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Performance difference between int ver and hercules ON STOCK

I'm really curious to find out the difference between exynos/mail and the adreno/1.5ghz. If anyone had chance to compare them CRITICALLY (since they would both fly imo lol) could you share your opinions? Thnks!
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I have both and to me TGS2 is faster and feels better.
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jay_993 said:
I'm really curious to find out the difference between exynos/mail and the adreno/1.5ghz. If anyone had chance to compare them CRITICALLY (since they would both fly imo lol) could you share your opinions? Thnks!
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I have both this and a Sprint Galaxy S2 with the same Exynos/Mali is the international, and they seem fairly comparable.
I haven't noticed a big speed difference anywhere in day-to-day use in the few days that I've had both.

manekineko said:
I have both this and a Sprint Galaxy S2 with the same Exynos/Mali is the international, and they seem fairly comparable.
I haven't noticed a big speed difference anywhere in day-to-day use in the few days that I've had both.
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Which would you give the upper hand to?
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They are both fast enough
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brian6685 said:
They are both fast enough
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Haha so true lol
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jay_993 said:
Which would you give the upper hand to?
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In the couple of days I've had both, I haven't been able to notice any consistent difference in anything except benchmarks. They really seem pretty similar.

manekineko said:
In the couple of days I've had both, I haven't been able to notice any consistent difference in anything except benchmarks. They really seem pretty similar.
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Thank you couple more questions! Does the hercules have korean as a language option? And which of the 2 sgs2 do you reckon has a better sound output through headphones? I'm trying to find out whether it has wolfson or yamaha dac lol
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jay_993 said:
Thank you couple more questions! Does the hercules have korean as a language option? And which of the 2 sgs2 do you reckon has a better sound output through headphones? I'm trying to find out whether it has wolfson or yamaha dac lol
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I'm pretty sure all Galaxy S2 use the inferior Yamaha DAC. You'll have to go another manufacturer or last-gen to get Wolfson as far as I know.
I can't check for you on stock on language, but my Hercules running Juggernaut has Korean as a language option.

manekineko said:
I'm pretty sure all Galaxy S2 use the inferior Yamaha DAC. You'll have to go another manufacturer or last-gen to get Wolfson as far as I know.
I can't check for you on stock on language, but my Hercules running Juggernaut has Korean as a language option.
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Nah man wolfsons site specifically says that one of the variants will have their chip and I'm convinced its the hercules! Thanks for the info again
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jay_993 said:
Nah man wolfsons site specifically says that one of the variants will have their chip and I'm convinced its the hercules! Thanks for the info again
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Really, that sounds interesting. You got a link?
If one of them would have it, it should really be ours, which is a real oddball in the family.

manekineko said:
Really, that sounds interesting. You got a link?
If one of them would have it, it should really be ours, which is a real oddball in the family.
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On the phone atm but if you search around the DAC thread on general sgs2 sectipn its linked
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Well it's not our phone that has the superior audio chip, we've got the Yamaha chip as anadtech.com had a review that tested the specs of this vs the Wolfson.

rudiepoo1 said:
Well it's not our phone that has the superior audio chip, we've got the Yamaha chip as anadtech.com had a review that tested the specs of this vs the Wolfson.
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Is this what you're talking about?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/13
That's for the international Galaxy S2. I don't think Anandtech reviewed the T-Mobile.

www.wolfsonmicro.com/media_centre/item/first_quarter_results_to_3_april_2011/
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Beats Audio an Nexus?

can we port the beats audio from the sensation xe/xl to our nexus ?

is it purely software? I would of assumed there is a hardware component as well...

wonshikee said:
is it purely software? I would of assumed there is a hardware component as well...
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no htc says that a chip is in these phones but also other htc phones have beats integrated with a custom rom like the HD2, Sensation and others
so it should be possible or ?

aras1 said:
can we port the beats audio from the sensation xe/xl to our nexus ?
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The app Volume+ has an option for beats emulation
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aras1 said:
can we port the beats audio from the sensation xe/xl to our nexus ?
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I don't think you can port it from the sensations. However I HAVE A WAY!

It is just an equalizer that can be replicated with DSP Manager
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What you really need to do is....Go out to lets say best buy...Buy over priced speakers or headphones, and then listen to dre. Then you will have beats

Cimer said:
What you really need to do is....Go out to lets say best buy...Buy over priced speakers or headphones, and then listen to dre. Then you will have beats
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i already have beats - headphones but i meant the beats software for smartphones (like the sensation xe)

nbeebe24 said:
The app Volume+ has an option for beats emulation
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nothing changes when i change something in the app .. i think it's not compatible with ics

aras1 said:
nothing changes when i change something in the app .. i think it's not compatible with ics
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Oh, Volume+ works, because I would have returned my SGN without it. I think I set the volume to +10, which seemed to be the loudest I could get without distortion. Your mileage may vary.
In regards to using V+ for tweaking the trebles and the basses... I played around with it for about 30 seconds, and it definitely works.

aras1 said:
i already have beats - headphones but i meant the beats software for smartphones (like the sensation xe)
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Right I forgot to say try to mod them into your device

It seems that supercurio is working on voodoo sound for our GN's (which is far superior to beats sound) so I'd wait for that. I don't get the hype with those things, I am a sound mixing engineer and they sound nothing close to studio monitors. I'm sure the sound could be emulated with a dsp app, but dsp manager doesn't work on my Nexus
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beats audio. another example of how marketing works. there's always a sap for that.

kennyb123 said:
Oh, Volume+ works, because I would have returned my SGN without it. I think I set the volume to +10, which seemed to be the loudest I could get without distortion. Your mileage may vary.
In regards to using V+ for tweaking the trebles and the basses... I played around with it for about 30 seconds, and it definitely works.
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Volume + works ok for volume, but the beats EQ, bass boost eq, have little to no effect on bluetooth audio.
DSP manager from CM really woke up my car stereo with super deep lows and no distortion.

SGS2 Version of Voodoo Control?

My previous phone (SGS1) had fantastic audio quality through headphones after installing Voodoo Control Plus. I was about to root my SGS2 so that I could improve the sound, however the application is not available to me. It appears that it's not compatible?
Are their any similar apps for the S2? It's not just the volume improvement, but the quality improvement that it brought.....
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djglenn1337 said:
My previous phone (SGS1) had fantastic audio quality through headphones after installing Voodoo Control Plus. I was about to root my SGS2 so that I could improve the sound, however the application is not available to me. It appears that it's not compatible?
Are their any similar apps for the S2? It's not just the volume improvement, but the quality improvement that it brought.....
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different sound chips on both phones. old sg1 used the yamaha chip as the s2 uses some crappy one that supercurio has not bothered working his magic on..hence why only voodoo louder to enhance the volume

Stifler69 said:
different sound chips on both phones. old sg1 used the yamaha chip as the s2 uses some crappy one that supercurio has not bothered working his magic on..hence why only voodoo louder to enhance the volume
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Darn.....
OK, thanks for the heads up.
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djglenn1337 said:
My previous phone (SGS1) had fantastic audio quality through headphones after installing Voodoo Control Plus. I was about to root my SGS2 so that I could improve the sound, however the application is not available to me. It appears that it's not compatible?
Are their any similar apps for the S2? It's not just the volume improvement, but the quality improvement that it brought.....
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The apk like "voodoo louder", but really is not the same as the words of the companion sound chip is different but with voodoo louder win 6db more, with good sound quality. Sorry for my bad english!!.
This apk is in the market. I like it.
Need a root terminal.
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djglenn1337 said:
Darn.....
OK, thanks for the heads up.
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no problem mate..as i said supercurio said that the s2 soundchip is not on the same level as the s1 version

[Q] DAC?

Does anyone have any idea what the DAC of the model with the S4 Pro is seeing as the new Nexus device will more than likely have the same DAC?

jtc276 said:
Does anyone have any idea what the DAC of the model with the S4 Pro is seeing as the new Nexus device will more than likely have the same DAC?
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I would like to know about this as well
What if it's a Wolfson chip? :drool:

what a coincidence.. I've been wondering about this myself.
I sincerely hope it's Wolfson. Although I'm not horribly familiar with DAC's, Wolfson has done my captivate right.

Qualcomm's SOCs use custom DACs made by Qualcomm (the Exynos Galaxy S III had a Wolfson, but the S4 one was Qualcomm made). Apparently, it is pretty decent though http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ne-x-isnt-amazing-at-all-even-by-the-numbers/
Supposedly the Qualcomm one is just as good as Wolfson DACs though.
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xboxfanj said:
Qualcomm's SOCs use custom DACs made by Qualcomm (the Exynos Galaxy S III had a Wolfson, but the S4 one was Qualcomm made). Apparently, it is pretty decent though http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ne-x-isnt-amazing-at-all-even-by-the-numbers/
Supposedly the Qualcomm one is just as good as Wolfson DACs though.
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Maybe so but then will not be voodoo sound compatible. Supercurio only working with Wolfson chips.

bjrmd said:
Maybe so but then will not be voodoo sound compatible. Supercurio only working with Wolfson chips.
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He said he was gonna try to get voodoo for the s4 gs3. There's no technical reason that voodoo can't work on qualcomm chips. Supercurio is just more familiar with wolfson.
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xboxfanj said:
He said he was gonna try to get voodoo for the s4 gs3. There's no technical reason that voodoo can't work on qualcomm chips. Supercurio is just more familiar with wolfson.
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Don't think it is high priority
https://twitter.com/supercurio/status/226832324862554112

I think it's the same Qualcomm WCD9310 that is in US Galaxy S III, Nexus 4, etc. Specs are here:
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_g-review-835p7.php

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Don't think it is high priority
https://twitter.com/supercurio/status/226832324862554112
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Perhaps if there was a bounty for him to get an optimus, he would work on it. Maybe we should ask if he'd be into that.
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Would not be optimistic (no pun)--I am going with a Note II, coming from a NS4G
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@spr33 Audio I'm not optimistic based on Optimus G measurements (poor SNR and crosstalk), display: conflicting reports so far.
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Yamaha vs voodoo sound

Does anybody recommend the yamaha sound on this s4 vs voodoo sound?
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Does anybody recommend the yamaha sound on this s4 vs voodoo sound?
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Has Voodoo been released for this?
Never used Yamaha, but will jump on voodoo if it's out for our phones now. used it on my S1 (Fascinate), and love it too much.

coyttl said:
Has Voodoo been released for this?
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Voodoo doesn't work on the GS4. I have the Voodoo Sounds Plus I purchased for another device. Try installing on the GS4 and got "incompatible" message.

baseballfanz said:
Voodoo doesn't work on the GS4. I have the Voodoo Sounds Plus I purchased for another device. Try installing on the GS4 and got "incompatible" message.
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That's what I thought. I'm secretly hoping it gets released, but.. not holding my breath.

it wont work on the quad core snapdragon s4 because it doesnt have the right hardware for voodoo only samsung made processors have it

Wolson vs yamaha I beleive does say is a board right and voosoo is just a dsp
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Which is better.
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haldi15 said:
it wont work on the quad core snapdragon s4 because it doesnt have the right hardware for voodoo only samsung made processors have it
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Damn. I still carry around my Fascinate (Galaxy S1) because it sounds better than my S4. Was hoping that would be a temporary situation, but apparently not.