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Flib1
New Participant
July 10, 2025
Question

Quest 3 audio from aux and USB C quiet

Hello, I've got a Quest 3 and today I received a head strap that has built in headphones. 

Amongst its other problems, the audio wasn't very loud, even when turned up to max. We have the same style headset from the same manufacturer on our Quest 2 and it's quite loud when on max volume.

I tried a separate pair of headphones and connected via Bluetooth and they were loud (but then there's the latency issue).

Connected to same pair to the Quest 3 using aux or USB C cables and it goes back to being quiet.

I found someone in Reddit with instructions on how to reset the volume but it involves what looks like coding and I'm not sure I'm confident enough for that.

I don't seem alone in having this issue according to a Google but I'm not seeing many solutions. Any ideas how to make the audio as loud as the Quest 2 or Quest 3 through Bluetooth, through the aux or USB C connections please?

4 replies

Anonymous
July 10, 2025

Flib1​  this may be a solution to your issue - 

Quest 3: USB C Earphones poor bass to none at all. | Meta Community Forums - 1328470

Flib1Author
New Participant
July 10, 2025

Thanks for the reply but unfortunately it's the 'total' volume that's too quiet rather than any particular aspect of it. 

It's as if the Bluetooth can get to 100% but the aux and USB C only gets to 70%

Anonymous
July 10, 2025

The DAC primarily boosts the volume and the side effect is to increase the bass.

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