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Increase total headphone volume

Hey everyone,
I just installed the lastest Affinity and I must say I love it. One thing I was wondering was is there a way to increase the overall volume output to the headphones? It seems that the volume is quite a bit lower than other roms I've used. Any ideas?
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did u try an equalizer?
i have power AMP, it has a built in equalizer that it good!
maybe try it?

Well the Rom come with a build in eq. I'll try power amp to see if that helps.
Thanks.
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Power amp is really great.
You can have a pre-lockscreen to change tracks without unlocking and a lot of usefull options.

You can do a search on here for DSP Manager and flash it. But I never got it to flash properly (but other folks here have). Or you can download Volume+ from the Market (paid app), or free at the dev's website.
http://androidaudiohacks.com/?page_id=16
I believe DSP Manager is just an equalizer. Where Volume+ is an equalizer, but also boosts total volume. Its not a huge boost, but I found it helpful for Affinity.

Dsp manager is perfect for anything not miui. Not all sense roms will allow according to some peoples posts. Its always worked for me but I stopped using sense after siulmagics coredroid so that wouldn't be something to go off of.
Best advice is flash dsp manager and see if it works after busting a nandroid backup
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- music player with an equalizer (power amp, mixzing, player pro). use the preamp slider to boost the volume
- app volume+, but in my case the sound was worst. More noise in my music...
- Good head phones with low impedance? Since the audio card on this phone isnt that bad, it worth it.
- Audiophile forums suggest you to add en amplifier if you have good headphone.
You can find some cheap one on newegg . com

oVeRdOsE. said:
- app volume+, but in my case the sound was worst. More noise in my music...
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Interesting, I didn't notice significant increase in noise. But I also play music in my car much more frequently than headphones. Or if its headphones, its usually doing something like running or doing yardwork. So it might just be I haven't noticed.
Of course, any sound amplification or equalization is going to also amplify noise as well, since its pretty much impossible to really isolate noise from music. Cutting some equalizer bands, while boosting others can help reduce noise.
Nice summary of options for the OP, too BTW.

Power amp pro
-Tyler Debel

[REQ] Volume Boost App

Hi there guys.
First of all apologies if this post will cause any confusion or if someone has asked before.
The volume output on nexus 4 make me feel like I'm actually deaf because of its LOW VOLUME.
Is there any volume boost apps such as the ones used on GNEX?
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slimldj said:
Hi there guys.
First of all apologies if this post will cause any confusion or if someone has asked before.
The volume output on nexus 4 make me feel like I'm actually deaf because of its LOW VOLUME.
Is there any volume boost apps such as the ones used on GNEX?
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Just flash this equalizer and turn up the equalizer settings and you will get louder sounds.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012575

Compared to the GNex, I thought the N4 was super loud! lol

The equalizer is more of a software side fix. I think the op is referring to something that actually sets the hardware output higher similar to what the voodoo apps do. This results in a cleaner non distorted sound compared to just boosting eq levels.

Volume+?

PaisanNYC said:
Compared to the GNex, I thought the N4 was super loud! lol
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Speaker is actually loud. Tried different sets of top ear pieces and headphones and it was real low.
The DSP manager prescribed above helped tho.
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Smoothface said:
The equalizer is more of a software side fix. I think the op is referring to something that actually sets the hardware output higher similar to what the voodoo apps do. This results in a cleaner non distorted sound compared to just boosting eq levels.
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voodoo works because the inbuilt AMP can be controlled on a wolfson; other software that is universal on all hardware audio solutions like volume+ and others more than likely just adjusts gain.
the DSP manager fix is probably the best all round software based solution as it can be boosted via EQ ( not great cause it can cause clipping), gain adjustments and DRC.
software solutions are not ideal however and i would suggest an external portable amp if your headphones require a hifi level power source, but for most portable gear (Even high end) the N4 is perfectly fine.

The output of the speaker is fine but I definitely notice the volume is lower with headphones then the Gnex. I personally don't like DSP etc as it always makes things sound distorted. The NS with Voodoo was like the best ever sound I got on my headphones.
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coming from a galaxy S II the N4 volume seems much lower for certain things. The in call volume is louder however things like notifications seem lower even at the highest level. Not stoked about it.

Haven't tried it but saw this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34921922
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slimldj said:
Speaker is actually loud. Tried different sets of top ear pieces and headphones and it was real low.
The DSP manager prescribed above helped tho.
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Agreed, notifications are loud, music listening not so much
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Temporary fix for Low Volume
I just received my Nexus a few days ago, and noticed the low volume.THe speakerphone is ok, but music and youtube a bit low. It's funny how the "professional" reviewers say the speaker is loud.
Anyway, I found a temporary fix for the music volume,until Google gets off their a__es and fixes the problem.Download Player Pro Trial from the Play Store.
On the effects menu,crank up the bass and volume knobs ,leave the EQ off. When you turn on the reverb button the volume bumps up a few notches.It works on headphone and speaker volume and it's a nice music player too.I think the full version is 5 bucks.

i think this paid $1 app works, even on franco kernel to increase speaker volume, in my bathroom, music is pretty loud!
its made for faux kernels
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZWFta2FuZy5mYXV4c3BlYWtlciJd

I like this app better, It works with a large number of kernels.. even stock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aperture.ezekeel.experiencepro
Its been working well for me, also has the added ability to touchwake, for those times when the screen times out.
edit: It will boost speaker and headphones volume. You can also adjust mic gain and a number of other cool shizz. Seriously Check it out

cobyman7035 said:
i think this paid $1 app works, even on franco kernel to increase speaker volume, in my bathroom, music is pretty loud!
its made for faux kernels
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZWFta2FuZy5mYXV4c3BlYWtlciJd
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Love this one
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How to boost audio volume?

Since voodoo isn't compatible with the N4 how do I boost the volume?
Is there something similar to voodoo sound?
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asphantix said:
Since voodoo isn't compatible with the N4 how do I boost the volume?
Is there something similar to voodoo sound?
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here
makes my volume considerably louder. It works great.

ADJack said:
here
makes my volume considerably louder. It works great.
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The nexus louder audio mod shown in that thread doesn't work. It just adds an app and changes some equaliser settings and generally makes the sound quality a lot worse.
What we need is something at kernel level to simply increase the volume of the phone like they did on the sgs3.
I wish kernel and ROM Devs would focus on this issue a.little bit because speed and battery life and other placebos aren't the only things people care about. The audio on this phone is Far far too quiet although it is good quality.

biffsmash said:
The nexus louder audio mod shown in that thread doesn't work. It just adds an app and changes some equaliser settings and generally makes the sound quality a lot worse.
What we need is something at kernel level to simply increase the volume of the phone like they did on the sgs3.
I wish kernel and ROM Devs would focus on this issue a.little bit because speed and battery life and other placebos aren't the only things people care about. The audio on this phone is Far far too quiet although it is good quality.
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I feel that the audio coming out on the N4 is much quieter than on any of my previous devices. If you have an N7, you can test this out by setting both devices to the loudest volume setting, setting them to play the same song, and then play the first song while plugged in to your car, then unplug the first device and plug in the second device and play the same song. I have to crank up my car volume double do get the same sound quality. Its really annoying. Is there a fix somewhere that just lets you boost the volume like changing something in the system? I like the native equalizer fine, but the sound is so quiet when plugged into a headphone jack!!

Output volume sucks

So I've recently been using my tablet to play music onto my nice dj style headphones. But output volume and quality is absolutely horrendous. I have to be at full volume to get and reasonably level sound, and then when I'm at that level, everything is very distorted. On my one X which has some beats eq thing, sound is wonderful and much louder. Maybe this is just a problem with stock Android, but I need to find some way to get much higher quality and more importantly louder music. I've tried a few mods available here but they don't seem to do much.
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What mods have you tried. I use awesome beats on my galaxy nexus. If not that trickster mod app has a setting to make the volume high. (Correct me if I'm wrong) I have my galaxy nexus stock and rooted.
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I have tried awesome beats and it doesn't seem to do much. I also tried AC!D mod and for some reason, whenever I started to play audio, my tablet would freeze up

mikel.canovas said:
So I've recently been using my tablet to play music onto my nice dj style headphones. But output volume and quality is absolutely horrendous. I have to be at full volume to get and reasonably level sound, and then when I'm at that level, everything is very distorted. On my one X which has some beats eq thing, sound is wonderful and much louder. Maybe this is just a problem with stock Android, but I need to find some way to get much higher quality and more importantly louder music. I've tried a few mods available here but they don't seem to do much.
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I haven't used much except for DSP, but the audio is just difficult to have it loud. I've found external speakers BT or through audio jack is the only way to go.

Be careful what you try because I've read about people blowing their speaker trying to increase volume. That being said volume+ from the play store worked when it wasn't fighting the other sound mods I had installed. Pimp my ROM app. has some flashable zips that helped. Bottom line its one of the sacrifices that kept the price of the N7 low. Better the speaker to be mediocre rather than the screen. I bought some ear buds and if I want to play it loud for the neighbors I jack in to a stereo. Also a set of desktop computer speakers (sub and two bookshelf) work great with tablets
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I use my N7 speaker to listen to music and get quite surprised and how loud it gets and don't notice any distortion. So I'm not experiencing what you are. Maybe I'm just easily pleased and aren't as passionate about audio quality as others

Sorry to say this but, it will never sound good. Not even with sound mods. The sound chip inside the N7 is just really, really bad. I've tried it with a pair of $900 Shure headphones and nothing can save this thing.

Speakers

Is their anyway to install a audio apk to make the speakers louder on the G2
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cbdubz said:
Is their anyway to install a audio apk to make the speakers louder on the G2
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There are many EQs for android and some DSP software like beats audio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
Using an EQ can boast the volume of some music.
Lets go through a few things first however.
2 main things determine how loud something will sound.
The hardware, the speakers, the pre amp, the DAC and such.
You can't change this with any software
The volume of the audio file.
An audio file is at it's loudest when it's ~0dB. Most music is mastered to come close to this, although some aren't.
The best way to make all your audio as loud as it can be without sacrificing quality, is to use replay gain.
Most music players for android have replay gain as a function, how you use it is very much dependant on the player app, so you'd have to read a guide specific to your player.
The aim of replay gain is simple, it scans an audio file, finds it's highest volume and brings it up to 0. So that's the file as loud as it can be,
Now, onto using some other app to boast volume. One can use eq to increase volume by boasting the whole frequency range beyond 0. The drawback to this is that it creates a distortion, however you may not be able to hear this so it's up to you.
My favourite eq for android is music volume eq
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.podlanica&hl=en
Play around with that and you might find you can boast your volume a little.
To summary a little.
Look into replay gain, this is your best option for getting correct loudness. If it still doesn't sound loud enough, get some speakers

try viper4android..you can search for it here in xda..
i've been using it for about 4months now and its working great..boosts the overall volume of my neo v.. you will be amazed by the tweaks included..just play with the tweaks to your liking and you'll never look for other sound mods again..
note:i'm using a cheap soundmagic earphones(es18) and viper4android made it sound like a highend earphones.
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neng24 said:
try viper4android..you can search for it here in xda..
i've been using it for about 4months now and its working great..boosts the overall volume of my neo v.. you will be amazed by the tweaks included..just play with the tweaks to your liking and you'll never look for other sound mods again..
note:i'm using a cheap soundmagic earphones(es18) and viper4android made it sound like a highend earphones.
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+1 , IMHO its the best, made me rediscover my music :highfive:

sandm4n said:
+1 , IMHO its the best, made me rediscover my music :highfive:
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it really is the best..i was using ac!d sound mod before but its very hard to make it work..with viper everything is so easy to tweak and tweaks are endless..a very beautiful app.
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wason92 said:
There are many EQs for android and some DSP software like beats audio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
Using an EQ can boast the volume of some music.
Lets go through a few things first however.
2 main things determine how loud something will sound.
The hardware, the speakers, the pre amp, the DAC and such.
You can't change this with any software
The volume of the audio file.
An audio file is at it's loudest when it's ~0dB. Most music is mastered to come close to this, although some aren't.
The best way to make all your audio as loud as it can be without sacrificing quality, is to use replay gain.
Most music players for android have replay gain as a function, how you use it is very much dependant on the player app, so you'd have to read a guide specific to your player.
The aim of replay gain is simple, it scans an audio file, finds it's highest volume and brings it up to 0. So that's the file as loud as it can be,
Now, onto using some other app to boast volume. One can use eq to increase volume by boasting the whole frequency range beyond 0. The drawback to this is that it creates a distortion, however you may not be able to hear this so it's up to you.
My favourite eq for android is music volume eq
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.podlanica&hl=en
Play around with that and you might find you can boast your volume a little.
To summary a little.
Look into replay gain, this is your best option for getting correct loudness. If it still doesn't sound loud enough, get some speakers
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If your g2 is rooted.... Google, speaker mod for lg g2 download.
Follow the instructions,( pretty simple ) and enjoy a world of difference!