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Ok I am coming from the Nexus S with Voodoo Sound and Picture and wow if you only knew how amazing Voodoo really is my biggest problem with my Nexus S was the in ear sound output. It was quickly remedied by the installation of PowerAmp, but that got old fast because although it sounds good its still not loud. I honestly want a phone that makes me have to turn the sound down so I don't blow my ear drums or cars speakers. I have amazing headphones iBeats by Dre to be exact and with Voodoo it made my phone sound amazing!!!!! But now i have the Evo 4G i need a upgrade ASAP. Post away with any incite regarding a sound driver kernel or app anything please and thank you.
- D.J.
DSP Manager app.
rawr4dj said:
Ok I am coming from the Nexus S with Voodoo Sound and Picture and wow if you only knew how amazing Voodoo really is my biggest problem with my Nexus S was the in ear sound output. It was quickly remedied by the installation of PowerAmp, but that got old fast because although it sounds good its still not loud. I honestly want a phone that makes me have to turn the sound down so I don't blow my ear drums or cars speakers. I have amazing headphones iBeats by Dre to be exact and with Voodoo it made my phone sound amazing!!!!! But now i have the Evo 4G i need a upgrade ASAP. Post away with any incite regarding a sound driver kernel or app anything please and thank you.
- D.J.
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http://www.headamp.com/portable_amps/ae2/index.htm
DSP manager is extremely dismal imho compared to Voodoo
and i dont want a extra wire hanging out of my beats
Hi
I would appreciate your opinions between the Samsung Galaxy S2
and the Htc Sensation.
Sound and clarity are very important to such as/speakerphone/talking on the phone/media player sound/game sound. On a scale of 1-10(MAX) I would like to have sufficent/loud sound at 6 and not have to play it a full volume.
To give you and example I listened to the Htc Legend which has good sound but not very loud.(But better sound than the Samsung Galaxy S(I was surprised) I listened to the Atrix and was impressed with the volume/clarity of music.
I'm leaning towards the Htc Sensation but have no idea about the sound.
I don not intend to use a small amp with unit. I will purchase good headphone
Thanks for your help I look forward to your feedback.
Greg
Htc are known for speakers to sound tiny.
Sg2 is great, i work with barking dogs 10hrs a day and never any issues hearibg.
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i tryed desire S(wifes) and yesterday also finally sensation...it has nothing to do with SGS2 in terms of quality -
- on low levels ok..they are almoust the same..but once u reach the higher sound levels SGS2 is leading...
so for me 1+ for SGS2
I think there is another post that asks this same question somewhere on here, but I second this question. I want speakerphone and video watching to be loud enough to cut through Asian street noise!
I've been looking through the forums in anticipation if getting an Atrix and have read the topics on the speaker quality. However, I didn't really read how the quality of sound is through headphones. I have a nice pair of headphones so I want it to sound good. So my questions are:
1. Does the Atrix have a Wolfson amplifier??
2. How does it compare to the Infuse or SGS2??
I can't answer your first question, but I have a pair of Dr. Dre Beats (yea i know i know, but they do sound pretty good) and I personally think the sound quality is better than the infuse. My cousin has an infuse and I played the same track on both phones with my headphones and I preferred the sound on the Atrix. Your best bet is to go to an AT&T store (or whoever your atrix provider might be) and bring your headphones and ask them to let you try out both and judge for yourself. Although music itself and even certain equalizer settings are subjective, I think you will get a pretty good idea on which one "sounds better".
Two thumbs up for sound quality.
I am probably one of the very few people here who replaced their SGS2 with Atrix 4G.
SGS2 sound quality is not bad, but its not great either. Specially if you are using it on EDGE network which does happen to me when I am not in 3G coverage area.
Anyway, coming to Atrix, its one of the best sounding handsets I have used after original Galaxy S. Output is clean, loud enough and free of distortions/clipping even at high volume on earphones and headphones.
To be honest, 8/10 people will not be able to decide which sounds better Atrix or SGS2 or infuse.
And with cheap headphones, its even harder to decide which one is better.
My opinions here are with Audio Technica ATH M50, Brainwavz M2 and Nuforce NE700.
My only problem is that it seems that the volume is overall pretty low (i.e. I find myself keeping the slider close-ish to the top). When I'm outside walking to and from class, the city sounds almost drown out my music even when I have it at max...I know it's not the headphones, because I use them on all of my music playing devices, and they are just fine elsewhere. The sound is good, but the max volume seems to be set low...Messing with the equalizer in my music player (PowerAmp) helps..
Yeah its a wolfson dac not amp which is what really matters. Overall the phone sounds very good especially considering its a freaking phone. Ive used Beyerdynamic dt 770 80ohm pros, etymotic mc5's, grado sr80i's, and most impressively my Magnepan MC-12 planar speakers with the phone. They all sounded just fine, not jaw dropping or anything but just fine and fairly balanced throughout. If you have good copies of your music and decent headphones the atrix will take care of you if your not too picky. Much more so if you have an external headphone amp. you'd be surprised how much something little like this
http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-E5-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B001P9EQH8
can improve sound quality not to mention get you to the volume you want.
Also don't mess around with equalizers too much they have a tendency to distort music no matter what your sourcing it from.
happy listening \m/d>_<b\m/
Im wondering how is audio via bluetooth a2dp, my SGSII sounds very bad, crapy and maybe Atrix could be a better solution for me with this matter ?
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Im wondering how is audio via bluetooth a2dp, my SGSII sounds very bad, crapy and maybe Atrix could be a better solution for me with this matter ?
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The sound via a a2dp headset is fine, no where near as good as 3.5 jack but same can be said about the gs2. I will miss my Atrix as I loved the audio quility
Sound quality over bluetooth on Motorola S9-HD headset is great as far as I am concerned. No issues with volume either. I keep media volume maxed, and control headset volume from headset. It will go much louder than I use it at, and it drowns out any ambient sound easily.
I had hope the US version would have some changes from the international galaxy s iii that would address the bad audio capture. Samsung apparently did...something, but it is not a big improvement, and the issues plaguing the audio capture is still there, mainly utter lack of bass and voice distortion when people aren't speaking in a whisper (i.e. most of the time). The walkie-talkie sound is gone, and voices sound much cleaner overall, but the distortions are still there. This lack of bass coupled with its cleanless gives the sound a very out of body feeling, like a voice in your head that does not resonate throughout your body, or seeing lightning without hearing thunder. It sounds very precarious to me, like I'm about to fall off a ledge, or maybe my hearing is going bad and I can't "feel" sounds anymore. Samsung, please stop messing around with the audio capture and leave it to its full glory with no filters or modifications and instead just record exactly what the microphone is picking up!
Supercurio (the maker of Voodoo Sound) said the S4 in the SGS3 might be using the same audio chip as the One S, which he said is awesome. He might even be able to make Voodoo Sound work on the S4 version... so just be patient.
you might want to try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691145
its for the international gs3, but it may work. its essentially a new camera.apk. wouldnt hurt to try if you can root and backup your original apk!
Hi, I wanted to open a new discussion related to loudness of the One and music quality overall.
So, HTC has two stereo big speakers on the front and they have some kind of amplifier.
HTC claims they are loud - 93dB. Are they? What are your experiences?
As of quality. HTC audio is in partership with "Beats Audio". It seems to improve quality of music.
Take a look at this video seems good.
And one more thing - speakers are on the front. Does it get on your nerves in everyday usage?
zdnet.com said:
"When I first heard HTC talk about the front-facing stereo speakers on the HTC One with the BoomSound branding, I thought it was just some kind of marketing gimmick. As you can clearly hear in the video below, with an HTC One and BoomSound, you can actually leave behind your portable speaker and enjoy quality audio without a headset.
My wife enjoys music and when she heard me rocking out down in the office she came to see what was going on. After seeing it was the HTC One, she told me I have to get her one on T-Mobile.
I had the volume up to the maximum and you can't even really tell there is any distortion in the audio quality. You will never miss another call or alarm if you crank the volume on the HTC One and may actually be blown out of your bed with the BoomSound. Keep in mind, you can individually control audio for ringtones, notifications, music, videos, and alarms, so make sure to do so before bed."
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Another from a DJ over here ...
and here's the original for comparison
Not too bad for a phone eh !!
depend on the recording device, there is some missing frequencies, but the HTC One does have very good clarity, i like it
The sound is immense, especially coming from a phone!