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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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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..

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...
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Sent from my SGS-II powered by CM9
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screenshots again
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What headphones do you use?

So what headphones do you use guys? I was using the nexus s headphones for my note ii but they are broken now.

I tried many high cost ear phones and headphones...
But according to my ears, sinnhheiser Px80 is best as well as in cost too...
its around Rs.2000 INR
I bought from apple store...
Acc. To me buying more costly head phones have not much benefit as their price...
U should check before buying..

I have the px-100ii Sennheisers. Quite similar to the px-80 in that they are also foldable and open cup design. They are also affordable and provide very good sound for the price. I definitely recommend them.
Sent from the mighty Note II.

Im using apples latest earpods.. good enough for me and stylish tbh xP
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Currently using beats solo hd's in navy blue...very good, good bass and clear vocals, previously had sennheiser hd 25's they had crystal clear vocals but not much bass and seen as though most of my music is bass filled i had to opt for the beats solo hd's
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Razer Moray+

LG HBS 730 TONE+ APTX techn.
stereo bluetooth amazing sound and music responce.

I know everyone is against this.
Beats by dre Studio's. I know it's kinda a wagon hop. But I gotta say they're really good!

Midnight coloured Bass Buds
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I have to say I prefer to just enjoy the silence....
...but for conversations, I use a Jawbone Icon HD....
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Audio-Technica M50
http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B000ULAP4U

sennheiser hd202..........nice ones, good bass........and they are cheap

Klipsch M40s. Very comfortable memory foam especially after they are broke in. Independent 40mm bass driver and 15mm tweeter. Combined with Perseus kernel, I couldn't enjoy my sound quality anymore.

Beats solo hd..amazing sound.
Posted from Windows 98 running on Macbook

try V-MODA M-100, best!

Brainwavz M5

dr.m0x said:
I have the px-100ii Sennheisers. Quite similar to the px-80 in that they are also foldable and open cup design. They are also affordable and provide very good sound for the price. I definitely recommend them.
Sent from the mighty Note II.
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Another px100ii user, am thinking about making a mod to use oem Samsung earphones cable on my Sennheisers, for volume up and down, microphone and call button, the problem is, they are white doesn't match with black headphones, but i have a better idea which is to add a female plug to Samsung remote and use the px100ii with it original cable.
Am good with electronics.
Best regards
Sifou
Using a Samsung N7100
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xartic12 said:
Klipsch M40s. Very comfortable memory foam especially after they are broke in. Independent 40mm bass driver and 15mm tweeter. Combined with Perseus kernel, I couldn't enjoy my sound quality anymore.
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Dude, how do you enjoy a 40mm headphone outdoors! It's like wearing a helmet?
Best regards
Sifou
Using a Samsung N7100

dannejanne said:
Audio-Technica M50
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I have those too but only for indoor only, way too big to carry around. For my phone I use in-ear Sennheiser EI80 (adjustable bass). They are the best price/quality earphone on the market. I know not everyone like in-ear earphone, but if you do they re amazing. The only other that can compete with them are the Klipsh S4, but they are not as noise reducing as the EI80.

I'm a real audiophile and I use senheisser SE425 inears. It's quite good. I have to say the stock Samsung headphones are not so bad also. They have decent bass and high frequencies.
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benno4403 said:
I'm a real audiophile and I use senheisser SE425 inears. It's quite good. I have to say the stock Samsung headphones are not so bad also. They have decent bass and high frequencies.
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Senheisser SE425 doesn't exist, don't you mean Shure SE425?

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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[Q] Low headphone output???

Is there anyway to make the headphone output louder? I remember voodoo sound for my old GS1. But are there any sound mod apps or kernels that make the headphone out put stronger?

Pending on your ROM, there is a mixer paths.XML file in system etc that could be of some help.
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bachera said:
Pending on your ROM, there is a mixer paths.XML file in system etc that could be of some help.
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Cyanogen mod. Do you know the location of the file and how I could change it to make the output louder?

GhostSoldier_US said:
Is there anyway to make the headphone output louder? I remember voodoo sound for my old GS1. But are there any sound mod apps or kernels that make the headphone out put stronger?
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guys ..
i really don't understand how it can be sound so low for some of you ?!?!? it is freaking yelling as hell .. u using shhaait headphones ..
i recon get audiotechnica headphones ATH-ES7 and your ears will explode ill guarantee !!!
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http://www.whathifi.com/review/audio-technica-ath-es7

GalaxySIIII said:
guys ..
i really don't understand how it can be sound so low for some of you ?!?!? it is freaking yelling as hell .. u using shhaait headphones ..
i recon get audiotechnica headphones ATH-ES7 and your ears will explode ill guarantee !!!
http://www.whathifi.com/review/audio-technica-ath-es7
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Im coming from a HTC one and the output is close to half! No im not talking about the speacker the headphone output! I use Meze Classics 11. they still sound good but the output doesnt get anywhere near as loud as a iphone or the htc one. I wonder if a amp or dac would fix this issue

GhostSoldier_US said:
Im coming from a HTC one and the output is close to half! No im not talking about the speacker the headphone output! I use Meze Classics 11. they still sound good but the output doesnt get anywhere near as loud as a iphone or the htc one. I wonder if a amp or dac would fix this issue
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use poweramp or mx player .. and check
mine F320S is loud as hell !

GalaxySIIII said:
use poweramp or mx player .. and check
mine F320S is loud as hell !
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I have the D802 (The At&t version)

GalaxySIIII said:
use poweramp or mx player .. and check
mine F320S is loud as hell !
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neither made a differance

bachera said:
Pending on your ROM, there is a mixer paths.XML file in system etc that could be of some help.
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Hm not on stock?
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Not sure, but on Mahdi, or kitkat
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50248217
The bold numbers can also be increased. Requires a reboot and checking permissions. Probably on stock kitkat there will also be a file.
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GhostSoldier_US said:
neither made a differance
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come here and i give u listen music and ull see

Volume Boost without Root possible?

Is there a way to boost the volume without Root?
Many thanks for your answer
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Interested myself too... The volume îs kinda low on this device.

I disabled the sound alive using package disabler Pro. Downloaded equalizer FX. In settings base about 20% and in profiles selected flat. This makes the speaker on this phone very loud.

i want the modification if possible maximum level and no root? is there any howto?

Volume booster pro. Thank me later.

mookiexl said:
Volume booster pro. Thank me later.
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there are few different once... who's the developer?
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Found a way to increase the volume.
Settings - sound and vibration - sound quality and effects - personalize sound. Start personalizing your sound. It will ask you if you can hear the sound, always answer no. The result is it will amp up the volume of all frequencies.
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BratPAQ said:
Found a way to increase the volume.
Settings - sound and vibration - sound quality and effects - personalize sound. Start personalizing your sound. It will ask you if you can hear the sound, always answer no. The result is it will amp up the volume of all frequencies.
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Awesome that worked for me. Btw if you don't mind me asking how did you change the color of your status bar icons? And also how did you change your nav bar to those icons? Sorry for the questions

BratPAQ said:
Found a way to increase the volume.
Settings - sound and vibration - sound quality and effects - personalize sound. Start personalizing your sound. It will ask you if you can hear the sound, always answer no. The result is it will amp up the volume of all frequencies. View attachment 4178195
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Seems to be working for me too!
Thanks!

sparky2029 said:
Awesome that worked for me. Btw if you don't mind me asking how did you change the color of your status bar icons? And also how did you change your nav bar to those icons? Sorry for the questions
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From clck in this post.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=72590411
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You are talking about the speaker right? If headphones aren't loud enough for you then you may need a trip to the doctor. Lol.

methoddon1 said:
there are few different once... who's the developer?
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Yes probably 10 with the same exact name,
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zathus said:
I disabled the sound alive using package disabler Pro. Downloaded equalizer FX. In settings base about 20% and in profiles selected flat. This makes the speaker on this phone very loud.
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Notice anything through headphones wired or Bluetooth?

razrlover said:
Yes probably 10 with the same exact name,
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Notice anything through headphones wired or Bluetooth?
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I don't use wired headphones but it feels slightly louder on BT

BratPAQ said:
From clck in this post.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=72590411
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I think im an idiot .. I downloaded the apk ... and I cant figure out how to change it

Make sure the possible independent volume on your headphones is turned up. My headphones get way louder than I need them to be. I have multiple different pairs of headphones and they are fine. Also do take care your ears. Don't play music so loud you bust your ear drums. ?

s4shield said:
Make sure the possible independent volume on your headphones is turned up. My headphones get way louder than I need them to be. I have multiple different pairs of headphones and they are fine. Also do take care your ears. Don't play music so loud you bust your ear drums. ?
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I was using the akgs that came with the s8, didn't try to adjust volume on them independently, I suppose i figured wouldn't make a difference.
However i would love to be wrong

Completely worthless?
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mookiexl said:
Volume booster pro. Thank me later.
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Completely worthless?

ezgenesis said:
Completely worthless?
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Completely worthless?
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I agree, however after trying a few of the volume booster pro's i was getting spammed with all kinds of other booster pro's.
One was the bass booster pro, which actually did work. Better than the bass boosting capabilities of our stock eq.

zathus said:
I disabled the sound alive using package disabler Pro. Downloaded equalizer FX. In settings base about 20% and in profiles selected flat. This makes the speaker on this phone very loud.
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Wow totally made a big difference!!
Major volume increase, however i am using the head phones from my htc10 will try akg next workout can't imagine it would be the head phones though.

I can't stand the stock ear buds.. they constantly fall out. I switched to Bose ear buds that actually stay on.
Use customize sound and your BT and Earphones can be loud.. and sound great.
Speaker... it's not that loud..