Thread: The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet has FM Radio Built-in!
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lbattraw is offline lbattraw
2007-09-17 , 18:03
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Originally Posted by bkrownd View Post
Unfortunately the earphone volume on the n800 is really weak, and would be very difficult to hear on a typical city street. I may try noise-cancelling earphones, but I'm wondering if it's possible to get much more volume out of higher quality earphones?
In a word, YES. Particularly the in-ear earphones that seal out background noise. Sometimes even some of quietest music can be pretty loud with the volume down low. The headphones don't need to be something really expensive ($30 - $40 is fine) to really sound nice and be very loud. I've tried Audio-Technica, Denon, Panasonic RP-55, and some of the more expensive ones-- they all generally sound good, though the more expensive ones may not that as nice, honestly. If you're in the US I'd suggest a $7 in-line volume adjuster (from Radio Shack) so you can get the volume as quiet as you want without any "hiss" or noise since the headphones are really sensitive.

Larry