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Post your best equalizer settings!

Hey, XDA'ers!
Thought I'd make this thread to help all those guys who are currently facing issues with low sound quality. Choose the EQ settings that you think suits your needs the best. Post them with the following details:
Music Player
Headphones
Screenshots of the settings
Specialty
Here goes mine:
Music Player: PowerAmp
Headphones: Stock Samsung with small-sized eartips
Screenshot:
Equalizer settings:
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These settings are the best I could find with the stock headphones if you want maximum bass without sacrificing those mids & lows.
Hope this thread goes successful, and helps at least one poor soul who's cursing the Yamaha DAC sound chip..

specialty: poweramp and stock headphones(my mw-600 drowned)
screenshots:
EQ:
tone&etc.:
*of course listenning to AVB - breath in deep
**edit(note):tried the same settings but disabled the limit and it sounded much better

SufiSam said:
Hey, XDA'ers!
Thought I'd make this thread to help all those guys who are currently facing issues with low sound quality. Choose the EQ settings that you think suits your needs the best. Post them with the following details:
Music Player
Headphones
Screenshots of the settings
Specialty
Here goes mine:
Music Player: PowerAmp
Headphones: Stock Samsung with small-sized eartips
Screenshot:
Equalizer settings:
Tone/Balance/Volume:
Specialty:
These settings are the best I could find with the stock headphones if you want maximum bass without sacrificing those mids & lows.
Hope this thread goes successful, and helps at least one poor soul who's cursing the Yamaha DAC sound chip..
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Why is your pre amp volume extremely low, i bet you can hardly hear anything?
The best thing to do is start with bass & treble pre set and instead of highering the bass and treble, lower the mid so bass and treble dont go past 0, and turn pre amp up if not loud enough, it helps cut out the noise from the chip. If you can try to keep limit off and adjust till you are without distortion too.
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Remember guys, each brand of headphones has its own eq curve, so one setting isn't going to please everybody. A good idea would be to state your music background (audiophile/general listener), your music taste and what set of iem's / headphones you're using.

fluidz said:
Remember guys, each brand of headphones has its own eq curve, so one setting isn't going to please everybody. A good idea would be to state your music background (audiophile/general listener), your music taste and what set of iem's / headphones you're using.
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can sb. post eq-settings on the SII with shure's se215?
cheers!

karoom95 said:
specialty: poweramp and stock headphones(my mw-600 drowned)
screenshots:
EQ:
tone&etc.:
*of course listenning to AVB - breath in deep
**edit(note):tried the same settings but disabled the limit and it sounded much better
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Yup, it's quite a good EQ setting for short but punchy bass. But I prefer buzzing and lengthy bass, so, to each is own!
bobdoblo said:
Why is your pre amp volume extremely low, i bet you can hardly hear anything?
The best thing to do is start with bass & treble pre set and instead of highering the bass and treble, lower the mid so bass and treble dont go past 0, and turn pre amp up if not loud enough, it helps cut out the noise from the chip. If you can try to keep limit off and adjust till you are without distortion too.
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I'm an all-out bass guy. I wouldn't even care if I hear nothing but the bass, you know.. Low pre-amp doesn't really matter to me. And your tip is quite a good one too!
fluidz said:
Remember guys, each brand of headphones has its own eq curve, so one setting isn't going to please everybody. A good idea would be to state your music background (audiophile/general listener), your music taste and what set of iem's / headphones you're using.
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Yep, I got new headphones now: Sennheiser PX100-II and they sound super-awesome with the settings I posted with some tweaking..

Ok here are my settings:
Player: Winamp Pro
Specialities: ExTweaks +6db sound boost in cooperation with Volume+ app...& Awesome Beats
Headphones: Stock with extra eargums....
Screenies:
^^^^with this settings I can achieve allmost the same sound quality as on my g3 with VoodooSound drivers...
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I use the this Equalizer:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.podlanica
And this settings:
I use the Stock Samsung Galaxy S3 headset and get pretty good results with this. Very good bass and treble is also nice and not overdriven.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Stere...=1346166140&sr=8-1&keywords=galaxy+s3+headset

rkoby13 said:
Ok here are my settings:
Player: Winamp Pro
Specialities: ExTweaks +6db sound boost in cooperation with Volume+ app...& Awesome Beats
Headphones: Stock with extra eargums....
Screenies:
^^^^with this settings I can achieve allmost the same sound quality as on my g3 with VoodooSound drivers...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Sent from my SGS-II powered by CM9
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screenshots again
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Sent from my SGS-II powered by CM9
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Music is really quiet

Got this phone a couple of days ago, moved from the HTC One S with beats audio. I've noticed that top volume (past safe level) on this is equal to around 9/15 on the HTC. Does anybody know any apps that could increase the maximum volume, as I don't want to root quite yet.
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Poweramp is good, and has a louder volume than the stock samsung player.

or flash Perseus Kernel..in Stweak you can boost spkr volume ...

tclocki said:
Poweramp is good, and has a louder volume than the stock samsung player.
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I don't see a difference in volume at all...
Trek55 said:
or flash Perseus Kernel..in Stweak you can boost spkr volume ...
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You didn't quite get the "not rooting, not unlocking bootloader (or whatever the Samsung equivalent is, I've noticed no HBOOT)" part, did you?
As long as there's a factory image going around for this that puts the phone completely back to stock for warranty purposes, then I'll root now. With my record with phones, this will go wrong the day after I root, without doing anything else to it.

Try jetAudio, you can configure the pre-amp in the equaliser settings, plus the EQ is better than poweramp from my own experience.

kylepont said:
I don't see a difference in volume at all...
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Open Poweramp
Go to equalizer (icon by the side of library)
Set pre amp to the max
Go to "Tone/Vol"
I like to put Stero X at max too
Disable "Mono" if enabled
Change Equalizer settings if you want
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I did this with mine and the sound is great quality and high!! Even being a low quality 192kbps mp3

XxLordxX said:
I did this with mine and the sound is great quality and high!! Even being a low quality 192kbps mp3
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That was even quieter than stock! And had worse quality.
Jonny said:
Try jetAudio, you can configure the pre-amp in the equaliser settings, plus the EQ is better than poweramp from my own experience.
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That is slightly louder actually, meh, every little helps I suppose. Cheers

kylepont said:
That was even quieter than stock! And had worse quality.
That is slightly louder actually, meh, every little helps I suppose. Cheers
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Well... Sorry if didn't work then. Mine is configured this way BTW:
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There's also an app called Bass Booster, which can increase the volume as well.
"This Story Ends Where It Began" - Octavarium (Dream Theater)
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Stereo X absolutely raped the bass on my headphones (BOSE MIE2) and made every song sound disgusting, from songs with little bass to songs with lots of bass. Both songs are awesome by the way. Well, now that I've bothered to root (and starting to regret it now that I've heard Triangle Away is useless at the moment) I might as well add beats audio to the phone.

I would get V4A tbh, has tons of customisation and when you get something that suits you its great. Not to mention you can boost the volume with it. FauxSound can also apply gain, I use that too.
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Finally a good Xperia Z2 Speaker Show Off!

I think we can all agree after seeing this video that once the single speaker ringing thing is fixed,
there will be no issues with ringer volume whatsoever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkk516o52-E

Whats good about it? Microphone isn't even pointing in the same direction. Also, his voice or silence is captured in the averaging of the volume - which actually renders his test invalid.
Even if numbers were accurate (throught that iPhone mic) 3 dB difference is huge since its a logarithmic scale.
Also, he is talking about audio quality which has nothing to do with audio amplitude which is what he is trying to measure.
xkons said:
I think we can all agree after seeing this video that once the single speaker ringing thing is fixed,
there will be no issues with ringer volume whatsoever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkk516o52-E
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solwretep said:
Whats good about it? Microphone isn't even pointing in the same direction. Also, his voice or silence is captured in the averaging of the volume - which actually renders his test invalid.
Even if numbers were accurate (throught that iPhone mic) 3 dB difference is huge since its a logarithmic scale.
Also, he is talking about audio quality which has nothing to do with audio amplitude which is what he is trying to measure.
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Are you crazy, he is using a Zoom H6 (http://www.zoom.co.jp/products/h6/) with stereo microphone.
It features a complete audio quality meter, this is absolutely a valid test.

solwretep said:
Whats good about it? Microphone isn't even pointing in the same direction. Also, his voice or silence is captured in the averaging of the volume - which actually renders his test invalid.
Even if numbers were accurate (throught that iPhone mic) 3 dB difference is huge since its a logarithmic scale.
Also, he is talking about audio quality which has nothing to do with audio amplitude which is what he is trying to measure.
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The OP talks of ringtone volume, so according to the test Z2 definitely is louder. At least on the chart.

SolidR53 said:
Are you crazy, he is using a Zoom H6 (http://www.zoom.co.jp/products/h6/) with stereo microphone.
It features a complete audio quality meter, this is absolutely a valid test.
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No its still not a valid test. He doesnt point the mic in the same direction towards the speakers. And also the distance is different. And thirdly he is averaging over a timeframe in which there is silence or talk. The test doesnt say anything. And what does this have to do with ringtones?
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The OP talks of ringtone volume, so according to the test Z2 definitely is louder. At least on the chart.
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The Z2 is louder than what?
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Are you guys kidding me? If this was a middle-grade school laboratory test the teacher would cry...

solwretep said:
No its still not a valid test. He doesnt point the mic in the same direction towards the speakers. And also the distance is different. And thirdly he is averaging over a timeframe in which there is silence or talk. The test doesnt say anything. And what does this have to do with ringtones?
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The Z2 is louder than what?
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This is the microphone, its stereo, so its average pointing direction is straight forward.
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His talk is added after the video recording... and I find the distance to be about the same, but if they don't, its certainly an invalid test for sure, but you are assuming here.
Still a valid test.
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SolidR53 said:
This is the microphone, its stereo, so its average pointing direction is straight forward.
His talk is added after the video recording... and I find the distance to be about the same, but if they don't, its certainly an invalid test for sure, but you are assuming here.
Still a valid test.
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What kind of internet troll are you?

Its obvious that that mic-pair is very sensitive to where it points. I bet you move that mic 10 degrees and you get a completely different result. Amplitude of sound drops as 1/R^2. He is keeping the mic way to close to the phones as a small change in distance will have a huge impact on amplitude. Put those mics two meters away and you will have a much better comparison.
This test was performed by an amateur with cool gadgets and it says nothing. And by nothing I mean NOTHING.
SolidR53 said:
This is the microphone, its stereo, so its average pointing direction is straight forward.
His talk is added after the video recording... and I find the distance to be about the same, but if they don't, its certainly an invalid test for sure, but you are assuming here.
Still a valid test.
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SolidR53 said:
This is the microphone, its stereo, so its average pointing direction is straight forward.
His talk is added after the video recording... and I find the distance to be about the same, but if they don't, its certainly an invalid test for sure, but you are assuming here.
What kind of internet troll are you?
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1.) If you average something using just 2 data points you are getting rubbish
2.) They are directional microphones. Otherwise you wouldn't record stereo properly. As such, you have to take the distance along the trajectory of the mic, and not the shortest distance from the housing of the mic (if so, you would have been correct).

Yeah, I've to agree here that the test is not scientific at all. And the thing about unscientific experiments is that results are inconclusive and can be interpreted either way.
The one thing he could have done to make this perfect was to keep the microphone apparatus in a fixed location and position about 1 meter away from a phone stand, on which the phones should be mounted one by one.

g4rvd4 said:
Yeah, I've to agree here that the test is not scientific at all. And the thing about unscientific experiments is that results are inconclusive and can be interpreted either way.
The one thing he could have done to make this perfect was to keep the microphone apparatus in a fixed location and position about 1 meter away from a phone stand, on which the phones should be mounted one by one.
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Exactly my point. Thank you.

solwretep said:
No its still not a valid test. He doesnt point the mic in the same direction towards the speakers. And also the distance is different. And thirdly he is averaging over a timeframe in which there is silence or talk. The test doesnt say anything. And what does this have to do with ringtones?
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The Z2 is louder than what?
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Are you guys kidding me? If this was a middle-grade school laboratory test the teacher would cry...
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LOL you are blind!

Sorry if I sounded like a dic*. I appologize, I got slightly excited without my morning coffee...
=)

[MOD] Increase speaker volume :)

pretty simple mod, I hate how the ringtone and playback volume are not loud enough, so I changed it
MUST HAVE ROOT.
1.Navigate to /system/etc
2.look for mixer_gain.xml, open it up with some type of editors
3. change the value to 26 and 36 for playback speaker (max before running into too much distortion)
4. do the same for ringtone speaker, but I put 37, just a level higher than playback.
5.save the editor (root explorer will make a back up for you)
6.make sure the file correction are RW-R-R-- (I dont think it would changes but it doesnt hurt to check)
7. reboot
8. give me a thanks
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you can experiment around with the value, but I wouldn't go above 37. also if anyone know the name to change for the in-call headset let me know

Pretty sure you have to be rooted for this mod. So this means that speaker and in ear speaker volume is again not loud enough... I had to increase it on every Samsung phone I have ever owned, starting with i8910 running on Symbian. Samsung please, wake up and increase the volume of the phone calls, this is ridiculous. It is a phone in a first place. To the Original poster, on my Note 4 I think I increased the "in ear" volume. I don't have Note 5 so I don't know what they call it now.

carlitos66 said:
Pretty sure you have to be rooted for this mod. So this means that speaker and in ear speaker volume is again not loud enough... I had to increase it on every Samsung phone I have ever owned, starting with i8910 running on Symbian. Samsung please, wake up and increase the volume of the phone calls, this is ridiculous. It is a phone in a first place. To the Original poster, on my Note 4 I think I increased the "in ear" volume. I don't have Note 5 so I don't know what they call it now.
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are you deaf? cause I'm 20% deaf (certified by an audiologist) and its loud as heck...

What about the headphone jack? From my measurements it appears to be quite low compared to competitors (-8 dBV into a 16Ohm load). Can this be increased?

Willyman said:
What about the headphone jack? From my measurements it appears to be quite low compared to competitors (-8 dBV into a 16Ohm load). Can this be increased?
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I believe so....Gain-media-headset(?) change the value from 32 to 36....I dont know I use a Chord Hugo for my portable DAC :/
test it out and let me know :/ it wont screw up your phone, but dont increase too much or you might get distortion.

Chord_Hugo87 said:
I believe so....Gain-media-headset(?) change the value from 32 to 36....I dont know I use a Chord Hugo for my portable DAC :/
test it out and let me know :/ it wont screw up your phone, but dont increase too much or you might get distortion.
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Yeah, in this thread they doing the same for the S6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/volume-boost-mod-t3070359/page4
Seems it even causes the DAC to cut out if the level is too high. I'll mess around with it once I get my device rooted (Come on SM-N9200 root kernels!)
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By the way: you walk around with a Chord Hugo in your trousers?

Willyman said:
Yeah, in this thread they doing the same for the S6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/volume-boost-mod-t3070359/page4
Seems it even causes the DAC to cut out if the level is too high. I'll mess around with it once I get my device rooted (Come on SM-N9200 root kernels!)
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yep work like an amp...if you are a user of headfi.org this is a common theme to user who have orthodynamic headphone...an amp that does not have enough power will always clip in the high's.

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By the way: you walk around with a Chord Hugo in your trousers?
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lol its not that big and I used the bluetooth function when walking and put my hugo in my backpack. lol nobody try to steal it yet most thief probably too dumb to know what it is or the monetary value it has.

Galaxy buds.... no bass

I have no problems with the galaxy buds but seem to have no bass at all. I have a cheap £20 bluetooth in ear headphones but these have considerably better bass. Any help or advise appropriated
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chrisully said:
I have no problems with the galaxy buds but seem to have no bass at all. I have a cheap £20 bluetooth in ear headphones but these have considerably better bass. Any help or advise appropriated
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Hi....mby to put bigger rubbers on the earphones and you'll have a lot more bass .... also you can go to Soundassistant where equalizer is located and adjust as desired...
...I personally play music with Poweramp that has an excellent equalizer and sound in general..
SM-G975F & Tapatalk

Just tried and got some bass hahah. Using spotify cant believe was just the rubber buds. Cheers
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chrisully said:
Just tried and got some bass hahah. Using spotify cant believe was just the rubber buds. Cheers
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I used spotify for my buds and beats studio aswell, but the bass is really poor in spotify, after downloading all my music and switching to PowerAmp it's more like an eargasm! Audio in PowerAmp is just amazing but not like Viper4Android tho.

aloo-145 said:
I used spotify for my buds and beats studio aswell, but the bass is really poor in spotify, after downloading all my music and switching to PowerAmp it's more like an eargasm! Audio in PowerAmp is just amazing but not like Viper4Android tho.
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enable disable absolute volume in developer tools so that volume controls are separate between phone and earbuds.
then disable no dvc in poweramp.
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jemfalor said:
enable disable absolute volume in developer tools so that volume controls are separate between phone and earbuds.
then disable no dvc in poweramp.
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Hi...where are these options in Poweramp.... I can not find them ..
EDIT : I found it.. [emoji106]
SM-G975F & Tapatalk

jemfalor said:
enable disable absolute volume in developer tools so that volume controls are separate between phone and earbuds.
then disable no dvc in poweramp.
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Oh it actually got even better now! Thanks!
You might have a fix for spotify aswell? :laugh:

aloo-145 said:
Oh it actually got even better now! Thanks!
You might have a fix for spotify aswell? [emoji23]
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not much. i only noticed if u start spotify first, it may not use ldac. but if u play with poweramp first then switch to spotify directly, it will use ldac
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jemfalor said:
not much. i only noticed if u start spotify first, it may not use ldac. but if u play with poweramp first then switch to spotify directly, it will use ldac
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Too bad that we cant have V4A without all the hassle about losing samsung pay etc..
Anyway thanks for the poweramp tips

aloo-145 said:
Too bad that we cant have V4A without all the hassle about losing samsung pay etc..
Anyway thanks for the poweramp tips
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np
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Biggest issue is that, unless you make an airtight seal with your ear canal, you will not hear much bass. These buds assume you get the bass bump of the occlusion effect. To check if you have such a seal, turn off the audio while the buds are in and walk around. If you can hear thump, thump, thump of each step, you have them properly sealed in your ear. If not, you don't.