[Salsaming]

Just got a Sennheiser HD 228 for my 4 weeks old Cowon S9. Strange enough the loudness is verry soft even when the volume is put on 100 procent loud.
Is it possible that the loudness of the sound is limited by an option? After reading the manual i couldn't found anything about the loudness of the sound. Or is it possible that the Senn sould be burn in for 50 hours? With a Senn CX500 the max loudness is bitt louder then the HD 228.

Any input welcome
Thanks in advance,

Kind regards,
Ming
Netherlands

 

[Acreo Aeneas]

At max volume, the your music should be unbearably loud with the HD228. According to the Sennheiser website, the HD228 has only 24 ohm impedance (same impedance as my HD201). At 24 my HD201 is quite loud playing back high bitrate MP3 rips of my CDs.

Did you clean out your ears? Maybe earwax is blocking out some of the sound?
Did you plug the headphone jack all the way in?
Have you tested the HD228 with another device to see if you're experiencing the same problem?
Are you using high quality music files?

 

[tot]

Did you select the EU option when first starting the player? If you did, that may limit the maximum volume.

 

[Salsaming]

What's a EU option? I don't do anything special when first starting the player.
If it's on standard how can i switch it off? Don't read anything about EU in the manual.

Thanks for imput.

 

[emofruit]

Maybe your music just isn't a very high quality rip? That can affect loudness.

 

[tot]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salsaming /img/forum/go_quote.gif What's a EU option? I don't do anything special when first starting the player. If it's on standard how can i switch it off?

At least for me the first thing the player asked was a region, EU or rest of the world.

Quick googling reveals this post how someone managed to reset it and solve the volume issue.

 

[Salsaming]

Hi there,

Thanks for all your imputs. Specially to Tot. It was indeed the EU installation.
After I format the player and install without EU the sound was terrific.
Thanks again.

Many listning pleasure
Ming

 

[Acreo Aeneas]

I completely forgot about the region thingy. You could have just reinstalled the firmware instead of reformatting the device. That way your music and most of your EQ settings wouldn't get wipe.