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SONY A845 Volume Capped - SOLUTION?

post #1 of 12
4/23/10 at 7:44am
Thread Starter 
Is there any solution for volume capped on SONY A845?

Thanks in advance
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post #2 of 12
4/23/10 at 8:32am
^ Are you sure it is volume capped? Mine is pretty loud (AVLS set to off). Where did you buy it?
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post #3 of 12
4/23/10 at 9:15am
Thread Starter 
Hi,

Absolutely sure. Bought it in Portugal. At 30 volume is still not loud enough for my taste (AVLS set to off). I'm acostummed to my Cowon S9 (not capped) at volume 24/25, which is much louder than this. The question is that I can't hear the same highs and bass as I do with the Cowon, due to the "relatively" low volume. And I know the A845 would deliver. Sound is very good, I can feel that, but I would need a bit more volume to could compare it to the Cowon. Due to the higher volume, Cowon's has twice the impact.

It's impoprtant to say that highs, bass, soundstage, instrument separation, etc, are as good as Cowon's. It's just the low volume that is limiting Sony's sound impact. A shame...
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post #4 of 12
4/23/10 at 3:56pm
perhaps it is capped, since at the store when I was testing both the X and A, the X sounded much louder. This was one reason why I bought the X and not the A.
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post #5 of 12
4/23/10 at 4:37pm
You can play noticably louder by boosting one of the custom EQs, at the cost of losing some sound quality and altering the sound signature.
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post #6 of 12
4/24/10 at 6:14pm
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Yes, I did that (custom EQ), but I would still need just a bit more volume. I'll have to use it amped.
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post #7 of 12
5/31/10 at 1:48am

turn on dynamic normalizer

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post #8 of 12
5/31/10 at 12:23pm
Sorry to say that dynamic normaliser almost certainly won't fix things... What that does is to make it that quiet parts are louder, and louder parts quieter, so as to make a "flatter" (in terms of volume spikes / peaks) less intrusive sound, less likely to blow your ears apart if you are, let's say, someone who is into opera or classical...



I wonder if there is a way to disable volume limiting in the service menus how there has been in the past??
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post #9 of 12
6/1/10 at 1:38am

oh=) thank you =) I noticed that sometimes it increases volume greatly =) so i suggested this feature.

 

Mine is loud also. approximately at 15-20 is loud enough even to block outside noise


Edited by Vladimir_F1 - 6/1/10 at 1:47am
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post #10 of 12
5/27/11 at 1:23pm

the A845 is definitely quieter than previous Sony Models..

 

the difference is about 4-5 levels.

 

if I am using 15/40 on the A845 it is 10/40 on the NWZ 639 (easy listening)

 

and if I am using 25/40 on the A845 it is 15/40 on the NWZ 639(Rock out Mode)

 

the restriction on the 845 is at 19/40

 

so, I do listen to music pretty loud but it could be worse.

 

 


Edited by Nestroit - 5/27/11 at 1:25pm
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post #11 of 12
5/28/11 at 9:54am

Seriously, I have seen a lot of people asking about this. I have bought my A845 in Portugal as well, and I use 10/30 with the stock IEMs. es, the darned thing is capped, but the maximum volume is more than enough to pierce through normal eardrums. I am serious, why do people complaint so much?

 

Either you have headphones with a very high impedance, thus creating a big imp. mismatch, in which case more volume would still not solve the problem, since it would still degrade the sound quality;

 

Or you have low-sensitivity headphones, in which case I'm sorry, but an amp would be needed just like in the case above;

 

Or, as I suspect, you got used to loud volumes, which is kind of ironic if you're using an active noise-cancelling DAP, and have hearing problems, in which case I would recommend a doctor and not an amp or a different DAP.

 

I am not exaggerating when I say that volume 30 on my capped A845 with the stock IEMs would literally hurt my ears.

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post #12 of 12
5/28/11 at 10:05am

There is no current solution to the volume cap - the service menu is locked.

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