Tro - My tones on my 3300 were great when I had a pair of full size Koss headphones that were for my stereo (but I never used them for that). I broke them about 2 weeks ago and then had a hard time finding something that would sound as loud. After buying and returning 3 different sets, I went to Radio Shack with me detector and tested ALL their headphones. I finally found 2 pairs that were good in the price range I was looking. The louder ones were full size (and $ 39.99) but I was looking to get those that are smaller and behind the neck. The ones that I got were much better than all the other smaller headphones that I had tried. So with the 3300, the type of headphones made a big difference for me.