after checking many bluetooth devices i got 3 majo contenders. buti am not able to figure out which one to buy.
1) Motorokr s9
2) HBH-DS970
3) HBH-DS980
am not sure whats the difference between 970 and 980. i tested s9 but felt when i speak it is difficult on the other side to listen, is that right? or is this because i dont have bluetooth fix and the other s/w installed?
Doesn't matter which, just don't get a Jabra headset. I had one for a week, then sold it and bought a Moto. The Jabra BT620s is absolute crap, as is Jabra customer support.
Jozer99 said:
Doesn't matter which, just don't get a Jabra headset. I had one for a week, then sold it and bought a Moto. The Jabra BT620s is absolute crap, as is Jabra customer support.
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I've had a Jabra 8040 for 3 weeks and it's great. The listening volume is low, but that's a BT stack issue and not an issue with the headset. Personally, I'm more apt to trust a company that ONLY makes headset rather than a company that makes other products besides headsets.
I've got a pair of Motorola S9's and love them. Had no problems. I use them to stream internet radio over bluetooth when I'm working out at the gym.
-Jay
The difference between the HBH-DS970 & HBH-DS980 are mainly on the displayed informations. You get more informations displayed on 980. For instance, DS980 is capable of listing all paired devices. If you flashed your device often. After ROM upgrade, you can easily select the device name from the DS980 list to reactivate the partnership.
The displayed text is also better on DS980 due to its higher resolution screen. Moreover, battery life seems to be better as well.
Due to the BT improvement on WM6.1, DS980 now is able to access the PPC Contacts & call history. Thus you can dial directly from the DS980 unit itself either based on last dial, call history or search for contact to dial. I assume DS970 can do that as well.
Sound quality of DS980/970 are the best that I've tried so far. Noise reduction is excellent. Bass sound is deep & powerfull, volume level is loud.
BTW, I upgraded from DS970 to DS980. The only reason to choose DS970 over DS980 is price. If that is not an issue, then DS980 is the one.
I can't comment on Motorola as I never use one
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The difference between the HBH-DS970 & HBH-DS980 are mainly on the displayed informations. You get more informations displayed on 980. For instance, DS980 is capable of listing all paired devices. If you flashed your device often. After ROM upgrade, you can easily select the device name from the DS980 list to reactivate the partnership.
The displayed text is also better on DS980 due to its higher resolution screen. Moreover, battery life seems to be better as well.
Due to the BT improvement on WM6.1, DS980 now is able to access the PPC Contacts & call history. Thus you can dial directly from the DS980 unit itself either based on last dial, call history or search for contact to dial. I assume DS970 can do that as well.
Sound quality of DS980/970 are the best that I've tried so far. Noise reduction is excellent. Bass sound is deep & powerfull, volume level is loud.
BTW, I upgraded from DS970 to DS980. The only reason to choose DS970 over DS980 is price. If that is not an issue, then DS980 is the one.
I can't comment on Motorola as I never use one
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thanks a lot bro...really appreciate your review. was looking for such review only...i tried s9. its a good headset in terms of listening to the music but if you want to talk using that it sucks. i have another question for the 970/980 while on call it uses only one ear or both as in S9 its only one side. so you listen to music in stereo sound but talk in mono only.....
gandotratushar said:
thanks a lot bro...really appreciate your review. was looking for such review only...i tried s9. its a good headset in terms of listening to the music but if you want to talk using that it sucks. i have another question for the 970/980 while on call it uses only one ear or both as in S9 its only one side. so you listen to music in stereo sound but talk in mono only.....
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Both talk/music are in stereo
gandotratushar said:
thanks a lot bro...really appreciate your review. was looking for such review only...i tried s9. its a good headset in terms of listening to the music but if you want to talk using that it sucks. i have another question for the 970/980 while on call it uses only one ear or both as in S9 its only one side. so you listen to music in stereo sound but talk in mono only.....
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That's because the S9 has the mic embeded in one side. It picks up your voice from inside your ear. Great for noisy or windy areas. Units that utilize both speakers are still mono. Telephone conversations are sent over the lines in mono. If you take a cheap transistor radio and add a second speaker to it, its not stereo.
-Jay
Might not be an answer to your question, but I got the DR-BT20NX, which are bud headphones with a mic on the control fob. Audio is pretty good and I've used it for h/f in the car until I bought my thb-bury kit. They don't have any display on the fob tho - and the fob looks a bit clunky by comparison.
Cost £40, so pretty cheap
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Due to the BT improvement on WM6.1, DS980 now is able to access the PPC Contacts & call history. Thus you can dial directly from the DS980 unit itself either based on last dial, call history or search for contact to dial. I assume DS970 can do that as well.
Sound quality of DS980/970 are the best that I've tried so far. Noise reduction is excellent. Bass sound is deep & powerfull, volume level is loud.
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Does the track info get displayed now with WM 6.1 or is that still on the wish list for the future ?
I must admit since buying my DS980 i've had no problems and the sound quality is great, i love how it auto turns the volume up when you walk into a noisy enviroment to compensate.
Loud A2DP, a chimera, an uncatchable dream still, even if we are walking towards the end of the first 2K decade.
I've tried a lot of them, wasted a lot of money, all of them were dull, low volumed craps of silicon got me everytime going back to wires.
But now I discovered something really worth mentioning. It's not 100% perfect but yes it's 96% perfect (I had Motorola S705 and i'd give it 20%), loud, clear and screaming.
Gentlemen it's Nokia's BH-500. 3.5mm audiojack for your fave earphones and loud loud LOUD.. Espec on my kaiser this thing rocks. It's almost like listening to Pocket Music wired something like a volumeclick down no more..
After everything been through I HAVE to spread the good news guys. No more wasted money on A2DP. (They should allow testing before you buy but they don't. If they did I'be rich )
I'm looking for non-wired now. I'll give BH-503 a try (princess Leia kindastyle). It's new to the market and I trust Nokia in the sound dept. (N91 is the best and loud MP3 player ever ever) so I'll keep you informed..
hi there,
did some searches, read some wiki and didn't find anything. tried on a french forum but doesn't look like they have the solution. the level is so weak that I can't use my stereo htc headset with a senheiser intraauricular headphone outdoor just to get some phone calls!!
the only thing I did was to edit the SetAcousticParam??.csv files.
and set all the value of the codecRxGain line and rxVolume to 4000.
but to no results!
quite desparate!
i just turn up the dial on my BT headset, it is loud and clear
seems like your headset is poor quality.
i use:
Jabra BT8010
Sony DS970
Moto HT820
they all good with their normal out of the box volume level
in noisy environment, i just crank it up, but usually i leave it on default "mid" volume
I use the htc headset to get the stereo and the ability to choose my earphone: seinheiser intraauricular.
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.
Hello I am using gal 3 apollo and I have had a problem with some audio settings
Even with the 3.5 mm jack sound is not loud it seems they have locked the output for battery life somehow. And I just bought a New Nokia BH 505 Which is pretty clear . But When I connect it to my phone It has a weird like low quality sound as if the signal is not good. At first I thought it was range so I put it next to my BT still same and i even walked to the other room .. and it still sounded like that so signal is fine. I tried this BT on my Blackberry Full quality rich music the whole workds so i know its the samsung.
I heard of a hack to increase output 3.5mm on a Spica in service mode but i didn't understand or know how to unlock this limit (if this is the Problem) I Alson See a Bluetooth Gain settings I have the link over here http://android.bigresource.com/Samsung-i7500-headphones-volume-hack-galaxy-hl7LazklU.html. This Would be very great if someone knows how to fix this Thanks all
I have had several different cell phones over the years, pre and post-smartphone. They have all been different brands. I also have used a Bluetooth earpiece from the time they became available. The Bluetooth's I have used have been made by different companies too. Regardless of who manufactured the phone or the Bluetooth earpiece, they have all worked exactly the same way. The way they work this way is so that when you are around others or are in a quiet place any audio is only played through the BT. This way you do not disturb others around you. Steps below:
1. Pair BT device to phone.
2. Connect the phone to the paired BT device.
3. Place the BT device in your ear.
4. Now that the phone is paired and connected to the BT device all of the audio is rerouted directly to the BT device.
5. If a call is ringing the phone or you receive a notification from any app, the sound is ONLY played through the BT device.
6. This works as described above even if you have not turned off the phone's speaker.
In October 2015, I purchased a Samsung S6. Supposed to be the best, right? WRONG! There isn't much that I like about this phone but that is for another thread. With the S6 BT works like this:
1. Pair BT device to phone.
2. Connect the phone to the paired BT device.
3. Place the BT device in your ear.
4. Now that the phone is paired and connected to the BT device all of the audio is routed to the BT device AND the phone speaker.
5. If a call is ringing the phone or you receive a notification from any app, the sound plays on the BT AND the S6 speaker. Music does appear to play through only the BT. However, videos with sound also play through both the phone speaker and the BT.
6. If you mute the S6 you don't get audio ANYWHERE. If the S6 is set to vibrate then the phone vibrates and most of the time you don't hear anything in the BT either.
What the f*** is up with that? I have spoken to multiple people at different support levels of at Samsung and some of them say that is the way it is supposed to work. The others say that it ISN'T supposed to work the way it does. Those people generally blame the BT device. I have tried 4 or 5 different brands of BT devices and they ALL work as described above on the S6. No one seems to know what the real answer is!! Can anyone tell me why you would bother with a BT if you are going to hear the sound on the phone speaker also and disturb others around you, say for instance in a meeting? OR does anyone know how to make this work as a BT should or know a brand of BT earpiece that works with the S6. I am on calls all day long and need my BT to work correctly. In a cube environment, others do not always enjoy hearing your special ringtone or notification sounds. PLEASE HELP ME SOMEBODY! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU. I have so many issues with this phone that I want to smash it with a hammer until it is nothing but tiny bits of metal, glass, and plastic. IF Samsung is reading this your phone is a very expensive piece of Sh**!!!! Your tech support department is the worst that I have ever encountered for any product.