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XDA Neo sound quality

I have just recently purchased a neo xda with the latest rom versions.
My problem is the sound quality of the phone both ends. Receiving and speaking. I'm using a plantronic BT headset and people sometimes say that I sound far away. When not using the BT the sound quality is like listening in a tin can. My treo 650 sounds way better than this!
Is there anything that can be done?
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Best bluetooth headphones for tilt?

I'm considering either the motorola S9 BT earbuds or thair ht820's anyone have any experiance with either of these headsets,or using BT headphones in general with the tilt? How does the sound quality rate vs. just wired headphones?

I've had both and the s9's are the way to go. The 820's are cool but they're way too bulky and star trek looking. The s9's sound great and you dont look funny wearing them.

1911luver said:
I'm considering either the motorola S9 BT earbuds or thair ht820's anyone have any experiance with either of these headsets,or using BT headphones in general with the tilt? How does the sound quality rate vs. just wired headphones?
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I've been using the HT820's and love the sound from them.
/drt

I have the s9's and they are awesome.

I've been through 2 pairs of S9's already. If you're planning on wearing them working out or any kind of athletic activity where you're going to sweat, the buttons will stop working within 2 weeks. This happened to me with both of my pairs and I have ready lots of reviews where this has happened to others as well.
I picked up an HT820 and haven't had any problems with it at all, and I think the range is a little better while the sound quality is about the same as the S9. So basically if you're going to be working out, get the HT820, otherwise I would go with the S9.

Thanks guys look like is going to be the S9's also will these work for streaming video and mp3's as well? and do these also work for phone calls?

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Love the 820. Haven't tried the s9 but it sounds like your going to do well with either!
My 820 work for all audio on the phone and phone calls. Works great too. I'm sure the S9 work the same.

Check out the Jabra BT8040
Not sure if you are looking at a headphone style only. Picked up the Jabra 8040 about 3 weeks ago and really love it. This BT headset also has a two phone BT connection and is really small. Just thought my input my help!!

kewlair said:
I've been through 2 pairs of S9's already. If you're planning on wearing them working out or any kind of athletic activity where you're going to sweat, the buttons will stop working within 2 weeks. This happened to me with both of my pairs and I have ready lots of reviews where this has happened to others as well.
I picked up an HT820 and haven't had any problems with it at all, and I think the range is a little better while the sound quality is about the same as the S9. So basically if you're going to be working out, get the HT820, otherwise I would go with the S9.
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The HT820 were OEM made for Motorola. Old BC03 chipset still me think.
We now produce this version , soon available on the shelves in EU :
http://www.b-speech.de/en/ticker/stereo-headsets-und-adapter/b-speech_calypsoSP/
With call ID and BC05 chipset. You can test them a Cebit right now!

Be very cautious about buying the s9's on Ebay because there are cheap knock-offs out there that suck really bad. Horrible sound quality and they seem to be more suseptable to sweat or water damage. If you're going to get the s9's, make sure they're genuin Motorola made!!!!!!!!
cheers and good luck!

got my 820 from ebay.
I got my 820 on ebay for 30 bucks. They were used but for 70$ off they were well worth it.
compassnortheast was the name of the seller. Good feedback.

Motorola S805 Bluetooth Stereo Headset
1911luver said:
I'm considering either the motorola S9 BT earbuds or thair ht820's anyone have any experiance with either of these headsets,or using BT headphones in general with the tilt? How does the sound quality rate vs. just wired headphones?
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See this similar thread. My reply there RE: same topic:
Just got a Motorola S805 Stereo Headset - DJ style, full earcups.
Fabulous sound, comfortable, simple and intuitive controls. Works great with Bluetooth, and also has a wired plug-in option. No hiss evident at all during music playback, mild hiss when using VoiceCommand.
Volume is good-to-overwhelming, easily controllable with a twist.

I have the Motorola s9's.. They aren't very loud with WMP but they sound real nice with Coreplayer and custom eq and preamp settings..

Great Audio Playback on Xperia Play

I am really impressed by the audio quality of the Xperia play. I originally bought it last year purely for running emulators but have recently started using it for audio and video playback. I have been surprised by the great quality of the audio playback. When i started listening to my MP3's with the stock audio player/headphones i had a double take. Everything sounded really crisp, the clarity/bass was really good and the stereo seperation was really noticible. I was playing the same tracks that i listened to over and over again on other devices but it was as if i was wearing a £300 pair of headphones as the detail suddenly stood out.
I have bought and swappped various phones in the past and currently have an Iphone 5 as well. None of my previous handsets including the Iphone 4,Galaxy S3 as well as the current Iphone 5 can touch this phone for audio playback using the stock headphones. The stereo seperation in particular is so much better than the Iphone. When i looked at reviews for the Xperia Play GSMarena mentioned that there was lots of crosstalk with the Play however i don't agree, i can actually notice the stereo better on this handsetmore than any MP3 player i've ever had.
Does anyone else agree, I know its subjective. This is the only Sony phone i've purchased and was wondering if all the Xperia devices have a similiar sound chip.

Wow that's really good to hear !
Your right it does have superior sound quality. The speakers are proper loud and crisp when played without earphones,

I agree, it's the best audio I've gotten from any media player I've currently tried. For as long as my Play functions, it will always live as my music player. With Xloud, even the speakers are brilliant, which is a rare plus

Actually, the Galaxy S and SIII use Wolfson DAC like the iPhone, and when coupled with Voodoo compatible kernel it is very good sounding. See included attachment.
However, I have to say the Xperia does have excellent sound quality and decent camera as expected from Sony. I do like the smooth sound signature.
Either a Play or Samsung Vibrant would make a good 'music player phone' without spending too much. In the end the earphone you're using is the still most important factor. I can't justify using stock eabuds no mattee how good the source is. From this list of earbuds, I have the Blox TM7 and the Sennheiser MX580: http://www.inearmatters.net/p/earbuds-roundup.html. The MX580 is very good sounding, I think its recently discontinued though. Though earbuds do have very high diminishing qualities compared to larger headphones.
Sent from my Nexus S

i too agree i have beats and xloud installed on my play and compared to my friends ipod, iphone4s and my others S3 they can not touch my phone especially with the speakers i just drown out there phones... and my brothers droid x sound through the head phones sound degreated withe the same exact song with same bitrate.....overal this phone is a media beast

Was looking for xperia pro forum and came across this thread.
My xperia pro would be coming in a day or two. Will it have the same audio quality as that of xperia play?

I also agree, the quality is very good, and even without Xloud the volume is pretty loud.

Does using xLOUD damage the speakers ?

sufy1000 said:
Does using xLOUD damage the speakers ?
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It shouldn't unless you always have your Vol. At max
Sent from my GBTweaked V7.1 R800x using Tapatalk 2

sufy1000 said:
Does using xLOUD damage the speakers ?
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'Twould be quite silly to implement harmful software into stock firmware, wouldn't it? xLOUD should be harmless

I hadn't really thought about it but I suppose the quality is good for a smartphone.

Well, the sound in my XP is not pure
I think it is ROM related

I love the audio too, but I wish they would have an srs or Bongiovi sound plugin that you could download from the store.
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Agree, compare to my old gaming phone, n-gage, that has good audio playback too.
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

Yes !
Though for my enjoyment, all of my previous phones have had great audio quality. (nokia 6151, nokia N81 8GB and now Xplay)
The sound quality with builtin speakers was horrible at first (I listen heavy stuff, sounds were messed up and muffed and it hurted my ear) but woth 2.3.4 XLOUD its "seems like" xperia play "manipulates" songs better
My only complaint is that using anything else than stock earphones with stock eqvalisator setup sounds mediocre at best and you cant tweak them by yourself... Only preset values.

me like audio xperia 2
personally i think it has the best sound with the stock earphones and also with bluetooth headset the sound is incredible.
ive had many mp3 players before creative ,zune player, samsung galaxy player(wich isnt bad either)
and together with the poweramp mediaplayer for me this is the best music player sofar imo.
glad to know there are others who feel the same way i do:good:

Bluetooth audio quality

I got this phone to replace my previous phone mainly because of the Bluetooth audio. I use it in my car a lot. Now I'm using the nexus and I have to say the quality is worse than anything. If it's plugged in with aux, it's fine. But Bluetooth audio is completely crap. Do you guys know if this can be a software fix?

IMHO bluetooth is designed for convenience not quality. I use BT for car all the time but my speakers are even crappier so no difference. If you care go for wires. I saw the review on gsmarena for the audio of N4 quite positive.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

Bluetooth sounds fine on mine. Can you be a little more forthcoming about what you're hearing (other than "crap").

Solutions Etcetera said:
Bluetooth sounds fine on mine. Can you be a little more forthcoming about what you're hearing (other than "crap").
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Speakers cracking. I thought it was my speakers but then I plugged in the aux and it was perfect. I used gnex, 2 phones ago for audio streaming music and it was fine. But this is just crazy terrible. Night and day. The crackling is extremely noticeable

I notice the crackling in my car too. Its mild but annoying enough for me to switch to aux input. I think that Cyanogenmod uses a different set of BT drivers so it might be worth a flash.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

If you have sizzling in your bluetooth audio I would look to ground loop issues. Perhaps an audio transformer between the bt audio out and your stereo.

No issues with bluetooth over here. Sounds fine for me.

Bluetooth audio sounds better than my Gnex did. Using AOKP 12/05 build. I do wish there was AVRCP 1.3 support, but that seems to be missing from 4.2 roms so that's not so much a device specific issue.
A2DP is a ****ty spec from a quality standpoint. It uses lossy encoding and was designed to have low overhead while sounding acceptable. It's not going to be stellar on any device.

no its completely noticeable for me. bluetooth audio streaming is way substandard on this phone. im really hoping its a software issue cuz bt 4.0 was very attractive. cm is known for good bt audio? or would all the custom roms probably fix this?

Donavo, there is a known issue with Bluetooth on Android 4.2.
Actually three issues that people are having. First are connection issues, second is audio drops and the third is the audio quality {the crackling that you are hearing).
The issue apparently is caused by a rewrite of the Bluetooth stack by Google for v4.2.
Both my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 have the cracking issues after upgrading to 4.2. It's less noticeable on low quality source material like podcasts but very noticeable on high quality material.
No connection, drop issues with the GNex but I have drop issues on the N7.
You'll have to use the headphone jack until a fix is released. If there's a custom rom that's not using the new Bluetooth stack then that would fix the issue as well.
Here's the bug report if you want to track it.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39632
EDIT: It may not have been a rewrite but they may be using a new stack from Broadcom.
http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s721534
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

AdamUpNorth said:
Donavo, there is a known issue with Bluetooth on Android 4.2.
Actually three issues that people are having. First are connection issues, second is audio drops and the third is the audio quality {the crackling that you are hearing).
The issue apparently is caused by a rewrite of the Bluetooth stack by Google for v4.2.
Both my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 have the cracking issues after upgrading to 4.2. It's less noticeable on low quality source material like podcasts but very noticeable on high quality material.
No connection, drop issues with the GNex but I have drop issues on the N7.
You'll have to use the headphone jack until a fix is released. If there's a custom rom that's not using the new Bluetooth stack then that would fix the issue as well.
Here's the bug report if you want to track it.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39632
EDIT: It may not have been a rewrite but they may be using a new stack from Broadcom.
http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s721534
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
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Oh man thank you what a relief. This answers my exact question. Thanks again.

Bluetooth audio quality fine on mine. Using Sony mw600.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

I have the bluetooth audio quality problem too. Just got a Nexus 4, upgrading from a Hercules (Tmo SG2). On the previous phone, sound quality was excellent and you would never know audio was streaming from the phone. With the Nexus 4, the sound is harsh and distorts on the high frequencies, resulting in a static sound on things like cymbals and such. Also, the phone audio streaming over bluetooth is harsh. It's almost as if the person on the end was talking through a megaphone.
I did notice that while in a phone call, the volume was much louder to my receiver than my previous phone. Perhaps the problem is that the bluetooth audio's volume is being sent too high?
I hope Google fixes this soon, along with the broken AVRCP profile (I no longer get song meta data streaming to the receiver).

budjb said:
I hope Google fixes this soon, along with the broken AVRCP profile (I no longer get song meta data streaming to the receiver).
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It's not broken, it just hasn't been implemented. I believe stock Android just has AVRCP 1.0 which is control only. I think you need v1.3 to get titles to show. I don't believe any of the Nexus phones have AVRCP v1.3 which is a shame. Until Google puts it in I think you need to go with a custom rom to get AVRCP v1.3. Maybe do a quick search to see which do. I'm using stock so I don't know which ones support it.

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Bluetooth audio quality fine on mine. Using Sony mw600.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Same here on both counts.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

Wow, I didn't know this. Being stuck at 1.0 is ridiculous. Maybe (hopefully) with the Bluetooth framework change they'll finally get around to adding 1.3 (or hell maybe 1.4!) support.

I'm using a crappy, $13 dealextreme bluetooth receiver (SKU: 120198). The audio quality is obviously not as good as with the aux input, but I think it's rather good. I can say for sure that it sounds considerably better than my GNex did on the same receiver. It does occasionally have connection problems, though I'm not sure if that's a problem with the phone or a side-effect of buying a $12 receiver, lol.

just posted a similar question in the evo 3d forums, part still waiting for my N4, but my evo sound quality over bluetooth is poor too, and I can hear the compression! its worse on high quality music like flac files. I think it is a general limitation of bluetooth audio streaming
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using Tapatalk 2

Anyone know of any ROMs with AVRCP 1.3 or 1.4?

Yeah this sux bad....i noticed the audio quality instantly after syncing my Nexus 4 to my car. I was as if you took a 320kbps MP3 and compressed it to 64kbps. I flashed back to stock in hopes of fixing it but no dice. I cant wait for a Fix
This is the only thing that makes me miss my Galaxy Nexus (4.1.2)

[Q] Bad bluetooth audio quality

Hey guys. I've been using a N910U for the last month and I love it. The only problem I've had with it is that the bluetooth audio quality for music streaming is really bad, I've used Beats Powerbeats2, Jaybird Bluebuds and my car's stereo and they all sound terrible, high notes are distorted and the overall audio quality is bad. I used to have an HTC One M8 GPe and an iPhone that sounded amazing. I've been reading that increasing the bitpool could work but haven't found anything for the Note 4. Does anyone have a way to fix this?
Thanks!!

Viper4Android
rayzan said:
Hey guys. I've been using a N910U for the last month and I love it. The only problem I've had with it is that the bluetooth audio quality for music streaming is really bad, I've used Beats Powerbeats2, Jaybird Bluebuds and my car's stereo and they all sound terrible, high notes are distorted and the overall audio quality is bad. I used to have an HTC One M8 GPe and an iPhone that sounded amazing. I've been reading that increasing the bitpool could work but haven't found anything for the Note 4. Does anyone have a way to fix this?
Thanks!!
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Try using Viper4Android to configure the Bluetooth audio settings.