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    FZ 4000 Headphone Volume

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by greggara, Apr 2, 2008.

  1. greggara

    greggara Notebook Guru

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    Ordered and received a FZ4000. I like it. Nice computer but I was trying to search for an answer as to why the headphone volume is so low at max. I find it very faint. Is there any way to fix this? I read about a fix on the older FZ model, but it doesnt work on this one. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
     
    greggara, Apr 2, 2008
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    Does anyone else have this problem?
     
    greggara, Apr 3, 2008
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    Transfer Notebook Consultant

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    Yes I have the same notebook and the same problem. Speaker and headphone volume are both quite low but I don't know of anything that can be done about it. Just turn it all the way up I guess.
     
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    I guess I just have to live with it. Maybe other people dont find it so bad.
    Thanks for the reply.
     
    greggara, Apr 4, 2008
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    Only the built-in speaker volume is too low. Headphone volume is good. Get a good headphone. I am using a panasonic h/p.
     
    coolguy, Apr 4, 2008
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    The headphone volume has a lot to do with both the impedance and the efficiency of the headphones. The built in amp is only able to put out x amount of power. If the headphones present a higher load on the amp the volume will suffer. Likewise if for a given watt of power the headphones are only capable of giving a low decibel level the volume suffers.

    With the original drivers it was possible to invoke a "loudness" setting. This provided an eq curve that gave an apparent volume boost. But after I installed the newer drivers in anticipation of installing SP1 that setting disappeared.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 4, 2008
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    greggara Notebook Guru

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    I am using Bose in ear headphones. They work really good with my Ipod. Maybe thats the problem. I will try another pair.
     
    greggara, Apr 4, 2008
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    You are correct. I just tried the headphones that came with the Ipod and they are loud. Really appreciate it. Thanks.
     
    greggara, Apr 4, 2008
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