I was going to create a topic just mentioning same.
Till iOS 4.3.5 I used to keep volume slider exactly in the middle using Sennheiser IE8 earphones. But with iOS 5 I feel that music is muffled. But if I increase the volume by 1 notch, my ears start hurting.
Bottomline: Sound quality has gone to dogs with iOS 5
Beatles "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is a common song that sounds really clippy to me since the update. Can someone listen too and give a second opinion?
BTW, I've often used my 3GS loudspeaker play music while I do the dishes, and I've not had any problems save for some hissy highs, but now, it's ridiculous. Every other song sounds like 90kbps MP3s, and they are all well over 192kbps.
It's actually a decent record, at least compared to
The godawful stuff they've put out since "Black", but probably the worst sounding officially released disc in my whole collection is Metallica's Death Magnetic which Rock produced.
...Meanwhile, does anyone know how to change the codec compression for iTunes? Or do I need an external program for that?
No.If you want a lower bitrate you can convert song(s). Change the setting as above and then right click on the song(s) and chose Convert. It will make a copy keeping the higher bitrate version too.
It's known that the 4S uses some high-efficiency codec that unfortunately delivers average playback quality. Apple thought it's users would appreciate better battery life over sound quality this round.
Music quality hasn't been as good since the 3GS.
It's said that Apple could possibly tweak the codec to provide better sound in future updates - depending on how maxed out the current codec is already, they might not be able to squeeze any additional quality due to the new sound chip/codec being used.
This isn't an iOS 5 issue as much as it is the audio chip they chose in the 4/4S.. I don't know if the 4 is the same chip, but I can confirm the 4S has hit a near rock bottom on the chip they chose. Albeit, Apple has their reasons (Battery life).
Ive noticed the same! thought i was just going crazy!
iTunes converts my songs to 128kbps (my Lady GaGa songs are 1400kbps, took up way too much space) but the sound quality has definitely gone down since iOS5
Last night I was listening to only music that was purchased in the iTunes store over the past year or so. It sounded crisp and clear and very good.
Earlier in this thread, I mentioned that I had been listening to some Black Sabbath albums that were in various bitrates. Some were 320 and some were about 192vbr. Those were in MP3 format and those were the ones that sounded muffled and distorted.
3Gs/4 uses Cirrus Logic CS42L61It's known that the 4S uses some high-efficiency codec that unfortunately delivers average playback quality. Apple thought it's users would appreciate better battery life over sound quality this round.
Music quality hasn't been as good since the 3GS.
It's said that Apple could possibly tweak the codec to provide better sound in future updates - depending on how maxed out the current codec is already, they might not be able to squeeze any additional quality due to the new sound chip/codec being used.
This isn't an iOS 5 issue as much as it is the audio chip they chose in the 4/4S.. I don't know if the 4 is the same chip, but I can confirm the 4S has hit a near rock bottom on the chip they chose. Albeit, Apple has their reasons (Battery life).