Wireless Music Bridge and Volume Differences via Bluetooth and Airplay

[csmpez]

I’ve been testing out our system and noticed a huge difference with the Wireless Music Bridge in the volume between Bluetooth and Airplay.  For example, when I stream Pandora via Bluetooth (Samsung smart phone) to any zone at the same volume level (say 40 percent), it is considerably louder than Airplay (via iPad).  In fact, at 40 percent in my Family Room w/surround sound speakers, you can  barely hear it via Airplay, but when you switch over to Bluetooth, it blasts you out of the room.  I switched rooms to test out another zone's speakers (the Foyer) and at 40 percent you get the same affect, barely hear it via Airplay, but very loud via Bluetooth over the Wireless Music Bridge.  Also, both the Samsung phone and Ipad's volume are turned all the way up (max volume).

 

Any thoughts?

 

Scott

[csmpez]

Any guesses or is it something simple? Weird that AirPlay would be lower in volume at the same settings as Bluetooth.

Scott

[msgreenf]

Once you do AirPlay check the volume on the I device. It has it's own volume setting

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[SMHarman]

Once you do AirPlay check the volume on the I device. It has it's own volume setting

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Yes and airplay requires that volume to be passed to the destination.

Nearly blew my world up (and my neighbours) the first time I sent airplay to my AVR. ITunes on my pc is at 100. I use the pc master volume.

Airplay sent music and turned the AVR up to 100!

[csmpez]

Okay, so AirPlay itself has it's own volume... Didn't know that. I thought the volume was synced to the volume of the IPad. Hope it's this easy of a fix.