It seemed OK but leaned towards a tinnier tone.
I tried it out with Mein Hertz Brent and it was lacking a lot of bass. Did try some of the software amp stuff from winamp .. but it distorts/crackles horribly.
Is this just winamp (I couldnt find anything else to try except wmp which was very quiet even on max) or is the sound quality not that great?
BIGGEST question of all ..
Is it better than the XDAii or not? If the XDAii is better I will .. in lieu of all the other issues with wm5 .. sell the exec and buy an XDAii.
(G)
Yes experience is the same, light on bass. I even tried WMA DRM music as well as MP3 but still seemed to lack bass. But the rest of the frequency range was reproduced with good clarity. It is a problem for me as my Exec has now the poorest quality sound reproduction when compared to my Palm LifeDrive and Nokia 9500.
Hmm. I should add this is using a good quality set of stereo headphones.
How annoying. That means I need a seperate ipod and another set of headphones .. Grrr.
Think the IPAQ has very good sound quality? Anyone compared them?
Hi, how is the Sound qualtity of the hermes when you listen to mp3s compared to normal mp3 players / other ppcs / an ipod ?
Are there good mp3 players for the hermes ?
Does it make sense to buy an 3.5mm headphone adapter , or is the standard headset good enough?
Thx in advance!
macmallow said:
Hi, how is the Sound qualtity of the hermes when you listen to mp3s compared to normal mp3 players / other ppcs / an ipod ?
Are there good mp3 players for the hermes ?
Does it make sense to buy an 3.5mm headphone adapter , or is the standard headset good enough?
Thx in advance!
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It depends of your expectations. The standard headset is acceptable but,... it is standard. This means not very well defined sound, lack of bass (can be adapted with the eqalizer present on some roms but it remains a work around)
I use a bluetooth headset (from philips) which has an acceptable sound. But here the limitation is the bluetooth transmission.
By the way be carefull with certain jack adaptators. As the connector of the hermes is special, they just do not work.
For what concerns the programs you use to play the mp3, it is more a question of taste and possible sound level adaptation you can do. You will always be limited to what the electronic of the hermes can do.
And, compared to a lot of mp3 players... it is not so bad
I was wondering if any of you who has access to this device tried to see if it also suffers from high pitched noise like other devices when used with A2DP devices?
Is this using the sandard WM bluetooth stack or have they used an improved one?
Thanks
the Bitpool could be set as high as possible, dont know why MS set the default at very low since many devices support high data streaming.
without tweaking program, average people would think bluetooth quality is poor on this device.
Lurking around for years, I would expect anyone to search and apply suggested fixes in this forum before coming to a conclusion and askind this question.
Actually, I have applied most of those settings in both polaris and diamond. Even yough it is reduced, you still notice the noise during silence. Especially id device volume is lower and receiver volume is higher. This wasn't the case in n95 and SE m600.
Similarly in Vista with built in bluetooth stack there is some noise. Using a different stack such as Widcomm produced totally different results with same receiver.
if it was good in the m600... sony ericsson...
but it's made by HTC so????
Hi all !
I'm looking around for ways to better my audio experiences in A2DP with my HTC Touch Diamond. I keep hearing these high pitched metallic noises, and based on your posts, it could be an issue with Bluetooth stack. Is it the same with Xperia ? I mean, does A2DP sucks ?
These noises are a nightmare... I am using Diamond Tweak for my Diamond, any setting ideas ? Didn't try anythng so far...
Thanks a lot !
I recently upgraded from a Nokia N95 to a Touch HD. I've been trying to get my Sony DRBT21 bluetooth headphones to work with the touch HD. The phone pairs with the headphones, but the sound quality is poor with no bass and sounds crackly.
Additionally when I turn off/on the headphones, only the headset and microphone profiles connect back to the phone, not the A2DP stereo part. The only way I've found to get it to reconnect is to repair them.
Any idea if this is a known issue with A2DP headphones on the Touch HD? I'm not expecting to get brilliant audio quality, but as it is right now with crackles and distortion it isn't worth listening to.
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I can fix or optimise this?
Cheers
Was the device properly paired? Were you prompted for the PIN? If not, do so manually by going to Bluetooth settings and pair the headset from there.
As for the A2DP not being available when reconnecting, this seems to be a known issue as I experience this intermittently with HTC's own Bluetooth and another third-party one, too. This issue was also observed on my previous HTC Polaris! A workaround for this issue for me is to power off Bluetooth and then power it back on: not a good solution!
It prompted for the PIN which I entered, and looks to be set up correctly. The main issue seems to be the background static when listening to music (hissing and crackling). Is there anything in Advanced config that could be tinkered with to try and alleviate the problem?
This won´t help you:
My Motorola S9 and HT820 (Both A2DP/AVRCP) working fine with HD and Diamond. Also I had some difficulties reconnecting the first times, due to the not used pairing-PIN. The motos doesn´t need it. The HD and the diamond needed some time to accept this
Now they reconnect as Hedset and Stereoheadphons.
Maybe there is another BT-Master (your old phone) active that occupies the A2DP connection with your headset.
I have one HD and S9, sometimes it's a little hard for them to connect but the sound can be very good, the only problem is that with high BitPool values above 30 (medium quality) it's very easy to break the sound when the HD is in our pockets and we are outside the house.
hi, im using the same headphone with you. you got that cracking noise with no bass because it's playing via the headset function, not as stereo headphone.
try disable the heatset option in the bluetooth, then open your music player and try again.
And yes, when u turn off your headset improperly. i.e. turn off from the power button, and not through bluetooth -> disconnect, then turn off... you will have to go to setting -> set as stereo headphone...
I had a play around with Advanced config and found that if I change the max bitpool from 30 to 50, the crackling and static disappears. It seems better now. Many thanks!
Edit: Changed to Max Bitpool 80 and Min 65 and the quality is brilliant. Found some further information from a post on another site (PPCSG) which may be useful to any with a similar issue:
Using ACT (Advance Config Tool), go to BLUETOOTH:
*below are my settings->
-Use Joint Stereo: Yes (default)
-Bitpool: Very High
-Max supported bitpool: 80
-Min support bitpool: 65
-Sample rate: 48000Hz
*My settings may not be the best, therefore you may want to trial and error.
The following shows the named values for the A2DP\Settings key.
By default, A2DP uses a bitpool of 48. A lower bitpool value improves system performance. Increasing bitpool to a higher value causes an overhead on Bluetooth and system resources.
Microsoft suggests the following bitpool values for optimal buffer sizes.
30 - Low audio quality
40 - Medium audio quality
48 - High audio quality
58 - Excellent audio quality
-The maximum reported bit pool value, which can be negotiated with the peer device. Default value is 80.
-The minimum reported bit pool value, which can be negotiated with the peer device. Default value is 14.
-SBC sample rate to use. Default value is 44.1 KHz.
least of your worries...
what bothers Me more is that the old A2DP bug from the HTC Diamond has made its way to the HD ROM, in that if you listen to music via A2DP and recieve a phone call, you take that call and end that call then your music continues playing through the phone speakers! You have no idea how embarassing this is on a train!
that doesnt happen on mine, go straight back to my headphone again...
Even though it doesnt happen on mine, to be safe I plug a dummy headphone jact to the phone so even if bt gets disconnected, no sound goes through decice speakers. Makes me feel comfortable on the train. This was also an issue with Cruise which was addressed by a hotfix later on.
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try disable the heatset option in the bluetooth, then open your music player and try again.
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Tried that, and the difference is staggering!
I can now confirm that it isn't a hardware issue, that these phones (Sony HBH-IS800) are capable of sound quality just as good as other Sony in-ear jobs. Thanks for that!
Now, all I have to do is try to sort out the drop-outs. It seems as though the slightest barrier can cause drop-outs, for instance, putting the phone in my jacket pocket, or passing my jacket sleeve in front of it. Not sure whether it's the particular material of my jacket, or the metal in the buttons, or what, but it's hugely irritating.
Funnily enough, seems to make a difference if I have the connecting wire behind or in front of my neck. More to follow on this one....
Cheers
Pete
noise ?
For people using the HD and motorola S705 as bluetooth A2DP : do you have also an annoying background noise when listening to quiet music ? Or before the sound starts. You know a noise like pffffffffffffffffffffff
HTC P3600
Hello,
I already installed the tornado_a2dp.cab on my PDA HTC P3600 with WM5. but I can't sincronize MP3 (Windows Media Player or TCPMP) with my headphones Nokia BH-206.
Anybody help me to solve this problem?
The mp3 sound only worked (10seconds) in Windows Media Player when I press the button to do a call
Hi.
I have done the changes mentioned in this thread and got much better sound when listening to music.
But i still have a static noise when im in a call.
Is there a way to fix this?
mugis said:
I had a play around with Advanced config and found that if I change the max bitpool from 30 to 50, the crackling and static disappears. It seems better now. Many thanks!
Edit: Changed to Max Bitpool 80 and Min 65 and the quality is brilliant. Found some further information from a post on another site (PPCSG) which may be useful to any with a similar issue:
Using ACT (Advance Config Tool), go to BLUETOOTH:
*below are my settings->
-Use Joint Stereo: Yes (default)
-Bitpool: Very High
-Max supported bitpool: 80
-Min support bitpool: 65
-Sample rate: 48000Hz
*My settings may not be the best, therefore you may want to trial and error.
The following shows the named values for the A2DP\Settings key.
By default, A2DP uses a bitpool of 48. A lower bitpool value improves system performance. Increasing bitpool to a higher value causes an overhead on Bluetooth and system resources.
Microsoft suggests the following bitpool values for optimal buffer sizes.
30 - Low audio quality
40 - Medium audio quality
48 - High audio quality
58 - Excellent audio quality
-The maximum reported bit pool value, which can be negotiated with the peer device. Default value is 80.
-The minimum reported bit pool value, which can be negotiated with the peer device. Default value is 14.
-SBC sample rate to use. Default value is 44.1 KHz.
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I am having the same problem as you on my HTC Incredible. Any idea of an app that lets you configure those settings for Android?
hi
i am using sony ericsson bt headset - hbh-pv740
on my previous phones (iphone 3g and se w910i) the volume level was good enough to feel comfortable - on my hd2 it is on the 100% level but still quiet.
any ideas how to improve bt voice level?
masi0 said:
hi
i am using sony ericsson bt headset - hbh-pv740
on my previous phones (iphone 3g and se w910i) the volume level was good enough to feel comfortable - on my hd2 it is on the 100% level but still quiet.
any ideas how to improve bt voice level?
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had the same issue, its due to the none standard bluetooth stack, i just changed to a new nokia bluetooth headset with volymecontrols on it, theese work 100% but my old ones without volyme conrol is so quiet i bearly hear the one im talking to, i got it a little better by doing the following..
use advanced config 3.3 goto bluetooth settings and put ALL values to max, reboot and thats it.
please tell me how this affected volyme for you!
smaberg said:
had the same issue, its due to the none standard bluetooth stack, i just changed to a new nokia bluetooth headset with volymecontrols on it, theese work 100% but my old ones without volyme conrol is so quiet i bearly hear the one im talking to, i got it a little better by doing the following..
use advanced config 3.3 goto bluetooth settings and put ALL values to max, reboot and thats it.
please tell me how this affected volyme for you!
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Shjena! my BT does have volume control, however I will date to try this soft to gain BT settings
Thx
I have a chinese bluetooth rearview mirror without digital volume control (only an analog knob like a fm radio volume one), and the output volume was extremely low with my new hd2 (with a nokia n97 was perfect).
Tried to modify registry settings without any results.
Then I discovered that disabling "single volume" for ringtone/system in settings i was able to raise the conversation volume using the hardware volume button on the left of hd2. Now i'm totally satisfied with the output power.
you might set the volume with the volume keys on the phone when connected to headset.