As the title states, Marshall has a phone out
http://www.gsmarena.com/marshalls_new_smartphone_is_every_audiophiles_dream-news-13087.php
Do you think we could pinch the audio decoding software? I mean Marshall are pretty much as old school and as good at audio as it gets, coupled with the amplified speakers on the HTC, it could be a match made in heaven, will keep my eye out for when it's released, might try to get a dump off it.
It's launching August 17th
OMG
I wonder how much could be ported, though, as it sounds like it's coming with some proprietary hardware, as you would kind of expect.
Uses a Wolfson DAC. Don't think the M9 has a Wolfson one.
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Uses a Wolfson DAC. Don't think the M9 has a Wolfson one.
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So you think the software side alone would have any benefit? Kind of like how the active equalizer from beats worked.
Probably, but it doubt that these software improvements would yield any benefit over what we currently have in the M9.
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Probably, but it doubt that these software improvements would yield any benefit over what we currently have in the M9.
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Honestly I don't know. All I know is that in the past, software alterations have made a massive difference, namely Ac!d Mod on the galaxy s3, that mod was insane, the audio was so loud. Huge difference...if this is anything like that then I'll be happy.
Audiophile myself. Software doesn't do any justice without the right DAC (Digital analogue converter) which is Wolfson which is used in the Marshall new phone. On a side note, that chip is old smh.
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Audiophile myself. Software doesn't do any justice without the right DAC (Digital analogue converter) which is Wolfson which is used in the Marshall new phone. On a side note, that chip is old smh.
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An active equaliser coupled with our amped speakers would work well in sure of that.
Link the software and I'll port it.
ahrion said:
Link the software and I'll port it.
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That sounds interesting.. I shall do some digging, might take me a while.
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Honestly I don't know. All I know is that in the past, software alterations have made a massive difference, namely Ac!d Mod on the galaxy s3, that mod was insane, the audio was so loud. Huge difference...if this is anything like that then I'll be happy.
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The M9 has the loudest output of any phone I have ever used what more do you really want in terms of loudness?
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I tried Marshall's phone.
Don't come even close to M9.
The player is fancy and that's all.
There's frequency limitation all the way. (if you pump up the volume, the bass and sub bass will be softened)
It's a offense to compare it with M9. Our phone is way better.
The only thing that could be better in M9 is more volume steps. (by default)
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Luhccas-X10 said:
I tried Marshall's phone.
Don't come even close to M9.
The player is fancy and that's all.
There's frequency limitation all the way. (if you pump up the volume, the bass and sub bass will be softened)
It's a offense to compare it with M9. Our phone is way better.
The only thing that could be better in M9 is more volume steps. (by default)
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? Not sure what you're on about mate ? Did you even read the original post?
I didn't compare them, I literally said could the player and the active equaliser be ported, I'm not asking for an opinion I am asking for help in porting it over nothing more.
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The M9 has the loudest output of any phone I have ever used what more do you really want in terms of loudness?
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In terms of actual volume. The HTC is not the loudest phone I've used, it has great sound but it's not the loudest, I has an s3 a few years back, install acid mod and the audio was really loud, just to the point of distortion but not quite, a software change would make a difference I think and in all honesty until it's been done everyone's opinion (including mine) is just theoretical.
Further to that I can't find the software anywhere anyway so might not happen
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? Not sure what you're on about mate ? Did you even read the original post?
I didn't compare them, I literally said could the player and the active equaliser be ported, I'm not asking for an opinion I am asking for help in porting it over nothing more.
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Yes, i have read the OP.
I compared because of the two main points-> equalizer and player.
Exactly what doesn't deserve any effort because equalizer are directly "connected" do audio libs and permission's files. (manufacturer's xml under system/etc/permissions)
Do you really want a port that will make your phone sounds like garbage? Oo
If yes, i can share a dump of Marshall's phone as soon as i put my hands on it again. (my cousin have it)
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In terms of actual volume. The HTC is not the loudest phone I've used, it has great sound but it's not the loudest, I has an s3 a few years back, install acid mod and the audio was really loud, just to the point of distortion but not quite, a software change would make a difference I think and in all honesty until it's been done everyone's opinion (including mine) is just theoretical.
Further to that I can't find the software anywhere anyway so might not happen
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Can't talk about any mods but the S3 is not even close as far as stock sound is concerned. The M9 can freaking power my HD 598 I can't imagine any earbuds giving it a tough time. I literally can't listen on full volume and I can tolerate ear piercing volume.
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Can't talk about any mods but the S3 is not even close as far as stock sound is concerned. The M9 can freaking power my HD 598 I can't imagine any earbuds giving it a tough time. I literally can't listen on full volume and I can tolerate ear piercing volume.
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Nope that's absolutely correct, the s3 was toned back to around 70% volume at stock, leaving quit a lot of headroom for when people unleashed the potential, namely acid mod in my experience, was running foxhound at the time and even the unlock sound was ridiculously loud, great phone the s3 when running foxhound.
I've not done a side by side of the two devices but the s3 from memory is the stand out device for volume, the z1 was probably the worst, strangely the iPhone 6 has great audio too, also very loud.
That Marshall phone isn't even on XDA as far as I can see.
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Just a quick question.. It would seem this is mainly software that can be used on other devices? Is there any chance we could get this on our sgs2's...?
Please, mate, just look around. There's been 3 topics on this already.
Bottom line is it isn't possible, since it's for the HTCMusicplayer. And on top of that, it's just an equaliser.
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Please, mate, just look around. There's been 3 topics on this already.
Bottom line is it isn't possible, since it's for the HTCMusicplayer. And on top of that, it's just an equaliser.
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WTF why would some1 pay extra cash for a cheap eq setting?! lol i can get the same stuff with poweramp wich sells for only 3 or 4 Euros... LOL *cantstoploughing* at least they could have added a few gigs of extra memory to make it more attractive... "Beats Audio" LOL
EDIT: i think HTC will die (just like Nokia) quite soonish... i think, releasing every 3 Months a new phone isn't very intelligent... just my opinion...
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WTF why would some1 pay extra cash for a cheap eq setting?! lol i can get the same stuff with poweramp wich sells for only 3 or 4 Euros... LOL *cantstoploughing* at least they could have added a few gigs of extra memory to make it more attractive... "Beats Audio" LOL
EDIT: i think HTC will die (just like Nokia) quite soonish... i think, releasing every 3 Months a new phone isn't very intelligent... just my opinion...
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Well in their defence, they do come with Beats Headphones!
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Well in their defence, they do come with Beats Headphones!
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Big marketing gimmick, beats headphones themselves are overpriced for their performance, I've tried them and not all that great.
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Big marketing gimmick, beats headphones themselves are overpriced for their performance, I've tried them and not all that great.
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I disagree. I tried them at best buy and they were truly amazing. But not worth 300 dollars and ****
Between the click of the light and the start of a dream.
Mylenthes said:
I disagree. I tried them at best buy and they were truly amazing. But not worth 300 dollars and ****
Between the click of the light and the start of a dream.
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Try something premium from senns, or even shure then you'll hear the difference. Depends on source of audio as well. Beats are not worth it at all any audiophile will tell you that.
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Not to mention if they put it on display - the point is to make it sound amazing so they attract customers..... =s
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Well in their defence, they do come with Beats Headphones!
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WOW Beats Headphones then, i have to get one! LOL
i think i'm gonna sell my SGS2, along my fiio e7 now and get one of these...
Isn't the audio hardware on the Galaxy S2 way too ****e to even want to do this? I mean with headphones in I can hear a hiss when I scroll! This was discussed in the Anandtech review of the S2:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/13
It's not as **** as that with "Equalizer" app from "Smart Android Apps, LLC", simply the best from his category of the market actually, and you will have the EQ everywhere, not only on a music player
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Please, mate, just look around. There's been 3 topics on this already.
Bottom line is it isn't possible, since it's for the HTCMusicplayer. And on top of that, it's just an equaliser.
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I did search man.... Didnt see anything similar.. Have u got any links?
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I did search man.... Didnt see anything similar.. Have u got any links?
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I believe its speaker hardware along with the equalizer. And that means jack **** when you're using the headphone output.
And seriously, Beats are horrible and overpriced and you can get sound quality as good or better for 1/3 of the prices. We're not repeating the sentence for nothing, we know what we're talking about because some of us actually spend $500 and above just for headphones instead of ****ting it down on Beats.
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...some of us actually spend $500 and above just for headphones instead of ****ting it down on Beats.
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Again, I point out the SGS2 audio output is garbage. I know you didn't buy the good headphones primarily to use with this (or any) phone. If anything, having any personal set of standards for audio quality will bring you great shame and sadness when you try listening to the sound that comes out of the 3.5mm jack on this device.
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I did search man.... Didnt see anything similar.. Have u got any links?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267428&highlight=beats
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1270418&highlight=beats
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I believe its speaker hardware along with the equalizer. And that means jack **** when you're using the headphone output.
And seriously, Beats are horrible and overpriced and you can get sound quality as good or better for 1/3 of the prices. We're not repeating the sentence for nothing, we know what we're talking about because some of us actually spend $500 and above just for headphones instead of ****ting it down on Beats.
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What headphones do you recommand that are as good or better as beats and only 1/3 of the price?
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What headphones do you recommand that are as good or better as beats and only 1/3 of the price?
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Sennheiser, beyerdynamic, both have models that thrash beats by dre for considerably less money, a well as models that will blow your mind (albeit for a price).
Of course, any good pair of headphones are also going to expose every flaw in both your music and the yamaha chip in the sgs2.
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i own a pair of akg k518
i had to turn down the bass a bit and they sit pretty thight in the first weeks if you have a bigger head.
but despite of that they deliver a very good quality for the price
i can recommend them (although im not shure about the price range of the beats)
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Sennheiser, beyerdynamic, both have models that thrash beats by dre for considerably less money, a well as models that will blow your mind (albeit for a price).
Of course, any good pair of headphones are also going to expose every flaw in both your music and the yamaha chip in the sgs2.
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Well I meant if you can recommand headphones, not brands. And if you say same quality or better than dre beats, are you talking about dre beats solo or what? Because a friend of me owns dre beats studio and it's the best I've ever heard. But too expensive for me
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Well I meant if you can recommand headphones, not brands. And if you say same quality or better than dre beats, are you talking about dre beats solo or what? Because a friend of me owns dre beats studio and it's the best I've ever heard. But too expensive for me
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Give me a price range, I'll give you my recommendation.
Techradar has announced that the s2 is the one the best phones for music in 2012 so far wich is suprising considering a lot of people were complaining about the audio quality.The other 6 are iPhone 4s,no surprise there,HTC sensation XL wich is kinda stange,audio quality is crisp but no expandable memory,Nokia Lumina 800,Nokia are getting there,Motorola Razr,the new one not the old flip one,Sony Ericsson Mix Walkman,shame about the rest of the phone and a Crapberry curve 9360,sorry Blackberry,nothing exiting what so ever about it,so there you are,whats everyone reckon to this then.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/best-mobile-phones-for-music-2012-1051914
What are they smoking?
Even the 4s doesnt sound as good as the iPhone 4 imo as I've personally heard it.
Maybe in terms of features in Music, but not in terms of sound quality.
As for the best sounding phone in the market, it still has to go to the Galaxy S with Voodoo Sound.
And no, do not give me that Beats crap, I'm thankful that Monster and Beats are parting ways
Parting ways with Monster could only be a step upwards for Beats.
After close scrutiny of the article and further tests on my device, I can but conclude....
Bollocks.
My now sold iPhone 4 sounded better than my SGS2 in my ears. I don't know about the 4S yet though.
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My now sold iPhone 4 sounded better than my SGS2 in my ears. I don't know about the 4S yet though.
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Tried all 3, SGS2 3rd. By a long way.
SGS with voodoo - win.
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After close scrutiny of the article and further tests on my device, I can but conclude....
Bollocks.
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You stole my opinion damn it!
Waaaaaa?
$1 gets you a reply
I have never seen a techradar article that didn't some some bollocks or bloody tosh in it.
They always seem to be totally wrong on random points, which makes them wonder if they even bother to fact check, for gods sake they say the HTC Sensation XL has a dual core CPU, where as its the same old Qualcomm MSM8255 **** as the HTC Desire HD.
Now the SGS2 sounds fine to me, but my ears are clinically bad (hearing aid bad) so I'm a poor judge of sound quality.
Lol at this article. My wife's i4S kicks the crap out of the SGS2 no matter what headset I use. Whatever techradar is smoking I definitely need some.
How did you guys noticed the sound quality difference between phones?
I thought the headphones that matters the most.. Like beats headphones that offers better thump..
Personally I don't really bother if this phone had a bad quality sounds.. It's still diamond for my ears
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Gorjess said:
How did you guys noticed the sound quality difference between phones?
I thought the headphones that matters the most.. Like beats headphones that offers better thump..
Personally I don't really bother if this phone had a bad quality sounds.. It's still diamond for my ears
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Things I listen out for are distortion, clipping, soundstage... everything really. But it all comes down to personal taste. Headphones matter, definitely. But I'd suggest the most important thing is the music file quality. Crap in = Crap out. Some torrent that was ripped from a CD via WMP at a low bitrate will always sound awful, no matter what you play it on.
Compared to a top-class dedicated PMP - mine's a Cowon S9 - the SQ is "bad". Inferior may be a better description. The same goes for all phones I've tried, the SGS with Voodoo sound is the exception - that's pretty close to my S9 soundwise.
I don't find the SGS2's SQ to be unbearable at all, but it could be better. For "casual" listening it's perfectly OK, especially with good phones. But for me it's definitely a loooooong way behind the last 2 iphones, the SGS with or without Voodoo and a couple of my wife's old Nokias.
It's all subjective though - can't stand the Beats myself but each to their own. You seem happy with your setup and that's the only thing that really matters.
"Techradar: S2 is one of the best Phones for Music"?
My a$$.
I'd rather take Jelly Bean released today for GSII.
Very simple. They were using an S1 with voodoo and thought it was an S2.
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lmao Galaxy S II going to be one of the best for music/sound quality?....
Even my 3yr old ipod is better for music...
And like everyone else on here who had a Galaxy S lasy year. Voodoo pwnd everything out there
AW: Techradar: S2 is one of the best Phones for Music
After I switched my good old Nokia X6 with my current SGS2, the first thing I noticed soundwise was that it could just not compare.
It's okay with headphones, but please don't try the speaker. It's just crap, and placed exactly where my middle finger goes while playing games in landscape mode, blocking the speaker. it's fitting though, just the right finger...
Sound quality and placement of the speaker is really bad!
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I'm going to stick my head on the line here, and say that I don't personally think the SGS2 sounds all that bad. And to be fair, I would say I have at least some idea what sounds good as I was / am an audio enthusiast, I hate listening to music that has poor sound quality.
Having said that, the iphone 4 I had before definitely blows it into the weeds, but then I suppose it should, given that its an ipod touch that happens to have a phone built into it
But I would say that the SGS2 still sounds better than any HTC phone I've heard (although I've not heard the Sensation) - but it was definitely better than my old Incredible S, better than the Desire, and better than the Nexus One.
And I don't think there was a big difference between the original Galaxy S and the S2 either, although I never heard it with Voodoo, no doubt it is a lot better but I can't comment.
It is a shame that Samsung decided to use inferior components in the S2 though.
Also, another thing that rarely gets mentioned is out of the box, the built in music player doesn't support gapless MP3, which I find incredibly annoying. I know the likes of PowerAmp does, but in 2012 we really should be getting things like this sorted. The thing is with PowerAmp, is that it doesn't quite sound as good to my ears as the stock player (no idea why this should be though), and the battery drain is higher. Does anyone know if ICS fixes this?
Lets hope that Samsung rectifies these issues for the S3.
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How did you guys noticed the sound quality difference between phones?
I thought the headphones that matters the most.. Like beats headphones that offers better thump..
Personally I don't really bother if this phone had a bad quality sounds.. It's still diamond for my ears
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Beats headphones? are you serious. Beats are not any good for serious listening, they can be good for SOME music but in general they do not deserve their price tag.
Headphones are only as good as their source, you can have a $1000 headphone but if you listen to it with a Galaxy S 2 its only as good as $100 one
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Having said that, the iphone 4 I had before definitely blows it into the weeds, but then I suppose it should, given that its an ipod touch that happens to have a phone built into it
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I would have to dispute this. All of the iPod touches before the 4th gen and iPhone 4 generally sounded mediocre-horrible.
Based on my experiences with various phones and my love for music, I would rank the phones in this order:
1 - iPhone 4/iPhone 4s - No modding needed and sound kicks ass!
2 - Galaxy S/Nexus S + Voodoo - Top sound and loads of tuning options
3 - Sensation XE - Beats audio makes a difference
5 - Galaxy S2 + Voodoo Louder + DSP - Much better than stock.
That's my 2 cents.... Ps Don't kill me for putting the iPhone at the top.... IMHO the audio kicks ass
My phone with Power Amp and Equalizer sounds absolutely fine ive never used the stock player on it's own so cant comment it's Power Amp all the way for me with Equalizer the sound is absolutely fine crisp and clear with good bass.
So I just tested the galaxy S3 audio and it dwarfs in comparison to my voodoo sound nexus S audio. So basically it's the same thing again that you need to root the phone install some third party app or install custom kernel to get better audio just like how it was with nexus S. My friend is just a very basic user he hasnt even rooted the phone so it wont be happening. I just really dont understand what is the point of having such an audio chip when samsung is going to put a limit on it's output and the majority of users wont be able to benefit from it. Out of the box an iphone can satisfyingly drive pretty much any earphones, the galaxy S3 volume is just not enough.
Sound "quality and clarity" can only be so much important when the volume isnt enough. So a third party developer can convert the phone into the best phone for audiophiles but samsung cant? Thats just as bizarre as it gets and it continues to happen just like it was with the galaxy S/nexus S.
Guess the volume is enough to not damage your hearing.
About the quality... I find no difference between an ipod and an S3. Seriously now, what do you want from S3? Audio 14.1 with 2 earpieces? Come on, buy a dj professional equipment instead of a S3 if you expect that?
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I "coming from motorola devices", also very disappointed with sound quality on S3 when the first time I got it. But luckily we have awesome dev like gokham who can make the difference. Yes, we are advance user, sure must root it.
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I "coming from motorola devices", also very disappointed with sound quality on S3 when the first time I got it. But luckily we have awesome dev like gokham who can make the difference. Yes, we are advance user, sure must root it.
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Sound quality != volume.
Don't get confused.
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Guess the volume is enough to not damage your hearing.
About the quality... I find no difference between an ipod and an S3. Seriously now, what do you want from S3? Audio 14.1 with 2 earpieces? Come on, buy a dj professional equipment instead of a S3 if you expect that?
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I dont have an ipod but the iphone 4S and my nexus S with voodoo are much louder than the galaxy S3 and donot damage my ears. Different songs need different volume and different earphones also need different volume, my JVC earphones are not very sensitive and need quite alot of volume which the S3 just doesnt have. The iphone and nexus S power it just fine. Mind you a non rooted nexus S also has the same problem so maye google is also incompetent? I dont know it just doesnt make any sense. Iphone lets you increase the volume to ridiculous levels out of the box, nobody complained about damaged ears.
All the sound mods i have met confuse loud for quality and just increase the noise in the sound file .
Compared to many users i experience via headphones loud at stock 5 and far to loud at 7 . That begs a question regarding sound level complaints and suggests that to improve sound level Earex is the first step .
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Yo guys must be nuts cause the sound quality on the S3 is sublime.
yes you have to flash a new kernel but its not hard and the reason why its low volume is to not blast the ears of newbies that buy it.
Install the latest JB leak then flash :Siyah-s3-v1.6rc1.tar via odin.
then enter st tweaks and and go to audio and bump the audio from 57 to 60
then bump the speaker audio from default 0 to 1
then close st tweaks. and you job is done
You can also go into the music app and change the eq from default to dance.
then play some songs and you will hear a world of difference.
^^
57 itself is loud enough to blast your ears
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If anything I've been working on purely all nexus devices to improve the way users listen to their device and music.
I just wanted to know if anyone can be kind enough to let me know how the N10 fares in general with it's audio quality and what audio chipset does it run.
Ofcourse I've created a test dump for the N10 but I don't know anyone on my side who has an N10. I would like someone to test it since this is the best place to refer to. Rest assured, bootloop free.
Much regards,
Misledz
http://www.samsung.com/global/busin...Exynos_5_Dual_User_Manaul_Public_REV100-0.pdf
Does this help?
In my opinion, it's pretty mediocre. It definitely didn't sound louder to me than the iPad, despite having Stereo out. Disappointing, really.
I can barely hear some movies on the DICE player and I don't know what's causing it. Some other movies are fine.
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Hmm it does actually, as usual the audio chipset being the one they cut down to make it cheaper.
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In my opinion, it's pretty mediocre. It definitely didn't sound louder to me than the iPad, despite having Stereo out. Disappointing, really.
I can barely hear some movies on the DICE player and I don't know what's causing it. Some other movies are fine.
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Yeah it seems majority of the Nexus devices suffer this. Infact all at this rate, considering the Nexus S was to involved without Voodoo. :crying:
I think with these newer devicesthe only way to get respectable sound is with Bluetooth or wired external speakers.
I love my ICS phone and listened to the Nexus 7 - great devices. But audio is weak.
What bothers me about the Nexus 10 audio is the speakers.
Even as a kid nothing screamed snake oil to me more than huge grills that hid tiny speaker cones.
That's what you get with Nexus 10 as well.
Behind each grill is one tiny speaker radiator at the top of the grill.
The rest of the long speaker grill is just for looks (or sales)
External speakers all the way
sound
I think it sounds fine. The speakers on it are actually descent and I have nice headphones so that works fine for me as well.
I've got a test build up for trials. Anyone want to test it before I make the thread in N10 Themes SECTION? Thanks for the feedback, helps improve certain fields.
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I personally think the Nexus 10 sounds pretty good with headphones. I believe it has a Wolfson WM1811 chip.
I have it plugged in with an ATH-m50 and a Fiio E5. Tweaked with the 10-band equalizer from Poweramp, and it sounded pretty good. It's certainly not the best I've listened to (the Cowon S9 sounds better still), but it's good enough to replace my S9 simply because the Nexus is much more hassle free in general.
The sound is definitely missing something though. Not exactly sure what it is.
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I've got a test build up for trials. Anyone want to test it before I make the thread in N10 Themes SECTION? Thanks for the feedback, helps improve certain fields.
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I might suggest you guys follow Misledz! I use his mod on both a GNex & N7. Fantastic. I consider it a must have. Makes anything a pure joy to listen to.
I'll be glad to test. I'm unboxing & rooting today
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I might suggest you guys follow Misledz! I use his mod on both a GNex & N7. Fantastic. I consider it a must have. Makes anything a pure joy to listen to.
I'll be glad to test. I'm unboxing & rooting today! I assure you its safe
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You got an N10? And I have a build. I'll send the test build later in your inbox
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To me the speakers on it are the best I've heard from any tablet since its front facing and it kinda has a slight surround sound effect since there is one speaker on each side of the tablet. Also the volume is loud enough to where nobody should have a problem hearing it and if you do get a hearing aid. The volume isn't so loud you can go deaf but its loud enough to where everyone in the room should be able to hear it.
The speakers sound pretty good with a bit of EQ. CyanogenMod's DSPManager is perfect for this since you can selectively EQ only the speakers.
Headphone quality is even better. Much, much better than the Galaxy Nexus and on par with some of the best Android devices.
Well I've sent a test build to a few members already let's see how that fares with comparison to stock loudness.
But I do thank you for the feedbacks, much appreciated!
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I'm no audiophile, but the Nexus 10 sounds pretty amazing, compared to the other devices and equipment I've used previously anyway.
I like natural-sounding audio without any DSP enhancements like Bass Boost and whatnot
espionage724 said:
I'm no audiophile, but the Nexus 10 sounds pretty amazing, compared to the other devices and equipment I've used previously anyway.
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Well it's got quite the chipset. But I'm sure they sacrificed something, Nexus devices usually sacrifice one thing. Audio, or hardware or something.
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Well it's got quite the chipset. But I'm sure they sacrificed something, Nexus devices usually sacrifice one thing. Audio, or hardware or something.
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Maybe the screen? While the resolution is there, the screen itself isn't top-tier beautiful.
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Well it's got quite the chipset. But I'm sure they sacrificed something, Nexus devices usually sacrifice one thing. Audio, or hardware or something.
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I've read here somewhere that the microphone isn't amazing quality.
I wouldn't be surprised if the N10 sound can be improved, but I was actually very pleasantly surprised listening to music, movies, etc on mine, as the sound blows away any other tablet I've used to date, blows away my 15" ASUS laptop (3 different models in our house, none of which sound as good as the stock N10). I've seen a few people complain that the size of the speaker slots is misleading, and somehow implies that the speakers are larger than they really are, as can be seen in tear-down photos. I haven't done any serious homework into this -- but I'm wondering if the elongated speaker grills actually server as vents, effectively turning the housing into a slot-vented speaker cabinet.
How do you plan (in detail) to improve the sound on this tablet? Are you going to just make it louder or actually do tweaks to improve the sound? If you are just making things lower, how do you plan on making it louder? A simple voltage increase? Or something more sophisticated?
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How do you plan (in detail) to improve the sound on this tablet? Are you going to just make it louder or actually do tweaks to improve the sound? If you are just making things lower, how do you plan on making it louder? A simple voltage increase? Or something more sophisticated?
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Tweaks to improve the sound, since as you said the hardware is pretty good, louder is one thing if its needed, else controlled loudness is fine. In terms of libset, voltage increase is pushing it sounds alot more dangerous and doubt it will be tested :victory:
will the Beats By Dr. Dre - Beats Studio work with the gs4?and if so do they sound good?just asking before i spend 300.00 dollars,thanks
Thats a roger on the compatibility.
Beats by dre uses the standard 3.5 mm jack for audio input.
As for the sound...my untrained ears can't hear a difference. They're solid in performance and quality certainly. People swear by them at my university though.
At the $300 price point there are certainly better options on the market. Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's great (case in point iPhone ). That being said it should work fine with your S4 if you decide to get them
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Before you spend $300 do yourself a favor and do some research on head-fi.org.
At least then you will be making an informed decision. Many less expensive options out there with as good or better sound, problem is most people won't know it because all they see is the "beats" logo and assume you bought the best.
Do you want great sounding headphones, or do you want people to THINK you bought good sounding headphones because of a name?
Beats and Bose two of the biggest rip-offs in music. The only one worse is Monster Cable.
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Before you spend $300 do yourself a favor and do some research on head-fi.org.
At least then you will be making an informed decision. Many less expensive options out there with as good or better sound, problem is most people won't know it because all they see is the "beats" logo and assume you bought the best.
Do you want great sounding headphones, or do you want people to THINK you bought good sounding headphones because of a name?
Beats and Bose two of the biggest rip-offs in music. The only one worse is Monster Cable.
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Actually, Beats by Dre were manufactured by Monster up until 2012, so there ya go.
I'm really looking into the Logitech UE 6000's. Everything I read has been good so far. I currently have some Shure SE 215 in-ear monitors and looking to make the jump to a full size headset. The UE 6000's at only $180 are also a great value. If you have the extra money and want some Bluetooth love then look no further then the UE 9000's ($400) from what I've read. Logitech may not be known for their high quality audio but down that lead you astray.
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I use beats studios with my s4 and note 10.1 and the sound is pretty awesome. Not tooo overpowering if you don't want them to be but if you crank it up and pair is with a good equalizer like viper it sounds incredible. Granted I got the beats scratchlesa and like-new secondhand at a fraction of the price so it may sound just a bit better than a $300 pair would but I would recommend going to an electronics store with your s4 and testing out the floor models to see which suits your taste the best. :thumbup:
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Definitely check out Head-fi.org, probably will find a better pair of cans for around the same price or even less.
Don't fall for the fade that is Beats by Dre.
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Ur paying for the beats logos.. Beats studios ar not the best headphones there are.. Much better choices if u look around..
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Do a little research on Audiotechnica ATH-M50 headphones before buying overpriced Beats headphones.
They are better headphones (especially for bass-heavy music and sounds like video games, movies, etc) and cost 30-50% as much as Beats.
Yes they will work
Sound quality...LOL, beats sound like crap for their price. Those who think they sound good have never listened to a quality pair of headphones. They are for looks...and only looks, just like iPhones. There is a reason why beats are never in top ten headphone lists...at least in any top ten list from a respected audio site...
Like said earlier, AudioTechnica M50 are much much better...and cost much much less...and in my opinion still look good, and are pretty damn comfortable. I got mine for $120 (I think they are like $200 regular) on amazon...couldn't be happier...definitely sounds better than any pair of beats I've tried on.
Like others have said...do some more research, you don't want to be that guy walking down the street with a pair of beats thinking he's cool with "good" headphones while all the nearby audiophiles are laughing at your stupidity for wasting money on beats...
-just my opinion...as I do consider my self an audiophile
Look...beats are not in any of these!!! My ATHM50 are in quite a few tho... http://www.google.com/search?site=&...1c.1.16.mobile-gws-hp.QZ0mv46DVJE&safe=active
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I use Klipsh image ONE. Love them.
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Like everybody else said, the only thing you get with Beats is an overblown name. They don't suck buy they are just way overpriced for the sub par quality. Get something like klipsch or koss. Much better choices and they won't cost you an arm and a leg. Also I have used to pretty decent cheapo skull candies before. I wouldn't recommend spending over a 100 bucks on cans unless they were custom in-ear monitors abd those cost about a grand hahaha! Also head fi is a good website like everyone else has been saying
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This probably isn't the place to ask, but I will anyway haha
I bought the Logitech UE 6000 a few days ago and do like them quite a bit, but also liked the Bose qc 15 when I tried them in store. Unfortunately I wasn't able to try the two side by side and only got to try the qc-15 for a few minutes.
Can anyone give a fair review on their impressions of the qc15 in regards to sound, noise cancelling and leakage. If you have any use with the UE 6000 to compare that would be great too
I can get the qc15 brand new for 240-250 w/ tax. Paid 173+$30 warranty + tax for UE 6000 (About $220)
Sorry if drawing off topic. Thanks for your time
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you can find much better for less. my GF has a pair and loves them; i dislike them personally.
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you can find much better for less. my GF has a pair and loves them; i dislike them personally.
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How do you view their noise canceling in comparison to others you have tried?
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Worst value for quality I've ever seen in headphones. Check out some Harmon Kardons, sennheisers, or even Bose. That's a simple starting point
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Worst value for quality I've ever seen in headphones. Check out some Harmon Kardons, sennheisers, or even Bose. That's a simple starting point
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I assume you were responding to the op and not my post above...?
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Mike said:
I assume you were responding to the op and not my post above...?
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Sorry, you are right. I didn't read everyones posts. Just the fact that there is adults that are asking about beats kills me. I work for best buy and it drives me nuts to hear people thinking they are quality. Now I just have to get the same conversion rate as I have from iphones to android to go into beats to anything better haha
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beats are mostly supposed to be used with other BEATS devices; its just an EQ setting. their quality, sound, ergonomics, and value (to real DJ's and audio techs, whom i work with) is laughable at best. sound isolation isnt much different than other OTE units; most of that depends on how loud your music is lol.
Sennheiser HD 25-II for audiophiles for less, or Pioneer HDJ-2000 if you want bass and better quality/ergonomics.
i have both the Sennheiser HD 25-II and HDJ-2000; my GF has some red BEATS pro studios; for her its style; they stand out and match her car/lipstick etc. versus the HD 25 II's by Sennheiser and HDJ2000's, there is no competition. They are designed nicely, but not being able to comfortably use one ear without them sliding, and the fact they are CLEARLY worse aurally, i wont touch them. Other than bass, some $30 Panasonic HTX-7's actually have better fidelity.