Listening to music on the Pulse

[Guest chris9181]

Doesn't sound great does it?

Am I missing something, is there an App/Music Player that allows you to put a bit of bass on?

Cheers

Chris

[Guest darkdevil1]

Is this with (stock) headphones or using the terrible built-in speakers?

Edited June 10, 2010 by darkdevil1

[Guest ogiogi]

Which headphones do you use. I use the headphones from my SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 player. The ones that came with the phone suck big time.

[Guest summerlove]

Which headphones do you use. I use the headphones from my SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 player. The ones that came with the phone suck big time.

the stock sansa ones suck pretty hard themselves. even stock cowon headphones are bad

[Guest ogiogi]

the stock sansa ones suck pretty hard themselves. even stock cowon headphones are bad

:) I know. But they are better than Huawei ones.

I'm getting these for the Clip BTW

http://www.amazon.com/JBuds-Premium-Hi-Fi-...3241&sr=1-4

Edited June 10, 2010 by ogiogi

[Guest m4dm3n]

Agree, one supplied with Pulse are absolutly rubbish, using bluetooth set - Jabra BT3030 - no problems and can recommend it as good alternative

regrads

[Guest chris9181]

Is this with (stock) headphones or using the terrible built-in speakers?

Yes I'm just using the headphones that came with the phone. I just thought that you would be able to adjust base etc. I used to have an equalizer on my cheapo Sony Ericsson which sounded better.

[Guest Pipe Merchant]

you might try getting a headphone amp. the output from the pulse may not be strong enough to get the kind of bass you want!

[Guest Simon O]

Sound output from the Pulse is pretty quiet too :)

[Guest Rizzly]

I found that using the G7 V2r2 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517745 helped make the sound better. Not louder, but less distorted, I noticed the max volume was increased in 2.1 (or imagined), but it was much more distorted than before. This soundmod gives the same volume, but less distortion.

[Guest cagster]

The Pulse is no ipod :-)

Edited June 10, 2010 by cagster

[Guest Simon Taylor]

The sound on the pulse is bloody dreadful.

Using normal headphones it is impossible to hear most podcasts over most public transport. As for the London Undergoroud, forget it! The only ones you can listen to with normal headphones are the TWiT ones, since they normalise their audio properly.

The stock headphones work better if you stick them in your ears with the grill facing forward - they are louder and bassier like this! Then, and only then, can I hear most of my podcasts.

THEN there is the speaker!!!!! I love to listen to podcasts whilst cooking, but even the sound of the kettle boiling drowns out the audio... until of course Louder Volume Hack is installed. But even then, the audio is often distorted unless you turn it down!

GRRRRRR this is my one big frustration with the pulse (apart from the battery life, the general slowness, etc etc... but it was only £150, what can I expect! :) )

OK, rant over, I feel better now.

[Guest jonathonf]

Sennheiser CX-300s with a 120 Ohm impedance adapter. Can't complain.

If you need more volume, stick in a headphone amp (I have a FiiO E5, works well enough when I need it).