20S - Please add adjustability of bass/mid-range/treble
I have the 20S, and when I stream music from my phone via Bluetooth I find that the music quality is very sub par when I'm riding in anything other than stop-and-go traffic. I understand that this device is primarily an intercom and secondarily a music player, but the lack of bass & mid-range coupled with the high amount of treble makes it hard to listen to. I've seen many complaints about the max volume not being loud enough, and that's not my complaint, but rather the quality of the sound that comes through.
In my searching around I wasn't able to find anything other than "make sure the speakers are positioned correctly - both in line with your ear canal and close enough to your ear that it's touching." My speakers couldn't be lined up more perfectly than they are, and I used the foam speaker covers and have them positioned so that when I put my helmet on they are touching my ears - to the point where my folded over ears (from pulling the helmet down over my head) won't unfold easily since there's no room between them and the speakers. I have to wiggle/twist the helmet, or stick my hand inside, to get the top of my ears to fold back up into their normal position, so I think the speakers are positioned as good as they can be.
I was hoping that there was a setting that would allow me to adjust the level of bass, mid-range and treble coming through the speakers, but that doesn't seem to be an option. It's as if there's no bass coming through the speakers at all and the treble is so high that it literally hurts my ears, yet I'm not able to understand what's being said/sung in the music. I also understand that there's an option to use my own ear buds rather than the speakers, but I've tried multiple different kinds of ear buds in the past and they all get pulled out of my ears when I pull my helmet down over my head. Besides, that kind of defeats the purpose of having speakers in your helmet. I don't want to have to use ear buds.
I'm no engineer, but I'd think that it would be possible to have a system where you can adjust the bass/mid-range/treble and even have different settings that automatically switch when the user switches between intercom/phone and music. For example, the bass is up and the treble down when the music is playing, but when on the intercom or a call the treble is up and the bass is down.
At this point I'm considering looking for other speakers that have better sound quality (and will work with this headset), but it kills me to have to consider spending more money when I've already spent a good chunk of change on a top-of-the-line headset system. It would be awesome if someone was already working on a remedy for this issue. Thank you.
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I also would like to ask Sena to add some control to be able to adjust the treble, midrange and bass.... I also agree that when I am not moving the sound is OK, but when I am moving with wind noise and traffic noise, etc then all I really hear is the treble... It does not sound good when I am moving.... Better speakers would probably help, but if Sena can at least add the ability to adjust the treble etc then I think that would be a great benefit....
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The quality of music is really bad on the s20. I was expecting a lot better. I have some friends that still use earbuds with it just because of that.
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I agree completely. These speakers are terrible. Phone calls are clear but music lacks bass and clarity. Some of the problem is sound isolation, some is speaker quality, and the rest is a lack of bass control. I don't know if the speakers could handle more bass without getting buzzy. 1 -
I don't think the speakers can handle more bass.... I use Spotify, and it has an "equalizer" built into the software... I tried increasing the bass and/or also reducing the treble, etc.... the speakers did not sound better with the equalizer adjusted and were NOT able to handle more bass during my experiments... I am hoping Sena either makes better speakers in the future and/or makes better speakers an option to buy....
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The quality of music is really bad
I was expecting a lot better.
It is possible to change the speakers?
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I don't think it is the speakers as the intercom is fantastic. However, we really so need bass/treble/midrange adjustment sliders in the app
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I have purchased the Sena 20s two pack, for my son and myself; I found the sound quality to be like listening to a tin can... All high-end sound no mid or base. I asked my son how his set sounded he said it sounded really good We switched his headset onto my helmet without removing the helmet and found that the sound quality was much better. I feel it is not the speakers, rather the sound setting on the machine that I understand can not be adjusted. I assume that I must then go onto exchange my machine, I have only owned the setup for less than a month. I would prefer to keep the machine my son is using and only exchange the machine that has the sound quality of a tin can. Thank you in advance.
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