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{Q} What app can make my output sound louder?

I manage a tire shop and we have one of those apple type dock stereos that plays cds and AM/FM. We all have smart phones and take turns streaming pandora or slacker. Of course when four of my employees that have iphones stream thiers is pretty loud. My two other guys have evos and they very weak. When I stream it's loud but not as loud as the iphones or the AM/FM stereo for that matter. When I had my Vibrant with Voodoo sound it was louder than anything, so loud that they would all ask me how do you do that?
Do you guys know of any apps that would make my output through my 3.5mm jack get any louder? DSP manger does not seem to work, neither did have beats or xloud. Please advise....

Volume+, perhaps?
Try that one!

Yup that did it. Thanks!
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Audio output quality through the headphone jack is terrible

Has anyone else plugged their S3 into a high-quality pair of headphones or other soundsystem? Is the quality poor for you? I've tried Spotify (with quality set to High) and YouTube (on HD), and with both apps, the output to my headphones is very "dry" (it sounds like it's coming from an old radio). Any attempts to mess with the equalizer only result in worse-sounding audio.
Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me? I'm running a Telus ROM on a U.S. AT&T phone, so I'm trying to find out if that's the problem or not...

Sound quality is just perfect for me and I'm on stock. It could be either headphone jack damage or the rom is somehow causing it.
Stock ICS on my S3

Nope, mine sounds great on high quality headphones.

qJake said:
Has anyone else plugged their S3 into a high-quality pair of headphones or other soundsystem? Is the quality poor for you? I've tried Spotify (with quality set to High) and YouTube (on HD), and with both apps, the output to my headphones is very "dry" (it sounds like it's coming from an old radio). Any attempts to mess with the equalizer only result in worse-sounding audio.
Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me? I'm running a Telus ROM on a U.S. AT&T phone, so I'm trying to find out if that's the problem or not...
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Issuing the Samsung headphones it's great. I run Dsp manager and its better quality than iPod
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Might be your device. Running stock LI5 and been listening to 320kbps music from sdcard... sounds good on my S4 klipsch.
Update: I just remembered that in the past, once or twice I plugged my headphones in completely and it sounded like there was no bass at all, sounded "flat". I tried plugging in the headphones a couple times to test the jack and had the same results, and I switched between PowerAMP and Google Music to see if it was an app thing. A reboot fixed the issue...

Yeah, sounds good over here. But awful with the ****ty headphones. All depends.

qJake said:
Has anyone else plugged their S3 into a high-quality pair of headphones or other soundsystem? Is the quality poor for you? I've tried Spotify (with quality set to High) and YouTube (on HD), and with both apps, the output to my headphones is very "dry" (it sounds like it's coming from an old radio). Any attempts to mess with the equalizer only result in worse-sounding audio.
Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me? I'm running a Telus ROM on a U.S. AT&T phone, so I'm trying to find out if that's the problem or not...
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Make sure your headphones are plugged all the ways in.
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Not for nothin I hated my gs3 just for the sound quality until I downloaded beats audio off the play store and it sounds incredibly better get it try it like it lol....... one thing to note is that you can't remove the drivers after install but really the sound will improve so much you won't care

I use PowerAmp from the Market and it was hands-down the best money I ever spent on an app. I set the EQ to Pop and it sounds fantastic both on my Skull Candy's and in my car (stock VWJetta system).
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The sound is quite good on Galaxy S3. I have experienced bad audio sounds on my previous Galaxy S2 when running a custom rom. And that's one of the reason I haven't installed any custom rom yet on Galaxy S3. The sound is also amazing when using bluetooth in my Honda Odyssey. If you are on stock and still experience bad audio quality, then get a replacement.
Regarding the headphones, I use Bose MIE2, Ultimate ears MetroFi 220, and Klipsch S4A.
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I noticed yesterday while listing to the radio through my bluetooth the audio is not as loud as I would like

Your audio source sounds like your problem.
If you want the best sound don't use a phone.
Also Spotify and YouTube aren't exactly flac or wav quality
Find a dac and be happy.
I use the SIII daily at work for decent listening but for serious listening I have other devices.
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Thanks everyone. Sounds like it might be my custom ROM that's causing the problem. I'll give it another try, reboot a couple times, and hope it gets better.

I normally use BT for my audio, but I also use the headphone jack to plug into my car system. Yesterday I used the white Samsung headphones for the first time. I noticed that at very low volumes, there was bad hiss and musical artifacts. However, I never hear that with my BT headphones, and I never hear it in the car using the headphone jack. Granted, with the car the volume on the S3 is much higher that when I have the headphones, which may have something to do with it. I use poweramp as my music player.

I've tried several ROMs and the audio is always crisp and clear out if the jack. I plug into headphones, car audio and home surround sound. All sound great. I have found that playing with DSP can really tweak a better sound though.
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qJake said:
Has anyone else plugged their S3 into a high-quality pair of headphones or other soundsystem? Is the quality poor for you? I've tried Spotify (with quality set to High) and YouTube (on HD), and with both apps, the output to my headphones is very "dry" (it sounds like it's coming from an old radio). Any attempts to mess with the equalizer only result in worse-sounding audio.
Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me? I'm running a Telus ROM on a U.S. AT&T phone, so I'm trying to find out if that's the problem or not...
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What high quality headphones are you using?
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qJake said:
Has anyone else plugged their S3 into a high-quality pair of headphones or other soundsystem? Is the quality poor for you? I've tried Spotify (with quality set to High) and YouTube (on HD), and with both apps, the output to my headphones is very "dry" (it sounds like it's coming from an old radio). Any attempts to mess with the equalizer only result in worse-sounding audio.
Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me? I'm running a Telus ROM on a U.S. AT&T phone, so I'm trying to find out if that's the problem or not...
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Maybe your audio jack is dirty/defective, for my iPod touch I used to turn it off and get a tiny bit of rubbing alcohol and clean it for better connection. Maybe it might work for you.
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The audio hardware on the GS3 is excellent. At least as good, probably better, than any of my other portable devices(laptop, sansas, ipod, half a dozen random phones. I have a pretty good ear and Denon AHD2000 headphones.
I have had problems with custom ROMs and audio quality. Serenity specifically. It would sound okay and then for no reason start sounding like a telephone in the 70's.

troycarpenter said:
I normally use BT for my audio, but I also use the headphone jack to plug into my car system. Yesterday I used the white Samsung headphones for the first time. I noticed that at very low volumes, there was bad hiss and musical artifacts. However, I never hear that with my BT headphones, and I never hear it in the car using the headphone jack. Granted, with the car the volume on the S3 is much higher that when I have the headphones, which may have something to do with it. I use poweramp as my music player.
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Not sure if I have a bad headphone jack or if the loud hiss is normal. It feels like the gain is set way too high and causes sensitive headphones produce a very loud hiss. When using it with my Fischer Audio DBA-02 (43Ω / 108dB), I can hear a very noticeable even with the volume at 0 with music playing. The hiss is close to twice as loud as the HP out on my 5yrs old laptop with the volume at 1. It is also a little louder than my normal listening level even with the volume at 1. I've also noticed distortion at very quiet parts of songs. This can clearly be heard when there's just a piano playing quietly. These don't seem to be as big as a problem with less sensitive headphones. The hiss is half as loud with the stock Captivate headphones and very much acceptable with the stock S3 headphones. The hiss is almost silent with my HiFiMan RE262 (150Ω / 95dB).
Is the hiss on the S3 louder than your other phones? Mines is by far the loudest out of all the phones I've tried so far. I just want to make sure before I bring my DBA-02 to the store to test it with another S3. The hiss with the headphone out on my Captivate is probably 20dB quieter at stock settings and 40dB quieter (pretty much silent) with the headphone amp set to -57dB in Voodoo Sound.

Bruce Lee said:
What high quality headphones are you using?
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This ^^
The SGS3 NA version doesnt have a Wolfson chip but it is still a very good audio player.

[Q] i started to hate all my music while listening to music on bluetooth

I started to really hate all my music because of the crappy sound that is generated while I listen to music on my bluetooth sony car stereo .
It really sucks and honestly i don't know who to blame is it the phone, is the stereo is it the bluetooth sound capabilities, is the kerenel
Any how listening to bluetooth music sucks sucks big big time on my note 2.
I tried all players poweramp, neutron and all other players
I tried noozoxide, I tried awsome beats all suck
I feel the music especially the vocals get lost in the bass of the woofer, I feel as if the vocals are light and so dull and all I can hear is the annoying treble or bass, if i try to lower the bass I feel my ears are getting annoyed from the irritating sharp sound, I simply Just hate my phone now. If I lower the treble I feel all is going downhill, also playing with the equalizers just f...ks up music quality.
I owned previous phones and at least I used to enjoy listening to music over bluetooth but now I simply don't anymore with note 2.
I don't know if anyone has a magical solution for this, I know many people will blame it on the blutooth but i got myself the sony BTMEX 5100 which i thing was designed to play music over bluetooth.
I don't know if still in this age we still have to use wires to listen to music I hope bluetooth streaming audio quality will improve
I remember even back in the 80s the sound quality of music coming from car stereo cassettes was music more enjoyable than what i get now from this note 2
I really wish someone to shed some light of how to enjoy music over bluetooth

I got tired of that too. I just got an aux cable. Wires suck, but it sounds a lot better.

I'm not having any issues at all with my bluetooth car stereo, plays all my music fine, running thru 2 amps running 6x9s 6.5 inch front and 12 inch sub. I'm using stock odexed rom with a custom kernel. Have started using ViPER4Android audio mod to, mainly for use with headphones. So I'm thinking it's got something to do with your setup and not so much the phones issue.

bungknees said:
I'm not having any issues at all with my bluetooth car stereo, plays all my music fine, running thru 2 amps running 6x9s 6.5 inch front and 12 inch sub. I'm using stock odexed rom with a custom kernel. Have started using ViPER4Android audio mod to, mainly for use with headphones. So I'm thinking it's got something to do with your setup and not so much the phones issue.
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so you say you enjoy the sound quality over bluetooth
so you say that its the phone set up, can you elaborate on that, you mean I am using not so good rom ( omega 16 ) or could be the kernel, because I am confused which is responsible to deliver good quality sound over bluetooth
I know that I bought a good car stereo
I Have a big question does the sound over bluettooth quality get affected by the kernel or the rom? Or will the sound quality over bluetooth stay the same regardless what rom I use or which kernel

If you want to troubleshoot your problem you have to return to stock IMO
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Im on stock, streaming to a mazda 3 stereo via bluetooth does degrade audio quality noticeably
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[Q] Any problems with music on your new G4?

i feel like when you put on your headphones the sound is just too low.
anyone experiencing this, or is it just me?

I'm using it more on a speaker but it's definitely not as loud as my nexus 6 was

On my Sennheiser MM550X bluetooth headphones I do think I have the volume cranked a couple clicks higher than with my old Galaxy S3. I'm also getting that annoying noise when the G4 is connected to my desk audio system via 1/8" stereo jack. When no audio is playing it bugs me enough I dug my Motorola bluetooth receiver out and am using that instead of the cable at work.

No problems at all.

None. I use Xiaomi Piston 3 in-ears and Sony Bluetooth Xtra Bass 950's over-ears and they both sound fine.

I'm having trouble with BT streaming on my G4 using a HOMESPOT NFC BT receiver and the Google Play music app. No issues with my G3 though. Highs are very distorted, it's almost like BT streaming gain is set very high. Lowering BT audio makes no difference. I tested with other music apps and same issue. I can't find any settings within the device menu options that could correct this. The BT/NFC receiver works fine with other devices so pretty sure it's the G4. Not sure if it's a hardware issue or OS related. Any suggestions?

sound is not nearly as loud over earphones as it was on my Z1

1. No problem with my headphones when I'm hear music. (volume).
2. When i hear radio- big problem - the volume is very very low.
3. The songs not played good. There is lagging sometimes for 1 second . Maybe because i played them from sd card. Very annoying.

No problems with playing music on mine. For some reason it seems to sound just as good through the speaker as my m8 did

Thanks for all the reply guys . Maybe it could just be that i'm using iPhone headphones? which sucks since this is the only phone i've ever gotten that doesn't include headphones when i first brought this phone

Sound seems a bit less crisp than it did on my M8 when connected by BT to headphones or car audio. Also with my mpow BT headphones the first 10 seconds after connecting any music played stutters a lot before settling down. Never had that issue on the M8.
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Using iphone garbage might just be ur issue. I use my bose and wired or Bluetooth I get no issues. My lg tones have no issues. Will test my other gym ones tomorrow

Hey there, was waiting for someone else to have that particular problem - almost thought I was the only one...
Is it possible that you are connected to a Pebble or similar smartwatch? Uninstalling the pebble app solved the problem for me, as silly as it sounds^^
The issue also occured with a GS6 btw., (Pebble app installed and connected to the watch)...

I tested several headphones and speakers and found something weired:
Teufel Aureol headphones: Crystal clear sound, no problems
LG G4 Stock In-Ear headphones: Works like a charm
Beats Studio: Bass is a bit to heavy, volume doesn't get as high as on the Teufel or LG G4 stock.
Atomic Darts In Ear: Same as the Beats one
Beats urbeats: Better than the big Beats, but worse than Sennheiser or Teufel
Sennheiser HD 700: Crystal clear sound, FLACs sound like they should, MP3s a bit cracky, but well, compression.
JBL Pulse BT speaker: Extrem volume, beats the **** out of a room.
Creative D200 BT speaker: Bass too heavy, cracking sounds
Bose SoundLink III BT speaker: Sometimes clear sound, sometimes cracky. MP3s worser than FLACs, who thought of this?
Bose SoundLink mini BT speaker: Extreme volume, crystalclear sound. Can't decide if the JBL is better or not, but the SL mini seems slightly better.
I think it depends on the quality and the setting of your headphones/speakers what happens there, since the G4 has a good quality so far when it comes to sound (Integrated speakers do not count.)

I listen to music on mine with PlayerPro and the full band EQ.
Using this combination I really find no difference between the G4, Note Edge, and Galaxy Tab 4.....It might just be me or the fact that the N6 is a beast of an audio device, but that seems to be where people notice the biggest (or only major) difference as far as music goes.

The sound on my device is also very low compared to G3, especially while using Radio FM, any idea?

Anyone tried viper4android?
It did miracles on my ex S6
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Question about headphone output quality

Trying to get an idea of the quality of the output of the headphone jack. My Asus Nexus 7 (2013) has a fairly noisy output (lots of bus noise) but my Sony Z3C has very clean output.
There is a you-tube video out there that indicated that it's fairly powerful but did not indicate the quality of the output when used with sensitive headphones.
Anyone have any insight?

It might be pretty good. Only moto phones that disappointed me were/are the g series.

It's great!!
I use Neutron music player app and Harman Kardon BT headphones. I upgraded from LG G2 which used a Wolfson DAC and the first thing I noticed on Z Play was the LOUDNESS which I believe would be better at driving power hungry headphones. I also find the stereo imaging pretty awesome. The music feels more lively and energetic even on the flat eq settings.
But if you're an audiophile who mostly listens to lossless music, I'd strongly suggest Neutron or JetAudio. (both paid) This is because the hardware doesn't have a native support for many formats and therefore the need for S/W decoder arises.
I had some songs that wouldn't play on GMusic but did on Neutron. :/

akshaypatil869 said:
It's great!!
I use Neutron music player app and Harman Kardon BT headphones. I upgraded from LG G2 which used a Wolfson DAC and the first thing I noticed on Z Play was the LOUDNESS which I believe would be better at driving power hungry headphones. I also find the stereo imaging pretty awesome. The music feels more lively and energetic even on the flat eq settings.
But if you're an audiophile who mostly listens to lossless music, I'd strongly suggest Neutron or JetAudio. (both paid) This is because the hardware doesn't have a native support for many formats and therefore the need for S/W decoder arises.
I had some songs that wouldn't play on GMusic but did on Neutron. :/
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Thank you for your input but your Harman Kardon BT headphones just the BT stack if I understand corrctly - so they would not be affected by bus noise, DAC/Amp etc... Have you tried with normal wired headphones?

OrBy said:
Thank you for your input but your Harman Kardon BT headphones just the BT stack if I understand corrctly - so they would not be affected by bus noise, DAC/Amp etc... Have you tried with normal wired headphones?
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I always use them wired.

akshaypatil869 said:
I always use them wired.
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Ahhh ok!
Thanks

OrBy said:
Trying to get an idea of the quality of the output of the headphone jack. My Asus Nexus 7 (2013) has a fairly noisy output (lots of bus noise) but my Sony Z3C has very clean output.
There is a you-tube video out there that indicated that it's fairly powerful but did not indicate the quality of the output when used with sensitive headphones.
Anyone have any insight?
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I m using moto z play and i can say its audio quality is superb

If you are used to listening at lower volume thro' headphone jack you will notice high level of radio interferences/ background static for sensitive in- ear phones. Reason: the antenna band is too close ( a white strip over usb type c port)

Sam_kaks said:
If you are used to listening at lower volume thro' headphone jack you will notice high level of radio interferences/ background static for sensitive in- ear phones. Reason: the antenna band is too close ( a white strip over usb type c port)
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Yep, I've noticed this as well

I'm using plain regular Apple EarPods (from the 6S) in my Z Play and it's gotta be one of the best phones I've listened to music on. I've heard details in the songs that I haven't heard in any other phone or speaker before!

Sam_kaks said:
If you are used to listening at lower volume thro' headphone jack you will notice high level of radio interferences/ background static for sensitive in- ear phones. Reason: the antenna band is too close ( a white strip over usb type c port)
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I noticed this but to be honest: I have to turn up volume very loud (can't hear normal music with this) and wait until the songs faids out. Than, at the very end of the song I could hear some noise. I use very sensitive and rather high end IEM's (UE 10 triple fi) with low impedance (32 Ohm).
So yes there is some noise. But normally you should never hear it.

akshaypatil869 said:
It's great!!
I use Neutron music player app and Harman Kardon BT headphones. I upgraded from LG G2 which used a Wolfson DAC and the first thing I noticed on Z Play was the LOUDNESS which I believe would be better at driving power hungry headphones. I also find the stereo imaging pretty awesome. The music feels more lively and energetic even on the flat eq settings.
But if you're an audiophile who mostly listens to lossless music, I'd strongly suggest Neutron or JetAudio. (both paid) This is because the hardware doesn't have a native support for many formats and therefore the need for S/W decoder arises.
I had some songs that wouldn't play on GMusic but did on Neutron. :/
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Tobseren said:
I'm using plain regular Apple EarPods (from the 6S) in my Z Play and it's gotta be one of the best phones I've listened to music on. I've heard details in the songs that I haven't heard in any other phone or speaker before!
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I went and installed Jetaudio + . Wow it puts out up to 192/24. There is a dropdown of current processing. I have the same Apple pods. There is a Bongoivi DPS where the earpods can be dialed in. Sans all other processing the sound is stunning. I did also set Gplayer Equalizer to off and disabled as suggested in another thread. Strange advice this is but have others found it necessary?
What output amp is in this? Surely a bipolar "chip" of sorts.
Try out this player on our phone. Do check out the pics of the likes of my source material.
The text file about an amazing 24/192 FLAC.
BTW this player adds 1 percent volume adjustments yet there is no easy way to "finger" this fineness on the app's slider