Disappointed with U11 speakers

[andyste1]

Having come from an M8 with front facing stereo speakers, I'm a bit disappointed with the U11. The majority of the sound comes out of the lower speaker, so it's not really what I would call stereo. Can someone confirm that this is by design and not a fault with my phone?

 

[jasonandrews25788]

it's the design of the phone, it's not true stereo.

 

[mfreeland]

Its not stereo, it's bi-amped. The lows come out of the bottom and the highs come out of the top. Theater mode turns it into stereo, but still small speaker on top...

 

[jwbekens]

Sound is not as loud as the M8, but clarity is much better. You are right that if you cover the bottom speaker there is not much coming out of the earpiece speaker. It will grow on you. The uSonic earphones are actually very good. But any day now my Bluewave GET will arrive for use with any headphones. I am not affiliated with them, but I have been waiting for it to arrive since June.
https://www.bluewaveaudio.ca/?v=7516fd43adaa

 

[andyste1]

Sound is not as loud as the M8, but clarity is much better. You are right that if you cover the bottom speaker there is not much coming out of the earpiece speaker. It will grow on you. The uSonic earphones are actually very good. But any day now my Bluewave GET will arrive for use with any headphones. I am not affiliated with them, but I have been waiting for it to arrive since June.
https://www.bluewaveaudio.ca/?v=7516fd43adaa

One thing I liked about the M8 was that you didn't need the volume turned up to get a decent sound out of it (thanks to front-facing speakers I guess).

That GET looks like an interesting gadget. A bit pricey but a nice idea...