HonestFlames
Bronze Level Poster
I've had my Vortex 3 for a little while and everything about it is fantastic, apart from the audio.
The built-in speakers are dreadful. I'm comparing to my old Dell M1730. They really are very tinny and I've managed to do something to mine (at 50% volume) that makes an even more tinny rattle during playback at certain volumes of certain frequencies.
I don't really mind the built-in speakers being tinny, but the actual sound output to headphones is the worst I've heard from any device I've ever owned, including a £20 mp3 player I bought about 2 years ago.
There's no bass, there's nothing crisp about the sound, everything is muddied and a chore to listen to. This is through a set of quite expensive Sennheiser in-ear 'phones.
So, if you want to listen to music through external speakers, buy yourself a USB2 soundcard to go with your new Vortex 3. Even a cheap one will sound twice as good as the built-in audio!
The built-in speakers are dreadful. I'm comparing to my old Dell M1730. They really are very tinny and I've managed to do something to mine (at 50% volume) that makes an even more tinny rattle during playback at certain volumes of certain frequencies.
I don't really mind the built-in speakers being tinny, but the actual sound output to headphones is the worst I've heard from any device I've ever owned, including a £20 mp3 player I bought about 2 years ago.
There's no bass, there's nothing crisp about the sound, everything is muddied and a chore to listen to. This is through a set of quite expensive Sennheiser in-ear 'phones.
So, if you want to listen to music through external speakers, buy yourself a USB2 soundcard to go with your new Vortex 3. Even a cheap one will sound twice as good as the built-in audio!