Do you know the reason why your headphones have low sound?

While using headphones, you may sometimes encounter an abnormally low sound from the headphones. Don't rush to replace a new headset, but let's find out the cause and fix below with TipsMake to adjust the volume to your liking. 

Reasons why headphones have low sound

The reason why headphones have low sound can come from the following reasons:

The speaker membrane is covered with dirt

Not cleaning the headphones regularly causes a lot of dirt to accumulate on the speaker membrane, which is also the main reason why the headphones have low sound. In addition, wearing dirty headphones can also affect hearing-related diseases.

Wire cut

A broken headphone wire is also a common cause of low sound or a situation where one side is loud and the other is small. Normally, the headset will be broken on the inside so it is very difficult for you to detect it, unless the break is too serious for it to appear. You can connect the headset to many different devices to check for this error.

Jack is loose

Small headphones can also come from a loose jack when you accidentally touch the plug or because you plug the headphones in too loosely.

The volume balance has not been adjusted

In case the headphones are small and the two sides are uneven, it is likely that the cause is because you have not adjusted the balance for the left and right sides.

Error from source

If your headphones are working normally, but when reconnected the sound is low, the error may be coming from your connecting device. 

Incompatible

Sometimes the headset is small because your device is not compatible with that headset. On the market there are some types of headphones that only connect to certain platforms. Therefore, check carefully before deciding to buy headphones.

Headphones are damaged

Dropping or having a strong impact on the headphones can also affect the sound quality, or even damage the internal speakers, causing the headphones to emit low sound or not be able to transmit sound.

Because water seeps in

Headphones that are soaked in water can cause the sound to be muffled or even damaged and unusable.

The headset is near an area of ​​interference

Particularly for Bluetooth headsets, this situation can occur when you are in an area with heavy interference.

How to fix low headphone sound quickly and effectively

After finding out the above causes, you can fix the low sound problem with the following simple ways:

1. Check the volume level again

First, you need to check the volume level. It's possible that your headphones are being adjusted to a volume level that's too low, causing the sound transmission to be low. At this point, you just need to increase the volume. 

However, in case the headset has loud sound and low sound, you can fix it through the following steps:

For iPhone:

1. Step 1: Go to 'Settings' and select 'Accessibility' on your iPhone.
2. Step 2: In the 'Listening' section , click 'Sound/Image' , then adjust the volume button to a balanced position so that the left and right sides emit the same amount of sound and you're done.

For Android:

Similar to iPhone, you will perform the following steps:

1. Step 1: Select ' Sound ' in the 'Settings' section.
2. Step 2: In the 'Media' section , adjust the volume level to the balanced position.

2. Restart the device

If the cause comes from your device, you can restart the device to fix this situation. Because sometimes your phone may have some minor software errors. When you restart your phone or computer, the device will automatically fix the error and become stable again.

3. Clean the earphone membrane

In case your headphones are small due to a lot of dirt on the speaker membrane, you should gently clean the headset membrane to ensure ventilation so that the sound is transmitted stably and of good quality. the best. 

Additionally, clean both the Jack and the headphone socket with a cotton swab soaked in diluted alcohol. Because these locations are also at risk of collecting dust and causing obstructions when connecting the headset to the device.

4. Check the headphone jack

Headphones with low sound may be due to a loose or damaged jack. Then, try plugging it in again, or connect it to another device to check. If the headset still works normally on another device, it means your phone's connection part is broken. At this point, what you need to do is bring the device to stores or repair centers for support.

When should you increase the headphone volume?

You should increase the headphone volume when the volume of the music source is too small or even though you have increased the volume, you still feel the sound is not loud enough. In addition, in a noisy environment, you can also increase the volume to drown out the noise and concentrate on working.

However, it should be noted that wearing headphones with too high a volume can damage your hearing. Therefore, please consider and increase it to a certain level, avoid listening to high volume for long periods of time so as not to harm your health.

Epilogue

Above are the causes and ways to fix the problem of low sound in headphones that you can refer to. Hope the article will be useful and don't forget to leave a comment below the comment section to be answered by the TipsMake team.

David Pac

Update 10 October 2023