up 100% in that mode for the sake of blowing a speaker?

I have the same issue but on comparison to an m7 they are exactly the same. If any difference the m9 is clearer but if you're not too good at hearing then you might not notice any difference at all.
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