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HD2 ≠ Dr. Dre Beats

So, weirdest thing. While listening to music on the stock sense player yesterday i moved my headphone cord on my Dr. Dre beats in a vertical direction to avoid tangling and my HD2 immediately begins to redial the last call on my history. I repeated this about, 3 to 4 times successfully, although it would be important to mention that it doesnt act this way every single time i jerk my cord, but a good 1 of 4 times. Any thoughts??
P.S. i am usind the Dre Studios, the larger model, and no i was not using the extra cord that has a built-in volume control and mic

yeah i notice something like that when i plug in my hd2 to my car i dont remember if i was playing with the volume or the cord but the voice command keep running over and over.

Bad music is bad music regardless of the device you play it on. The HD2 is smart enough to actually try and call for help. Load some System of a Down on your device, rm -rf all rap/hip-hop, and you should see your problem remedied instantly.

jubeh said:
Bad music is bad music regardless of the device you play it on. The HD2 is smart enough to actually try and call for help. Load some System of a Down on your device, rm -rf all rap/hip-hop, and you should see your problem remedied instantly.
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LOL beats by dr dre are headphones brands gots nothing to do with rap music. system their cool but if you hear some immortal technique or nas it will spice up your device. dont listen to the rap on radio thats just garbage i would rather listen to jonas brothers than rap on the radio or mtv makes me wanna throw up.

omg the beats by dre sound amazing on my hd2

alleyezondisromo said:
omg the beats by dre sound amazing on my hd2
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dude don't say that cause im just gonna spend 200 bucks on something i maybe use 4 times a month lol

its 350 and trust me you wouldnt be using them 4 times a month , after u hear them you wont be able to listen to anything else

Well I stand corrected (about the headphones only ). Headphones sound only as good as the source audio, and most of my mp3s are crappy 96kbps from the napster era. Is the HD2 capable of pushing out good quality audio (over 48kHz 24bit?).
The dialing might be a remnant of the way HTC used to wire their extUSB/Audio-Out, and since they allow for music controls, maybe it's making contact signaling to dial. I'll receive my HD2 on Monday, so I don't know yet, do 3.5 mm plus feel like they go in correctly all the way in? are the Beats' plugs anything fancy that might not connect right?

Yeah, Beats By: Dr. Dre are pretty ****ing incredible.
I'm a bit of an audiophile... and I've owned quite a few excellent headsets from, Sennheiser, Astro, and Tritton.
But in terms of MP3 player specific headphones... these are the best!
NOW, having said that... if you haven't tried using the application, WOW SRS HD for Windows Mobile, then you haven't fully experienced what your Beats By Dre are capable of outputting.

Reignzone said:
Yeah, Beats By: Dr. Dre are pretty ****ing incredible.
I'm a bit of an audiophile... and I've owned quite a few excellent headsets from, Sennheiser, Astro, and Tritton.
But in terms of MP3 player specific headphones... these are the best!
NOW, having said that... if you haven't tried using the application, WOW SRS HD for Windows Mobile, then you haven't fully experienced what your Beats By Dre are capable of outputting.
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Which driver did you use? I keep getting no hd driver loaded.

chrys9989 said:
Which driver did you use? I keep getting no hd driver loaded.
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No alternative DRIVER necessary.
You simply install the .CAB file on that thread... and perform a soft reset immediately after the installation process is complete. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS read the instructions (if they're provided) ... CAREFULLY!

it would be nice to have a deck with speakers like the iphone has from bose or other. I swear i think im just gonna get an iphone just because they have alot of apps and nice titanium and carbon fiber cases. but i want the beats the small ones not the dj ones

my Vmoda's do the same thing. the default HTC headphones do not, but the soudn quality is horrible.

I really appreciate the quick responses guys, xda ftw!!!! Unfortunately, my problem still exists. I see that other people have similar problems but no one seems too concerned with a fix. But, since the thread is not dead, im not concerned much. Shoutout to Reignzone because the before and after with teh WOW SRS HD was indeed wow.

akhan779 said:
I really appreciate the quick responses guys, xda ftw!!!! Unfortunately, my problem still exists. I see that other people have similar problems but no one seems too concerned with a fix. But, since the thread is not dead, im not concerned much. Shoutout to Reignzone because the before and after with teh WOW SRS HD was indeed wow.
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Anytime boss, anytime. Glad to have been of some help with that suggestion...
Seriously, even a Wal-mart, bull**** pair of earbuds sounds high-quality with the WOW SRS application.

It doesn't do that with my AKG K271s... Or Beyers...
It could be a sign telling you not to use the Beats... Yes, I have tried them. Didn't like the overblown bass.

get a life deuche, this isnt the place to discuss your horrible taste in music

Audio booster
akhan779 said:
I really appreciate the quick responses guys, xda ftw!!!! Unfortunately, my problem still exists. I see that other people have similar problems but no one seems too concerned with a fix. But, since the thread is not dead, im not concerned much. Shoutout to Reignzone because the before and after with teh WOW SRS HD was indeed wow.
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I use the Audio Booster that came standard on my HD2. It helps out a lot. No joke. A lot of pre-sets or you can customize it yourself I am sure. You should give that a shot. I try to avoid installing cabs when something similar is already stock on the phone. I guess I got that habit from my wing due to the lack of memory. But i dont think you have to worry about that with this bad boy HD2!

The audio booster has nothing on WOW SRS, at least imo.
toreone said:
I use the Audio Booster that came standard on my HD2. It helps out a lot. No joke. A lot of pre-sets or you can customize it yourself I am sure. You should give that a shot. I try to avoid installing cabs when something similar is already stock on the phone. I guess I got that habit from my wing due to the lack of memory. But i dont think you have to worry about that with this bad boy HD2!
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Reignzone said:
Yeah, Beats By: Dr. Dre are pretty ****ing incredible.
I'm a bit of an audiophile... and I've owned quite a few excellent headsets from, Sennheiser, Astro, and Tritton.
But in terms of MP3 player specific headphones... these are the best!
NOW, having said that... if you haven't tried using the application, WOW SRS HD for Windows Mobile, then you haven't fully experienced what your Beats By Dre are capable of outputting.
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Lol, saying you like WOW SRS just took away your audiophile card, every implementation ive herd of WOW SRS just mangles and screws up the dynamic range of audio.

Best custom equalizer settings?

hi guys, i use the stock music player and wanted to know if anybody knows a good setting for the custom equalizer... Now i use the Rock preset and Clear audio, but maybe i could get better sound.
So, anybody?

bass
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How can I make the equalizer and effects setting to remain the same, instead of it resetting every time i close the music player?

There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to EQ. It all depends on your personal preference, the type of music you listen to, and the headphones you are using. What sounds good to me may sound horrible to you (and vice-versa).

Devhux said:
There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to EQ. It all depends on your personal preference, the type of music you listen to, and the headphones you are using. What sounds good to me may sound horrible to you (and vice-versa).
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This is absolutely accurate. Hell, it could all come down into the difference in shape of your ear canals. Realistically, if you don't know, it's probably not worth messing with.

Anyone should appreciate a -3dB reduction in the 4K area.

Agreed heygrl. Though If you want a good eq, use mixzing. Much more powerful.
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Honestly, get better earphones.
Equalizers can help with the cheapies that come with the phone or the <$50 garbage headphones that all come from the same factory in China, but the best results vary between genre or even track. If you don't want to have to mess with EQs to get good sound, you should probably invest at least $80-100 on good earphones if possible. That way you can listen to your music the way it was intended.

Just mess around with the preset ones and see what sounds best for you. Most "normal" users prefer a lot of bass, guess they think it sounds better. What you want is to get an even mix of highs, mids, and lows. But again you're the one listening to it so what ever you think sounds the best.
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jayzusfk said:
Honestly, get better earphones.
Equalizers can help with the cheapies that come with the phone or the <$50 garbage headphones that all come from the same factory in China, but the best results vary between genre or even track. If you don't want to have to mess with EQs to get good sound, you should probably invest at least $80-100 on good earphones if possible. That way you can listen to your music the way it was intended.
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Oh please, spare us the nonsense on how we shouldn't have to mess with an EQ if we had "good" headphones so we can listen to music the "way it was intended" to be heard. I would like to get my hands on some lightly compressed alternative music so I can actually get a glimpse of what it sounded like before it was compressed to **** but we can't always get or do what we want. Music today is meant to be loud/harsh and not much else, and an EQ can work extremely well to tweak out harshness regardless of what you're listening with.

samoelito said:
hi guys, i use the stock music player and wanted to know if anybody knows a good setting for the custom equalizer... Now i use the Rock preset and Clear audio, but maybe i could get better sound.
So, anybody?
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I find This pretty cool

[MOD]Beats-Flashable-Sense 3.0+

READ THE ENTIRE POST
original post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308993
Just sharing the news.
smokin1337 said:
I personally didn't think beats was all that great but alot of users like it so i made this flashable version for my rom. Figure everyone else would enjoy it as well. It does replace some files though such as services.jar and framework.jar. I have only tested it with my rom but it should work with any rom but i suggest making a nandroid backup just in case.
This is the full beats with icons and eveything
Now with HotSpot working (Thanks Leoisright)
Sense Roms ONLY
Anyways just flash it in recovery and enjoy
Now has universal updater-script so it can be flashed on any device But probably will not work so try at your own risk !!
A few have reported that it flashes on other devices and it boots so it may just work on some.
This is developed for the Evo 3D it is on the portal and because of my title it says for ANY Sense rom but it was made for the 3d. but if you want to try it on other devices i strongly recommend a nandroid backup before testing. I'll be looking into the possibility of multiple devices soon. Sorry for the confusion..
If you are getting FC with Music try the FC-FIX and see if it works and post if it did or not. I am trying to figure out what the problem is
ORIGINAL Download (First boot may take some time, Be patient !!):
Beats-HotSpot-signed.zip - 7.9 MB​
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Here are links to the files with update-script for our phone that I know work.
Post in this thread only to confirm working and to discuss the effects. Post in the original thread for support.
WARNING:​
1st boot will take extra time.
It might possibly screw up your phone. MAKE A BACK UP.
If your running a theme, ask your themer to incorporate this.
Dont ***** if it doesnt work.
Download ----
TB-Beats
TB-beats fix (only flash if you are seeing fc's in music app

I'm currently running gingeritis 3D and Chingy ported this over in his ROM, now I hear a slight difference but i assume by HTC it was made to best be heard using beats earphones/headphones. Have you tried this and confirmed it working?

Yeah. most are saying its best used with Beats headphones. But those already have amplified bass. So I dunno if they are just thinking it works better or not.
I cant flash it on my phone (well not yet at least) the stock music player wont load on my. I broke it somehow. . I do however own a set of very nice headphones that are better audio quality than 'Beats' but cant test the new audio stuff yet... Would be nice to get a little deeper bass with stock music app (once I reflash a clean ROM)
What difference did you notice?

bad4u6669 said:
Yeah. most are saying its best used with Beats headphones. But those already have amplified bass. So I dunno if they are just thinking it works better or not.
I cant flash it on my phone (well not yet at least) the stock music player wont load on my. I broke it somehow. . I do however own a set of very nice headphones that are better audio quality than 'Beats' but cant test the new audio stuff yet... Would be nice to get a little deeper bass with stock music app (once I reflash a clean ROM)
What difference did you notice?
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a very slight difference on stock ported gingeritis, but when time permits I'll make a backup and flash this and test it out. Hope someone has tried or is trying this and keep us informed, I also read from adrynalyne that 95% of the beats ports where fake so...I'm not sure if this on a software level or if this includes hardware.

Most people commenting in the original thread are saying they hear a difference. But it might be all in their head.
As far as trying this out, he stated this was is based off desire HD roms because of the sense 3.0. And Im pretty sure our roms are also based off the Desire HD rom for the sense 3.0. So theoretically it should work... but we all know how well those go... Hense all the warnings i put in the OP.

All it is is some compression and.altered eq...maybe a bit of gain....on a pair of studio monitors it.makes everything sound ****ty but for a pair of cheapo headphones it might have some benefit, I also noticed it accentuated audio clicks, glitches, things that overshadow the whole objective of the app/dsp in the first place.
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The CPU usage is also unreasonable.
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This is kind of useless unless you have a beats optimized output device
You should have killed me, when you had the chance

Read this
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/13/htc-sensation-xe-with-beats-audio-review/
Go to the software part, it tells you pretty much what "beats audio" does to the output. That being said, I have a pair of beats pro's and *maybe* noticed a tiny difference at the most. Most likely all this does is take the stock EQ and bump it up in certain places, if it actually does anything at all.

No go on synergy r267. Shows install went ok. Cleared davlik and cache.
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shadowpunx said:
This is kind of useless unless you have a beats optimized output device
You should have killed me, when you had the chance
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that made me LOL. Beats optimized output device...? So... over priced headphones?
I tried the beat mod on chingys Gingeritis. It does slightly increase the mid bass. That was the most noticeable change, well besides the fact it also greatly increases the hi's so the sound doesn't become muddy. And as stated before you will definitely hear crackling on max volume.
I have played audio out both to my car stereo via head phone jack and to my headphones (definitely not cheapys, and better than any "optimized beats equipment") Its all the same noticeable difference. I haven't tried on my cheap ear buds yet, but will give them a good run tomorrow when I take my street bike out for a Sunday put put.
Using this mod does disable the stock EQ that is built into htc music app. or at least it did on my phone.
I will officially classify this mod as 80% hype and 20% function.

If you have anything professional you wont need to eq anything that was recorded and mastered properly. I promise.
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Its not like I need more bass or high end out of a radiohead album, the Guy who's best at deciding the equal of everything already determined that. All of this post processing bull**** is just to make wank headphones sound "Fuller" "richer" but by no means more accurate, and to be honest a complete waste of CPU.
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bad4u6669 said:
that made me LOL. Beats optimized output device...? So... over priced headphones?
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I wrote this on rootz, figured I would share it here too.
People seem to forget what beats are about. They don't make the music sound "better" they make it sound "clearer". You want "better" sounding music then yes, the others do a good job of that. But if you want to hear the music, how it sounds to artists in a studio, without extra filters, eq's, etc. put on by Bose, Sony, and the other manufacturers, then Beats are the way to go. I'm going to guess none of you have ever been inside a real studio (not your friend's basment with a mic and a padded wall, that isn't a studio) so you saying that beats don't do this, and are all marketing bs, don't really know what you are talking about.
I have had the Solos, sold them and got the Studio's, and sold them and now have the Pro's and I can say I have never heard music clearer before than I have with these. Want to know why the base sounds "deeper" or the treble is "louder" with other headphones? Because that's how they are made. Beats are made to sound exactly how the artist made the song in the studio and wanted people to hear it.
/endrant

I am an audio production major, my school has a multi million dollar studio and no one uses beats. AKG, SENNHEISER, AUDIO TECHNICA are the three major brands for lower end accurate audio reproduction. Truly "clear" headphones are electrostatic such as the ~$1000 stax in Japan, they require their own amp. I think its hillarious that you think beats (which have over accentuated lows and highs...to give compressed music come off of a ****ty audio driver (like the tbolt) a bigger richer sound? More accurate? Absolutely not recessed mids are guarunteed when you "eq" a set of headphones like beats chose to do. The most hillarious part is were in a discussion thread talking about a plugin that does that same eq/compression/gain bull**** and above poster is repping beats to be about accurate sound reproduction. You obviously know a lot less about audio than you pretend to....
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Not to mention with all of the money they put towards marketing, Justin bieber beats, p diddy beats, lady GaGa beats....its obvious that its directed at the commercial consumer market, NOT FOR THE AUDIOPHILE/PRODUCER. Go test a pair of ATH-M50s if you don't believe me...
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Case and point, beats useless, if you really know how you want your music to sound use playerpro with dsp pack, if your getting cracking, then lower your preamp and get a better output. My brother works the sound board for the starland ballroom in nj, very big venue, and I'm assistant production manager. We have had everyone from Justin bieber to as I lay dying. Beats that you guys are using isn't even the true beats that comes with whatever phones its coming with these days. Do some research and you'll find that out
You should have killed me, when you had the chance

And what I mean by beats optimized is its set up to work best with the way beats headphones are set up...is that alittle easier to understand?
You should have killed me, when you had the chance

Beats Audio For Any GB ROM!

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/beats-audio-now-available-on-any-gingerbread-rom/
I Flashed The Zip! I dnt KNow If The Sound Improved! But My DSP Manager Wont Work Now !
Can Someone Try It Out Now!???

Aww. I thought this was a free pair of Beats Audio for Gingerbread users.

Darn it ... I've been waiting for this, but I'm on ICS

I would post in the original topic asking for help, but my posting privileges don't allow me yet so here it is. I tried flashing that zip using OpenRecovery on my Motorola Milestone with CM7, but I keep getting an error: Status 0 and then "Installation aborted". Can I only flash that using CWM, or is there something wrong with the files? I already renamed the zip to "update.zip" just in case.

brunofm said:
I would post in the original topic asking for help, but my posting privileges don't allow me yet so here it is. I tried flashing that zip using OpenRecovery on my Motorola Milestone with CM7, but I keep getting an error: Status 0 and then "Installation aborted". Can I only flash that using CWM, or is there something wrong with the files? I already renamed the zip to "update.zip" just in case.
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In the original topic, someone already responded to this question: you first need to mount /system manually.

Turned off equalizer and tuning in Poweramp and listened before and after flashing this. Undoubtly a huge difference, at least I like it

Problem is its an equalizer with settings non changeable .
Does it make any difference ???
My tests 50% No 50% maybe .
But beauty is in the eye of the beholder and placebos can also work for some .
Nandroid backup install and try is all you can do as its not removable .
Further tests
Volume level is probably up by 1%.
Playback is the same as my current setup apart from a bit of distortion at the peak with louder sounds . A bit like standing next to the instrument rather than in the audience .
jje

Krizp0 said:
Turned off equalizer and tuning in Poweramp and listened before and after flashing this. Undoubtly a huge difference, at least I like it
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I can hear a difference doing the same too.

brunofm said:
I would post in the original topic asking for help, but my posting privileges don't allow me yet so here it is. I tried flashing that zip using OpenRecovery on my Motorola Milestone with CM7, but I keep getting an error: Status 0 and then "Installation aborted". Can I only flash that using CWM, or is there something wrong with the files? I already renamed the zip to "update.zip" just in case.
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Also possible that your zip file is corrupt. Download again.

In the original thread they mentioned they tried it on CM7, MIUI and CM9, and claimed that it even works on ICS.
Maybe somebody can test? My Device is backupping right now

mehtaparth said:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/beats-audio-now-available-on-any-gingerbread-rom/
I Flashed The Zip! I dnt KNow If The Sound Improved! But My DSP Manager Wont Work Now !
Can Someone Try It Out Now!???
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Of course it wont work...
It's like ripping the toilet out of your bathroom and replacing it with a bucket......
It does the same job but its much less efficient and lacking basic features......

Weird, how would this make a difference? i have some knowledge with supercurio's work, hardware limitations overall prevent amazing sound. Having beats codec wouldn't make a big diff even if you have a beats headphone.
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Holly f*ck, it works like hell with Voodoo LOUDER, Mixzing and the Eq on it and a AKG k518DJ
You don't have any icon, if you want, just check with RootExplorer "System/bin", you'll see some file like this "basimage_ibeats_isolo.bin"
So yes you can flash the zip with any GB (mine is Hyperdroid with Siyah)
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If you have a good Eq AND you know how to set it, you'll not have more bass!
It feel like a filter, the bass is deeper, clearer, the med also and the trebble too
-> It really makes the sound clearer
It's makes a huuuge difference with a 320 Kbps mp3 or FLAC and a real headphone and with high quality earphone, and it's even better with voodoo LOUDER wich hacking the hardware of my phone

Who said for GB only?
I flashed it before my work was over, so I was able to directly hook it up to my car stereo. I am running AOKP (ICS 4.0.3 AOSP), so I didnt expect it to work.
So, I fired up PowerAMP and played right away. It wasnt much of a difference, since the PowerAMP EQ and Tone-Filter were still active. I know how it sounds without those 2 options, since I drive alot within the week and my Phone is hooked up to my car stereo like every time.
I listen to heavy tunes, bass-focused, mainly Dubstep and DnB.
So I switched those 2 options OFF within PowerAMP and WHOMP!
I mean, really! There is a pretty significant improvement in sound quality.
It sounds better than with activated EQ and Tone-Filter from PowerAMP.
Very crisp bass, but with more force and power.
Mid-Tones are clearer when heavy bass lines kick in.
I was like "WTF"...
Then I fired up Simfy (german edition of Spotify) and even there I got a significant improvement in sound.
I am pretty surprised, since I didnt think it would work on ICS since its been promoted for Gingerbread "Only". But I can say, there is a difference, and if not, I must be high on crack or something ....
PS: I even have the imagination it increases the default Volume Levels. I usually have a pretty fixed setup while driving and listening music (Volume Levels) and I really had the feeling that it was louder in general...

As I have said earlier, I guess supercurio confirms it on his twitter.
Supercurio said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523760 "the more red the better" LOL demotivator.org/photos/832/938… - When its about audio you must be prepared to anything. People ask me about Beats audio ports. 1/ I didn't tested 2/ Its violating @beatsbydre and @htc licenses: bad! 3/ if it does something, its an audio effect, not a quality improvement. 4/ big donations buttons when violating licenses.. no comment^^
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Source:
https://twitter.com/#!/supercurio/status/175280260500299776
https://twitter.com/#!/supercurio/status/175281118352916481
https://twitter.com/#!/supercurio/status/175281540887089153

Reminds me of the SE Bravia nonsense that was floating around. This is why companies like Bose and Monster Cable make money hand-over-fist.
You're likely listening to 192 kbps (or less) MP3 files on a set of sub $20 headphones, no amount of compression/EQ can help that.

Improved the audio quality quite a bit. Specially on WIDE effect in settings. Crisp & more clear

crachel said:
Reminds me of the SE Bravia nonsense that was floating around. This is why companies like Bose and Monster Cable make money hand-over-fist.
You're likely listening to 192 kbps (or less) MP3 files on a set of sub $20 headphones, no amount of compression/EQ can help that.
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QFT!
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....

Try4Ce said:
Who said for GB only?
I flashed it before my work was over, so I was able to directly hook it up to my car stereo. I am running AOKP (ICS 4.0.3 AOSP), so I didnt expect it to work.
So, I fired up PowerAMP and played right away. It wasnt much of a difference, since the PowerAMP EQ and Tone-Filter were still active. I know how it sounds without those 2 options, since I drive alot within the week and my Phone is hooked up to my car stereo like every time.
I listen to heavy tunes, bass-focused, mainly Dubstep and DnB.
So I switched those 2 options OFF within PowerAMP and WHOMP!
I mean, really! There is a pretty significant improvement in sound quality.
It sounds better than with activated EQ and Tone-Filter from PowerAMP.
Very crisp bass, but with more force and power.
Mid-Tones are clearer when heavy bass lines kick in.
I was like "WTF"...
Then I fired up Simfy (german edition of Spotify) and even there I got a significant improvement in sound.
I am pretty surprised, since I didnt think it would work on ICS since its been promoted for Gingerbread "Only". But I can say, there is a difference, and if not, I must be high on crack or something ....
PS: I even have the imagination it increases the default Volume Levels. I usually have a pretty fixed setup while driving and listening music (Volume Levels) and I really had the feeling that it was louder in general...
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hmmm.. gonna try it on Resurrection 9.4.

crachel said:
Reminds me of the SE Bravia nonsense that was floating around. This is why companies like Bose and Monster Cable make money hand-over-fist.
You're likely listening to 192 kbps (or less) MP3 files on a set of sub $20 headphones, no amount of compression/EQ can help that.
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Yup.. Exactly what i thought and supercurio confirmed NOT working.

Viper4Android settings?

I just installed this and it looks very cool, but it's pretty overwhelming. Any suggestions for which .IRS files work well with headset, speaker, and bluetooth headset? For bluetooth headset I've also got my regular mono one for phone calls, and I have a stereo bluetooth one from Jaybird so I'd assume they use different settings. Speaking of, what do you guys put the settings at as well.
I looked a bit at the Viper4android thread, but it's like 700 pages long.

Before you get you A$$ handed to you for not following the rules i will spare you the moment of humility and provide you with this since i was stuck in the same situation you were but simply went to google and entered "Viper4android settings" and stumbled upon this which HELPED me!!!!!
http://vipersaudio.com/blog/
Hope it helps you like it did me

go to bob's diner. food is great

bckrupps said:
go to bob's diner. food is great
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Agree with you 100%!!! Tuna melt with waffle fries,cant be beat hahahahahahaha

solrac.dc said:
Agree with you 100%!!! Tuna melt with waffle fries,cant be beat hahahahahahaha
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left myself logged in. i have wise guy roommates. at least they didnt post something that would get me tossed outta here

solrac.dc said:
Before you get you A$$ handed to you for not following the rules i will spare you the moment of humility and provide you with this since i was stuck in the same situation you were but simply went to google and entered "Viper4android settings" and stumbled upon this which HELPED me!!!!!
http://vipersaudio.com/blog/
Hope it helps you like it did me
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Oh, I didn't realize I was breaking a rule. You mean we can't discuss optimal settings for an app for our phones? The only rule I see that might be loosely tied is using search, but I have searched. I have searched and am aware of the main 700 page thread, and also the English viper website, none of these have users discussing the G2 specifically. I'd rather avoid that 700+ page thread since I am specifically asking about the G2 in the G2 forums and what settings work well for others.
Just to repeat, I'm not looking on how to get the program to run or install it, I am looking for other G2 owners feedback on which particular modes worked well for them. I thought it might be a nice discussion.
If I'm breaking the rules please delete my thread then, my apologies.

Moving on..
I don't use the bluetooth headset so I can't help you on that.
But for the headset, I realised that using the xHifi setting under clarity gives quite a little whitenoise. But not using makes your music sound muffled , so I guess it's a trade off(unless you know how to configure the IRS files). I am using my mid range sennheiser CX-300II without any IRS filters, cos none of them work well. You could try loading everything into the folder and going through them 1 by 1, or even making the file which is rather tedious. I couldn't be bothered, the playbackgain control and dynamic system is enough for me.
If you plug your phone into powerful speakers (I have a bose 321 but damn those things make the windows shake) you MUST turn off the VIPER bass and reduce the dynamic bass to ~15%. Differential surround(Haas effect) makes the sound sound off center on speakers so avoid it.

I noticed G2 doesn't have music effect setting, am i suppose to assume that viper is on?

No it's not that simple. What I did was:
1. Install the drivers
2. Backup build.prop then change the lines specified in the main thread for Viper
3. Install google play(doesn't work on stock LG player for me)
3b. (unsure if really necessary) Disable stock LG player
4. Reboot
5. Wait for boot to complete and see all the superSU permission flashing...
6. Play something, then go into viper, enable the first option on the speaker tab and check the "driver status". It should say that it is installed/normal, that it is enabled and that it is processing. To really be sure go play around with the settings but be careful with the gain (don't ramp it sky high and drop your phone in shock)
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T

I just installed the app and it does all the necessary things for you. But still, Viper4Android sucks for our phone. The driver it installs significantly lowers the audio quality. With a huge amount of tweaking you can finally get the quality back up to where the G2 is at stock. Everyone is better off not using this mod for the G2 unless the author gets a much better audio driver designed for our chipset

check out the V4A audio profiles... it gives a great shares from people on settings... try them and check out the one you prefer

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I just installed the app and it does all the necessary things for you. But still, Viper4Android sucks for our phone. The driver it installs significantly lowers the audio quality. With a huge amount of tweaking you can finally get the quality back up to where the G2 is at stock. Everyone is better off not using this mod for the G2 unless the author gets a much better audio driver designed for our chipset
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Yeah I don't know how happy I am with this app yet. I can get stuff louder, but I hear more distortion, but I have to play around a bit. One odd thing is that different things have different volumes after installing this. For example, my speaker phone when in a call is nice and loud, but when checking voicemail it is very quiet, kind of odd and I can't figure out how to selectively fix these things so I may be forced to uninstall.

EniGmA1987 said:
I just installed the app and it does all the necessary things for you. But still, Viper4Android sucks for our phone. The driver it installs significantly lowers the audio quality. With a huge amount of tweaking you can finally get the quality back up to where the G2 is at stock. Everyone is better off not using this mod for the G2 unless the author gets a much better audio driver designed for our chipset
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Yeah I don't know how happy I am with this app yet. I can get stuff louder, but I hear more distortion, but I have to play around a bit. One odd thing is that different things have different volumes after installing this. For example, my speaker phone when in a call is nice and loud, but when checking voicemail it is very quiet, kind of odd and I can't figure out how to selectively fix these things so I may be forced to uninstall.
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I think you guys really don't know what you're taking about. The clarity viper adds to the sound on both my stereo and my headphones is absolutely unreal. After having set up viper, I think the biggest flaw of a stock g2 might be the dull und muffled sound it transfers to proper speakers.

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I think you guys really don't know what you're taking about. The clarity viper adds to the sound on both my stereo and my headphones is absolutely unreal. After having set up viper, I think the biggest flaw of a stock g2 might be the dull und muffled sound it transfers to proper speakers.
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Think what you want but the drivers this uses noticeably took away from clarity in all aspects of the sound. Every speaker setup can sound different so maybe this type of sound just works better for you, my high end systems though it definitely takes a lot away from the audio

android404 said:
I think you guys really don't know what you're taking about. The clarity viper adds to the sound on both my stereo and my headphones is absolutely unreal. After having set up viper, I think the biggest flaw of a stock g2 might be the dull und muffled sound it transfers to proper speakers.
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That's good news to me. Can you post up exactly what settings, .irs files,etc you have? I'd be most interested in phone-speaker settings, but I wouldn't mind just piggybacking off you since you say you have such stellar results.

EniGmA1987 said:
Think what you want but the drivers this uses noticeably took away from clarity in all aspects of the sound. Every speaker setup can sound different so maybe this type of sound just works better for you, but high end sound systems will notice the quality reduction.
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neither am I nore do I have a high end soundsystem so I don't notice the difference to the worse. Who listens to anything on a high end soundsystem through a phone?
On my dynavoice speakers and my b&w headphones my music gets several different new dimensions using viper, regardless of the code of the driver.
Edit: of course every setup and every set of ears gets different subjective results. But it's so obvious that the sound is so much better with viper

android404 said:
neither am I nore do I have a high end soundsystem so I don't notice the difference to the worse. Who listens to anything on a high end soundsystem through a phone?
On my dynavoice speakers and my b&w headphones my music gets several different new dimensions using viper, regardless of the code of the driver.
Edit: of course every setup and every set of ears gets different subjective results. But it's so obvious that the sound is so much better with viper
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So can you post up your settings or no?

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So can you post up your settings or no?
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You got a pm right after you asked me yesterday.
Edit: no you didn't. Must have gone wrong, is coming soon.
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spinedoc said:
So can you post up your settings or no?
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This is my headphones profile. I haven't set up one for the phone speakers. It's a modified copy of something I found somewhere on xda. I guess you can just create a headphone profile yourself and then copy in the following text instead of what it says in your backed up profile. But I'm not sure if that will work or if it will destroy your phone and kill your family. You will find your profiles (once they are backed up) under storage/emulated/0/viper4android/profile. This works on my headphones and with my ears, that doesn't mean it will work for you. Here it goes:
# ViPER4Android audio effect profile !
# Created 2013-10-21 12:15:33
profile_name=piggyback
viper4android.headphonefx.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.speakerfx.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.playbackgain.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.fireq.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.headphonefx.convolver.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.headphonefx.colorfulmusic.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.diffsurr.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.vhs.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.dynamicsystem.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.dynamicsystem.tube=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.bass.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.clarity.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.headphonefx.cure.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.playbackgain.ratio=string=50
viper4android.headphonefx.playbackgain.maxscaler=string=200
viper4android.headphonefx.playbackgain.volume=string=80
viper4android.headphonefx.fireq=string=4.5;4.5;2.75;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0;-0.5;2.75;4.0;
viper4android.headphonefx.fireq.custom=string=4.5;4.5;2.75;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0;-0.5;2.75;4.0;
viper4android.headphonefx.convolver.kernel=string=/storage/emulated/0/ViPER4Android/Kernel/B&W Stereo Core.irs
viper4android.headphonefx.colorfulmusic.coeffs=string=120;200
viper4android.headphonefx.colorfulmusic.midimage=string=150
viper4android.headphonefx.diffsurr.delay=string=500
viper4android.headphonefx.vhs.qual=string=3
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.roomsize=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.roomwidth=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.damp=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.wet=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.dry=string=50
viper4android.headphonefx.dynamicsystem.coeffs=string=180;5800;55;80;10;70
viper4android.headphonefx.dynamicsystem.bass=string=5
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.bass.mode=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.bass.freq=string=100
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.bass.gain=string=150
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.clarity.mode=string=2
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.clarity.gain=string=150
viper4android.headphonefx.cure.crossfeed=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.outvol=string=100
viper4android.headphonefx.channelpan=string=20
viper4android.headphonefx.limiter=string=100
viper4android.speakerfx.limiter=string=100

TY much, I'll give it a shot!!!