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iPad iPad Air 2 sound vibrating!

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Wow just tested mine after reading this and mine does it. Its like the EQ setting as the bass cranked up. I'm almost afraid to turn the volume past half.
 
Husk24 said:
its like a iPhone vibration!
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THIS

The first time I ran into that loud cicada-like buzz of a vibration was from my iPhone 6+. It also reminded me of those gag hand buzzers. Plan on avoiding putting either device on "vibrate"! :p
 
Holy crap. There is a crazy amount of vibration coming through the casing. It seems like this is a intended feature than a consequence of a slimmer casing.
 
I only listen to music on my iPad at 50% (sound effects are at 100%) and I've found that turning on the bass reducer takes any vibration away at that level. If I want to listen to it at 100% while doing other things it's definitely there but I'm also not holding onto it then...
 
Lucifer666 said:
Sure. People know this is nothing, they are just observing.

It would be bad if it distorted when you turn it up, like crappy speakers

Also, the more rigid this thing is, the more it will vibrate, and rigidity is of course is a good thing.

Speakers use inert materials to dampen, like plastic/composite baffles. But plastic isn't happening for this application.

Of course most of you know this, just saying
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Slightly off topic, but speakers use bracing and stiffening of enclosures to reduce unwanted resonances in their cabinets.
 
This bit of info was posted either CNET or The Verge, I forget which and it was noted that the thinness of the Air 2 might contribute to the problem.
 
Isn't vibration supposed to happen when you crank up the volume of the speaker? I mean...I thought it's normal. Maybe ipad's speaker is just a tad too strong and aluminum is rather light metal. Vibration is to be expected to certain extent but should not be a case of concern.
 
How do voices sound? Is it muffled/distorted? That'd be bad a little vibration against the frame shouldn't though
 
bobright said:
How do voices sound? Is it muffled/distorted? That'd be bad a little vibration against the frame shouldn't though
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Sound is far better than I ever thought we'd get from an ipad's speakers. (My comparison is the iPad 3) I guess vibrations are the price for that. It's there even at 50% volume.

Not saying it's awful, but it'd be hard not to notice.
 
ninaco said:
Sound is far better than I ever thought we'd get from an ipad's speakers. (My comparison is the iPad 3) I guess vibrations are the price for that. It's there even at 50% volume.

Not saying it's awful, but it'd be hard not to notice.
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Huh, at halfway just sounds bad probably something I can live with though since I usually always either have my headphones on or am listening off a Bluetooth.

I wonder though why doesn't the iPhone 6's have this if they are nearly the same thinness?
 
Are we sure this is not haptic feedback? This sounds like a potentially magical sensory-auditory experience.
 
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This is pretty annoying. I'll have to wait and see if this is how all of them are. If so, well I'll live but I'll never use those speakers. They vibrate as the iPad as much as my Yamaha pro 500s vibrate on full volume.
 
The vibration from the sound is annoying. It has to be a side effect of the increased thinness. I noticedit immediately when watching a simple YouTube video. For Now I think I can live with it.
 
someday.....Just Someday, apple will put speakers facing the front so I don't have to use my iCup (my patented hand shape to be able to hear my ipad clearly without the sound muffling into whatever it's sitting on).
 
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