I just tried listening to music with and without the fiio e-7. The difference is not that huge. E7 gives a slight boost in max volume but nowhere near a satisfying hearing level. I admit that my laptop might have a weak sound card but shouldn't E-7 take over its role when I plug it into the usb...

I use windows media player when listening to music offline. When I am on youtube, I just use their default player. The volume bar on both programs are shifted to the max.  Maybe some of the settings needs to be adjusted to amplify the sound?  

thanks for the feedback. I think i have ruled out the possibility that my pair is defective since I also own a pair of Senheiser HD 380 pro, and it also doesn't sound loud to me on max volume. I tested it on two different laptops. And on both of them I need to crank the volume to the highest to...

Hi   I recently bought a pair of ath m50 and given that I have turn my onboard laptop volume to the max to just get a satisfying hearing level, I decided to buy a fiio E7 to boost the volume and quality of the sound. But surprisingly, I don't hear much difference in the loudness of the sound...