1) Which is the best VFM DAC for LG G2?
2) Does it work Out of the box or do I have to tinker something.
3) Does PowerAmp support it?
4) Does it increase the maximum sound ?
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Good afternoon,
I'm trying to work out if an app is feasible. I can hear the difference between a few music apps such as winamp and poweramp but wondered with the galaxy s3 and 4 having dedicated high quality audio DACs is it possible to bypass any processing and send data directly to the DAC. On Windows if you have an external USB DAC you can use kernel level hooking to bypass any Windows drivers that may get in n the way of to the the audio signal to the USB DAC. Is that type of thing possible on android to improve on the Sonics, or could someone advise on a must do in the coding to make the app playback audio as best it can?
Thank you
Dear friends. After one month of research and trying to get everything from my d802 in the field of audio, I need some advise from someone who knows something about Android development.
At the beginning I want you to know what i want to get from my device - I want to get ultimate support for 24/192(which is supported by hardware) without resampling to 48 khz which is provided by Android as I know before. The reason I confused about it is that developer of neutron player said that the neutron can't use audio hardware because it doesn't have system rights so only system music player can use audio hardware. So I decided to use CyanogenMod and extreme beats audio mod. Of course with neutron player (settings maximally turned off) and this time I decided to use my player ++, cause it use ultimate quality resampler that called Sox. And it has a hardware decoding tick. I liked more sound from my player(Msr 7 headphones), with ultimate quality of resampling set in settings and with equalizer turned off. The same settings are on neutron. So I need your advise - how can I check when the player give me the quality because of it's software resampler and when it gives me quality because of my hardware. I know that in case of g2 hardware said too loud because it use wolfsoon wm5110 but I can a lot. I want to get everything it can.
Please tell me the ultimate decision in my case.
I wanted to publish it in android dev, but I'm new here.
LG G2 does not use Wolfsoon DAC but it use Qualcomm WCD9320
http://www.whathifi.com/news/lg-confirms-details-hi-res-audio-playback-g2-phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2608728
As you said Google resampòe to 48 khz so there is no way, sound 24 khz will be resampled. Even PowerAmp last beta (that uspport Hi-Res audio output) can do more to change this behaviour
http://forum.powerampapp.com/index.php?/forum/18-poweramp-v3-testing/
Romagnolo1973 said:
LG G2 does not use Wolfsoon DAC but it use Qualcomm WCD9320
http://www.whathifi.com/news/lg-confirms-details-hi-res-audio-playback-g2-phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2608728
As you said Google resampòe to 48 khz so there is no way, sound 24 khz will be resampled. Even PowerAmp last beta (that uspport Hi-Res audio output) can do more to change this behaviour
http://forum.powerampapp.com/index.php?/forum/18-poweramp-v3-testing/
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It's a wrong way of thinking.
PowerAmp isn't the best decision for hi-fi sound.
There is a way to breakdown downsampling.
And i think, that ainur audio mod has already done it. But i'm not sure.
Anyway, downsampling isn't a problem today.
Just need to find some software decision to breakdown this wall. And i think, that aforemantioned mod made cyan 13 to use hardware of my g2.
Hello,
So I'm using the Axon 7 for a few days now and I'm really happy with this device so far.
I listen to music quite a lot myself with Spotify Premium (Extreme Quality) and I do believe that the non-rooted stock Axon 7 ROM provides amazing sound already.
On my previous devices I'd have to unlock the bootloader(, disable system write protection), root and install Viper4Android to get similar audio quality.
I guess I could improve the sound quality even more with Viper4Android now but I don't want to mess with my phone and warranty yet.
There seem to be four audio settings this phone can have on the stock ROM without root:
(1) Dolby Atmos
(2) Headset Standard Hi-Fi audio
(3) Headset Super audio
(4) Nothing? Default?
So I'm guessing the audio settings work like this (excluding sound being played from a Bluetooth device because I don't have such device so I don't know):
(a) Is Dolby Atmos enabled?
Yes, phone uses (1).
No, go to (b).
(b) Is the sound being played through the phone's built-in speakers?
Yes, phone uses (4).
No, go to (c).
(c) So sound is being played from the 3,5 mm audio jack. Is Headset Super audio selected in 'Sound and Vibration' in the phone's settings?
Yes, phone uses (3).
No, phone uses (2).
My opinion when using the:
- phone speakers, the audio sounds better with Dolby Atmos disabled. (Maximum volume seems higher with Dolby Atmos disabled too)
- 3,5 mm audio jack, the audio sounds better with Dolby Atmos enabled with speakerboxes/headphones/earphones.
- 3,5 mm audio jack with Dolby Atmos disabled, the audio sounds the same when comparing Super audio with Standard Hi-Fi audio with speakerboxes/headphones/earphones. (Super Audio is much more amplified though)
Maximum volume differences in my opinion (bigger = louder):
With phone's built in speakers: Nothing/Default > Dolby Atmos
With 3,5 mm audio jack in use: Super audio > Dolby Atmos > Standard Hi-Fi audio
So I wonder what the real difference is between Super audio and Standard Hi-Fi audio except for the amplification.
It would be nice if someone who knows about this could explain me
It seems that Dolby Atmos doesn't work together with the Super audio/Standard Hi-Fi audio settings.
So you can only use one of the three at a time with a headset for instance where Dolby Atmos overrides the Super audio/Standard Hi-Fi audio setting.
I'd love to see some combination like Dolby Atmos + Super audio purely for the amplification only.
And I wonder how the independant dual Hi-Fi chips work like.
Why 2 chips? Is it 1 for audio output/playing and 1 for audio input/recording?
Or maybe 1 for the right audio output channel and 1 for the the left audio output channel?
Do(es) the chip(s) work for all audio output options?
So do(es) the chip(s) work for the phone's built-in speakers as well as for the 3,5 mm audio jack output?
I know this phone is capable of recording in Hi-Fi quality but is that also true if a microphone is connected through the 3,5 mm audio jack?
I don't know so much about the purpose of the independant dual Hi-Fi chips really...
I guess I'm not really the only one wondering about these things or the only one being interested in these things, so if anyone could clarify it, well that would be great!
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Abiram26
Why 2 chips? Is it 1 for audio output/playing and 1 for audio input/recording?
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Correct.
Find answers to your few questions here.
http://www.androidauthority.com/taking-audio-next-level-zte-axon-7-706898/
Probably ZTE use 2 DACs because they haven't found single ADC chip in AKM list or wanted to provide less power consumption solution too.
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Regarding different amplification between Super audio and Standard Hi-Fi. I think it is due to only one reason. It indicates that user did change something otherwise no one can hear the difference under normal noise circumstances listening average quality music. There is no technical reason at all.
I am wondering also about the :
- "standard" Hi-Fi
and
- "super (as in superior) enhanced audio performance" Hi-Fi
I think its more than amping ...the soundstage open up. DSP? 32 bit resample?
Hey!
I just got myself new headphones, ATH-AR5BT which are said to be aptx compatible. Sound quality is pretty terrible and the highest volume setting doesn't sound that loud at all. I found this article here on LG website :
http://www.lg.com/uk/support/product-help/CT00008356-20150332135127-others
It does say that if the headphones are aptx compatible you can change the settings for either best sound quality or performance, the thing is that on my LG this option is missing? I can't seem to find it there, so I'm wondering if it's the ROM's fault or am I just missing something here. I don't want to give those headphones back as they sound amazing on my mac, didn't check yet with other phones but will confirm very soon. Any ideas?
thanks!
It says, only available when it’s aptxHD which is different from just aptx
just checked that, LG G6 supports aptxHD as well
aptx hd is supposed to be backward compatible. I just got a receiver with aptx (not HD), and lg g6 is connecting without aptx (unlike my S9+). Therefore I simply think US LG G6 (in my case tmobile version) got screwed of that feature
Same situation.
Just wait oreo guys...
https://images.techook.com/2017/04/Android_O_audio_850_01.jpg
Hi.
I would like to use more sound output with this phone with different EQ settings.
(use it in the car)
Neuron player support it as I understand right.
My question is any experince on this ?