How to make your A800 sound like a S700 but with more bass and detail?

[veggiemusician]

After my S705 was stollen I turned up home and my mum had got me a shiny new A805 as a pressent! After playing about with it I can comfirm that the A800 has more bass than the S700.

But almost every forum post says that the A800 is not as strong in the bass department as the s700.

I find the bass extends deeper on the a800. The sound is more gritty... like the sound is lying on wet n dry paper... the S700 is like on felt or wool.

The problem I found with the S700 is that its just too soft... the bass was flabby and not that deep, mids where too warm and resessed highs. The A800 sorts all this. However I think the default EQ is a bit off and thats why people are finding the player harsh etc.... it pushes a bit too much mids!

Try this

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Take the earphones - look for 3 vents at back - cover them with 3 layers of sellotape... put a pin hole in centre vent.

This makes the A800 have the same sound signiture as the S700 but with added detail and deeper bass

[bryue]

I'm surprised that nobody replied to this thread as this one actually interests me the most.

I've been looking for a mp3 player for quite a while now...

My last DAP was a Sony NW-E507 with Sony MDREX71SL earphones. Yea... I'm pretty outdated but I enjoyed the sound quality from the E507 but I heard stories about the significant better audio quality from more recent Sony DAPs.

At some point, I was hesitating between the A800 series (now A810 series) and the S700 series because I had no idea which one sounded best. Can anyone else confirm this thread for me?

[asadasad22]

I have A608... Has S700/A800 better sound? The better earphones doesn't matter, because I have CX300.

[markey]

I can confirm that the A80X/A81X is the better sounding player