Mi A1 Dirac™ in custom roms? - Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers

Is there any flashable mod to get Dirac™ on custom rom?
Thanks.

Is hissing noise present in custom roms?

arvind7955 said:
Is hissing noise present in custom roms?
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Yes
It doesn't matter what type of rom or kernel you use
It depends on the headphones
More than 32 ohms and you won't hear hissing

berezker said:
Yes
It doesn't matter what type of rom or kernel you use
It depends on the headphones
More than 32 ohms and you won't hear hissing
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Thanks. I made a mistake by investing money in this device I guess.

arvind7955 said:
Thanks. I made a mistake by investing money in this device I guess.
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Invest in higher Ohm earphone/headphones then. ?

LouisMuruu said:
Invest in higher Ohm earphone/headphones then.
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So you are saying "I should spend money because xiaomi *ucked up."

arvind7955 said:
So you are saying "I should spend money because xiaomi *ucked up."
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Haha, nah man, I'm just saying, yeah xiaomi effed up in this but maybe you could use it to convince yourself to buy new headphones ?

LouisMuruu said:
Haha, nah man, I'm just saying, yeah xiaomi effed up in this but maybe you could use it to convince yourself to buy new headphones
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??? Yeah I guess so.

arvind7955 said:
??? Yeah I guess so.
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Look up on VE Monk $5 HIFI earbuds. Crazy cheap but gives awesome sound quality, and it's 64 Ohms.

arvind7955 said:
Thanks. I made a mistake by investing money in this device I guess.
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It's a great phone don't get me wrong but I don't know why xiaomi used a ""high end dac that needs high impedance headphones""
You have 2 options
1- get headphones with higher than 32 ohms
2- Lower treble and increase bass to drown the hissing (Use Viper4Android FX equalizer if you have root)
It can pretty much hide most hissing sounds

I think it is good thing they put DAC in Mi A1, it just makes phone more superior than other phones. We have great cam (Gcam), premium feel build, 3.5mm jack thanks to God and Dirac HD. I love quality sound and this DAC really makes difference to me. Come on people, you spent like $200 on a phone and now you can't buy $20 headphones with higher impedance...

marko.dnb said:
I think it is good thing they put DAC in Mi A1, it just makes phone more superior than other phones. We have great cam (Gcam), premium feel build, 3.5mm jack thanks to God and Dirac HD. I love quality sound and this DAC really makes difference to me. Come on people, you spent like $200 on a phone and now you can't buy $20 headphones with higher impedance...
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nope, the funny thing is that using the best xiaomi headphones, like the piston 3 or the hybrid hd i get a so intense hissing sound that it is barely usable in calm situations, which is pretty much when i need it
so nope, spending more money is not what is needed
by the way, hybrid pro, impedance = 32 ohms, pistons 3 impedance = 32 ohms

akrai said:
nope, the funny thing is that using the best xiaomi headphones, like the piston 3 or the hybrid hd i get a so intense hissing sound that it is barely usable in calm situations, which is pretty much when i need it
so nope, spending more money is not what is needed
by the way, hybrid pro, impedance = 32 ohms, pistons 3 impedance = 32 ohms
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I can hear this hissing with my Icon X too?
Maybe it's not Xiaomi fault, just our heads have some hissing

N1ck474 said:
I can hear this hissing with my Icon X too
Maybe it's not Xiaomi fault, just our heads have some hissing
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the same headphones in a xiaomi mi 4c has 0 hissing

akrai said:
the same headphones in a xiaomi mi 4c has 0 hissing
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Yeah, jk, obv with Bluetooth headphones zero problems...
Hope for a fix one day...

Hey, just to clear some things out. To fully eliminate hissing you will need hi-fi system that costs more than $300 and a HQ sound such as FLAC. Don't fool yourselves with this hissing thing, I bet 99% of you didn't noticed hissing at all on the other devices you had, but now when 1 person states that he/she hears hissing on MI A1, everyone else will hear it as you will focus more on hearing hissing noise. IF no one mentioned hissing all of you wouldn't be commenting about it. Yeah, hissing is a bit more present because of 10V DAC, but for example 32Ohms earbuds as mentioned above will fix it, but you must use better bitrate for listening, 128kbps MP3 isn't good enough. 256 or 320kbps is pretty much enough for this built-in DAC

The reason why you hear hissing is because your headphones are overpowered. Get something that isn't crap, like actual headphones instead of $20 earbuds.

My god, the problem is with the phone not the headphones. It should work with every headphones like the rest of phones do, and yes I have very good headphones and I have already tried to use this phone to watch videos but it's unbearable.
Enviado desde mi Mi A1 mediante Tapatalk

Err, any progress in finding any Dirac port for our phone? Please do let us know if anyone found any working Dirac port for our phones apart from viper/dolby. Will try to look for it too from my side

moliverac8 said:
My god, the problem is with the phone not the headphones. It should work with every headphones like the rest of phones do, and yes I have very good headphones and I have already tried to use this phone to watch videos but it's unbearable.
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There is no problem. Xiaomi decided to put more powerful DAC. Someone will like it, someone will not, It's the same with leaving audio jack on smartphones, someone is ok with it someone is not. For me the sound on this phone is excellent.

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How to solve the Hissing Noise ?

okay , we are all stuck by that obnoxious noise of earphone in our MI a1 . some say its due to bad quality earphone ( but believe me i tried good ones too ) . so i want to know whether its hardware issue or it can be fixed by software?
I strongly believe that this issue can be solved by a software update. I've seen people facing this issue even on Bluetooth headphones so it is likely that Xiaomi can fix it. All we can do for now is just wait. Im hoping for a fix as soon as possible.
Ver0s said:
I strongly believe that this issue can be solved by a software update. I've seen people facing this issue even on Bluetooth headphones so it is likely that Xiaomi can fix it. All we can do for now is just wait. Im hoping for a fix as soon as possible.
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think of worst case scenario i am gonna replace my device soon
I'm using some Earphones that came with a zenfone 3 and the hissing noise is there but it's not that loud and I can only really hear it when a song stops is it worse for other people because it's no where near a deal breaker for me. I never even noticed until I read it was there and now I've noticed my shield​ K1 has it too
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To be honest this issue doesn't bother me that much, if it won't be fixed by a software update i will just buy myself new pair of earphones that dont produce aby hissing. Considering how much advantages this phone has i would be able to invest in new earphones to get rid od this issue. As I said, only thing we can do right now is just wait.
Ver0s said:
To be honest this issue doesn't bother me that much, if it won't be fixed by a software update i will just buy myself new pair of earphones that dont produce aby hissing. Considering how much advantages this phone has i would be able to invest in new earphones to get rid od this issue. As I said, only thing we can do right now is just wait.
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people facing issue with earphones like cx 180 and even there own mi basic makes that noise
robgee789 said:
I'm using some Earphones that came with a zenfone 3 and the hissing noise is there but it's not that loud and I can only really hear it when a song stops is it worse for other people because it's no where near a deal breaker for me. I never even noticed until I read it was there and now I've noticed my shield​ K1 has it too
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so what do u think its hardware issue or software issue ?
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To be honest this issue doesn't bother me that much, if it won't be fixed by a software update i will just buy myself new pair of earphones that dont produce aby hissing. Considering how much advantages this phone has i would be able to invest in new earphones to get rid od this issue. As I said, only thing we can do right now is just wait.
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Same, the advantage of the phone is more than the hissing noise. Heck even the Xiaomi own In Ear Pro HD with 32ohms also got this issue.
jeneb11 said:
okay , we are all stuck by that obnoxious noise of earphone in our MI a1 . some say its due to bad quality earphone ( but believe me i tried good ones too ) . so i want to know whether its hardware issue or it can be fixed by software?
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So here you go
Go to settings - sounds - other sounds - off the touch sound
I am facing this issue with soundmagic es 150 but what all are getting wrong is that it is not a software problem. Actually our Mi A1 produces a 10 V amplification as compared to the 2V produced by normal smartphones and hence require earphone/headphone with higher impedance buy some good impedance(somewhat costly) ear/head phones and this problem will be gone.
pkrajpur said:
I am facing this issue with soundmagic es 150 but what all are getting wrong is that it is not a software problem. Actually our Mi A1 produces a 10 V amplification as compared to the 2V produced by normal smartphones and hence require earphone/headphone with higher impedance buy some good impedance(somewhat costly) ear/head phones and this problem will be gone.
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it a bit sucks, as i bought my AT 50x with impedance of 38ohm to be able to feed them from phone / tablet ))
software update could give us at lease equalizer where you could change preamplification to battle the hissing.
on ATH50x hissing is lower compared to samsung in ears from galaxy., where it's awful..
but nothing new, this hissing was present also on Redmi Note 4 in MIUI 8+9 so i would say xiaomi sucks at audio quality in general.
smp01 said:
So here you go
Go to settings - sounds - other sounds - off the touch sound
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Already turned of the touch sounds yet i am facing the hissing noise
Soundmagic E10C doesn't have this issue.. May be due to its 46 Ohm impedance ...
Impedance adaptor solves the problem
jeneb11 said:
okay , we are all stuck by that obnoxious noise of earphone in our MI a1 . some say its due to bad quality earphone ( but believe me i tried good ones too ) . so i want to know whether its hardware issue or it can be fixed by software?
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Using an impedance adaptor from Ali express solved the problem. I used the 75 ohm one.
Just search for "Impedance adapter". There is no hissing sound now.
It seems no matter what phone you pair with in ear earphones, they all hiss + cannot playback properly at very low volumes. However full size headphones have no problem.
I think its something to do with small earphones being more sensitive, there is alot of components in a phone which are close proximity to the audio components.
Anyone who says they dont notice anything is because the volume is loud enough to cover it.
You can buy impedance adapter for like 5-15 bucks, or build yourself one with let's say 60-70ohms, it is way cheaper and super easy this way. 3.5mm on Mi A1 is 10v so you need higher impedance to lower the hissing noise (reduce voltage coming to earphones).
I am using PC headphones and I almost can't hear hissing on them since they are way bigger than those small IEMs and can handle greater voltages compared to those smaller IEMs.
Sorry for the post ressurection but this is all a matter of the Preamp being so great on the "Mi A1" that low-impedance headphones won't just cope "with all that juice". I myself was being driven nuts with all the hissing on my 23Ohm CX300 Sennheiser in-ear phones that only after reading a reddit post on this subject and finally connecting my 300-Ohm Sennheiser HD580 did I notice not only the hissing was gone for good, but also that by using the fantastic settings enabled by a simple, free app called Precise Volume, my HD580 were brought new portable life that no other DAP before it could provide it with!

Is the hissing sound solved with oreo update?

When I first bought the Mi A1, I had to sell it because I found the hissing sound in the headphone unbearable. Is it still present in the oreo update? Since amplifiers are analog devices, I dont think software updates can solve it but if it is fixed somehow, I will surely buy it again
Instead of selling it, you should've bought good quality headphones.
Kaustubh Shastrakar said:
Instead of selling it, you should've bought good quality headphones.
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Is it still present in oreo update? I tried it with a lot of earphones like cx 275s, xb55ap, samsung IEMs. I see a lot of people think the hissing i because of the high powered amp of A1. I can tell you that just because it has a high powered amp does not mean it will have hissing sounds.
Only poorly designed amps produce hissing sounds. There must be some sort of shielding issue with the amp circuit.
adfds said:
Is it still present in oreo update? I tried it with a lot of earphones like cx 275s, xb55ap, samsung IEMs. I see a lot of people think the hissing i because of the high powered amp of A1. I can tell you that just because it has a high powered amp does not mean it will have hissing sounds.
Only poorly designed amps produce hissing sounds. There must be some sort of shielding issue with the amp circuit.
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I use boAt Bassheads 225. There is little to no hissing now. It was almost non-existent on the December patch that was received earlier. It has slightly Increased by the second December patch. Also, there is almost no hissing when listening to music by some music player. But the hissing can be slightly heard when watching videos on YouTube.
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Kaustubh Shastrakar said:
I use boAt Bassheads 225. There is little to no hissing now. It was almost non-existent on the December patch that was received earlier. It has slightly Increased by the second December patch. Also, there is almost no hissing when listening to music by some music player. But the hissing can be slightly heard when watching videos on YouTube.
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And no, I am not a beta tester so I don't know about hissing in Oreo.
Oreo update for MiA1!?
Is this some kind of joke?
pow01 said:
Oreo update for MiA1!?
Is this some kind of joke?
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beta has been released
I plugged in mi basic headphones and there is no hiss at all. You should test the headphones on a different phone and test a different headphones on the A1
DetmL said:
I plugged in mi basic headphones and there is no hiss at all. You should test the headphones on a different phone and test a different headphones on the A1
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and render the thousands of rupees I have spent on earphones and headphones useless because this one phone produce hiss unless you use it with specific headphones?
No thanks I would rather use some other phone till this issue is fixed
adfds said:
When I first bought the Mi A1, I had to sell it because I found the hissing sound in the headphone unbearable. Is it still present in the oreo update? Since amplifiers are analog devices, I dont think software updates can solve it but if it is fixed somehow, I will surely buy it again
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nope, its still there after the stable oreo update
Anyone knows if the hissing is present with the shure se 535?
Hmm, it seems to me, that the problem is only with 16 Ohm headphones. After trying a few 32 Ohm headphones, no hissing...
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jeidsoter said:
Hmm, it seems to me, that the problem is only with 16 Ohm headphones. After trying a few 32 Ohm headphones, no hissing...
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which 32ohm earphones have you tried?
arvind7955 said:
which 32ohm earphones have you tried?
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Sony MDR-EX650APT
Vivanco aircoustic metalist talk premium
FiiO F5
jeidsoter said:
Sony MDR-EX650APT
Vivanco aircoustic metalist talk premium
FiiO F5
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I have those Sony headphones and the hissing it's still present, event though I don't hear it when I play something, just when there its nothing anything playing on the phone.

what are the good earbud options t at doesn't have hissing with Mi A1 ?

so i like the phone and i don't want to return it just cuz of that , so i decided to buy better earbud , what are my options? ear buds that lies deep inside ear and not HeadPhones that goes around it .. i want to know the best suggestions that prices aren't that high and have no hissing .. thanks in advance .
I'm currently using Faaeal Narcissus and I don't hear any hissing sounds. It costs $27 at Aliexpress, but if you want something cheaper, I suggest you try the 64 ohm variants which you can get for as low as $8. I assume that these 64 ohm ones would have very minimal to no hissing.
LALS96 said:
I'm currently using Faaeal Narcissus and I don't hear any hissing sounds. It costs $27 at Aliexpress, but if you want something cheaper, I suggest you try the 64 ohm variants which you can get for as low as $8. I assume that these 64 ohm ones would have very minimal to no hissing.
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thanks for your suggestions , do you have some link for them?
NVM5282 said:
thanks for your suggestions , do you have some link for them?
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Here's Faaeal's official store at AliExpress aliexpress.com/store/2178200?spm=2114.search0104.3.14.LPdCMB
My last year's Xiaomi Piston II's don't have any hiss. But neither do the cheap ones in the box of my old P9 lite...
Both were like reborn plugged in to the Mi A1, great sound for the price!
Xiaomi Hybrid Mi In-Ear Pro HD, no hiss at all.
I think any over the ear headphone with impedance greater than 32 ohm will have any issue
On another threat it said that even Apple Ear Pods (45 ohms) experience some hissing. Apparently the higher the better, it should support up to 600 ohms.
Consider that another headset might have inferior sound quality, depending on how good your current cans are (and some very good headphones have some very low impedance). So even if you get rid of the hissing, you might pay a price in overall quality.
invertedchicken said:
On another threat it said that even Apple Ear Pods (45 ohms) experience some hissing. Apparently the higher the better, it should support up to 600 ohms.
Consider that another headset might have inferior sound quality, depending on how good your current cans are (and some very good headphones have some very low impedance). So even if you get rid of the hissing, you might pay a price in overall quality.
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Apple ear pods connect via Bluetooth. Not via 3.5mm jack.
alkesh95 said:
Apple ear pods connect via Bluetooth. Not via 3.5mm jack.
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Nope, that would be Apple AirPods
The Ear Pods are just their fancy name for the cheap regular headphones you get with any iPhone.

Did the Oreo Update fix headphone hissing issue?

Some people are reporting it did and some are saying it did not. So creating a poll.
Is there hissing in basic 16 ohm earphones. Don't use impedance adapters or high impedance headphones
adfds said:
Some people are reporting it did and some are saying it did not. So creating a poll.
Is there hissing in basic 16 ohm earphones. Don't use impedance adapters or high impedance headphones
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What's this ohm business? Are 16ohm higher quality than my 46ohm SoundMagic E10C? I got no hissing in said earphones
iG0tB0lts said:
What's this ohm business? Are 16ohm higher quality than my 46ohm SoundMagic E10C? I got no hissing in said earphones
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Mos earphones are 16 ohms including mine.
iG0tB0lts said:
What's this ohm business? Are 16ohm higher quality than my 46ohm SoundMagic E10C? I got no hissing in said earphones
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Quality == higher ohms.
16 ohms are general earphones. More ohms more money.
This is generalized statement. I am aware there can be exceptions.
Confusing poll..
Topic: "Did they fix it?" No.
Question: "Is there hissing with low impedance headphones?" Yes.
That is sad, I am using jbl e45bt and sound is terrible, because of this ubiquitous hissing. Myabe thats just me, but I thing that it is worse then on nougat. Even while playing clash of clans background music is disrupting with this hissing, god my 4 years old phone had better audio...
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Exmantion said:
That is sad, I am using jbl e45bt and sound is terrible, because of this ubiquitous hissing. Myabe thats just me, but I thing that it is worse then on nougat. Even while playing clash of clans background music is disrupting with this hissing, god my 4 years old phone had better audio...
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You have hissing in your bluetooth headphones? That's weird cos AFAIK the hissing is only on the 3.5mm jack...
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Some people are reporting it did and some are saying it did not. So creating a poll.
Is there hissing in basic 16 ohm earphones. Don't use impedance adapters or high impedance headphones
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For me the hissing has been minimized. It's still there but barely noticeable compared to before. The audio output seems to have been toned down a bit though; it's not as loud as in nougat.. but don't get me wrong, it's still louder compared to other phones (compared it with a Redmi note 4x)
Bluetooth has normal quality, but external speaker and jack are hissing. I have bluetooth headphones but I don't use them wirelessly
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This hissing is a pretty standard Xiaomi feature I think, lol. On my Redmi note 3 it was extremely horrible, especially when using aux. On this phone so far I haven't noticed it, atleast not to the same extent as the RN3

Too much treble in mi pro hd earphones

Hi guys.. i bought mi pro hd in ear yesterday... And i hear too much treble... While i use it in mi a1 .... Can anyone explain this..
Is it only with this device? The earphones are known for a balanced sound not for bass heavy sound. You could always use an amplifier or an equalizer and see if helps
lolmensch said:
Is it only with this device? The earphones are known for a balanced sound not for bass heavy sound. You could always use an amplifier or an equalizer and see if helps
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I used equaliser tooo but get too much treble... I don't know why??... Will mi store replace this one... If it has a problem
Arunpraksh11 said:
I used equaliser tooo but get too much treble... I don't know why??... Will mi store replace this one... If it has a problem
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The Mi Pro HD is infamously known to have a harsh and sometimes piercing treble. Depending on your music track, it could either sound enjoyable or torturing. You could either equalize the treble peak or simply get a different earphone with a tamer upper end. I didn't get much success eqing it.
Source: I own one. Covered the vents with bluetack for extra bass and lent it to my friend indefinitely. Never been happier.
It is known to be like that ever since. That's why I bought Mi Pro Earphones (not HD) instead.
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Hi guys.. i bought mi pro hd in ear yesterday... And i hear too much treble... While i use it in mi a1 .... Can anyone explain this..
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I think now its good... I think its because of break in period

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