# Speaker Phat DOA? LOWWWWWW sound. Slow

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/speaker-phat-doa-lowwwwww-sound-slow/4953>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 2, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/speaker-phat-doa-lowwwwww-sound-slow/4953 "2017-06-02T23:16:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Jaymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jaymer](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Jaymer)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/speaker-phat-doa-lowwwwww-sound-slow/4953/1 "2017-06-02T23:16:34Z")

</div>

Got my new Phat today. Soldered just fine. Stuck it on the back of a Pi3.  
Ran test.sh and I have to literally place my ear on the speaker to hear it.  
(check level at alsamixer - not the issue)  
ALSO,  
the sound is VERY SLOW - I thought maybe it was some funky hip hop - but its SLOW speed making the voice LOW frequency.  
Tried a Youtube video - same thing. Like 1/2 speed or slower.

Vu meters work fine on test.sh and youtube.

Here’s output from test.sh

> pi@HQ:~/Pimoroni/speakerphat/test $ ./test.sh

> testing audio

> speaker-test 1.0.28

> Playback device is default  
> Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16\_LE, 2 channels  
> WAV file(s)  
> Using device: speaker-phat  
> Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)  
> Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192  
> Period size range from 1024 to 1024  
> Using max buffer size 8192  
> Periods = 4  
> was set period\_size = 1024  
> was set buffer\_size = 8192  
> 0 - Front Left  
> 1 - Front Right  
> Time per period = 5.696775

> testing basic wav playback

> Using device: speaker-phat  
> Playing WAVE ‘./test.wav’ : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo

> testing text-to-speech

> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.front  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center\_lfe  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround21  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround21  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround40  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround41  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround50  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround51  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround71  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.iec958  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.iec958  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.iec958  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline  
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd\_pcm\_open\_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline  
> ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse\_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

> ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse\_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

> ALSA lib pcm\_dmix.c:961:(snd\_pcm\_dmix\_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream  
> ALSA lib pcm\_dmix.c:961:(snd\_pcm\_dmix\_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream  
> Using device: speaker-phat  
> Using device: speaker-phat  
> ALSA lib pcm\_dmix.c:961:(snd\_pcm\_dmix\_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream  
> Using device: speaker-phat  
> Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory  
> Cannot connect to server request channel  
> jack server is not running or cannot be started  
> Using device: speaker-phat  
> Using device: speaker-phat

> testing VU meter

Sure would like this to work.  
I’ve read all the threads on the forum.

thx  
jaymer…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/speaker-phat-doa-lowwwwww-sound-slow/4953/2 "2017-06-05T10:27:27Z")

</div>

This sounds like it’s quite likely to be a software issue- could you try with a fresh install of Raspbian?