[ISSUE]
On all the newer Xperia phones the output level for the headphone is way too low compared to other devices.
The EQ helps when set correctly, but this is usually not enough.
[SOLUTION]
Sony seems to have built in a Preamp in the Xperia which is activated automatically when you plug in a few different types of Original Sony headphones. This is the same function that activates noise cancelling when you plug in the MDR-NC31E headphones.
To activate the Preamp for other headsets go to Settings - Sound & Notifications - Accessory Settings - Headset
There you will find all the Preamp presets for the different Sony headphones.
While audio is playing in the Music app from Sony, disable all audio enhancements and EQ settings and then go through the headset list until you find the preset that best fits your kind of music and headset.
Now that your Preamp is active you can go back and fiddle with the EQ and audio enhancements to taste
Hope this helps!
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There is practically no BASS when I listen to songs on my HTC prophet....
ANy solutions??
Are you listening from the device speaker, from the package headphones, or from some other set of headphones?
pocketmusic equalizer and bass boost
pocketmusic equalizer and bass boost
I found the headphones that come with the packaging to be lacking in a certain "oomph" when looking for bass, but I wouldn't call it "no BASS".
However I relegated them to handsfree use in the car, whilst I use my old P800's sony headphones for listening to music on my prophet. The quality is way better.
Buy a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adaptor on eBay, then use you own headphones.
I use Sony In-Ear ones, which give me lots of bass.
I'm always listening to bass-heavy house music, techno and jungle on my Prophet and have never noticed a lack of bass. :?:
It depends on the quality of your headphones.
I purchased the new Moto S10's and I've noticed that if Enhanced Stereo is checked the audio quality goes way up, but the volume level is very low. When I turn it off, it allows the volume to go to a level I like, but the music sounds like im streaming from a low quality source. Is there any way to raise the volume of the enhanced audio setting? Any root setting values I can tweak? Thanks!
I use Enhanced Stereo on my 2010 Prius and it works perfectly. (Did on 2.1 and still on 2.2.) Sound quality is wired quality and it's super loud. (In fact a bit too loud -- not distorted at all, but louder than other sources on my stereo.)
On the Prius forum several Android users are complaining because the Galaxy S does not have this feature and BT-Audio sounds like crap.
I've also paired my phone to my Logitech STR-01 BT-Audio streaming receiver (a woot purchase) and it works perfectly there too.
So I would conclude the problem is with your paired device.
HI All,
I only ever use my I9505 for Bluetooth audio. There is plenty of apps out there that boost the sound quality and loudness for headphone jacks and the phones speaker itself, but i am finding it hard to find any that deal with Bluetooth audio...
I currently connect to:
1) Bluetooth for my car - for music and calls
2) Bluetooth for my headphones i use at the gym - for music only
Any suggestions on how to get some better sound quality / loudness?
I currently use Player Pro music player - which has a DSP Sound Equaliser pack - but i am not too sure on how to fine tune that... It seems that the quality drops dramatically when i incease the volume too much?
Cheers
Not aware that any apps can help with quality, although there may be some that can help with Volume like Volume+ (although I'm not sure if they will affect bluetooth).
To increase sound quality I would recommend getting an Apt-X enabled bluetooth headphone/receiver (I use the HS3000 which has Apt-X, is relatively inexpensive and quite versatile since you can plug in whichever earphones/headphones you want or even connect it to speakers/stereos via a 3.5mm-3.5mm cable). The Sony one you have doesn't have Apt-X so is not able to take advantage of the S4s Apt-X capability.
Hi, i bought Soundlink Mini by Bose (bluetooth portable speaker) and when i hear music or watch videos, my S4 doesn't let me choose all SoundAlive effects because i'm not using cable output.
Is it possible a hack to make available all effects like i'm using wired speaker/earphones instead of wireless?
did you ever find a solution to this?
I'm curious also to know whether it is possible to forcibly select ANY of the soundalive profiles using ANY output...for example, I really like the virtual 7.1 profile on my headphones (sounds great combines with the sound boosted, by editing the files in snd_soc_msm). but as soon as you unplug the headphones it says that the profile is "not compatible" with the speaker. This has the knock on effect of meaning that I have to re-select the profile every time i plug in my headphones.
is there some way of either enabling all profiles all the time, or to set the default profile for headphones?
Hi,
I'm often listen to music from my android device that is connected through jack cable to car audio, but simultaneously I also use navigation. Now when there is any communicate from navi - the music is paused and the prompt is heard in car speakers. Is there any way to make the music not stop and the navi sound to be announce through phone speaker?
The same thing with BT A2DP connection.
Thanks in advance
The Way Hardware Access is enabled in Android Kernel, it controls only one Channel to route output to. So you can't have one app using one output and another app using another. Perhaps when we get 64 bit Android, on 64 bit devices, that might be an option.
Is it then possible to route a channel from headphone to phone speaker when specific application is requesting sound output? E.g. music is played through headphones and when a navi prompt - music is paused, navi output goes through phone speaker and after its finished - music unpause and goes again through headphones.
It is not a problem when music and navi announcement are played through car speakers, but when I change the source in car radio from aux to e.g. tuner or cd - all notifications from android device are cutted off from any speaker.
Maybe there is a way to switch output using Tasker, so that when a music app is playing - sound goes through jack, and when music app is closed - sound goes through phone speaker.
Certain Rom Developers have tweaked their Roms to Override Bluetooth output. Especially when the Ring goes off. Can you please specify what device do you have ?
I have LG G2 with Cyanogenmod 11.
I also have one application for speed camera warning, in which I can set the audio channel. By default it is "music", so when there is a BT audio connection (or headphones) - every sound goes through BT (or headphones) , but when I set the channel to "alarms" - music goes through BT (or headphones) and sound from this app through phone speaker. So the channel switch is possible, but unfortunately it has also an issue. When this app is requests sound output - the music over BT (or headphones) is paused and audio is switched to phone speaker, but the process is lagging and the prompt is cutted so I can't hear the whole announcement.
Maybe the best solution will be an app that can manually switch the audio channel, so when I want to listen to music - audio goes through headphones, and when I will close music app - audio will goes through phone speaker without the need to remove jack.
moved to the G2 help forum.