Thread: Are we SURE the N900 has good sound quality?
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2009-12-05 , 06:44
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Originally Posted by nilchak View Post
Just got my N900 a day ago ... have been listening to music on it now. The N900 speakers are pretty loud and clear by itself.

But I thought I would play my music on my older N810 on Canola.

Side by side, the N810 wins hands down - much deeper sound and more filling rather than the slighly tinny sound on the N900.

The N900 sounds much better than my wife's 5800 - but the N810 is certainly better - of course the N810 is a bigger device and thus more space for better speakers.
Please do not confuse speaker sound quality with the quality of the headphone jack. (Just to raise awareness.)

I, too taking a stroll in the audiophile corner once in a while (but maintaining a firm grip on that flighty wallet) can recommend something to heal that annoying noise floor:

Shure Volume Control

My MP3 divice is an iRiver H320. Wonderful device and low noise floor, but with Westone IE Monitors(UM1 if the budget is thight*), it still is audible...
Using the VolControl might/will have (slight) impact on your headphones sound reproduction. I found it a justifiable trade against no (audible) noise floor.

OT: Another point why I will like the N900; the iRiver H320 sports 22mm of thickness glory.

*Wonderful things - to my liking. Don't go ordering these without proper review of other possibilities. Audio can get very subjective.