Sony NWZA818 volume level

[CoreRipOffDuo]

I bought one of these last month and it's a solid little MP3. Great sound quality and bass, however, if the bass goes up the volume level goes down. I'm still using the supplied headphones as they're pretty decent. Does buying another set help with the volume level any?

I had a Creative Zen Micro before, and while that lacked on overall bass, it can't be beaten for loudness. I miss it

Is there any work around beyond shelling out ££ for noise canceling headphones?? Budgets a little tight due to possible house move.

 

[rangor gubbins]

have you turned AVLS off? (home->settings->common settings)

 

[CoreRipOffDuo]

Never had it on. Admittedly the Zen Micro was quite treble heavy. The EQ settings are a little lacking on the Sony.

 

[rangor gubbins]

Is the dynamic normalizer on? I was t4esting it yesterday and noticed it seemed to do strange things with songs with lots of bass

 

[CoreRipOffDuo]

Yeah, that was on. After turning it off bass heavy songs do have more treble coming through.

 

[Vegetarian]

Put clingfilm over the 3 vents at the back of the suplied headphones.

 

[CoreRipOffDuo]

Put clingfilm over the 3 vents at the back of the suplied headphones.

Why would I do that?

 

[benjo plz.]

keep em fresh?
masking tape works far better.

 

[james.miller]

Why would I do that?

changes the sound of the earphones completely. in regards to bass, makes them more efficient at the bottom end (louder bass) so you can get away with using a lower clearbass setting on the mp3 player and ultimately being able to play louder. it also increases the noise blocking of the earphones.

masking tape works far better.

not in my experience.

 

[benjo plz.]

not in my experience.

try it.

 

[james.miller]

you know what 'my experience' means?