Does the cover make it hard to hear music playing if you are using the speakers and not headphones?
1036075
I don't think that the sound is muffled or hard to hear. Actually the Otterbox provides a small "surround" environment for my iPod 4. Thus it very slightly enhances the sound.
15633
No they're covered by a screen type material. Very loud so I can hear it at work around machinery. Music distorts turned all the way up. But I use headphones or bluetooth through my vehicle speakers when listening to music so I don't need that part turned up all the way anyway.
1585392
I found the sound definitely changes but i don't think it's that bad at all. I find that on some of these devices including my phone and iPad i will "cup" the speakers anyway to direct the sound back at me and that's basically what the case does too when flipped over.
2030234
The volume on mine has been fine! I would think anything would be hard to hear if you have the window down!
842607
Not really. It's on the large side, and it's not noise canceling. They're open headphones, so people around you will hear what you're listening to if it's loud enough.
142346
Not at all unless of course you're playing it extremely loudly. It all depends on the volume, but at the levels that are 'healthy' for your ear, it's inaudible to others. When I remove my earpieces, about 5cm away from ears and I can't hear them anymore.
47725
Sorry, I don't have that problem with my case. But the speakers are on the back of the galaxy S5 phone so make sure nothing is covering them.
285478
Very, especially with the foam plugs. Even if you don't have anything playing they block out a good amount of noise, and when you DO have any audio coming through them, it all but blocks everything out.
1537869
I agree with Gary. When set up as a stand, I think the cover resonates the sound pretty well - whatever loss there is seems to be compensated for by it directing the sound more to the sides rather than straight out the back (who thought that was a good idea?!). When flat behind the G Pad, it does muffle it some. If I want to listen to something on it, I usually use headphones or a bluetooth speaker, anyway.
193040
Not at all. I'm a huge fan of the case.Looks sleek. I do take it out of the case if I want the music to be louder.
416284
There appears to be a dominant side with more holes for the sound. I put the solid side of the cover over this side. That being said, that side is best but you can still hear the sound on either side. I like the cover better than I thought I would.
1531474
It's just a cover.. You won't have any problem listening to your headphones with this cover on your phone
904620
Will not drown out noise completely but it will make it difficult to hear anything else. Depends on how snugly it covers you ears and volume.
621408
Hi.On mine, when I plug in headphones, the sound switches from the speakers to the headphones. With headphones plugged in, you can listen to music without disturbing anyone else.
1431961
as best as I can tell... no. What I hear when talking to people seems the same with the case or without. People seem to hear me the same too. Can't say with regards to external speakers. I normally hook it up to a small speaker set when playing music. Hope that helps!
1861247
You would have to remove the cover in order for it to work with headphones.
159468
They are not actually exposed, like the front face there is a thin transparent material over the openings. I have found that the quality of sound is not affected.