Hardware 3DS sound quality and volume?

[Mesiskope]

the sound quality is better than dsi
and the volume is so loud a librarian asked me to leave.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

the sound quality is better than dsi
and the volume is so loud a librarian asked me to leave.

Rightfully so.

 

[Eamon]

I have a 3DS and I must say the volume is too low even with headphones

I have a PSP and I recently completed Birth by Sleep and I kinda enjoyed its soundtrack. So I transferred a track to SD card and ran it on 3DS music application and it was significantly lower than when I heard it on the PSP. Not to mention, the output sound quality is also a bit inferior to the PSP.

This is quite disappointing really. I hope Nintendo can fix these issues with a software update. I was quite excited when I saw the Dream Drop Distance trailer with its graphics but I'm not sure if it will deliver in the audio now...

 

[JoyConG]

Qualities great; but I feel it's a little quiet on max.. Still immersive; but feels short.

 

[MakiManPR]

I have a 3DS and I must say the volume is too low even with headphones

I have a PSP and I recently completed Birth by Sleep and I kinda enjoyed its soundtrack. So I transferred a track to SD card and ran it on 3DS music application and it was significantly lower than when I heard it on the PSP. Not to mention, the output sound quality is also a bit inferior to the PSP.

This is quite disappointing really. I hope Nintendo can fix these issues with a software update. I was quite excited when I saw the Dream Drop Distance trailer with its graphics but I'm not sure if it will deliver in the audio now...

What this guy said, the 3DS sound is a crap, no good even with headphones
And this can't be fixed with a software update cuz its hardware related I hope next revision fix all the problems the 3DS has

 

[chris888222]

Compare it to a DS Lite and the audio is plain awesome (headphones are significantly softer though).

Compare it to a DSi XL/LL and it's crap.

 

[Arnold Schwarzen]

I have more to add. It seems that when I'm playing my 3DS the volume is all right and I don't find it to be that loud but when I leave it at max and leave it in my room it's pretty audible from afar. Though I do agree with using headphones, audio is too damn low when I use them (but only have certain mp3s and games). I notice DS games generally sound louder than my only 3DS game SSFIV (despite using stereo or surround and maxed up volume in options) so I think it has little to do with software too.

 

[nitrozz]

I have noticed that the sound is very low in the maximum volume

again: sorry bad English

 

[Coto]

the 3DS volume sucks compared to a PSP. I'm even looking for a hardware mod which could boost a little if possible the low-volume. On 3DS speakers is actually louder, but on earphones just sucks.

 

[Talton]

My 3DS Speakers are amazing.. IMO
Playing on Zelda, you get what seems like a true surround sound feeling sometimes, but you do stop noticing it after awhile

 

[The Milkman]

3DS has awesome sound quality but its not loud that's all.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

Well unless you have an app like Moonshell for it where it lets it increase the volume by 200% then its not that loud.

 

[Hanks6]

headphone/line-out is low volume...you need easily driven headphones/earphones to get decent volume out of it.

 

[andy26129]

Naw, solution is here. Just clean your damn ears...simple.

 

[TheCasketMan]

People say that the 3ds uses 7.1 Surround Sound, but the 3ds is not that loud to me or maybe I'm getting deaf

 

[FireGrey]

It's way too loud for me at full and the sound quality is awesome.
It's also great that they have a slider for the volume instead of +/- buttons.

 

[loco365]

It has a good sound quality to them, but a friend of mine had his speaker go out mere hours after he bought his 3DS. He still needs to ship it in. >_>

 

[BoxmanWTF]

The speakers do their job well and it's loud enough when playing a game.
Though I noticed that the volume in 3DS sound is really low, so much so that you're better off using 3DS camera after putting in a custom video.
I had Sonic Generations playing some old sonic songs and that was really loud with headphones, but when I tried playing the same songs in 3DS sound, you could barely hear it

 

[AlanWeird]

I bought a preowned 3ds close to launch. Its sound was utterly screwed. Way too low! Had to send it to Nintendo for a warranty repair.

But yeah, I'm pleased as hell with its volume. It's really quite brilliant how loud it can be.