PS4 low volume

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:57 am

Is there something I can do about the low volume of this system? I use a headset plugged into the controller. With them maxed up and the PS4 up all the way I get barely normal sound level. Is there a way to pump this up?

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:36 pm

A headphone amp would likely be your best bet.

At ~$35, the Creative Sound Blaster E1 is a decent portable headphone amp, with excellent battery life, that should be fully PS4-compatible.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:44 pm

Does your TV have a headphone jack?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:47 pm

I use my PS4 with my PC monitor so nope.....dont think..id have to look.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:57 pm

Daehawk wrote:I use my PS4 with my PC monitor so nope.....dont think..id have to look.

Something like this could do the trick. You run an optical audio cord from the PS4 to the doohickey, then plug your headphones into the doohickey.

Post by **FishPants** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:58 pm

I'm using Kingston HyperX over the ear headphones, plug it into the PS4 and have never had an issue with low volume. Perhaps its the headphones you are using? Do your headphones offer a volume slider?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:40 pm

No I use Sennheiser G4ME ZERO. They take a lot to drive...Im thinking my PS4 just cant drive them. They have the seperate mic and speaker plugs too. They work great with my sound card. I was hoping it was just a setting. I cant afford another piece of hardware. I had to by that Y dongle cable splitter to even use them on my PS4 and get both sound and mic in the single plug. Their Impedance is 50 so take power to drive them.

Post by **FishPants** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:19 am

Daehawk wrote:No I use Sennheiser G4ME ZERO. They take a lot to drive...Im thinking my PS4 just cant drive them. They have the seperate mic and speaker plugs too. They work great with my sound card. I was hoping it was just a setting. I cant afford another piece of hardware. I had to by that Y dongle cable splitter to even use them on my PS4 and get both sound and mic in the single plug. Their Impedance is 50 so take power to drive them.

From the HyperX data sheet, mine are 60 ohm, so in theory mine would be quiet (and they aren't). I think there's something mucked up in your config somewhere.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:26 am

Well thats good actually. Its something I can change then somehow.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:30 am

Daehawk wrote:Well thats good actually. Its something I can change then somehow.

Just a thought, have you flipped through the audio setup settings on the PS4? I don't recall for sure what options are there, but sometimes if things are set to 'surround' instead of 'headphone' you could end up with quieter audio since it's pumping some audio to nonexistent speakers.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:38 pm

I thought I had. I was afraid I may be missing some buried setting. Ill recheck again.

RuperT · Post by **RuperT** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 3:45 am

I use the headphone jack with earbuds that have a built-in mic, and seldom even turn my receiver on amymore.
Did you find the volume level in Settings>Devices>Controllers?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:03 am

Im using the headphones plugged into my controller. In the system the volume is maxed. i changed it from HDMI to Optical and nothing changed. gained nor lost volume.

RuperT · Post by **RuperT** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:49 am

Oops, that.should've been Settings>Devices>Audio Devices. I set mine nearly in the middle.

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