Head-Fi.org › Forums › Equipment Forums › Headphones (full-size) › Shure SRH440 too quiet?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Shure SRH440 too quiet?

post #1 of 5
12/25/11 at 7:38am
Thread Starter 

have just got the 440 yesterday and they are very quiet i have to have them on the loudest setting for them to be to my taste and even then they are not as loud as other headphones i have heard. is this normal? i use them on my iphone 4s

Reply
post #2 of 5
12/25/11 at 7:44am

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryanetto87 View Post

i have to have them on the loudest setting for them to be to my taste and even then they are not as loud as other headphones i have heard.


What are those other headphones exactly ?

 

 

 

Reply
post #3 of 5
12/25/11 at 7:45am
Thread Starter 

Some over ear skull candys which where only about 20 quid. The 440 are comparable to the apple buds in volumei would actually say the apples are louder on the lower settings.

Reply
post #4 of 5
12/25/11 at 7:54am

Well, maybe the other headphones are just easier to drive (although the SRH-440 should not be hard, either, it only needs about 0.5V RMS - which is probably close to what a typical portable device can output - for 110 dB), but if it is really quiet, there might indeed be a problem. Are both channels equally quiet ?

 

Reply
post #5 of 5
12/25/11 at 8:04am

by quiet did you mean thin sounding? compared to skullcandies the 440 may sound a little bit thin and lack of bass, that might confused you to think that it is too quiet.

 

just my 2 cents though,

 

 

cheers,

Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Headphones (full-size)
Head-Fi.org › Forums › Equipment Forums › Headphones (full-size) › Shure SRH440 too quiet?