Piotre22 posted an audio clip at the top of page 7, mine sounds exactly like that. Have you tried listening to a very quiet song at below 40% volume? Is there absolutely no static? Mine is terrible to the point it's unusable unless I'm listing to some heavy loud music. My original Z tablet however is a clear as day!
An update on my tablet - last week after my last post I sent my tablet to 'Sony' which I later found out, to my disappointment, is actually a third party repair centre called SBE who don't specialise in Sony devices. They have dispatched it back to me today with 'no fault found'.
I'm so annoyed, I've sent them an email again explaining the issue with a link to this thread because there's clearly a manufacturing issue here that Sony have failed to acknowledge.
To have two brand new devices with the exact same issue would indicate that it's a pretty widespread issue and not just a handful of dodgy tablets. This issue spans back a year and seems to be affecting people in various countries so I doubt it's a batch issue.
A side note - I actually work for O2 and have done for 9 years so I'm not a stranger to this kind of technology. I have tried every form of troubleshooting and consulted colleagues that have even more technical expertise than I do, and all we can say is it's a manufacturing issue. Getting Sony to acknowledge this seems to be harder than I thought. I just thought I'd have a better shot sending it to Sony than getting it exchanged again by O2. I could ask for another exchange but I reckon it'll be a waste of time.
It's just so frustrating when you know there's an issue and can't get it sorted. Next will be a complaint procedure if I get no joy via email, unfortunately I'm out of my 14 day return period so I will be stuck paying a 2 year contract for a poor quality device. It's one of the most expensive tablets on the market too despite being over a year old. It was recalled from sale in store a few months ago so I can't even test any in store for an exchange, it's only sold on O2's website now. Hoping for an acceptable response from Sony but not holding my breath!
