I tried listening to music on the N900 using headphones and have to say sound quality is quite poor compared to any mp3 player I have ever had (have never used a phone for music previously). Ipod touch's sound quality is like a million times better.
I was not impressed with output to Sennheiser HD25-1. iPhone is definitely better. What I want is for USB audio support to Headamp Pico. That would be an audiophile solution.
Grado SR-225 32 Ohms Max'd volume, would like more. Grados are somewhat difficult to drive
Beyerdynamic DT770 Pros 80 OHMs. Sounded Good, but used Max Volume.
I would try to see if there is a service menu like on some phones where you can turn this up. I did it on my wife's phone. I had to have a master code to access the service menu. This is hidden and you had to jump thru a number of hoops to get to it.
Just got my N900 a day ago ... have been listening to music on it now. The N900 speakers are pretty loud and clear by itself.
But I thought I would play my music on my older N810 on Canola.
Side by side, the N810 wins hands down - much deeper sound and more filling rather than the slighly tinny sound on the N900.
The N900 sounds much better than my wife's 5800 - but the N810 is certainly better - of course the N810 is a bigger device and thus more space for better speakers.
I just received my n900 earlier today and the quality pretty darn good for a mobile device. With my nice expensive Sony earbuds it sounds fantastic. Granted I've only been using it for a few hours, but it beats most mobile devices that I've used before.
Note: I really don't care for the included earbud/wired headset. It sounds sub-standard to me.
(bloody love these headphones - no wires woo!)
