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Disappointing sound quality

Cryssie — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 11:13:22 GMT

Hello Sony people.

I paired my new Z3 Mothership with a pair of MDR-EX450 headphones but I could not get a decent sound out of it using the Walkman app and all the sound options. I even handed it to my soundtech boyfriend thinking I was missing something and he spend a good 30 minutes going through everything. No dice. Especially the midrange was bad. Undefined and woolly. In the end we turned of every special sound feature and installed poweramp. I required some fiddling with the EQ but I now have very good sound.

The phone is capable of producing spectacular sound but the software is not working perfectly just yet.

Re: Disappointing sound quality

Uliwooly — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 20:56:27 GMT

Just curious, have you unlocked the bootloader?

Re: Disappointing sound quality

Cryssie — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 23:32:01 GMT

Nope. I've read you lose DRM rights so it seemed a counter productive thing to do.

Also there is no lag and nothing that irritates me enough to root so I see no point in unlocking it.