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What's the deal with low volume on Sansa Clip+?

post #1 of 4
2/4/11 at 4:12pm
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My 2nd gen iPod nano died and I got myself a clip+. Compared to nano and iPhone 4 I noticed clip+ doesn't drive my IEMs that well, even such sensitive ones as W3 and HJE900. It's not so much loudness (though I have to crank clip+ up closer to its limit) but this unmistakable faint "weakness" in the sound that cries "amp me!".

 

In menus I noticed that there's default Standard volume control and then Loud setting. I tried and it seemed to distort. So I was wondering how this gain is implemented and what it does.

 

EDIT: I googled and found that this could be overzealous EU hearing protection laws when Region is set to Europe. But I set my region to North America from the very beginning so this couldn’t be the cause of low volume.

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post #2 of 4
2/4/11 at 6:29pm

Hi albau,

 

I found Rockboxing my Clip+ increased the volume a fair bit.

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post #3 of 4
2/4/11 at 7:37pm
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Thanks David, I was planning to rockbox it all along same as my departed nano. Just was curious what's wrong with standard firmware.

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post #4 of 4
2/5/11 at 4:06am

Make sure you dont have it set to EU volume limit.

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