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[Q] Sound Quality

Just wondering how people are finding the sound quality of their Nexus 4's when listening to music.
I use a nice pair of Klipsch headphones and thought they sounded great on my Galaxy Nexus, but finding the sound more harsh on the N4. However, the N4 is a fair bit louder which was a complaint I had with the Galaxy Nexus.

Galaxy S4 Earbuds

Anyone tried out the new Galaxy S4 Earbuds?. If so, do they have good sound quality?, what about the bass?
I'm planning on buying a Galaxy s4, but also i want to buy Beats Tour by Dr.Dre. Just wanted to know if i should buy the beats or use the stock earbuds that comes with the GS4, they look pretty good.

Gab! said:
Anyone tried out the new Galaxy S4 Earbuds?. If so, do they have good sound quality?, what about the bass?
I'm planning on buying a Galaxy s4, but also i want to buy Beats Tour by Dr.Dre. Just wanted to know if i should buy the beats or use the stock earbuds that comes with the GS4, they look pretty good.
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hi..
S4 earphone just std spec, but if compare with other earphone for std performance S4 quite powerful..if u use "the beats tour" that's was amazing earphone i've test.
really powerful due high clarity sound..u can can best performance audio if u use poweramp, but i'm also waitin audio tweaks just like siyah kernel audio tweak.
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Gab! said:
Anyone tried out the new Galaxy S4 Earbuds?. If so, do they have good sound quality?, what about the bass?
I'm planning on buying a Galaxy s4, but also i want to buy Beats Tour by Dr.Dre. Just wanted to know if i should buy the beats or use the stock earbuds that comes with the GS4, they look pretty good.
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if u want to try other earphone, i suggest u buy the most cheap earphone "AWEi es900i" china brand..u must be shock when u test it..

Gab! said:
Anyone tried out the new Galaxy S4 Earbuds?. If so, do they have good sound quality?, what about the bass?
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They are pretty awful.

I tested mine today, they have no bass at all, when selecting bassboost in musicplayer, the volume goes down but no extra bass lol
Sound like 2 dollar earphones for music but it's good/loud enough for making a call
To make sure it wasn't the phone itself wich gave a bad sound I just tested my Sennheiser earphones as well, the difference is VERY big, i get a deep bass now when pressing bassboost and all other sound effects are well heared in my ears now

This is odd... because my earbuds have deep bass... very deep bass and with the adapt sound feature it sounds eveb nicer.
I wonder if there are different oem makers for the earbuds ?
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[Q] galaxy mega 5.8 duos stock earphone audio so poor

Hi,
is there something wrong with my device or is samsung quality this bad at the headphone amplifier?
when i add so much volume the buzz noises comes too loud n NO BASS n it's look like MONO (NOT STEREO).
In galaxy s2 the sound is more rich and have more bass than galaxy mega 5.8. With SG Mega 5.8 Duos it sounds like I'm listening some cassette from early 80's or even worse.
i've tried:
-use stock earphone
-use stock galaxy s2 earphone (of course this earphone audio is very heavenly on s2)
-update to latest firmware ota (yes,this improve, now bass are hearable,but still bad)
-use high quality 360kbps mp3 (this music is very good in my pc speaker)
any fix please?
i heard this problem is on galaxy s4 too(?)

No such problems here with my S4
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RobyGalaxy said:
Hi,
is there something wrong with my device or is samsung quality this bad at the headphone amplifier?
when i add so much volume the buzz noises comes too loud n NO BASS n it's look like MONO (NOT STEREO).
In galaxy s2 the sound is more rich and have more bass than galaxy mega 5.8. With SG Mega 5.8 Duos it sounds like I'm listening some cassette from early 80's or even worse.
i've tried:
-use stock earphone
-use stock galaxy s2 earphone (of course this earphone audio is very heavenly on s2)
-update to latest firmware ota (yes,this improve, now bass are hearable,but still bad)
-use high quality 360kbps mp3 (this music is very good in my pc speaker)
any fix please?
i heard this problem is on galaxy s4 too(?)
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Wrong fourm dude
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[Q] i9505 audio quality

Hi I hope you can answer my question please, I am selling my iPhone 5 as I wanna buy the sim free UK model S4, my main usage will be listening to music but I have seen a lot of people complaining about crackling with the i9505 UK model.
I just wanted to know has this issue been fixed and is the sound quality as as good as the iPhone 5.
Thanks

klownem said:
Hi I hope you can answer my question please, I am selling my iPhone 5 as I wanna buy the sim free UK model S4, my main usage will be listening to music but I have seen a lot of people complaining about crackling with the i9505 UK model.
I just wanted to know has this issue been fixed and is the sound quality as as good as the iPhone 5.
Thanks
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I`m from UK and i have no problem with the sound quality.
The sound is realy good for me.

Thanks can anyone else confirm this aswell, I will be buying s4 this weekend.

Oi! I used the HTC One for 5 months and now S4. I don't see a difference in sound quality over my HIFIMan RE-262 and RE-272.
Also you can use apps like DFX that can push the quality further,Viper4android is a pretty free tool to play with more audio goodies but you need root.
The HTC One is better as inboard speaker(for ringtones) as it uses Beats stereo speakers that's it

that's good then looks like I will be buying a S4.
Thanks

I haven't used the iphone 5 to compare, but I'm using the s4 i9505 with poweramp music app and parrot zik headphones / Bose MIE2i mobile headset, the sound is unbeatable :good::laugh:

Using wesc headphones with my s4. Sound quality is great. Especially with flac files...
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Brilliant guys can't wait to get my s4 now.

The S4 has a pretty decent internal speaker and the quality of the output via the headphone jack is good, although it isn't particularly loud when powering a passive speaker. I would recommend, as another user mentioned, Viper4Android as it really improves every aspect of the S4s audio.
Sent from my GT-I9505

I have two Galaxy S4 models: GT-I9500 with Wolfson audio, and SHV-E330S with Qualcomm WCD9320 audio which is slightly improved version of WCD9310 used in GT-I9505.
What can i say... After using I9500, sound quality of E330S sucks.
1) Not as loud as I9500. So you need earphones with good acoustic amplification.
2) Sound is kind of dirty. Not as clear as I9500.
You can use some software audio improving, but if you are real audiophile then you should know that you can't improve quality by software processing. You can make it louder by increasing RMS, but u won't get a better quality than chip capable of.
Qualcomm audio chips are not for those who like to listen the music a lot.

i9505 did have audio issues at launch but was fixed quickly afterwards. There is no issues now
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so when I get my s4 will I need to update it to the firmware fix.

That's correct, should be an update or it will come with the update already applied.
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Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Sound Processor Mods ?

Hi people do you listen to music on your Note 3 via headphones ? i know most of you do and it's a dum question but what do you think of the music playback quality ? As i'm a bit disappointed with the sound playback, why im saying this i use to own a Samsung Galaxy S4 E300S Korean version and music playback was simply amazing on that device the deep bass and clear treble simply was unrivaled for example if im listening to music on my Note 3 i have to turn it all the way up im at one or two clicks away from full volume and it don't sound that good with the S4 E300S. i would only need to turn it up 3 to 4 clicks and it sounds frigging awesome. Any more clicks up i would go deaf i mean its so dam loud it's simply astonishing how much more powerful the sound card is in the Galaxy S4 E300S. Right my question is i don't think im gone deaf is there anyway i can tweak the sound card on my N9005 ? i am rooted ? Thanks people

Never mind people it was the gay Samsung headphones I was using that didn't preform too my standard as I found some old iPhone 3GS headphones they sound awesome with the N9005
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An alternative is VIPER4Android. Great sound mod with great bass
N9005 NH1 32GB Stock debloated rooted ROM