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Magician is a great Mp3 player

Just bought 2gig Ipod Nano for my girlfriend for chrismast.. i need to say this: comapre to my SPV M500, nano sound is so lame. I use the same sony headphone and the same mp3 songs. The nano got no bass at all. The Nano's equlizer doesnt work well, it make the sound more horiblle.
Magician + the bass and treble setting software, makes a good mp3 player. the bass is deep and the treble is great. just wondering how come there are so many people using Ipod with the stock headphones all over..
happy christmas

parklife said:
Just bought 2gig Ipod Nano for my girlfriend for chrismast.. i need to say this: comapre to my SPV M500, nano sound is so lame. I use the same sony headphone and the same mp3 songs. The nano got no bass at all. The Nano's equlizer doesnt work well, it make the sound more horiblle.
Magician + the bass and treble setting software, makes a good mp3 player. the bass is deep and the treble is great. just wondering how come there are so many people using Ipod with the stock headphones all over..
happy christmas
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fashion statemeant. The included headphones are absoloute trash. I use my bose headphones, sweet.
For a £300 ipod, I would expect better headphones. Stop being bloody cheap appple.
I remember the good old days I used to get a case, firewire cable, charger, stand all included.
Who ever said something becoming popular was better. WRONG!!!!!

parklife said:
Magician + the bass and treble setting software, makes a good mp3 player. the bass is deep and the treble is great. just wondering how come there are so many people using Ipod with the stock headphones all over..
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I don't know about Nano, but I bought Creative Zen Micro because audio section of Magician is too noisy and of poor quality. And I'm sure that special devices work better than multifunctional.

parklife said:
Magician + the bass and treble setting software, makes a good mp3 player.
happy christmas
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Hi parklife,
Which bass & treble software are you on? I tried one, don't remember which. Found it through the forum, but it made the sound horrible full of clicks & ticks all caused by the bass setting. On the headphone it was ok, but navigation or phone functiond with front speaker :--(
Regards, M
Ps. good to hear from you again

yah, those white head phones are a complete fashion statement. i got the nano, and to be honest, i dont use it at all, i bought it the first week it came out and used it that entire week,then i saw too many other people using it, and realized i was just some other "guy" with an apple. and i haven't touched it since then. its rotting away in one of my drawers hehehe
well, about the jam, i just installed pocketmusic like 4 days ago and i honestly cant beleive how amazing this is. listen to mp3s, no need to carry another device around (even if its as small as the nano) and still have GREAT sound quality!?!?! i'm using the headphones that came with the jam and quality is superb... i'm not an audiophile so i'm not gonna ***** if it isn't out of this world. i also got the 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter so i can plug it into my car stereo. but the only problem... i got a 128mb MMC
but hopefully in two weeks i'm gonna trade in my jam for the k-jam and then i'll be gettin a 2gb mini SD :wink: (hopefully pocket music works well on wm5)

I use the jam as MP3 player in combination with MortPlayer. MortPlayer has a bass boost option which works great. You can find it in the effects settings. The Equalizer app mentioned isn't working that good because you often have to reactivate it manually. MortPlayer does this reliably and is for free.
As headphones I use Shure E2C which are a bit expensive (around 100 $) but sound very good with a bass boost. The mid-high sound quality is awsome. Also they isolate from environmental noise very well. In addition, I have the Expansys 2,5mm to 3,5 mm adapter.
What is concerning the sound quality of the Magician, I would say that a good MP3 Player definately provides better sound than it does. The sound is ok and powerful but there's some background noise audible also with high quality MP3s.

For me, I use TCMP player for all audio and video play back. It accepts almost every format that U can think of.
Now, I am planning to run my laptop in the car at a mp3/video file server using Apache(TCMP supports files playing over the network using HTTP). Therefore, # of songs I can play depends on the laptop's HD using bluetooth connection.

I,m understand what you are talking about I use the pocketmusic player, which have the best sound quality, and interface for me. I also have bought koss sporta pro headphones and 2,5mm to 3,5mm adapter, which produces great sound quality. When pda is used to listen music, I underclock it to 208mhz and it can play longer.

for me this is a new found side of the magician, i always new there were mp3 players and such but never gave them a shot. now that i am using them, can't believe i didn't do it before.
I still use my nano when working out and jogging because i dont feel like damaging my jam.
Also i started using resco radio. I connect activesync through BT and walk around myhouse while i stream my fav online radio, its great!!! it plays clear, no distortion, no buffering other than the initial buffer. Also resco radio has an option to record what your streaming, so a good song comes on, RECORD IT!! its great!
when i'm on campus i'll use the headphones supplied with the phone. but when i'm at home, i use my sony headphones (the ones that loop around the back of your head).

Me....i use the GS player. Though the interface wasnt that as goodlooking as the pocket music, or even the mort player....but the sound quality is just superb. So superb with the pocketpc audio bass and treblle enhancer software. In addition, i use the panasonic rp-hs-102. I jsut love the idea of having retractable wires......it just fits into my pocket perfectly.

private_rehamer said:
Me....i use the GS player. Though the interface wasnt that as goodlooking as the pocket music, or even the mort player....but the sound quality is just superb. So superb with the pocketpc audio bass and treblle enhancer software.
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As you should now, MortPlayer uses the GS Player libraries, so there should not be a difference in sound quality.
Anyway, there is a new Version MortPlayer 3.3 out, and the best thing, its free!

Just a question regarding the pocketpc audio bass and treblle enhancer software. Is there any way I can have it automatically "turned on" everytime I use my pocketpc? Tried putting it in the startup folder but still have to click the sliders before the changes takes effect. Thanks!

As far as I know, this is only possible with using a macro player like MortRunner which just imitates your stylus moves.
The equalizer software isn't needed, when you use the built in Equalizer functions of MortPlayer.

Guys..
apparantly that wonderfull bass/treble applet doesnt work on WM5!
I live by my magician with SONY NUDE-EX earphones.. like what parklife said.. it's totally awesome.
Now that i've gotten the Atom, I need to find an alternative way of getting that right kinda bass. Any help?

What's the best media player?
I'm currently using PocketMusic. It has lots of features the built-in Media Player doesn't have.
From the postings, it seems there are quite many other software: MortPlayer, TCMP,.... which i have not tried yet.
Which one is the best? In terms of:
1. User friendliness (thumb friendly, supports button mapping...)
2. Bass/treb/equalizer --> is this really important? It already sounds great without the enhancer.
3. Multiformat support (including video?)
4. Small footprint
5. etc.

The Magician makes good sound quality. I have a Sennheiser HD477, and also a Dell Axim X51v pocketpc. When comparing the Magician and Dell Axim x51v, the Dell Axim x51v wins with room to spare though.
I find the sound of the Magician a bit unclear, and not the best quality one would hope for.
Dell Axim x51v's quality is comparable to the high end Creative Media Players and the high end iPods with good earphones.
Magician is good, but not good enough in my opinion. And to be honest, WMP10 isn't the best media player available featurewise, but sound quality of WMP10 is definetly better compared to any 3rd party media player (on the Magician). I cannot hear the difference on Axim.

Audio quality: HTC default headset vs. Other wired vs. A2DP

Guys,
I've bought a 2GB MiniSD just to realize the audio quality of my Qtek is not very good - 192Kbps WMA sounds like a 32Kbps on my laptop. I am currently using the HTC headset that comes with the phone. So the options are:
- Headset is bad
- 'Sound hardware' is bad
So, can anyone share his experience of listening to music on Wizard. Would buying a better headset (like KOSS or Sennheiser) with a jack adapter help? Or is it the phone sound hardware that sucks? What about A2DP?
Thanks,
Ross

I've just bought a set of HP AD2P headphones off ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....name=STRK:MEWN:IT&viewitem=&item=140054575540
And they are excellent! Very impressed and excellent price (£23 inc delivery). Smaller and lighter weight than other bluetooth headphones I've seen. Came with AC adapter for the built-in lithion-iron battery. Apparently runs for about 8hrs.
I've also got a set of AKG K26 wired headphones (however you'll need a 3.5mm to 2.5mm adapter)
http://www.headphone.com/products/headphones/earpad/akg-k-26-p.php
The AKG K26 is renowned for fantastic bass so I was very surprised to find the HP ones were very comparable.

rkhomenko said:
Guys,
I've bought a 2GB MiniSD just to realize the audio quality of my Qtek is not very good - 192Kbps WMA sounds like a 32Kbps on my laptop. I am currently using the HTC headset that comes with the phone. So the options are:
- Headset is bad
- 'Sound hardware' is bad
So, can anyone share his experience of listening to music on Wizard. Would buying a better headset (like KOSS or Sennheiser) with a jack adapter help? Or is it the phone sound hardware that sucks? What about A2DP?
Thanks,
Ross
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It's the A2DP implementation in AKU2 that sucks. Once a decent AKU3 (conversion) is released with built-in REAL AKU3 (not that of AKU2), the problems will go away.
Please make sure you check out the General forum here; I've posted several articles in there on these matters. Certainly worth a thorough read.

I have recently bought a plantronics 590A stereo bluetooth headset and have been very happy with the sound. My only advice is do research on your headset before you make a purchase because although the quality is very good on the 590A, it has a blinking blue light that continuously goes on, which makes the headset look quite wierd. Anyway, in terms of quality, it has been surprisingly pretty good.
Even with the wired manufacturer headset I got with my 8125 the quality wasn't amazing, but was better that you described.
I also have bought an adapter and used my own headphones, and again, not great, but not that bad.
Something may be wrong with your hardware, or search the forum for various registry tweaks to improve sound quality. If you can, I would definetly see if you can get another phone (through warranty), because the sound should not be that horrible.

now if this only had a microphone too....

rkhomenko said:
Guys,
I've bought a 2GB MiniSD just to realize the audio quality of my Qtek is not very good - 192Kbps WMA sounds like a 32Kbps on my laptop. I am currently using the HTC headset that comes with the phone. So the options are:
- Headset is bad
- 'Sound hardware' is bad
So, can anyone share his experience of listening to music on Wizard. Would buying a better headset (like KOSS or Sennheiser) with a jack adapter help? Or is it the phone sound hardware that sucks? What about A2DP?
Thanks,
Ross
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I think it actually has something to do with the fact that the sound hardware sucks... I feel that any amount of bass or treble over the norm (even as little as +2dB) causes the thing to distort badly...
My old HP h2210 had an excellent sound chip in it, and also, i'm used to the X-Fi in my PC, and some sennheiser HD595s, so of course, it will sound poo...

TauTau said:
now if this only had a microphone too....
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The 590A does have a mike - if you meant that.

zakhir_n said:
I have recently bought a plantronics 590A stereo bluetooth headset and have been very happy with the sound. My only advice is do research on your headset before you make a purchase because although the quality is very good on the 590A, it has a blinking blue light that continuously goes on, which makes the headset look quite wierd. Anyway, in terms of quality, it has been surprisingly pretty good.
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Try listening to any music that has *human singing* in it and compare it to the quality through wires (when you do the same by connecting the 590A to the Wizard with the wire that comes with the 590A)
Unfortunately, the 590A, being probably the best stereo headsphone, is *very* sensitive to this kind of distortion.

Update
I've bought an AD-18 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter from Nokia to try my Wizard with different wired headphones around my office.
First observation - the sound is much better with 'normal' heaphones (Seinheiser). I would switch to better conventional headphones immediately, however, the volume is really low and I don's seem to figure out how to get it up. Does it have to do anything with resistance? Was it the case for anyone else? May be it is the Nokia adapter causing trouble?
Ross

Actually, the audio hardware in the Wizard just sucks big time. I have a pretty high end audio system in my car. It also has a line input on the front for connecting an mp3 player or whatever (even though it already plays mp3 files). Anyways, I can connect my Wizard to that line in using a cable and the sound is really poor quality. Dynamic range is not very good and the high end is seriously cut off. I have to boost the crap out of it in TCPMP but still can't get it to sound right. I can play the same MP3 off a CD and the quality is much better, CD quality (I typically use high quality vbr encoding). I can take a cheapo $15 MP3 player we got for the kids and it has much better sound quality using the same cable and input so I know it's not there. I've also tried multiple 2.5mm->3.5mm adapters with no change. Different ROMs also don't seem to make a difference in it. I can only conclude, then, that it has to be the audio hardware.
I would like to find a device that uses the A2DP profile to sync with my phone and has a phono (headphone) or RCA output plug or jack so that I could hook it into my car stereo. Any one know of such a beast?

This is bad news. I have been digging around trying to find an adapter that would allow me to use the phone as my mp3 player, whilst allowing me to plug in an external powered mic, so I can can cradle the phone in a mount and get decent talk volume to my caller. In fact, I just order a 4gb card to get more of my library on the go.
I'll have to give my daughters iPod a try and see if there is any difference. As much as I hate iTunes, maybe I'll have to spring for a new iPhone. I would upgrade to the 8525, if not for the micro SD, which is yet another rant for me. It irks me to no end that every device I have seems to use a different card format. I think HTC is not doing right by the customer to go to the micro SD format. As it stands, I could not use my SX66 cards in my Wizard. I have a hard time believing the micro to mini would drastically change the form factor.

If you mean the voice portion is totally muddled... you either have a defective headset or a defective jack. I suspect that there's a short from the sound to ground...

Avatar28 said:
I would like to find a device that uses the A2DP profile to sync with my phone and has a phono (headphone) or RCA output plug or jack so that I could hook it into my car stereo. Any one know of such a beast?
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Bit of an old post, but if anyone's interested, Connects2 does an adapter that is just as you describe. It is a BTAV01 Bluetooth interface for A2DP. Connects to any aftermarket radio with RCA connectors

Can anyone try A2DP?

I was wondering if the audio quality and sound stuttering has improved by using BT stereo headphones with Blackstone...
I have a trinity and i still haven't found a setting nor a rom nor a BT stack which handles my samsung headphones with a decent quality and no stuttering...
My cheap nokia 6234 has a solid connection and a good quality sound compared to the trinity... Plus, the A2DP connection slows my device down so much you have to pause if you want to do anything with it...
So if anyone could report about using bluetooth headphones with Blackstone, I would be very grateful as that would help me decide whether to buy or not
Thanks a lot
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Fra

Great
I have the Touch HD for a few days now with the BH S100 HTC bluetooth headset. I have to say that the sound quality is great. It is even better than my conventional mp3 player.
Stable, never lost connection, etc.
Hope this helps.

I tried it today, with my Sony-headset.
It seems to stutter, though, for the five minutes I tested.

I have the Blackstone from seven day and the A2DP is OK with my Sony_Ericsson HBH-DS200.
The sound is very good and the pairing with the phone is immediatly in about 1 second.
Regards

reasonably OK with my Jabra BT620s. However, quality in BT A2DP is not really comparable with wired headsets, and i got some losses when passing nearby EM sources like wifi, etc.etc.

I needed to enhance the quality with Schaps Advanced Config Tool.

Alpine radio
I have an Alpine radio with bluetooth capabilities in my car, and for the first time I have a great connection with my HD. My Touch Diamond stuttered.

Thanks a lot everyone!
I guess it depends by the headset model and interferences then...
I'm still looking for a shop which would make me play with it for a little while...

i have a pioneer deh 700bt and the headunit set up was easier than the nokia n95
streaming music was a bit weird, the quality was very weird, kinda like very low bit rate streaming on mp3s at times, then fine again.
my n95 music used to pause when i took the key out of the ingnition and the stereo turn off
however the HD just keeps playing, but not through the speaker phone....just see it still playing
bit disappointed, and looking for a fix
I've only played for 10 mins, so i'll let you know if i find some more.

I have an Audi A3 from 2005 with a original BT carkit.
Can I use my HD to play some music ?
I can make phonecalls without a problem, if I adjust the volume of my carradio the volume from the HD is also adjusted.
But is there a possibility to play some music ?

Has anyone tried the Plantronics 855 Voyager stereo headset yet?
Also, I'm currently using the Jawbone 1 and noticed horrible interference/noise in the ear piece when the wifi is on, anyone else experience this?

I've never had any problems with the diamond and now with the hd. Like the senior man said, you need to increase the bluetooth bitpool values either in the registry or by using schaps tool. The difference in quality is immense - low values will make high bitrate music sound 64 kbps so you need to change this. Of course, the higher the bitpool the more chance of dropouts but I run at 60 and rarely, if ever have any dropouts.

Sennheiser MM200
Now if tested for almost one day my HD with my new Sennheiser MM 200. Amazing!!! The use of the MP3-Player switched with the use of the remote control to a new level. During sport display can be switched off(no need for touch display-less power consumption (try to give a more compareable info in future)), full control of play/pause/fwd/rwd/volume function. There is no delay of the HD in using the remote nor any transmission interruptings. Now the HD is with armwrest a perfect sport companion. The sound of the earphones - haven't had any better sound (and i've tried a lot of earplugs). Neckstrap fits perfect, mic in perfect position, clear speech and due to perfect noise reduction of the plugs even in noisy areas perfect understanding.
The Sennheiser was just charged the first time - i'll report the stamina.
So far -

I am using the i.Tech S35 bluetooth clip also on my HD now, and sound is very good, with WiFi on. Advantage of the clip is that one can use any headphones with it.
http://dontknowme.at/http://www.itechdynamic.com/en/products_spec.asp?cid=2&pid=02041

Louis said:
I have an Audi A3 from 2005 with a original BT carkit.
Can I use my HD to play some music ?
I can make phonecalls without a problem, if I adjust the volume of my carradio the volume from the HD is also adjusted.
But is there a possibility to play some music ?
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no ... thats just working with A5
(is trying too much effort?)

Louis said:
I have an Audi A3 from 2005 with a original BT carkit.
Can I use my HD to play some music ?
I can make phonecalls without a problem, if I adjust the volume of my carradio the volume from the HD is also adjusted.
But is there a possibility to play some music ?
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It's not possible to play music, only phone functions are available.
I've tested the HD with the PARROT MK6000 and everything works very fine, also A2DP, Quality is good.Phone Functions great, Phonebook synchronize works perfect

AD2P Audio

Any of you using the Desire HD with a BT Stereo Radio and/or stereo headset. The sound quality sounds really bad to me. I had the same thing on my HD2 @ default settings, but fixed that by changing the linespeed in registry. (bitpool on older WM phones)
Have been googling and can't find anything of the sort for Android. Is there a way to fix the audio quality?
My brother has the SE Xperia X10 and it has way better AD2P audio quality, even though it's still android 1.6. So it's not an Android bug, but rather a driver/setting somewhere.
Also the range the BT has is really small, I have a Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile speaker, which connects through BT AD2P, the quality is lower then on my HD2 (after tweaking) and the range is only 5-7m, while the HD2 managed to have skipless playback and higher quality at over 15-20m...
Apart from this I'm really loving the phone . And my car radio has full support for the other BT features. Like skipping tracks (in Spotify) and dialing numbers via the address book on my car radio instead of on my phone. And see who's calling on my radio's display.

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Any of you using the Desire HD with a BT Stereo Radio and/or stereo headset. The sound quality sounds really bad to me. I had the same thing on my HD2 @ default settings, but fixed that by changing the linespeed in registry. (bitpool on older WM phones)
Have been googling and can't find anything of the sort for Android. Is there a way to fix the audio quality?
My brother has the SE Xperia X10 and it has way better AD2P audio quality, even though it's still android 1.6. So it's not an Android bug, but rather a driver/setting somewhere.
Also the range the BT has is really small, I have a Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile speaker, which connects through BT AD2P, the quality is lower then on my HD2 (after tweaking) and the range is only 5-7m, while the HD2 managed to have skipless playback and higher quality at over 15-20m...
Apart from this I'm really loving the phone . And my car radio has full support for the other BT features. Like skipping tracks (in Spotify) and dialing numbers via the address book on my car radio instead of on my phone. And see who's calling on my radio's display.
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Hi there, I'm really interested in that too. Would you say it's just a slight problem of the sound quality or is it merely unusable?

If you use Bluetooth headset you can forgive about good music quality. that's all
if you need good quality audio in bluetooth, buy this:
http://store.sleek-audio.com/earphones/sa1-in-ear-earphones-1.html

Demiourgos said:
If you use Bluetooth headset you can forgive about good music quality. that's all
if you need good quality audio in bluetooth, buy this:
http://store.sleek-audio.com/earphones/sa1-in-ear-earphones-1.html
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Won't really help at all, as I need to connect it to my car audio.
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Hi there, I'm really interested in that too. Would you say it's just a slight problem of the sound quality or is it merely unusable?
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You can compare the quality with 96Kbps MP3 which is really bad imho, but still usable. It's about the same on many phones though, allmost all are set to max 31 bitpool... But with windows mobile it was an easy fix.

As the source code is out, I hope the ROM builders can soon find a way to fix this.

Hi
I use a pair of plantronics 590e headphones over A2DP and the quality is brilliant! I have not changed a thing in the setup.
I wont play anything lower than 192kbs (most of my mp3 are 320kps) as i am a real fussy git when i comes to audio.
I have used the standard music player and tunewiki and both are perfect!
Are you atchaly using the A2DP or standard mic and mono sound protcal for calls?
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My MM200 Sennheiser work flawless. Music is rich and crisp!

You won't know the difference if you haven't heard the difference between bitpool 31 and bitpool 58, it's like night and day to me. Even 256kbps MP3 sounds bad to me tho.
Tried different audio files and it's not spotify causing it. As my brother is also plaything through spotify at HQ settings (which is 160Kbps OGG, comparable with 320+ Kbps MP3) ...
Eagerly waiting for an AD2P fix for android.

When I have my HD playing music through my Car's Bluetooth the quality is also pretty poor.
For some reason I can't choose any of the EQ settings? If I could just try and add some treble I think I could put up with it!

Just tried playing music via bluetooth to my sony head unit in the car and it became so choppy it was painful to even try to listen to it.
Great phone but really disappointed that there is a problem like this as one of the main uses of my phone is for audio in the car.

I use a Sony Ericsson mw600 and the quality is not good. The same headset with my sisters itouch and it sounds great. Is this a hardware or a software issue?
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

You must be careful with the mw600 that it connects in the correct mode. As headphones NOT headset for music. If you get it wrong it will sound awful. You can check by tapping the Mic during playback, if you can hear it through the headphones you have it set up wrong

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My MM200 Sennheiser work flawless. Music is rich and crisp!
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i had exact earphone, but it's just awful. first of all; htc doesn't make me choose any sound enhancements, other thing is, my 320kbps musics aren't different from 96 at all.
ps. i am an audiophile.

Imanaged to find my old iTech BlueBand headset yesterday and gave that a go. Sound quality was loud and clear and well balanced.
Shame about the delay though - it's worse than I'm used to. Video is pointless as the lag on the audio is far too much to be bearable.

Bluetooth Music Quality

How the does bluetooth sound for you guys? Mine seems to be worse after the B29 update (not for certain that's when it degraded). I have a decent car stereo setup, but bluetooth distorts and crackles in the mids and highs. It's not unlistenable, but I thought my stereo was on the fritz until I used my 3.5mm input from the headphone jack, which sounds just fine. It can't be that the DAC is that much better, as my other phones sounds fine and this used to.
Do you have any thoughts or experience with something besides a small bluetooth speaker?

And I have tried playing with the Dolby settings. They make no difference with the distortion.

After some perfunctory tests I have noted that Bluetooth audio seems to introduce a significant amount of extra noise at high volumes. Aside from the additional background noise I have not noticed distortions with Bluetooth yet. I have only checked this on B29.

PiArc said:
After some perfunctory tests I have noted that Bluetooth audio seems to introduce a significant amount of extra noise at high volumes. Aside from the additional background noise I have not noticed distortions with Bluetooth yet. I have only checked this on B29.
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Just something to try...I have a BT device hooked to my AVR, and when I stream through that, if I have the volume on my phone up it sounds horrible. If I stream through it with the volume up just 1 click of the volume button, it sounds good. I increase volume at the AVR instead of the phone.

Through Bluetooth hands free working flawlessly to my.(A2017G version)
I'm having 2 LG 1100/2 Sony SBH 80 and 2 SBH 20.
Haven't try it with external speakers(since I don't own any kind) and on my car I'm using the handsfree and not connected to the car audio system.
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I have a A2017G on B05 and a somewhat cheap aukey BT headset: it seems to sound fine for me, no crackling or hissing. Have you tried it on different devices to compare?

A2017U on B29, using Jaybirds Bluebuds X, the sound its great, no distortion or cracking.
I use the Bluetooth on my car stereo too and the sound is excellent. No dolby, but the equalizer works fine.

Did you verify that all your bluetooth devices supports aptx? if not then you will lose sound quality :S
idk, i dont like bluetooth audio streaming... even with aptx. Its not bad but if you want to steam flac music it will still limit the quality. Somehow if i stream the music via bluetooths aptx it sound flat not dynmic and
voluminous.

I haven't tried it with the volume just below full. I'll give it a shot in the morning on my commute.
Other devices (S5 and 6P) sound just fine when paired to my headed unit, so it's likely something with my Axon 7.
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Quick test with the volume just under full seemed better. I'll know more after a drive tomorrow. Thanks everyone.

yamils said:
A2017U on B29, using Jaybirds Bluebuds X, the sound its great, no distortion or cracking.
I use the Bluetooth on my car stereo too and the sound is excellent. No dolby, but the equalizer works fine.
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EQ on on your car stereo or phone? I don't know of an EQ on the phone (maybe I've overlooked something).

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EQ on on your car stereo or phone? I don't know of an EQ on the phone (maybe I've overlooked something).
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On the phone. I meant to say that it's not using the HiFi audio, but the Dolby eq it's fine on Bluetooth. Sorry for the confusion.

I think it sounds about 95% better just one click below full volume. I never would have thought that digital Bluetooth volume would have been the problem, having always set it to 100% with every other device. Thankfully, Tasker makes for a quick fix.
Thanks for the tips and feedback, everyone.