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sansa clip not loud enough with KSC75

post #1 of 18
1/6/10 at 4:32am
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Hi,
I recently bought a sansa clip (4gb) and find it's not loud enough with KSC75.
Well, just enough when I turn up the volume about 90% of its maximum even with the volume set to "high".
I have c240 and don't usually turn it up more than 70% of its maximum.
Is it normal, or something wrong with the player I bought?
Thanks.
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post #2 of 18
1/6/10 at 5:32am
That's normal. The clip/clip+ is not a "loud" player.
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post #3 of 18
1/6/10 at 1:01pm
I'll try this combo when I get home. My theory is that you're either:

1. Listening way above safe levels.

2. Listening to very, very quiet music.

My guess is number one though.
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post #4 of 18
1/7/10 at 3:24am
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Originally Posted by RX7PHILE View Post
Hi,
I recently bought a sansa clip (4gb) and find it's not loud enough with KSC75.
Perhaps your settings are for normal volume and not high. Try this:
Settings->Volume->High then give another listen. I use the Portapros and the KSC75s and it is plenty loud.
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post #5 of 18
1/7/10 at 10:54am
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Originally Posted by RX7PHILE View Post
Hi,
I recently bought a sansa clip (4gb) and find it's not loud enough with KSC75.
Well, just enough when I turn up the volume about 90% of its maximum even with the volume set to "high".
I have c240 and don't usually turn it up more than 70% of its maximum.
Is it normal, or something wrong with the player I bought?
Thanks.
Have you considered a CMOY amp?
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post #6 of 18
1/10/10 at 1:03pm
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To TheRockies,
The volume is already set to 'high' in 'settings'.

To Albinoni,
I have a Cmoy amp, and it gets much louder with it of course. But, I don't usually carry the Cmoy amp with me when I go out.

To Punnisher,
I don't usually listen that loud at all. But who knows. Maybe I'm slowly becoming deaf.
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post #7 of 18
1/10/10 at 1:33pm
I think that's about right for the clip. I usually listen around 80%, going up to 90 once in a while for certain songs. 100% is generally too loud.

Like Armaegis said, the clip is not an especially loud player. But if a certain level is as high as you can go anyway, what difference does it make if that's 90 percent or 10 percent? You still can't go above it either way.
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post #8 of 18
1/10/10 at 7:43pm
Thread Starter 
I have always thought it's not a good idea to run headphones at close to maximum level, because that may degrade the sound quality. But, I haven't notice any of that yet though. Maybe I just like to have some headroom.
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post #9 of 18
1/11/10 at 3:31am
The KSC75 is not exactly an easy headphone to drive, so for you to have to crank up the volume knob is expected. I play my KSC75 at 90-100% volume and my ER4p at 75% volume on my Fuze.
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post #10 of 18
1/11/10 at 3:53am
Is Clip deploy the new EU regulation on sound limitation? I was told that the new regulation controll the volume under 100DB (some said 85 db). if so, to most ears, it is not so loud.
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post #11 of 18
1/12/10 at 1:11pm
usually, don't expect high output power from small player.
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post #12 of 18
1/12/10 at 1:44pm
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Originally Posted by faichiu View Post
usually, don't expect high output power from small player.
Lol, yeah - the thing is barely the size of a box of matches -- what do you expect, a woo 2?
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post #13 of 18
1/14/10 at 10:53pm
I think driving the 60 ohm ksc 75's are a bit much for the clip. You could adjust the equalizer for more volume or use mp3gain to get more sound out of your tracks, but I find anything above 32 ohms on the clip and you're always pretty close to max.
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post #14 of 18
1/14/10 at 11:10pm
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Originally Posted by TheRockies View Post
Perhaps your settings are for normal volume and not high. Try this:
Settings->Volume->High then give another listen. I use the Portapros and the KSC75s and it is plenty loud.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
I felt my Clip+ a bit 'mellow' as well.
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post #15 of 18
1/14/10 at 11:20pm
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Originally Posted by TheRockies View Post
Perhaps your settings are for normal volume and not high. Try this:
Settings->Volume->High then give another listen. I use the Portapros and the KSC75s and it is plenty loud.
op mentions its on 'high'

just tried my ksc75 with my sansa clip. I usually try to listen to music softly, on the clip I think about 60% on 'high' is loud enough, but I can understand some of you listening to close to 100%

If you need a louder player I highly recommend the cowon d2. I usually listen to it at 20-25%. However it is approx 2x the size of the clip
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