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Sound quality (headphones) and DAC

Guys please post about the sound quality, loudness and DAC used in this post. Many might get to have a hands on and they can tell us more!
And this is regarding Headphones/earbuds only. Not speakers as we alrady kow they are powerful.
Music is important to many here i am sure

ethan3686 said:
Guys please post about the sound quality, loudness and DAC used in this post. Many might get to have a hands on and they can tell us more!
And this is regarding Headphones/earbuds only. Not speakers as we alrady kow they are powerful.
Music is important to many here i am sure
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First of all the One is freaking loud and has tons of bass and the audio is really clear aswell. all these things are better than the great experience I got from the xperia Z, the decidng factor for me to choose the one over the z was the fact in headsets the one is clear, much louder and much more bass and music what I mainly use on my phone.

Thanks man..i think we discussed this in XZ thread as well..I guess both of us have the same taste in music and sound quality alongwith loudness
Did you go hands on with the HTC ONE?? And how?

Well I sure hope it sounds better than the One X & the One X+ cause they where pants.
Dreadful audio, beatsaudio is a pile of poo. Just put a good quality DAC in & Ill use Poweramp - Sorted.

@home said:
Well I sure hope it sounds better than the One X & the One X+ cause they where pants.
Dreadful audio, beatsaudio is a pile of poo. Just put a good quality DAC in & Ill use Poweramp - Sorted.
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Yes agreed! Gud quality amp makes all the difference..softwares cant replace DAC.

ethan3686 said:
Thanks man..i think we discussed this in XZ thread as well..I guess both of us have the same taste in music and sound quality alongwith loudness
Did you go hands on with the HTC ONE?? And how?
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I went down to Phones 4 u, oxford street (bond street) shortly after the launch to play with it, to see if it was worth changing to the one from the z and from my 3min play with the one, i pre ordered it. then went back to play with it some more.
I found the camera/video and video sound better than the side not a major difference but i thought images were sharper and audio was alot better on video (my opinion)
sound in headphones is far better than the z in clarity, loudness and bass (fact)
screen is better (fact)
I also find the UI on the one to be better (my opinion)
phone is faster and smoother than the z (fact)
obviously loud speaker is better (fact)
also when watching movies you can take pics with a dedicated on screen button rather than holding down power button/down on volume button which didn't work all the time.(fact)
things I didn't like about the one is no memory card slot and the fact in the menu you have to scroll up/down instead of left/right not a biggy though.
this is not to say the z is rubbish as it really isn't but just in major areas I find the one better.
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Well I sure hope it sounds better than the One X & the One X+ cause they where pants.
Dreadful audio, beatsaudio is a pile of poo. Just put a good quality DAC in & Ill use Poweramp - Sorted.
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Audio is far better than one x and one x+ imo. for the first time on a phone I wont have to use power amp.

Does anyone knows wich DAC does the s600 use? Audio quality is my main concern and a quality DAC like the wolfson found on the exynos 4 and the cirrus found on the iPhone 5.
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Wow cool man..Its always nice to hear from a person who has had a hands on experience.
Just few questions..
1. Like in butterfly the speaker and headphones had separate amps..does HTC ONE also has one for headphones? i know it has for speakers.
2. Does it feel smaller in hand? i mean its 4.7 screen is taller rather than wider [breadth]..so does that make it look like iphone 5?

ethan3686 said:
Wow cool man..Its always nice to hear from a person who has had a hands on experience.
Just few questions..
1. Like in butterfly the speaker and headphones had separate amps..does HTC ONE also has one for headphones? i know it has for speakers.
2. Does it feel smaller in hand? i mean its 4.7 screen is taller rather than wider [breadth]..so does that make it look like iphone 5?
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despite being taller than the s3, it certainly doesnt feel it. It also feels somewhat smaller than the z (even though on paper it is minimal) and better to hold in the hand despite being thicker but thats it because the back is rounded.
I dont know if it has a amp for the headphone jack but based on that experience it really doesn't need one if it doesn't have one that thing is crazily loud and bassy.
Infact i couldnt even have it on max volume just like with 8x otherwise you'll lose your hearing whereas on the xperia z i wish it was a bit louder tbh and I proved that I was right today because I went down oxford street played with it in the three store again and I could hear noise from the traffic outside and the sales assistant that was talking to me which isnt good imo. I like my music loud so when i am outside i cant hear a thing and also bassy aswell and the one covers this by far.
it does sort of resumble a iphone 5 in the way it looks tbh.
I just cannot wait until the 15th its pain staking that I waited so long for the z and now its nearly here now i have another long wait for the one.

Thanks for the inputs..I understand how u feel man..Same here...XZ is round the corner but ONE is coming on 15 march india..Patience has its limits too

Great device. I want to love it. But history tells us that thus far nobody has delivered outstanding audio from a Qualcomm SOC. I hope this is the one where they prove me wrong!
Audio aside, this could be the one where HTC finally takes a BIG bite out of Samsung. Except for audio concerns, I would be ordering one today! I will be anxiously awaiting tests.

R89SONY said:
I went down to Phones 4 u, oxford street (bond street) shortly after the launch to play with it, to see if it was worth changing to the one from the z and from my 3min play with the one, i pre ordered it. then went back to play with it some more.
I found the camera/video and video sound better than the side not a major difference but i thought images were sharper and audio was alot better on video (my opinion)
sound in headphones is far better than the z in clarity, loudness and bass (fact)
screen is better (fact)
I also find the UI on the one to be better (my opinion)
phone is faster and smoother than the z (fact)
obviously loud speaker is better (fact)
also when watching movies you can take pics with a dedicated on screen button rather than holding down power button/down on volume button which didn't work all the time.(fact)
things I didn't like about the one is no memory card slot and the fact in the menu you have to scroll up/down instead of left/right not a biggy though.
this is not to say the z is rubbish as it really isn't but just in major areas I find the one better.
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Audio is far better than one x and one x+ imo. for the first time on a phone I wont have to use power amp.
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I ordered Silver, can u tell me how is viewing angle between Z and One ? which one do you feel more premium feel?

Viewing Angles is easy: the Z has a TN panel (which results in very bad viewing angles, as some sites such as phonearena suggest). SLCD3 still uses IPS as far as I know and on some pictures it was clear that the viewing angles are still superb
Just one glint at a picture of the Z and it was clear to me that the display just doesn't meet the expectations. Blacks and saturation/contrast in general are terrible. What's the point of 1080p, where you see the difference to 720p in some cases when you look closely when at first glance the contrast/blacks totally turn you off?

onlinejobwork said:
I ordered Silver, can u tell me how is viewing angle between Z and One ? which one do you feel more premium feel?
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viewing angles and infact the whole screen was just better on the one not to say i think the z is rubbish, just that the htc is better. also i feel that the one is more premium due to aluminium design again not to say the z doesnt feel premium. TBH the z is a great phone just the one is a greater phone and i believe had htc used 16gb memory + memory card slot or even have the 64gb version in the uk it would sell more phones as I know people complain about only having 32gb (about 26gb free memory).

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viewing angles and infact the whole screen was just better on the one not to say i think the z is rubbish, just that the htc is better. also i feel that the one is more premium due to aluminium design again not to say the z doesnt feel premium. TBH the z is a great phone just the one is a greater phone and i believe had htc used 16gb memory + memory card slot or even have the 64gb version in the uk it would sell more phones as I know people complain about only having 32gb (about 26gb free memory).
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It has 64GB version.
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AayushDhuria said:
It has 64GB version.
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I believe the 64Gb version is US-only (Or NA-only).

AayushDhuria said:
It has 64GB version.
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Where can I find it?

Is good :good:

Audio will be as outstanding as htc butterfly if not better and thats best sounding phone according to gsmarena htc butterfly review as ONE has same DAC. Read the review of butterfly at gsmarena to go in more details
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Audio will be as outstanding as htc butterfly if not better and thats best sounding phone according to gsmarena htc butterfly review as ONE has same DAC. Read the review of butterfly at gsmarena to go in more details
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http://m.gsmarena.com/htc_butterfly-review-888p7.php
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Noise/dynamic range have not measured up to iphone & samsung/wolfson on any snapdragon phone to date. I hope this is the one.
I wish somebody would test hacked Android phones. For example, all the reviews whine about low volume but it is a five minute root/file edit on many phones.

Live concert demo video/sound

First of all, I took the earphones protective plastic off them and put it to protect the camera, so don't know if the quality got affected, don't think so.
After 40 sec after the intro in the first video, the sound quality gets better.
The sound is better than live actually in the first example at least, it was way too loud in there, I didn't hear that well live as in the video lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNLTaUm0DqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kIGWxEjC4 (It was damn loud)
What do you think? I think it's over average.

Shebee said:
First of all, I took the earphones protective plastic off them and put it to protect the camera, so don't know if the quality got affected, don't think so.
After 40 sec after the intro, the sound quality gets better.
The sound is better than live actually, it was way too loud in there, I didn't hear that well live as in the video lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNLTaUm0DqA
What do you think? I think it's over average.
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Thats one way to get views lol, but honestly, very had to tell on picture quality as all i can see is black and blue, sound is loud and clear.

Sound is very good. My nexus 5 failed on sound on a similar recording in a nightclub it became very distorted.
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Video might not be that great but the audio really blew me away.
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Shebee said:
Video might not be that great but the audio really blew me away.
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Well actually the video isn't *that* bad, especially the parts where that crap blue light isn't the primary light that's shining. Audio quality of course was very good.
I think the recording turned out quite good, I've seen live shows with more professional cameras that did a worst job so the device you used really wasn't all that bad at all, for a mobile device.
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Yeah,the lights were flashing like crazy, I think if I would've been closer it might have turned out great. But nonetheless the sound is awesome.
Had anyone else recorded live music with the m8 or any other phone for that matter?
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Shebee said:
First of all, I took the earphones protective plastic off them and put it to protect the camera, so don't know if the quality got affected, don't think so.
After 40 sec after the intro, the sound quality gets better.
The sound is better than live actually, it was way too loud in there, I didn't hear that well live as in the video lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNLTaUm0DqA
What do you think? I think it's over average.
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The plastic will definitely affect quality, how much can vary. It is mass produced plastic with a very high tolerance for variances. It will be thicker in areas & thinner on others, on the order of microns probably, but could be enough to cause distortion. Hard to tell in the lighting how or if it was affected. As other mentioned, the audio is great.

Hey Guys,
I no its against the rules, but how can I make up my mind other than this...
I have an m7 and for me the main things are :
- speaker quality (m8 should be better right? deeper sounds, louder etc..)
- Camera (lack of ois I find disturbing)
- Mic quality???
I recorded this with m7 next to a f..huge speaker and the bass came out just right... will it be the same for the m8?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngHojF9dyv8 (sorry about the music, its not that good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJK9mk1mXE8&feature=youtu.be
check this out
the image is moveing strange?

zimilaci said:
Hey Guys,
I no its against the rules, but how can I make up my mind other than this...
I have an m7 and for me the main things are :
- speaker quality (m8 should be better right? deeper sounds, louder etc..)
- Camera (lack of ois I find disturbing)
- Mic quality???
I recorded this with m7 next to a f..huge speaker and the bass came out just right... will it be the same for the m8?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngHojF9dyv8 (sorry about the music, its not that good
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Took this short clip today, yes it was LOUD.
The video is really crappy though, don't know why it's so dark...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kIGWxEjC4
Sound awesome again!

Shebee said:
Took this short clip today, yes it was LOUD.
The video is really crappy though, don't know why it's so dark...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kIGWxEjC4
Sound awesome again!
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I just bought the M8 today so thanks anyway )) now going back on stock with m7 (its gonna be tough

Shebee said:
Took this short clip today, yes it was LOUD.
The video is really crappy though, don't know why it's so dark...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kIGWxEjC4
Sound awesome again!
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Yes, its quite good I am comparing the HTC m7 and m8 currently (Girlfriend has the m7 now and I have a few months to find out whether the m8 is for me or not... anyway what I found out from the HTC support, that the m8 has also dual membrane microphone, but they werent giving out any details..like brand or whatever...
I hope the lack of OIS will not be a big issue...how do you guys see that?

zimilaci said:
Yes, its quite good I am comparing the HTC m7 and m8 currently (Girlfriend has the m7 now and I have a few months to find out whether the m8 is for me or not... anyway what I found out from the HTC support, that the m8 has also dual membrane microphone, but they werent giving out any details..like brand or whatever...
I hope the lack of OIS will not be a big issue...how do you guys see that?
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Lack of OIS is a big issue. That's why I gonna stick with M7. It's real downgrade. Video are very shaky. Shooting movie with one hand gonna be unacceptable.
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alangrig said:
Lack of OIS is a big issue. That's why I gonna stick with M7. It's real downgrade. Video are very shaky. Shooting movie with one hand gonna be unacceptable.
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In general a big issue, or you are taking videos while you are moving? :S for example from a moving car, or I dont know... in concert it should be no problem...
and the htc one reduces the framerate in darker env...
(ps I am also not sure how to or what to do ..keep it or not +

zimilaci said:
In general a big issue, or you are taking videos while you are moving? :S for example from a moving car, or I dont know... in concert it should be no problem...
and the htc one reduces the framerate in darker env...
(ps I am also not sure how to or what to do ..keep it or not +
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Well lets take a simple real situation. I very often take video of my son, who does karate sport. Taking steady video of my son with M7 preserving stable image on any distance while he accomplishes performance is very easy. Even on big screen pictures looks very stable. Shooting video under mentioned conditions with non OIS camera is headache. Even watching video on 12" screen size looks disgusting. It is very shaky. Having watched many video samples from M8, I'm really disappointed, this feature being dismissed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upL5hdGP2IQ
*grabs popcorn*

mushages said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upL5hdGP2IQ
*grabs popcorn*
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Not my Video, but if it performs like this...then I am gonna stick to it

mushages said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upL5hdGP2IQ
*grabs popcorn*
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You can clearly hear, S5 has distortion on low frequency. M8 is better, but worse than M7
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You can clearly hear, S5 has distortion on low frequency. M8 is better, but worse than M7, of course if you have M7 with hdr mics, like mine.
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alangrig said:
You can clearly hear, S5 has distortion on low frequency. M8 is better, but worse than M7
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Is there a comparison between the m7 and m8?
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Yes I made a short one today, same audio recording with the built in audio recorder and a video with the m7 and the m8 after each other....
I will try to upload them today somewhere
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1 watt speaker amazing!

Totally took this phone with me to the shower and started jamming to some music, right before this I was using it with my headphones. Apparently this phone sounds better with the speaker than with the headphones. Super loud and crisp speaker lets me actually hear the music when Im showering. Good job LG..

witeboy07 said:
Totally took this phone with me to the shower and started jamming to some music, right before this I was using it with my headphones. Apparently this phone sounds better with the speaker than with the headphones. Super loud and crisp speaker lets me actually hear the music when Im showering. Good job LG..
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You sure you didn't have an HTC One M8 in the shower with you? :cyclops:
All kidding aside, yes the LG G3's rear facing 1 watt speaker really took me by surprise. I kinda gave up on LG's external speaker output after owning a Nexus 5 and LG G2, both with miserable sounding speakers. The G3 has by far the best sounding single mono speaker I've heard on a phone, blows away my Wife's 5S and my friends S5. :good: Of course it doesn't stand a chance against my HTC M8, but for a single firing unit, it really rocks, very loud and clear.

+1
I hv been using navigation without connecting my G3 to the car audio and the sound is loud enough.
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Some headphones sound very good with this phone also. ...
I have some apple ear buds that are great with this phone. .... Really nice sound and only like 20 bucks
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yup . it really is amazing.
now to find out what that review article meant with "boosting" it to 1.5 watts.

Epix4G said:
Some headphones sound very good with this phone also. ...
I have some apple ear buds that are great with this phone. .... Really nice sound and only like 20 bucks
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You gotta step up from Apple earbuds. Lots of good sounding ones on the market for cheap. Try Soundmagic!
I really am digging listening with the G3. I don't know what DAC it has. Anybody??

witeboy07 said:
Totally took this phone with me to the shower and started jamming to some music, right before this I was using it with my headphones. Apparently this phone sounds better with the speaker than with the headphones. Super loud and crisp speaker lets me actually hear the music when Im showering. Good job LG..
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Was this post intended for the m8 forum?
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I'm also loving the speakers on the LG G3 compare to my LG G2 and to my sister's galaxy s4.
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fonsoyo said:
I'm also loving the speakers on the LG G3 compare to my LG G2 and to my sister's galaxy s4.
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Speakers blow my N5 away. I love it.

witeboy07 said:
Totally took this phone with me to the shower and started jamming to some music, right before this I was using it with my headphones. Apparently this phone sounds better with the speaker than with the headphones. Super loud and crisp speaker lets me actually hear the music when Im showering. Good job LG..
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I bought my G3 a week ago, and placed it side by side with my Note 2, and turned on the radio on loudspeakers on both phones. Surprised by the difference in sound quality and loudness, I played the same music files and videos on both phone at the same time. The loudspeaker sound on G3 is a joke, compared to what I get from Note 2. I am sorry, but it's true.

MyPhoneMyRules said:
I bought my G3 a week ago, and placed it side by side with my Note 2, and turned on the radio on loudspeakers on both phones. Surprised by the difference in sound quality and loudness, I played the same music files and videos on both phone at the same time. The loudspeaker sound on G3 is a joke, compared to what I get from Note 2. I am sorry, but it's true.
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u should have said.."the speaker on my g3 is a joke compared to my note 2" that way u dont speak for everyone

Speaker sounds way better than the nexus 5 I came from. The klipsch x10 sounds really good with it too.
G3

MyPhoneMyRules said:
I bought my G3 a week ago, and placed it side by side with my Note 2, and turned on the radio on loudspeakers on both phones. Surprised by the difference in sound quality and loudness, I played the same music files and videos on both phone at the same time. The loudspeaker sound on G3 is a joke, compared to what I get from Note 2. I am sorry, but it's true.
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Actually, upon further review I placed my G3 side by side with my Focal Easya Speakers, and turned the radio on loudspeakers on both. The G3 loudspeaker is a joke compared to what I get from my Easya's.

hello00 said:
u should have said.."the speaker on my g3 is a joke compared to my note 2" that way u dont speak for everyone
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The difference in loudness does not leave any space for opinion. Unfortunately the loudspeaker on Note 2 produces a lot, and I mean a lot louder sound than G3. If the outcome would be slightly different, I would go ahead and say "my G3" and "my Note 2". But tbh, the difference is like night and day. So my argument is universally valid for G3 and Note 2.
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Actually, upon further review I placed my G3 side by side with my Focal Easya Speakers, and turned the radio on loudspeakers on both. The G3 loudspeaker is a joke compared to what I get from my Easya's.
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I hope I did not compare apples with oranges. As far as I can see, Note 2 has one speaker on the back, just like G3. So I thought it is reasonable to expect a similar speaker loudness/quality, at the very least, considering the fact that G3 is a never device.

MyPhoneMyRules said:
The difference in loudness does not leave any space for opinion. Unfortunately the loudspeaker on Note 2 produces a lot, and I mean a lot louder sound than G3. If the outcome would be slightly different, I would go ahead and say "my G3" and "my Note 2". But tbh, the difference is like night and day. So my argument is universally valid for G3 and Note 2.
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I hope I did not compare apples with oranges. As far as I can see, Note 2 has one speaker on the back, just like G3. So I thought it is reasonable to expect a similar speaker loudness/quality, at the very least, considering the fact that G3 is a never device.
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I wonder if your note 2 is in a custom rom with a sound mod because I'm pretty sure it is so it can't be truly compared unless your running fully stock on both phone using the same music and video files then you results could be taken serious. I think that's the only way to truly test the loudness of both speakers in my opinion

TechGuy334 said:
I wonder if your note 2 is in a custom rom with a sound mod because I'm pretty sure it is so it can't be truly compared unless your running fully stock on both phone using the same music and video files then you results could be taken serious. I think that's the only way to truly test the loudness of both speakers in my opinion
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Agreed, my Note 2 speaker was meh until I modified audio settings.

since the note 2 was obviously modded, then we go the modded vs modded hehe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/guide-headphone-speaker-volume-booster-t2819821
just a volume mod, not like those bass enhancing etc etc mods i've used in the past for S3 which are surely available also for note 2.
since i only have STOCK s3 to compare and playing same music on both phones in MAX volume via loudspeaker, i already know the G3 is way louder and better than S3.
so, i went looking for comparisons for s3 and note 2's speaker.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_vs_galaxy_note_ii-review-830p7.php
"Loudspeaker
The Samsung Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II both scored Good marks in our loudspeaker test. The two speakers aren't tuned the same way though, the S III is louder when it comes to voice, while the Note II does better with ringtones. Their loudness is identical when it comes to music."
hence, stock note 2's loudspeaker is a JOKE(myphonemyrule's word not mine) compared to G3's.
we use loudspeaker most of the time for voice and music.
Voice, dB Pink noise/ Music, dB Ringing phone, dB Overal score
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III 75.1 66.5 75.0 Good
Samsung Note II N7100 70.0 66.6 80.5 Good

radeonxt said:
since the note 2 was obviously modded, then we go the modded vs modded hehe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/guide-headphone-speaker-volume-booster-t2819821
just a volume mod, not like those bass enhancing etc etc mods i've used in the past for S3 which are surely available also for note 2.
since i only have STOCK s3 to compare and playing same music on both phones in MAX volume via loudspeaker, i already know the G3 is way louder and better than S3.
so, i went looking for comparisons for s3 and note 2's speaker.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_vs_galaxy_note_ii-review-830p7.php
"Loudspeaker
The Samsung Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II both scored Good marks in our loudspeaker test. The two speakers aren't tuned the same way though, the S III is louder when it comes to voice, while the Note II does better with ringtones. Their loudness is identical when it comes to music."
hence, stock note 2's loudspeaker is a JOKE(myphonemyrule's word not mine) compared to G3's.
we use loudspeaker most of the time for voice and music.
Voice, dB Pink noise/ Music, dB Ringing phone, dB Overal score
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III 75.1 66.5 75.0 Good
Samsung Note II N7100 70.0 66.6 80.5 Good
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I am not sure guys, I must've been doing something differently than the reviewer. Both my G3 and Note 2 are on stock ROM. Actually Note 2 is my company phone, so it is not even rooted. I have rooted G3, but I have tested the sound while it was still not rooted. And as you can imagine, I am not happy about it, because I payed for G3, unlike Note 2. I am happy with anything about the phone, but the loudspeaker. The volume is set to max on both phones, and on Note 2 the Audio Output is set to Surround. And that's about it. I have measured the sound output using a soundmeter, and Note 2 gave me 83-87db while G3 remained at 72-77db while playing the same music file on both phones. The same goes for the FM Radio. The difference is around 10db on the output.
By the way, thank you for the mod link for G3. I will give it a try right away.

I'm pretty happy with the speaker on the g3 as well.
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Op, please change the thread title to G3 vs Note 2 speaker comparison.
Oh, just in case anyone is wondering. My dog is definitely bigger than your dog and he's pure stock. Nope, not even rooted.
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I'm happy overall with the loudness and clarity of the speaker on my G3. Just need something loud and clear enough to hear YouTube vids and such. I have a bluetooth speaker if I need more clarity and volume.
I think its absolutely hilarious when people come in here bashing another phones external speaker. I also have an M8. You know what? It's just 2 little freakin' cellphone speakers. People act like their carrying around an expensive home theater system. LMAO! They all really sound like poop. [emoji33] About all you can ask for is they're loud enough to hear and don't distort. The G3 fits the bill. [emoji6]

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Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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Had some time with note 8 display unit in Samsung store. I liked everything, but the external speaker. It is too high pitched, making listening to it a discomfort. I had the same issue with Note 7.
Today will go there again to double check. So far, this is the only thing holding me from preordering this phone
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Abu-khulzat said:
Had some time with note 8 display unit in Samsung store. I liked everything, but the external speaker. It is too high pitched, making listening to it a discomfort. I had the same issue with Note 7.
Today will go there again to double check. So far, this is the only thing holding me from preordering this phone
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I really miss the nexus 6p speakers.

For me, note 5 speaker was the best of all note phones. It was loud and had much more bass
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marvi0 said:
I really miss the nexus 6p speakers.
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I'm using a 6P right now but will preorder the Note 8 when it will be available in my country.
I'm afraid of the speaker quality on the Note 8 because it's so frickin' good on the 6P.

Had some more time with note 8 display units in Samsung store. I was surprised to find out that equalizer settings were applicable to the external speaker sound. For some reason I had been thinking that those settings are for earphones only.
So I reduced the high frequencies and that's it, the sound became much more better without causing discomfort for the hearing. For those who will find volume level low, you can boost all frequencies and get much louder sound.
Finally I made my pre-order for a black 64 GB unit.
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What about the clarity and crispness of sound? Samsung aren't known for.producing good sound even their TVs speakers are poor.
After using Axon 7 and nexus 6p I've got used to good loud clear speakers, this is my major concern with note 8.

For music it's miles away from iPhone 7 (not Plus, I have the "small" one) but not in the good way, it has smaller amount of bass and is more high pitched. I use my phone to play some music in a dinner room or in the bathroom so this is kind of disadvantage on Note 8 side.
Don't have any comparison on calling loudness and clarity but for music... it's shame that Sammy didn't make a stereo setup like Apple did with iPhone 7 which helped a lot.

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For music it's miles away from iPhone 7 (not Plus, I have the "small" one) but not in the good way, it has smaller amount of bass and is more high pitched. I use my phone to play some music in a dinner room or in the bathroom so this is kind of disadvantage on Note 8 side.
Don't have any comparison on calling loudness and clarity but for music... it's shame that Sammy didn't make a stereo setup like Apple did with iPhone 7 which helped a lot.
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You're saying you'd be glad to give up your headphone jack for dual speakers?
Honestly, Samsung should've followed Sony, HTC, or other phone companies that enabled speaker output from the earpiece alongside with the main speaker.

Lol hell no, I am not saying this. I am talking about the dual speaker setup you mentioned also.
Absence of jack is different story, maybe even fairy tail of greedy king who wanted to make all customers to buy wireless headphones which are expensive and most of them sh**ty af. Don't worry, that's what I hate about iPhone 7 the most from the start.

Coming from a 6P using Arise, in comparison, the Note 8 speaker is horrible.
Maybe I need to get acclimated to it, but I can hardly hear my alerts and texts as they come in. With notifications volume cranked to 11, switching ringtones in an area where a conversations happening, I really can't hear the tones. It sucks to be honest.
It's not a deal breaker but if I miss to many texts it could be. My 6p speakers are freaking amazing....Almost as amazing as the screen on my Note 8!
The speakers poor quality is absolutely the only thing on this device that I am not happy with

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Coming from a 6P using Arise, in comparison, the Note 8 speaker is horrible.
Maybe I need to get acclimated to it, but I can hardly hear my alerts and texts as they come in. With notifications volume cranked to 11, switching ringtones in an area where a conversations happening, I really can't hear the tones. It sucks to be honest.
It's not a deal breaker but if I miss to many texts it could be. My 6p speakers are freaking amazing....Almost as amazing as the screen on my Note 8!
The speakers poor quality is absolutely the only thing on this device that I am not happy with
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You are right the speaker on this phone gets a thumbs down. But everything else is great. I can live with that.
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You are right the speaker on this phone gets a thumbs down. But everything else is great. I can live with that.
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It's not as bad as I guess I made it out to be but it's not an impressive speaker. However this phone is so bad ass that a little less volume is tolerable. I'm so impressed with everything else on it, I feel like an idiot for complaining that the one speaker isn't as loud as my 6p's 2!
Love my Note8 and happy to have my 6p as a backup!

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It's not as bad as I guess I made it out to be but it's not an impressive speaker. However this phone is so bad ass that a little less volume is tolerable. I'm so impressed with everything else on it, I feel like an idiot for complaining that the one speaker isn't as loud as my 6p's 2!
Love my Note8 and happy to have my 6p as a backup!
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Ha ha ha you are correct.
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Is there anything like a mod with no root to boost and or tweak the speaker settings?

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Is there anything like a mod with no root to boost and or tweak the speaker settings?
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I remember there was a mod on the LG G5 that would let you use your earpiece as a twitter and you regular bottom speaker as a woofer and it sounded great. I which wi would see something similar on the Note 8.

Edu616 said:
I remember there was a mod on the LG G5 that would let you use your earpiece as a twitter and you regular bottom speaker as a woofer and it sounded great. I which wi would see something similar on the Note 8.
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I think we would need root for mods like that.. I don't want to root... I wish we could do that. It kills me that I was comparing my S8 to my Note 8 yesterday and I then realized how much louder and still clear the S8 was over the Note 8. Now the size of it in my pocket and the dismal speaker loudness are the 2 things making me want to go back to the S8 until the S9.... I've only got 6 days to make my move..... Anyone else know of anything that can be done to boost external volume??
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This works without root!!! Speaker Booster from the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.omegacentauri.SpeakerBoost&hl=en
be careful, I found 10-20% boost was enough!!!

Must say the speaker phone sound quite good. Still want stereo dual speakers but a step upfrom my S6 edge+.
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That speaker boost app isn't working on my unlocked note 8 on Sprint FYI?

Miss my axon 7 speakers..note 8 is not nearly as loud. But still like the phone overall

Speakerphone (loudness, clarity)

Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 10's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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Best sound
Quick tip for best sound. Go to Settings, Sound & Vibration, Sound effects, Preset - choose Voice it amplifies everything not just voice. No need to thank me. Enjoy!

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Quick tip for best sound. Go to Settings, Sound & Vibration, Sound effects, Preset - choose Voice it amplifies everything not just voice. No need to thank me. Enjoy!
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That's probably the best tip anyone could ever have given. The speakers are great after doing this!

Bxclamationmark said:
Quick tip for best sound. Go to Settings, Sound & Vibration, Sound effects, Preset - choose Voice it amplifies everything not just voice. No need to thank me. Enjoy!
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Thank you for the advice.

I've read many owners of the phone saying the loudness of the speakers when hearing WhatsApp voice messages is very low.
Can anyone confirm this?
Is it also low during phone calls with the speakers?
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speaker quality is great, loudness profile is comparable with my ROG Phone 2
im on MIUI 12.0.1.0 QJBIDXM
no problem with whatsapp voice message (as long as you dont blocking the upper screen), sound is crisp, and definitely top notch quality.

overall mi 10 sound is good
but
i played call of duty mobile
game sfx sound very low and i cant hear footsteps clearly
i tried every option of sound effects and disabled game turbo nothing changed.
also while i playing cod and someone calling me, after end call sound game output reversed(sfx sound hearing so far from my character)
anyone have solution?

Bass reduced when volume is set to 100%
Hello
I just want to know if is it only me or all the mi 10 does, everytime I set the volume to maximum, the bass from the speaker got reduced and the higher frequency was boosted, but when I set it to around 75% it sounds perfect, treble and bass are equal. Any advice to fix this?

Sensamic said:
I've read many owners of the phone saying the loudness of the speakers when hearing WhatsApp voice messages is very low.
Can anyone confirm this?
Is it also low during phone calls with the speakers?
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Yes, I confirm the low volume on Whatsapp and on calls, already on common media, the volume is loud and clear!
Does anyone have a solution?

Donker1582 said:
Hello
I just want to know if is it only me or all the mi 10 does, everytime I set the volume to maximum, the bass from the speaker got reduced and the higher frequency was boosted, but when I set it to around 75% it sounds perfect, treble and bass are equal. Any advice to fix this?
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i guess this is to avoid distortion its a mobile phone anyways not a sub woofer.

Thanks for the info, it's annoying because the sound quality just change drastically from perfect to decent, I hope xiaomi would give an update so the difference won't be that big

Donker1582 said:
Thanks for the info, it's annoying because the sound quality just change drastically from perfect to decent, I hope xiaomi would give an update so the difference won't be that big
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It's designed like that because over time of 100% sound volume usage with bass you mentioned needed. The speaker will damage and distort like anything. Happened with older phone like Nokia 3250 Xpress Music
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Speakers are the best thing I love in Mi 10. It's next to Asus Rog 2 with more details in instruments. Bass has that heft which apart from Rog 2 nothing else phone has.
It's a pity that none of the youtubers mention or care about speakers. They just say it's loud and that's it. Not mentioning quality of speakers of any phone.

ben cherian said:
It's designed like that because over time of 100% sound volume usage with bass you mentioned needed. The speaker will damage and distort like anything. Happened with older phone like Nokia 3250 Xpress Music
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Speakers are the best thing I love in Mi 10. It's next to Asus Rog 2 with more details in instruments. Bass has that heft which apart from Rog 2 nothing else phone has.
It's a pity that none of the youtubers mention or care about speakers. They just say it's loud and that's it. Not mentioning quality of speakers of any phone.
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No, I think it is a bug, look:

The audio quality is beating my iphone 12