I noticed that the lower speaker produces a much lower audio than the upper speakers, is normal? Someone told me that is normal because the lower speaker acts like a tweeter for the upper speaker, but I found this not true as the upper speakers has more low, mid and high sounds than the lower spekear, he also told me that this answer was provided by Sony. Can you test this?
alexhdkn said:
I noticed that the lower speaker produces a much lower audio than the upper speakers, is normal? Someone told me that is normal because the lower speaker acts like a tweeter for the upper speaker, but I found this not true as the upper speakers has more low, mid and high sounds than the lower spekear, he also told me that this answer was provided by Sony. Can you test this?
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Top should be a bit deeper, if you have big difference probably bottom speaker is not ok...
Have you made it wet recently? If one of the speakers ha been exposed to water recently, it has to dry off completely before performing as it should. Another cause might be the accumulation of dirt in the speaker grills, which prevents it from vibrating properly. In the latter case, soak it in water and rinse off.
I have the same problem with mines...seems that the right channel (lower speaker) is in fact significantly softer...causing me to miss a lot of calls since only the right channel speaker is used during incoming call ringtone
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Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 5's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
it's loud, but on max volume there's a lot of distortion, contacted Xiaomi, they sayed that's normal (i don't think so, maybe faulty batch, mine's 64GB white one). Overall, loud, but not clear enough.
How is the sound quality through 3.5mm jack?
killbox said:
How is the sound quality through 3.5mm jack?
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Great and loud, loudest from all phones i had. Check gsmarena review for more details
Anybody tried to cover one of the speakerphone holes? I've tried mine, and sounds from the left ones are small compared to the right ones. I looked into the holes, and it seems that something covered the left holes from the inside. I've attached a picture of it.
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Anybody tried to cover one of the speakerphone holes? I've tried mine, and sounds from the left ones are small compared to the right ones. I looked into the holes, and it seems that something covered the left holes from the inside. I've attached a picture of it.
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same for my phone, seems to be normal
vegasphinx said:
Anybody tried to cover one of the speakerphone holes? I've tried mine, and sounds from the left ones are small compared to the right ones. I looked into the holes, and it seems that something covered the left holes from the inside. I've attached a picture of it.
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the left hole probably contains mic and no speaker and also for symmetry
loud and clear
loud and beautiful
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The speakerphone is very loud and clear, it's amazing to have the combination of both
In test the loudspeaker is quiet good
Source: G******A
vegasphinx said:
Anybody tried to cover one of the speakerphone holes? I've tried mine, and sounds from the left ones are small compared to the right ones. I looked into the holes, and it seems that something covered the left holes from the inside. I've attached a picture of it.
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Hey mate,
That is not the speaker hole. That hole for the mic and this phone comes with the single speaker (just mono not like stereo).
Headphone
I have no problem with the speakerphone sound, but the headphone out could be a lot better, lots of background noise with sensitive in ear monitors. That said, other "flaships" like the LG G2 suffer from the same problem...
Which ROM are you using? Do you have VoLTE in your country?
I am using CM 13.0-20161211-NIGHTLY.
The speakerphone sound is pretty loud and clear, but my friends tell me my mic is pretty bad while I'm using the speakerphone.
I think my problem is ROM dependent rather than a hardware defect.
I am planning to revert to MIUI soon, I will keep you posted.
I got crackling and broken loudspeaker, tried to flash another ROM but the issue persisted :crying:
I flashed MIUI Global Stable ROM.
The speakerphone now works fine on phone calls.
I still got issues on Skype calls though (it occurs only on Skype).
i got htc one m8 now, and planning to upgrade to this phone, what do i need to expect about sound quality?
strikereg said:
I have no problem with the speakerphone sound, but the headphone out could be a lot better, lots of background noise with sensitive in ear monitors. That said, other "flaships" like the LG G2 suffer from the same problem...
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I'm afraid it's your headphones mate. The phone is very clear and proper tests (through GSMarena) show that it has the lowest distortion of any phone on the market (conparable to Sabre DACs), not to mention it's decently loud too, something phones like the G2 can't boast. That said, I didn't like the sound signature (how the output is shaped), so I replaced the audio driver with Viper4Android and disabled Xiaomi's driver altogether. I suggest you try that and see if that works for you?
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I'm afraid it's your headphones mate. The phone is very clear and proper tests (through GSMarena) show that it has the lowest distortion of any phone on the market (conparable to Sabre DACs), not to mention it's decently loud too, something phones like the G2 can't boast. That said, I didn't like the sound signature (how the output is shaped), so I replaced the audio driver with Viper4Android and disabled Xiaomi's driver altogether. I suggest you try that and see if that works for you?
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In a way it really is the headphones, for being such good IEM
They cost more than the Xiaomi Mi5. Problem is, good IEM are generally very sensitive, so they need a good quality source, with no background noise.
Sorry but it the Mi5 really has bad sound quality. Way worse that any iPhone.
I've given up and went and bought an IPhone 7. No problems there, of course.
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In a way it really is the headphones, for being such good IEM
They cost more than the Xiaomi Mi5. Problem is, good IEM are generally very sensitive, so they need a good quality source, with no background noise.
Sorry but it the Mi5 really has bad sound quality. Way worse that any iPhone.
I've given up and went and bought an IPhone 7. No problems there, of course.
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I also prefer IEMs for their sound quality. Which ones do you use? Also, check out this website and run the tests, it's quite fun and revealing: http://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php
See the attached screenshot. There shouldn't be an audible distortion difference between the Mi 5 and iPhone. And unlike the iPhone, you can actually change the audio driver to suit your preference.
Edit: Looking at the numbers you can see that the Mi 5 has quicker frequency response, lower noise level, higher dynamic range, less harmonic distortion, less intermodulation distortion, and less stereo crosstalk than an iPhone 6s. There is not a single thing you can measure where the iPhone does better yet you call the Mi 5 "way worse". I don't have an iPhone on me so I can't verify it myself, but output should be identical.
Has anyone noticed that the bottom speaker volume is lower than the top one (ear peace) when playing music? or is it only me?
I did not notice it before because I always use headsets but today I spilled some juice on it and washed it under the sink water after that I played some music just to see what's up and noticed this uneven volume coming out from both speakers. I will let it dry and see if it was the cause but has anyone else noticed that?
And if you are talking on the phone using speakers only bottom one works. Is it normal?
Yes they are different but I think it's intentional because not only is the volume different, but they each put out different kinds of sound if you notice.
omarfarrah said:
Yes they are different but I think it's intentional because not only is the volume different, but they each put out different kinds of sound if you notice.
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Yeah I did notice the output of the sound is different from each speaker. I already thought I have faulty unit and wanted to return it but now you saved my worry <3 Thank you.
I wouldn't say that it's intentional as if Sony wanted both speakers to be different. It's normal though and to be expected because the speakers aren't identical. The top speaker is of higher quality.
sunking101 said:
I wouldn't say that it's intentional as if Sony wanted both speakers to be different. It's normal though and to be expected because the speakers aren't identical. The top speaker is of higher quality.
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I just wanted to know if I am not the only one with such situation. As I mentioned before I did not notice it until I used it. Thank you for replying.
Hello,
Not sure if this is worth a new thread but anyway, here it is.
I did notice some difference between the sound played by the top and the bottom speaker. One of them seems a bit louder (not as much as we can hear with the XL variant) and likely with more bass.
Is the sound identical to both speaker on your device, meaning mine might be defective ?
There's a small difference, more bass on the lower one and more treble on the top. Not a big difference but noticeable if you listen for it.
Thanks for the answer
Everything's normal then :good:
When listening to any stereo sound which is produced from both the earpiece and the bottom main speaker I notice the volume on the earpiece is always lower than the bottom one (about 8/10). Sound quality is a little bit different on them too. Although they still can produce stereo effect, but when compare them side by side it is pretty annoying, they do not produce a good sound balance. I tried cleaning the earpiece slit but it didn't help at all.
Does any one notice the same issue? Is it normal with this kind of speaker design or my earpiece might be clogged by some reason?
gsx-r said:
When listening to any stereo sound which is produced from both the earpiece and the bottom main speaker I notice the volume on the earpiece is always lower than the bottom one (about 8/10). Sound quality is a little bit different on them too. Although they still can produce stereo effect, but when compare them side by side it is pretty annoying, they do not produce a good sound balance. I tried cleaning the earpiece slit but it didn't help at all.
Does any one notice the same issue? Is it normal with this kind of speaker design or my earpiece might be clogged by some reason?
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Yes earpiece is low in sound level.
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The earpiece is a smaller speaker, deeper in the body of the phone. The volume of it will be always slightly lower (although not that noticeable unless you try to use your phone as a boombox).