iPhone 16 pro max external speaker issues

devonte_ wrote:

My deepest apologies… silly mistake… thanks for correcting me.

I’m aware of the 2 stereo speakers on the iPhone, earpiece loudspeaker, and the bottom right.

The speakers built into iPhone or for that matter any cell phone are very small. Personally, the quality of the sound from a cell phone is literally at the bottom of the "important features" list for me. Small speakers can only sound so good. It's hard to defy the laws of physics as speakers move air to make sounds. Small speakers can't move a lot of air, so for me, cell phone speakers, including the ones built into my iPhone 16 Pro Max are acceptable, but not suitable for realistic music listening. I use Bluetooth earphones exclusively to listen to music.

I just listened to mine for a song and didn't notice the compression you seem to hear. One of the places I'd check on your phone would be Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual - is Balance set to 0.00? Also make sure Add Voice Isolation is NOT turned on.

Hello!

Apple isn’t here. We are regular users like yourself. Kindly tell them about this issue here: Product Feedback - Apple

Take care.

Of course I read you didn't change any settings. In your first post, you didn't mention Voice Isolation at all. Often settings are not necessarily set correctly and all I was doing was offering a suggestion on somewhere to check, which by the way, most people are completely unaware of those specific settings.

I also don't need to listen to the song you suggest. As I clearly said, I don't buy a phone for the speakers built into the phone, which to me are universally disappointing whether iPhone or any other phone. When I listen to music, it's ALWAYS going to be with high quality Bluetooth headphones.

If you think there's an issue with your phone, it's not going to be solved here on this user to user only forum. Schedule an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar and show what you're hearing to Apple directly.

Devonte_, instead of continuing to argue with me, which is totally pointless, I recommended that you schedule an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar and let Apple test your phone. There's nothing anyone here can do to help you with the sound on your internal speakers. Perhaps you have a hardware issue? We can't hear what you're hearing on your phone.

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

If your intent is to make this a discussion with users only, that's fine. But if you're hoping to get anyone's attention at Apple that's not going to happen by you posting here. You're already learned there is moderation here, but that's not Apple. Apple won't see your complaint here. But you are more than welcome to continue posting about this. Apple won't see it, nor respond to your posts, however.

You believe you have an issue with the internal speakers on your phone. If you think showing the issue to Apple is pointless, that's fine and totally up to you. But no one other than Apple would be in a better position to test your phone to see if there is an issue.

I'm confused by what you mean by "external speakers?" External would be speakers not built in to your iPhone. Are you speaking of the speakers built into your iPhone, of which there are 2? They are "internal speakers."

devonte_ wrote:

Voice isolation has nothing to do with media playback. Anybody knows that. So I didn’t think I needed to mention it seen as it was common sense. But thank you for the suggestion.

im well aware you don’t listen to music through your phone. I simply just said compare the sound with another device to have a better understanding. but if you ‘don’t need to’, then there’s no point trying to give me suggestions on what to do when you barely know or want to know what the issue is I’m trying to explain.

I’m clearly speaking to the people that listen to music on their phone. so can I ask kindly why you (who does not) are replying to me if this isn’t of any importance to you?

Im not putting this message here for it to be solved. I’m well aware this is a user forum, but with enough interaction I’m pretty sure it’ll be recognised as an actual issue.

I’m trying to make this known that this had been an issue most people have reported with this phone.

So going to the apple Genius Bar is void. They won’t do nothing as replacing the phone would have the same issue.

if you thought I was trying to chide you then you clearly aren’t mature enough to have this conversation. g’day.

I listen to music from my phone ALL the time. Just not through the speakers built into the phone. I'm responding because maybe you have expectations which can't be met from the teeny tiny speakers built into your phone. And because anyone is welcome to post here, even if you don't exactly appreciate what they have to say.

As to my suggestion about Voice Isolation, I wouldn't guess EVERYONE know what it does. Nor why Apple says and I quote "Other elements of the audio mix will be substantially reduced." Sure, that may not have any affect on music, but it was just a suggestion.

I don't appreciate you commenting on my maturity at all, which was completely unnecessary. If you read my post above I removed the chided part immediately after posting it.

I'll leave you now, so I do hope you find what you're looking for.