iPad iPad Air 2 sound vibrating!

[Habakuk]

The iPad Air (1) had clearly better speakers (real stereo) than the iPad 4. The Air 2 is even better than the 1. Louder. Of course it vibrates when you hold it.

When playing Asphalt 8 (an action arcade racing game) I love it how it vibrates with the motor sounds. You can "feel" the super muscle sport cars! I deliberately switched off the in-game music for being able to sense the pure motor vibes.

 

[ipadlvr]

I don't have any screen distortion on mine. Guess I'm lucky.

Good.

Some are saying they don't see anything. So I'm hopeful.

 

[mortenandersen]

But how about sound with NO BASS!!??

it should be possible if you can put out the bass completely. There is actually a jailbreak tweak for that. I will report if it works or not.

This cannot solve the problem, because sound with no or too little bass is unacceptable. The problem is the thinness/material that is the reason for the vibration. A design flaw and/or a missing quality control from Apple.

 

[ipadlvr]

This cannot solve the problem, because sound with no or too little bass is unacceptable. The problem is the thinness/material that is the reason for the vibration. A design flaw and/or a missing quality control from Apple.

I can't believe this sound thing is more important than the screen warping by holding it with one hand.

Are you seeing that issue or not?

 

[Jeff Flowerday]

I can't believe this sound thing is more important than the screen warping by holding it with one hand.

Are you seeing that issue or not?

I don't see any screen warping by holding it with one hand. If you are I have to think you are squeezing it much harder than you need to.

 

[ipadlvr]

I don't see any screen warping by holding it with one hand. If you are I have to think you are squeezing it much harder than you need to.

I don't have it yet. Just people here saying it and consumer reports said it

They said

" (In fact, the Air 2 is so thin that you can depress the screen from the back of the device. You know how poking an LCD with a fingertip produces a temporary distortion, a small puddle of color? The same thing happens on the Air 2 if you press it from behind—there's no reason to think this will damage the device.)"

 

[AppleRobert]

They did. It was posted earlier in the thread.

I downloaded a free equalizer from the app store and I was able to dampen some of the vibration. I may splurge on a paid one.

Which one did you download?

The EQ bass reducer in the settings helps somewhat and coupled with just folding the Smart Cover to the underside of the Air 2 pretty much handles it for me. But I do not hold my iPad, it is on a folded edge of the Smart Cover most of the time. If I play a game where the iPad needs to be held, well I don't crank the sound anyway and the above procedure really makes the vibration a non issue.

 

[Wise87]

Which one did you download?



The EQ bass reducer in the settings helps somewhat and coupled with just folding the Smart Cover to the underside of the Air 2 pretty much handles it for me. But I do not hold my iPad, it is on a folded edge of the Smart Cover most of the time. If I play a game where the iPad needs to be held, well I don't crank the sound anyway and the above procedure really makes the vibration a non issue.

Sounds like a lot of extra work and restrictions on something you shouldn't have too for the prices you pad. Everyone is saying do this and that, use ear buds, hold it a certain way, etc. My question is Why?

 

[AdonisSMU]

There are definitely sound vibrations but its to be expected for a device this thin.

 

[AppleRobert]

Sounds like a lot of extra work and restrictions on something you shouldn't have too for the prices you pad. Everyone is saying do this and that, use ear buds, hold it a certain way, etc. My question is Why?

I don't see it as a lot of extra work for me personally.

A large percentage of the time I use corded earbuds or use BT to wireless earbuds or external speaker. In this scenario, the vibration is basically moot for me.

I always have used a Smart Cover so nothing changes there either. I changed the EQ setting, again no big deal.

Now if there are folks who constantly listen to their iPad with its built in speaker and hold the device as well, I am not going to criticize them for returning it BUT they will have traded off other better features the Air 2 brings to the table versus other iPads they have.

 

[cindaddy]

Which one did you download?

The EQ bass reducer in the settings helps somewhat and coupled with just folding the Smart Cover to the underside of the Air 2 pretty much handles it for me. But I do not hold my iPad, it is on a folded edge of the Smart Cover most of the time. If I play a game where the iPad needs to be held, well I don't crank the sound anyway and the above procedure really makes the vibration a non issue.

Equalizer+ . I'm not convinced it's the best choice, but it was free to do some testing.

 

[addictzz]

I just tried the iPad Air 2 personally and compared it with iPad Air.

I think both Air has vibration when you play a sound. Air 2 just have more observable vibration. Probably due to the thinness. It's not a big deal to me. You can put a case to dampen it. Or you can just use earphone because I normally use earphone anyway when I use my iPad which is in public places and public transportation.

If it still bothers you, I think you can still get iPad Air 1.

 

[ipadlvr]

I don't see it as a lot of extra work for me personally.

A large percentage of the time I use corded earbuds or use BT to wireless earbuds or external speaker. In this scenario, the vibration is basically moot for me.

I always have used a Smart Cover so nothing changes there either. I changed the EQ setting, again no big deal.

Now if there are folks who constantly listen to their iPad with its built in speaker and hold the device as well, I am not going to criticize them for returning it BUT they will have traded off other better features the Air 2 brings to the table versus other iPads they have.

How's the screen distortion gate?

 

[FrankB1191]

I installed Equalizer+, and can say that there is no longer any vibration on the screen while typing. There are two Equalizer+ apps, and I installed the one in the upper right hand corner of the App Store, with 20 feedback scores. Let me go back to its setting for a second..... OK.... I dropped the two bass slides all the way down, and the other 3 are just below 50%. I typed with a Robert Glasper (hip hop/jazz) and the Beatles Across the Universe playing. I could no longer feel any sensation on the keyboard. I have the Rippingtons playing now, and there is almost no sensation anywhere on the screen and back. Sounds quality and volume are what I'd expect from a tablet: decent.

Problem solved, and it's free! The Equalizer+ app shows on your screen, and it displays your song list. I might have to toss the developer $2 for the full boat. Enjoy typing and listening to music on your Air 2 iPads.

P.S. I still have Bass Reducer turned on in Settings. I mistakenly said it was under Sounds, but it's in the Music setting.

 

[arbogast777]

I just tried the iPad Air 2 personally and compared it with iPad Air.

I think both Air has vibration when you play a sound. Air 2 just have more observable vibration. Probably due to the thinness. It's not a big deal to me. You can put a case to dampen it. Or you can just use earphone because I normally use earphone anyway when I use my iPad which is in public places and public transportation.

If it still bothers you, I think you can still get iPad Air 1.

See, this was the point I tried to make a few posts back. It's a lot different to try it out in a store or some such thing, and another entirely to hold it for 20-30mins...

 

[flur]

Just changed to cellular after getting the wifi and the cellular vibrates less

Lol. At least now I know why on mine it just doesn't feel like much.

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Do you hear the vibration if placed flat on a hard surface? Or when sitting upright on a smart cover????

Nope. Not on the cellular model, at least.

 

[mortenandersen]

Then it really should not be so thin

There are definitely sound vibrations but its to be expected for a device this thin.

Then it really should not be so thin. Just as Sony (in their PC days) made the last Vaios unnecessary thin.)

Apple has lost the importance of having and seeing an overall big picture, and have made thinness a stupid value in and for itself. Now it turns out that this silly policy has its tradeouts, or really bad consequences: Vibration (also on the screen!) when listening to the normal sound of the device...

This is just too idiotic.

 

[FrankB1191]

Just see my post above......

 

[addictzz]

See, this was the point I tried to make a few posts back. It's a lot different to try it out in a store or some such thing, and another entirely to hold it for 20-30mins...

I don't get it. Are you trying to say that if you actually have it and feel the vibration daily it will start to bother you?


Anyway....is there really a lot of people who listen to media in their iPad using its speaker? I thought people are using earphones.

 

[tazdevl]

I hope it's just vibration and the smart case will reduce or mask it.

Smart case doesn't help. Like to listen to while surfing. Vibration is very unsettling holding it.

Same issue with iPhone 6. Whole back of phone vibrates with bass heavy hold music or male voices when holding the way most normal people hold a phone for the last 75+ years.

This is a situation where Ive got out of control and no one reigned him in with requirements like "thin but physically neutral".

My iPad Air 1 didn't vibrate like a tympanic membrane when I used the speakers. Case metal is so thin its susceptible to vibration. Both iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 need some deadening material like Dynamite or ballast to offset the vibrations.

128GB iPad Air 2 Cellular.

 

[techiegirl]

I have LTE version and as smart case and it's still vibrating. It reminds of these days people carry a boombox around.

 

[addictzz]

My iPad Air 1 didn't vibrate like a tympanic membrane when I used the speakers. Case metal is so thin its susceptible to vibration. Both iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 need some deadening material like Dynamite or ballast to offset the vibrations.

128GB iPad Air 2 Cellular.

The iPad Air 1 actually vibrates too. Just that it doesn't do as hard as Air 2. Definitely still noticeable.

 

[AppleRobert]

I don't get it. Are you trying to say that if you actually have it and feel the vibration daily it will start to bother you?


Anyway....is there really a lot of people who listen to media in their iPad using its speaker? I thought people are using earphones.

Unbelievable how many listen without earphones. I started a thread back when on the SG5 forum that it vibrated alot while holding when listening via the speaker. While it is a smartphone and obviously different than a tablet for some usage, most replies came back stating who cares cause They listen with earphones.

 

[arbogast777]

I don't get it. Are you trying to say that if you actually have it and feel the vibration daily it will start to bother you?


Anyway....is there really a lot of people who listen to media in their iPad using its speaker? I thought people are using earphones.

That's exactly what I'm saying. When you test it for 30secs in the store you certainly feel it, but I own the Air 2 and I can tell you that after using it for a normal amount of time, say 20-30mins, you walk away from the session with your hands tingling. That's something a quick test just doesn't tell you.

And of course there's a lot of people using the speakers. I don't even own earphones (the ones that came with it stay in the box).

 

[FrankB1191]

Unbelievable how many listen without earphones. I started a thread back when on the SG5 forum that it vibrated alot while holding when listening via the speaker. While it is a smartphone and obviously different than a tablet for some usage, most replies came back stating who cares cause They listen with earphones.

Yeah, but what about all those people who missed the transistor radio craze as seen in 1960's movies?? I've always used the onboard speakers when nothing else was available, or for short news videos. That's ipad 4, Air 1, and now Air 2.