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What you guys think on the US versions sound?

Is it me, or is the sound like REALLY bad. I know it doesn't have the wolfson chip, but i was still expecting better. Any music being played sounds really bad. Even videos when you turn it all the way up, its not even decent. Same thing when the headphones are plugged in.

Mine sound nice...

Mine sounds great, and the amp puts out some decent power so driving decent headphones is easy.
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Hmmm wonder if somethings wrong with mine. It's not cracking or anything. Just seems low turned all the way up, and when i mess with the settings Rock, jazz, bass, etc etc, it just doesn't seem right to impress me.
I'm coming from the tbolt...wich had decent sound IMO, so my standards arn't unrealastic

Mine was loud even using bluetooth headphones.

rschauby said:
Mine sounds great, and the amp puts out some decent power so driving decent headphones is easy.
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Same mine sounds excellent in all setups Ive tried..
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Mine sounds wonderful and better than my old sgs2
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Mine sounds great.... better than my daughters ip4s and wifes EVO
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Mine sound great! Even better now that I flashed a rom with beats.

To me it sounds good, sometimes too loud lol, for a small speaker it gets the job done
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mine sounds nice 2 hope it stays that way

Good. Not awesome but good.

Mine passed my sound test, I play Pink Floyd's High Hopes off The Division Bell, at the beginning the is some low ambient sounds, I play the song through Google music with a semi decent pair of headphones, and with the volume in the "normal" range I can hear the crickets etc.

Its 3× better than my HTC one x half as good as my iPhone 4s. I can deal with that
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I use mine in the car (mostly) and it sounds REALLY good. Better than my S2.

Mine is great. MUCH better than my HTC One X and iPhone 4. I'm more than pleased with this phone.
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Ehh its ok, for your average joe it will be fine. But if you consider yourself and audiophile then it is still not as good as the iPhone 4. Head over to head-fi.org they have some graphs and eq charts of the S3. The consensus is that iPhone 4 > International S3 > US S3.

MCKang25 said:
Ehh its ok, for your average joe it will be fine. But if you consider yourself and audiophile then it is still not as good as the iPhone 4. Head over to head-fi.org they have some graphs and eq charts of the S3. The consensus is that iPhone 4 > International S3 > US S3.
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Whoever said that is full of it, I've used all 3 generations of SGS, AND the last 3 generations of iPhones, the SGS always sounded better to me and most others, and this is using half decent headphones, not the included crap ones, listening to FLAC or 320kbps MP3s

z0phi3l said:
Whoever said that is full of it, I've used all 3 generations of SGS, AND the last 3 generations of iPhones, the SGS always sounded better to me and most others, and this is using half decent headphones, not the included crap ones, listening to FLAC or 320kbps MP3s
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Love my gs3 but 4s is crazy loud with earphones or on loudspeaker. But gs3 will get the job done. One x was pathetic
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Sounds great here. Even louder than my One X.

bluetooth headphone sennheiser mm 550 and apt-x

Hi guys,
Is there any word about apt-x codec support on teh galaxy note?
Also, I've used bluetooth headset about 4 years ago and there was always a noise in the background while nothing was being played plus lots of delays on the audio (nokia N82 plus nokia BH-601 headphone)
With an good expensive headphone like the sennheiser mm 550 should I expect the same problem?
Thanks!

Note doesnt support apt-x. Still a lot of background noise in my case.
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msnxda said:
Note doesnt support apt-x. Still a lot of background noise in my case.
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do you have delay as well during video playing?
What kinf of headphone do you use?

[Q] THE LOUDSPEAKER - better than galaxy nexus?

I currently have a galaxy nexus. The loudspeaker on it is absolutely terrible.
Is the nexus 4 an improvement on this front?
can anyone confirm if its significantly better?

Its better but not by much.
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In my opinion as long as the phone is face down or propped up it is significantly louder. I like it a lot more than the GNex loudspeaker.
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I find it to be louder than the galaxy nexus.... EXCEPT when my phone is on the table (screen up) notifications are much quieter but that's because of the phone's design.

The screen is a lot louder. I hated how muted the speaker was on the Galaxy Nexus and its much louder on the Nexus 4

New Nexus 7 Sound Chip

On my original Nexus 7, the sound chip is very bad, at max volume the sound isn't even medium loud on my headphones.
I use PowerAMP with bass boost and treble boost on (I listen to electro mainly.) How does the new Nexus 7 compare?
Also, can someone compare the new Nexus 7 to S III in sound quality on headphones? Mainly how long each can go? The old nexus is terrible compared to SIII.

The new sound chip is really really good. Like really good. I use similar headphones comfortabley at about 25-35% volume, Clarity is great, good DAC.

i agree as well. i like the new sound chip as i listen to trance. and to add the new speakers and layout work better as well
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383248
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Colton127 said:
On my original Nexus 7, the sound chip is very bad, at max volume the sound isn't even medium loud on my headphones.
I use PowerAMP with bass boost and treble boost on (I listen to electro mainly.) How does the new Nexus 7 compare?
Also, can someone compare the new Nexus 7 to S III in sound quality on headphones? Mainly how long each can go? The old nexus is terrible compared to SIII.
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It will be much better once/ if faux implements his faux sound mod
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mannequin said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383248
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As stated in the thread you linked, this does not affect headphone output, only the speakers on the tablet's output so it's not entirely relevant to the OP's question.

bobloadmire said:
The new sound chip is really really good. Like really good. I use similar headphones comfortabley at about 25-35% volume, Clarity is great, good DAC.
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How does volume level compare to other devices?

Colton127 said:
How does volume level compare to other devices?
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I'm finding its close to my HTC One coming through the headphones. Won't go quite as loud and clear but it definitely has impressed me. By far better than the first gen nexus 7!

Is the sound good because it's good? Or is the sound good because of how crappy the OG nexus was? The sound is the only thing I hate. Headphones and speakers. Makes me wonder if mine is defective. Or maybe I shouldn't expect more from a budget tablet. Would love to see more opinions.
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I find the sound quality through the headphone jack is just average. Kind of muddy to be honest. I thought the original nexus 7 had a better DAC than this new one. Speaker sound is of course better than the original
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SWOLEGASM said:
I find the sound quality through the headphone jack is just average. Kind of muddy to be honest. I thought the original nexus 7 had a better DAC than this new one. Speaker sound is of course better than the original
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I take back what I said, I had the equalizer on and it made the sound poor. The old 7 doesn't sound as good as the new one.
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There is a static buzz at low volume on the speakers which appear on most if not all of the new nexus 7.
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jeffrey1027 said:
There is a static buzz at low volume on the speakers which appear on most if not all of the new nexus 7.
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Don't have it on mine, but I do have a little dust on the upper left corner.
About the topic, I use my own custom made earphones, with superb bass, with AwesomeBeats mod. Works like a charm, though ViperFX also improves sound quality, I'm comfy with AwesomeBeats because its simple. Try any audio mod(requires rooting).

The sound on the 2013 nexus 7 is really good, I mean without headphones on it, it's totally another world from the first gen nexus 7.
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alicarbovader said:
Don't have it on mine, but I do have a little dust on the upper left corner.
About the topic, I use my own custom made earphones, with superb bass, with AwesomeBeats mod. Works like a charm, though ViperFX also improves sound quality, I'm comfy with AwesomeBeats because its simple. Try any audio mod(requires rooting).
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Hey thought i recognised your name, you're from the Desire thread. Congrats on your new toy

Nbsss said:
Hey thought i recognised your name, you're from the Desire thread. Congrats on your new toy
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Yeah man...! I am not active on Desire forums, because it seems kinda old in front of my new sexi-nexi toy
On a second note, I'm working on a ROM too, so looking everywhere for inspiration...!

alicarbovader said:
Yeah man...! I am not active on Desire forums, because it seems kinda old in front of my new sexi-nexi toy
On a second note, I'm working on a ROM too, so looking everywhere for inspiration...!
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Yeah its kinda a dinosaur now...but this new n7 is a work of art!
Can't wait for the nexus 5, to keep his older brother company

jeffrey1027 said:
There is a static buzz at low volume on the speakers which appear on most if not all of the new nexus 7.
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Their is none on my new nexu 7
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What devices do you have? I will do some comparisons if I have any of the same devices that you have. I have a Note 2, Evo LTE, Evo 3D, Asus Infinity, 4th gen iPod Touch, and an iPhone 4.
Just so everyone knows, the iPhone 4 was free, I'd never buy an iPhone! I just use it as an iPod (never been activated by me). I did buy the iPod Touch when it was released though......SMH......
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Nbsss said:
Yeah its kinda a dinosaur now...but this new n7 is a work of art!
Can't wait for the nexus 5, to keep his older brother company
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Not exactly a work of art, but yes, the price got me on the reins

Problems getting better bass

I use to have a Samsung Captivate Glide and it was perfect the way i had it, i disabled all other music eq's and stuff and enabled the one i had in ZPlayer and it bangs, but now i don't get any of that on my S4 and im using the same headphones SONY MDR-XB90EX Extra Bass Headphones and i tried Putting the bass up and i get no bass boost and i know if it works because i can feel the bass working in my headphones does anyone know how to work around this?

If you are rooted then try installing acid audio. I am using it and bass is incredible. You can also try noozoxide pro from playstore.
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