Hey guys, I don't know whether ur scared of the topic but no one has found ways to better the sound quality of the phone . Everyone is able to port stuff and create roms but never anything about sound improvement like porting dolby from other android mobile.
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when is say sound quality, i mean music quality through earphones. i got a pair of sennheisers cx400
Mine plays very good. Comparable to iriver T60.
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I'm using Sennheiser CX 300 II and the quality is fine. Better then my creative zen.
Audio from the speaker is dreadful.
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I'm using Sennheiser CX 300 II and the quality is fine. Better then my creative zen.
Audio from the speaker is dreadful.
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Ditto....listening to them as I type....there is a slight hiss when sound goes quite...but still nice enough sound.
But I would like to experience better quality if its possible.
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Why are there 2 of the same threads going on? Mods, remove the one in Dev section...
My 2p regarding headphones, mine is fine with Sennheiser HD25 Mk2s
whats this dsp manager thing about
The Desire sound quality is fine, its your earphones that are the problem.
I made the mistake of buying some cx400s after owning some cx300s that broke. The cx400s were more expensive and thought the sound would be better but they sounded flat compared to the cx300.
Now I use some £80 kipsch earphones and the difference between the cheap sennheisers is amazing. So I suggest buying a decent pair of earphones ie £60+ to hear what the Desire can do.
paulruk> earphones sounding flat (=linear) does not mean they are bad at all. All monitoring speakers and stage earphones have flat output. Use a software DSP before the output (for instance DSPManager) if you want louder low's and high's. Flat output is usually best when you want to get all the mediums in classical music.
I've got westone UM2, linear output, DSP Manager does wonders on house / rock music.
what is dsp manager. any pics. pls. anything would be helpful. is it anything like equalisers on mixzing or astro player.
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paulruk> earphones sounding flat (=linear) does not mean they are bad at all. All monitoring speakers and stage earphones have flat output. Use a software DSP before the output (for instance DSPManager) if you want louder low's and high's. Flat output is usually best when you want to get all the mediums in classical music.
I've got westone UM2, linear output, DSP Manager does wonders on house / rock music.
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ok sorry , what I meant was that the cx400s sounded like they had no bass, and no treble. It was all in the middle.
I find the sound quality on the desire great. I am currently using Sony Ericsson mw600...
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when i plug my Ultimate Ears Triple-fi 10 vi into my desire, the sound is not good as iPhone 4, the sound in desire is 'no bass no triple'. it like a inverted "U".
is there any solution instead of install another music player?
Guys have you tried PowerAMP music player, which has a good equalizer with pre-amp + separate bass and treble knobs that can be enabled/disabled. Also I am using Sony
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... Sony MDR-EDL12LP Bass Boost headset (costs abt 20-25 eur) 108 dB, 8-22000 kHz I know this is not a top notch stuff at all but imo that's a very good combination, I'm pretty satisfied and pleased with the sound quality.
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PowerAMP is indeed a great if not from far the best music player available on android. It has most of the stuff you would need (except online podcasting stuff) such as an equalizer with common presets and flac support
Now when we are at it, how does the Desire stack up against higher-end DAP's? Using a iAudio 7 with some Etymotic MC5's right now, but would like to know if the Desire is just half as good as the iAudio
Everybody use sony mdr- ex 57lp earbuds this is the best and cheap read test about it.
Their cannot be the best warphone for everyone (personal preferences). Furthermore, I am pretty sure there are better ones than the ones you suggested.
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I also have a cx300s and compare to the sony mdr- ex 57 that sound like ****
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Hi i hvnt purchased a desire yet but im looking into it, howver i just need to know one other thing before purchasing.
I have heard the sound qualoty isnt good from the speakers but insread i need to know if the music/sound quality is good through earphones, i currently have an x10 and i can safely say the quality through earphones is terrible, no equaliser, very quiet.
Also does the desire have equaliser?
Thanks guys
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I have the nokia bh-903 headset http://europe.nokia.com/find-produc...ies/headsets/bluetooth-stereo-headsets/bh-903
The sound from desire is low, and no, there is no equilizer on desire AFAIK
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I have the nokia bh-903 headset http://europe.nokia.com/find-produc...ies/headsets/bluetooth-stereo-headsets/bh-903
The sound from desire is low, and no, there is no equilizer on desire AFAIK
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most roms now come with the dspmanager .... there are also apps on the market to remove the european restrictions with the low headset volume
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most roms now come with the dspmanager .... there are also apps on the market to remove the european restrictions with the low headset volume
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Thanks for your reply,
can you mention any apps that remove the euro. restriction pls ?
I have have a set of sennheiser PXC 250 sound is very good..... or depends what you need .. and at what level the mp3s etc are at .. 320bit is better than 128 etc..
I have a non-branded unrooted Desire. the sound level is very good, I have no complaints. the big problem for me is the lack of equalizer, as the bass output is very weak. I have a pair of good expensive headphones that have bass booster and it's still very low. Unfortunately I cannot correct it without an equalizer.
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Thanks for your reply,
can you mention any apps that remove the euro. restriction pls ?
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you could try louder volume hack
I use mixzing music player, I highly recommend it. It has EQ.
Standard headphones sound ok, but I prefer the ear canal type.
The volume from the stock ROM is fine.
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you could try louder volume hack
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I am not lucky with the Market today
@ShugM
Mixzing is indeed a nice app. thanks for sharing
Sound quality is terrible through speaker and headphones. I wouldn't recommend using the desire as an mp3 player. Battery is bad enough without playing music.
I just bought the Sony Ericsson MW600 HiFi Bluetooth headset with FM Radio and the volume is incredible compared to the stock headsets it comes with. Plus as a side benefit, the in call function works great too.
So while the stock sound and headsets aren't the best, there are some good 3rd party solutions out there.
Now I have to say, I love the commute to work now wearing my new headsets. It makes my Desire a great MP3 player.
BTW, I agree with the battery issue. It isnt the best. But all the smartphones are not that great.
Depends very much on the headphones being used. I'm currently using Philips SHE 9850 and let me tell you -- they are awesome, the best I've ever had. Volume is more then sufficient (I'm usually at 50-60%), sound is very balanced, clear and rich. No need for an EQ.
You should also consider which radios (2G/3G/WLAN/BT) you are on when using certain headphones. At least mine tend to pick up (due to a pretty low impedance -- "ohm") quite some noise by the radio when on 2G. When loading a website it sounds like an old modem. Fortunately, most of the time I'm on 3G/WLAN which produces much less audible noise ("heartbeats").
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Sound quality is terrible through speaker and headphones. I wouldn't recommend using the desire as an mp3 player. Battery is bad enough without playing music.
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Saying that I find the quality much better than my iPod with stock headphones!
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Saying that I find the quality much better than my iPod with stock headphones!
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That's funny coz I bought a portable speaker and my desire sounds okish through it and my ipod sounds miles better.
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That's funny coz I bought a portable speaker and my desire sounds okish through it and my ipod sounds miles better.
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i also own an ipod and the sound quality of the desire it quite easly on par with it
Mixzing all the way, perfect since the 2.2 update! Has a warmer sound than my Ipod touch through headphones.
Wow u guys thanks for all the info, now its settled im getting a desire, i like the fact its up to date and has decent hardware, not too bothered about duel processors just yet... ill be looking into those earphones you have been mentioning, just need to ebay my x10 and 3g first...
by the way guys never get an x10...just my 2 cents
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To me, sound quality of the Desire via the headphones is great for a "walkman". I have also compared it to iPod and, to me, it seems the same. So, that means it's FAR from rubbish...
I can also recommend great and cheap headphones if you want very good sound:
Search for NuForce ne-6 or ne-7m (they are the same, but the 7m also has a mic so one can receive phone calls and has playback controls).
Yeah the sound quality isnt the best concerning the volume that the Desire puts out, but its ok (and even better if you use 3rd party earphones, which by the way, I thank all those who made suggestions because I upgraded too).
But common people, comparing the sound quality with an iPod and then complaining isnt cool. The Desire was built as a phone and all the other stuff is extras. So when you consider that it is a multifunctional smartphone, then I have to say that the Desire is FANTASTIC!!!!!!! I have had mine for a month and it rocks.
Sure there are some little quirks, but every smartphone out there has its quirks. But compared to all the ones I've had before, the Desire is lightyears ahead. Especially given that I watched a new tv show episode that I transfered to the Desire and watched it on the bus this morning using my 3rd party Sony Ericsson MW600 HiFi Bluetooth headset with FM Radio and it was indeed a great experience (and a great commute to work this morning).
Yeah the sound quality isnt the best concerning the volume that the Desire puts out, but its ok (and even better if you use 3rd party earphones, which by the way, I thank all those who made suggestions because I upgraded too).
But come on people, comparing the sound quality with an iPod and then complaining isnt cool. The Desire was built as a phone and all the other stuff is extras. So when you consider that it is a multifunctional smartphone, then I have to say that the Desire is FANTASTIC!!!!!!! I have had mine for a month and it rocks.
Sure there are some little quirks, but every smartphone out there has its quirks. But compared to all the ones I've had before, the Desire is lightyears ahead. Especially given that I watched a new tv show episode that I transfered to the Desire and watched it on the bus this morning using my 3rd party Sony Ericsson MW600 HiFi Bluetooth headset with FM Radio and it was indeed a great experience (and a great commute to work this morning).
Now I am an audiophile first of all, and I love my music very much.
All my songs are at least 320 kbps.
I have a dedicated mp3 for my music, the Samsung YP-P2.
That thing has lasted me like 5 years and the sound is still superb, thanks to the Samsung DNSE 2.0.
Now I have never tried to compare my G2 to my samsung, because I don't have an HTC headset that is matching the quality of my Samsung Bose earbuds, so I don't think it is fair to judge the quality of the sound from the low quality stock earphones HTC gives you.
Now, before I drop another 100 bucks for earphones that are compatible with my HTC, can anyone tell me if I should stick to my Samsung if I want good quality music or is the HTC also very very good?
Ummm why arnt your bose earbuds compatible? I thought any 3.5mm headphone would work?
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What size jack do your bose have? G2 has a standard 3.5mm jack and you can pick up an adapter if your cans are a different size cheaply.
With a pair of jvc's phone sounds at least as good a an ipod classic...
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you might want to download poweramp music player from the market to make your music experience alot better, customize the bass and sound effects just like a dj i love it
According to this thread, sound quality on the G2/DZ is indeed very good - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848985
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you might want to download poweramp music player from the market to make your music experience alot better, customize the bass and sound effects just like a dj i love it
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I second this. Before PowerAmp i found the music to just be "ok" using stock player and even winamp. After i got PowerAmp, and i could actually make tweaks to the eq it works perfectly for me! Definitely worth checking out.
I third this. I was dissapointed with the volume on this device, as I have been with most htc devices, and poweramp helped alleviate this issue.
Gingerbread brings audio api's FINALLY
Sorry to take the other side, but I don't find the Vision as a player to that great. That said, my regulars have been Cowon players (A2, O2, D2), so I'm looking for something better.
With low-impedance IEMs (e.g. my Westones), you'll hear significant base noise when audio playback starts and stops. It's obviously not as bad with rock/pop, but with classical, it's somewhat distracting.
Playback of most music doesn't sound as musical as I'd want it to. It might take some getting used to, and I haven't listened too much to different players. The noise is just a bit distracting... ):
That said, I came from the HD2; the Vision's some improvement over that!
Edit: To be clear, I'm not being excessively snobby; I did use the HD2 for most of my train rides at home, when I forgot to bring a dedicated player back. But, if you're used to your Samsung, chances may be good that you won't like the Vision that much. You don't know until you try it!
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Edit: To be clear, I'm not being excessively snobby; I did use the HD2 for most of my train rides at home, when I forgot to bring a dedicated player back. But, if you're used to your Samsung, chances may be good that you won't like the Vision that much. You don't know until you try it!
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Have you tried headphone amps? I'm not audiophile at all; as long as it doesn't sound like it's recorded underwater I'll probably be OK with it... so I've never invested in a separate amp. I hear they can make a huge difference though. Of course, it's yet another thing to take along. Perhaps only for longish trips, I guess.
The sound quality used to be just okay on stock but with cm6 and dsp manager, it really made a huge difference. Download it, try it, and you'll love it. With subsonic and this, dropped my zune a long time ago
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I have never been contented with the audio on galaxy Gio. In fact, galaxy mini cm7.2 is much louder.
I use Universal Mega Bass + Beats Audio for all GB-based ROM, but still need something louder.
Could I have something to increase the sound quality? I use cm7.2 03092012.
Thanks.
Maybe using dsp manager, its automatically installes
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Try to use a much louder headphones or earphones. I have a pair of SONY MDR V-700 and music sounds brilliant even without any eq. Of course there are many other head or ear phones that sounds great by default. I've used on an mp3-player some Sennheiser earphones that sounds also very good (with surprisingly enough dynamics for its class).
In my opinion, it's better to have some decent head or earphones, because not any eq form the world can transform your bargain earphones into something good.
best wishes!
I have a pair of basshead headphones and was trying to listen to music, but even turning up the media volume all the way to the end the sound quality was mediocre. Couldn't hear barely any mids or highs and the bass wasn't being driven enough. Only tested on google music -- don't want to have to buy a 3rd party music player just to boost the sound (poweramp, voodoo).
Reason its a little bit of a disappointment is when you listen to a lot of music and enjoy quality sound, spending nearly $700 on a phone you expect it to be able to perform sound quality wise.
What are your guys thoughts on sound quality? I want to play most of my music through google music and if I'm out where I don't want to be streaming, just load playlists in the default music player.
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Try to go to menu -> audio enhancements. There you can find in the top-left corner a menu to choose which headphone you have. Default it will be on "others" (at least I think it's called others, it's called overig in Dutch), but if you select beats urBeats or beats tour, depending on which ROM/version you are on, it sounds much better. I agree, it sounds like crap default . The beats selection WILL work on other headphones. I use it on both my Sony over-ear and my Shure in-ear.
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I don't own a pair of beats headphobes, but it gives it enhanced audio? The beats audio is turned on which is just a mediocre bass heavy eq.
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I don't own a pair of beats headphobes, but it gives it enhanced audio? The beats audio is turned on which is just a mediocre bass heavy eq.
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Above is right by default its set to other which sucks change it to the other profiles.
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Ok, thanks guys.
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I have a pair of basshead headphones and was trying to listen to music, but even turning up the media volume all the way to the end the sound quality was mediocre. Couldn't hear barely any mids or highs and the bass wasn't being driven enough. Only tested on google music -- don't want to have to buy a 3rd party music player just to boost the sound (poweramp, voodoo).
Reason its a little bit of a disappointment is when you listen to a lot of music and enjoy quality sound, spending nearly $700 on a phone you expect it to be able to perform sound quality wise.
What are your guys thoughts on sound quality? I want to play most of my music through google music and if I'm out where I don't want to be streaming, just load playlists in the default music player.
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Not being an Arsehole, but do you have decent Earphones/Headphones?
My Marley Zions I use to listen to music on my One X and I usually have to listen to it with the volume at like 70% to prevent my head rattling from the Sound/Bass (May be a slight exaggerateion) I'm actually very impressed with the One X sound quality
Default beats profile seems to be the best for me with Razer Orcas. Of course,I'm no audiophile by any stretch of the imagination so I could be wrong
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Not being an Arsehole, but do you have decent Earphones/Headphones?
My Marley Zions I use to listen to music on my One X and I usually have to listen to it with the volume at like 70% to prevent my head rattling from the Sound/Bass (May be a slight exaggerateion) I'm actually very impressed with the One X sound quality
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I have £15 headphones and they have great bass and sound quality. Incredible when you compare them to the stock headphones especially for the price!
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TommUK said:
Not being an Arsehole, but do you have decent Earphones/Headphones?
My Marley Zions I use to listen to music on my One X and I usually have to listen to it with the volume at like 70% to prevent my head rattling from the Sound/Bass (May be a slight exaggerateion) I'm actually very impressed with the One X sound quality
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Same, I have some AiAiAi TMA-1s and I think audio on the One X is great. Far better than on any other phone I have owned
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I have £15 headphones and they have great bass and sound quality. Incredible when you compare them to the stock headphones especially for the price!
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Ah, yeah of course, the stock headphones are a joke, kind of insulting HTC even included them in the Box.
I paid quite a bit for my Earphones as I love my music, and I've used them on many Phones and I cannot fault the One X audio quality
I have worked in recording studios most of my life and can honestly say that Beats headphones are just a gimmick. If music was intended to sound this way what a shallow experience it would be. If you buy a £30 set of Sennheiser PX100 II's they will out perform beats by a mile and thats on, no enhancer and headphones other under settings. Go into any hifi shop and give them an audition.
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I have worked in recording studios most of my life and can honestly say that Beats headphones are just a gimmick. If music was intended to sound this way what a shallow experience it would be. If you buy a £30 set of Sennheiser PX100 II's they will out perform beats by a mile and thats on, no enhancer and headphones other under settings. Go into any hifi shop and give them an audition.
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I second that, they aren't 'crap' they just aren't as good as they hype, I bought a pair.
one day later, I was returning them and buying my Awesome Marley zions
Hi to all!
What do you think about the external speaker? To me, it's nearly 0 improvement from HTC Desire. More over, I think the Desire sounds louder (just for high frecuencies).
It's true that the mids frecuencies are clearer on the One X, but I expected more quality.
It sounds good on mine with no effects and sennheiser ie8. It's not cowon but beats Samsung. I think your problem is your headphones.
It is not just about how original it sounds compared to the source, it is also about the taste of the listener. End of debate.
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Possibly the end of the debate, but the One X is biased completely towards beats, just look at the volumne difference. If you switch beats off the volumne drops by a huge amount, this is all to lure the listener into selecting the beats profile. what is needed is a graphic equaliser built into the player so the listener can adjust the sound for the best experience.
I have a pair of in-ear cx870, and Beats Audio with the urbeats profile is definitely the best to boost most music; otherwise, "no effects" works fine. However, even though I'm no audiophile, my SGS with Voodoo did sound better...
I'm no audiophile either, but the beats enhancer sounds great with my Audio Technica M50's.
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I have a pair of basshead headphones and was trying to listen to music, but even turning up the media volume all the way to the end the sound quality was mediocre. Couldn't hear barely any mids or highs and the bass wasn't being driven enough. Only tested on google music -- don't want to have to buy a 3rd party music player just to boost the sound (poweramp, voodoo).
Reason its a little bit of a disappointment is when you listen to a lot of music and enjoy quality sound, spending nearly $700 on a phone you expect it to be able to perform sound quality wise.
What are your guys thoughts on sound quality? I want to play most of my music through google music and if I'm out where I don't want to be streaming, just load playlists in the default music player.
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Hii
I am using beats which are duplicate not even original and the bass is extremely high nd clear what i did is i flashed dsp manager of android made their 2 settings 1st i kept bass enhancements on nd level extreme nd 2nd i enabled the equalizer nd kept bass boost
Nd in the htc stock music player i kept sound enhancements on beats nd selected headphones beatsurbeats
Now sound is really fantastic even more more better than xperia s
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I also think the sound quality is excellent. I had a samsung s2, sounded awful, even with a fiio e11 connected. I listened to music only twice in 6 months with that phone But now its all good again, I'm impressed fiio e11 and sennheiser 25-1 II
Hey there,
Iam looking for a mod or software to enhance music, like xloud or beats audio or megabass ported from other brands,the bass is bad in this device won't you agree? Back when i had a ZTE Blade, there were loads of these available in flashable zips ! Powermp3 or n7player dont make the real difference forget about the dolby enhancement :thumb down:
Thanks in advance :good:
I use this one myself, sounds absolute amazing with my Bose earplugs with the "rock" preset!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer
Mine keep running in the background, and it then auto detects when I play music from fx. Spotify
Thanks, downloading ! Lately I was using TTPod, Its quite good give it a try and could u express the difference b/w the original LG and the BOSE earbuds ??
The difference? Its the Bose MIE2, ugly like h***, but the sound and specially the bass is amazing!
And cant really tell in specs whats the difference is, but the sound experience between the original from LG and this one is HUGE!
You should really visit the local store and check 'em out
Check neutron music player. And don't forget to enable 64 bits in settings. Sound quality is audiophile when using this program.
I'm using headphones Sennheiser px-200 II.
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Thank you gentlemen I think I will buy Neutron player....looking forward to other members to express their thoughts
I think u should buy new headphones instead of music player.
No problems with bass at all.
If u like mega bass, try the Beats headphones, they got nothing but only mega bass lol
BTW LG Quadbeat is absolute trash imho
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I think u should buy new headphones instead of music player.
No problems with bass at all.
If u like mega bass, try the Beats headphones, they got nothing but only mega bass lol
BTW LG Quadbeat is absolute trash imho
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Absolutely right.. i use mine with poweramp and jvc xx earbuds and the bass kicks.. and I listen to drum and bass 90% of the time.. no need for software enhancement, just get good earbuds.
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Poweramp, ttpod and n7 all have their own bass enhancements, but with a system mod which i experienced in zte blade, music quality gets totally overhauled.....like something totally different and well..... the best news is, my cooompletely undamaged and cared lg earbud got tired of me and one side got busted... out of the blue, hah ! way to go for dear quadbeat ! Guess i'm compelled to buy a new pair of ear buds ....
LG Quadbeat earphones bundled with E975 are worst than ****.
Seriously no bass at all...
Phone, PC, Notebook - checked with everything and they are crap.
Just trolling, cause I'm furious with LG for it.