Setting sound quality yourself
You can use the following functions to set your desired sound quality.
- Equalizer function
- Surround sound
- DSEE HX function
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In the Home screen, tap
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[Settings] - [
Sound] - [Sound Settings] - desired tab - desired setting.
Explanation of settings
Equalizer function
You can set the sound quality according to the music genre.
[Off], [Rock], [Pop], [Jazz], [Unique], [Soul], [Easy listening], [Bass boost], [Treble boost], [Custom], [User-defined 1], [User-defined 2]
Surround sound function
You can set sound effects and enrich the sound reproduction quality of the audio playback. VPT, which stands for Virtualphones Technology, is a proprietary sound processing technology developed by Sony.
[Off], [Studio], [Club], [Concert hall], [Matrix]
DSEE HX function
This function upgrades the audio file to a High-Resolution Audio file (*1) and reproduces the clear high-range sound which is often lost. However, the available playback time of the fully charged battery may be reduced when this function is used.
(*1) The file is expanded to a maximum 192 kHz/24 bit equivalent.
Note
- [Sound Settings] is not applied if [ClearAudio+] is turned on.
- The [DSEE HX] function does not work for High-Resolution Audio files.
- The [DSEE HX] function does not work effectively if the bit rate is too low to be properly supplemented.