RockStar2005
Headphoneus Supremus
i just got my lg v20 like 10 days ago. great phone. main reason i got it was because of the dac. i have the international version and im using it in canada. the problem im having is that the music is not loud enough. im using the b and o h3 earphones that came with the v20. there isnt alot of bass. when i toogel between the hi-fi on and off it makes no difference. can anyone help me? or maybe explain to me whats going on. it is just the headphones?
You have 2 options saad. See below.
I too got the int'l V20, and it's great, though b/c phablets are just NOT my thing lol, I am returning it for the HTC 10. Anyway.........you probably are in one of 3 modes. There's Normal mode (weakest amp), Aux or EDD (External Device Detected) mode (2nd strongest amp), and High Impedance mode (HIM) (STRONGEST amp). There are tricks you can do to force the V20 to give you those stronger amps. And they are.....................
1) To get Aux/EDD mode, you need THIS connector (or adapter) which I currently have and am returning with my V20. Try to find it on the Canada Amazon, eBay, etc. I can confirm that it DEFINITELY works! The TRICK with both this and the next one is you MUST connect/insert the adapter into the phone FIRST, and THEN connect the headphones into the adapter SECOND. Or else it won't work.
2) Now this one I'm still waiting for to try out on my cousin's V20, but someone on here told me that THIS 3.5mm Impedance Adapter on eBay can trick the V20 to go into HIM, even IF you are using headphones with an impedance factor UNDER 50 ohms (50 ohms is the cutoff I guess). So I got the 75 ohm one. Someone else said the 100 ohm one or ESP the 175 ohm one can cause some distortion in the bass. I have NO clue yet if this one even works as it won't arrive until next week. You can reply to me in like a week or so from now to follow-up if you like, but it all depends on when I see my cousin. I'll see him Monday for sure, but I may not have it by then. I'm assuming since you didn't get HIM that your headphones must also be under 50 ohms like mine.
Read what I said above carefully and lemme know if you have any questions.
Good luck!