Bluetooth Headphones Too Loud

I am not an expert on this matter. But if the problem is not with the iPhone, then why do the headphones work fine on other devices (Android and Windows)? My Bose Bluetooth speaker does not seem to have the problem though. I contacted the manufacturer of the headphones and they blamed Apple.

They are using a kludge that was written into both of those phones using an older version of Bluetooth. In a way they are correct blaming Apple, they are hewing exactly to the Bluetooth standard and profiles. You need to either get a different set of headphones from the majority of makers of headphones that do it properly or get rid of your iPhone and use an Android phone.

Can you be more specific? My headphones use Bluetooth v4.0 (I think iPhone 6s uses v4.2). My speakers are 4 years old and most certainly don't have this recent version, but I can adjust the speakers volume independently.

I have this problem too. I've now tried two different bluetooth headphones for my iPhone 5S, and I cannot get to that low setting that is comfortable in quiet environments. They're fine for listening to podcasts in slightly noisy environments where that mid-range volume is what I want, but the low is just not low enough.

I blame both Apple and the headphone manufacturers and creators of the Bluetooth standards, because none of them have given enough attention to the quiet end of the spectrum for those of us who want to protect our still halfway decent hearing.

As 'too loud' in this context is a subjective issue, its very difficult to know if your headphones are truly more responsive with lower decibels at lowest setting, or whether the same sound that I find uncomfortable is a fine lower level for you. But it was only after discussing this with someone else that I went back and checked to see which of several styles of headphones I'd tried recently had this same issue, and it was the only other bluetooth set I've ever tried.

Your ears may vary.

I have the same issue with a pair of PHI Sport and Outdoors headphones. I listen using Amazon music on an iPhone 6 - if anyone has any tips regarding Amazon music or in general that would be great. I find that if I turn the music up and down again it seems quieter (similar to how if you turn the volume down and up again it seems louder)

I have this issue with two pairs of cheap BT headphones (one TaoTronics and one Senbowe) and my iPhone 6s (iOS 11.0.3). I do not have this problem with my Bose Soundlink headphones. Both of the cheaper headphones work fine when connected to my Windows 10 PC but are too loud at the lowest volume to be comfortable at work.

Same problem with Senso ActivBuds S250. I will turn them on and wait for connect. Then immediately adjust them lower and sometimes immediately they jump back to being extremely loud. Other times the lowering will take and hold and the music volume is always ok. Its the other volumes that are the issue. As Patty said the tick tick and swoosh from texting and other apps are sooooo loud! . Also, when I adjust it, it shows "Volume". SOMETIMES (and I really cant say when as it seems random) it will show "Bluetooth" as I'm lowering it. Drives me crazy to say the least. I definitely hurt my ears already with this issue, being an unsuspecting fool and forgetting to lower the volume. Took me days to feel better and now I flinch all the time thinking its gonna happen. I'm ready to give them up, although they work fine on my windows laptop and on Androids. They even work well when I am watching something on my laptop and I get a call the laptop pauses and the iPhone takes over and I answer the call and it's a great experience. I then hang up the call and the laptop un-pauses. Very nice hand-off. Normally I don't use them like this though because I will get the "Blip...Blip...noise and interruption when they are both connected, but occasionally its all good. Go figure. iPhone 7 Plus is the bad guy for me and I haven't tried my iPad yet. My Apple supplied wired earplugs work fine.

Same problem with the AKG Y45BT on iphone 6s. To solve it, I tried calibrating it with my android phone (the volume changes independently on the headphones and the mobile device), then connecting to the Iphone again, but it didn't work (I guess it entirely ignores the volume setting on the headphones).

I have the same problem with my iPhone 7 and AKG Y50BT. Volume control via BT is synchronized and the 1st notch is very loud.

However.

When I connect the headset to notebook it has its own volume control with a precise step.

When I connect the headset to iPhone via cable I can also tune volume pretty accurate and its WAY more quiet.

The point is, I like these headphones and that's the only problem but kind of a big deal.

Now I should make a decision if I refund this during 28 days or just hope for Apple to fix this one day

With the exact same argumentation I can say "I have 5 android phones and 2 televisions. On all of them my headphones has full volume control ranges. If your iPhone doesn't it is a flaw in the iPhone." Notice the fallacy?

The correct argument would have been: "Apple won't fix it and neither will the headphones provider". Then you would most certainly have been right. It is one of the many incompatibility issues Apple has with 3th party products.

Thank you for pointing me to this app. The free version seems to be adequate for my needs. I used the equalizer to reduce levels to about 20 on all 7 bands. This made my Griffin iTrip Clip deliver a whisper of sound at the iPhone's lowest setting (i.e., just above mute), which is just right for when I'm sleeping. There's still even a bit more reduction possible. The iTrip Clip has all the issues mentioned regarding delivering too high a level of sound and adjusting volume in lockstep with the iPhone rather than independently. Also the app imported my playlists and tracks from the iOS Music app.

This app sounds like a great solution for listening to music....but most of my headphones listening is podcasts and audiobooks. Anyone know if it works with anything besides iTunes music?

I didn't see anything on the App store page suggesting it would, but just in case...

Actually it did. I have 5 sets of BT headsets and I don't have this problem with any of them. If it was an iOS bug wouldn't it affect mine?

Well, I have Bose headphones with a single volume control (the one that controls the iPhone) and I can adjust all the way from silent to earsplitting.