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Is it possible to get beats audio on cm7?
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don't. it's not that good
Yeah its called DSP Manager
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convolution said:
don't. it's not that good
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Yeah, don't go out of your way to get it. I'm on the Virtuous Affinity ROM, and it has Beats. Just an equalizer tweak and maybe some noise reduction and speaker emulation. Mostly just marketing baloney.
If on a Honeycomb ROM, try Volume+, can be configured (unlike Beats), and installs simply as an APK. Paid app on the Market, or get it free from the developer's website:
http://androidaudiohacks.com/?page_id=2
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Yeah its called DSP Manager
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Yup what he said!! DSP actually works a lot better than beats
what's your DSP settings like? do you adjust it while you listen to something and stop where it feels good/right?
Bass boost and compression on moderate
EQ set in a U shape.
Sounds quite nice actually.
Yeah beats audio it's not the last coke in the desert. The preset using beats audio sounds mehh. Keep messing with dsp instead, sounds by far better imho!
Tmo g2 flavored with cm7 7.1 stable and Tiamat kernel combo for my butterly experience
Beats audio enhancement is just a preset renamed as beats. Hi marketing lol! Its just like srs and dolby. Raised the bass slightly higher and renamed. And lastly it need the htc music's framework I think so you need sense UI. Not sure though
Dsp is far better or use equalizer app or poweramp
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I do not believe the type of stupidity Beats Audio. They are like any other handset. Everything is just a marketing tool. But certainly not such as headphones from food shop for € 2.
I agree. even the fake beats that costs around $2.99 are better than the legit ones.
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K I understand beats = not so good music. But I want to show you guys these cool headphones that are better then beats but are cheaper yet alot cooler.
Here's a link:
http://store.munitio.com/Main/Default
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Screw the glam earbuds.
I'm down for only audiophilic earbuds from Klipsch or Bose of Seinnheiser.
I don't care if the earbuds look like crap, and other people judge me. What do I care about the opinions of people who spend $300 on beats headphones?
As long as it sounds good, then it's good.
EQ adjustments and other enhancements are designed to compensate for the quality of speakers. Buy good speakers/headphones and your ears will be happy. beats audio are crap all the way around. Beats are designed to attempt to sound good with limited power. ie from a cellphone or mp3 player.
klipsch is a step in a right direction. Bose is of course good. But i will say Shure is the best. IMHO. The problem is people attach headphones to a cellphone or mp3 player and expect them to perform as if they were attached to an amplified receiver. These devices plain and simple dont have alot of power. Skull Candy Inkd is a nice cheap headset. but for best sound think about this:
http://www.amazon.com/Upbeat-Audio-T613-BNC-Boostaroo-Application/dp/tech-data/B000EIWCFE
Runs on two AA batteries. Yeah its more **** to carry around but if you want good sound then you have to do what you have to do.
boostaroo and http://www.amazon.com/Shure-E2c-Sou...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1326096216&sr=1-1 and i can listen to music all day long without ear fatigue and i can't hear the forklift i'm sitting on at all nor can i hear the lawn mower i'm walking behind.
pay more for good sound and good fitment or pay less for less sound and sub par fitment.
convolution said:
I'm down for only audiophilic earbuds from Klipsch or Bose of Seinnheiser.
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Bose audiophilic? Ha, that's funny!
Try overpriced, cheap construction, and only popular due to marketing.
You know why you see so many people on airplane flights with Bose headphones? Because Delta gives them to their Platinum frequent fliers for free!
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ngc604 said:
EQ adjustments and other enhancements are designed to compensate for the quality of speakers. Buy good speakers/headphones and your ears will be happy. beats audio are crap all the way around. Beats are designed to attempt to sound good with limited power. ie from a cellphone or mp3 player.
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Amen, brother.
Bass boost sounds good to people who don't know anything about sound. Aside from the big bass drum, or symphony music, most forms of music doesn't have any instruments that fall into the real bass category, anyway. Its usually just low mids. So boosting bass just muddies up the sound.
The true offense is cramming a one-size-fits-all EQ curve down the throats of the public with marketing and a cool name/logo, and claiming it makes all forms of music sound better on all speakers and headphones. You're much better off tweaking the EQ manually, to your preference, with something like DSP Manager or Volume+. But that would require people thinking for themselves. And most people don't like to do that.
Beats sounds horrible. I won't claim to be an audiophile or anything close. But I know marketing crap when I hear it.
Being a serious audiophile, I don't really use much headphones on my phone as its not that good of a music player and can't drive those headphones I normally use so I just a Meelectronic M9 for like 10$ on amazon or a Samson SR850(Superlux 668b is identical). Both are cheap and are much better than beats. If you want to pay more, get Audio Technica AD700 or Beyerdynamics.
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I wouldn't say I'm a complete audiophile, but I'm quite experienced with enthusiast-level music quality and I can assure you that anything associated with beats is only for marketing. The whole thing about making your music sound "like the artist intended" is just bull. The whole thing about beats is that they, on hardware level, tune the drivers to output way too overpowering bass, the mids and highs however sound muddy and low quality. The beats audio thing is basically a software equalizer preset that increases the bass, this isn't necessarily bad, but your stuck with their own preset which, especially on songs that aren't very bass heavy, does the opposite of the statement of making the music sound "like the artist intended".
I agree with previous comments, DSP manager is WAY better AND it lets you customize the sound for your liking rather than relying on an over-marketed brand to provide the best all-around preset.
I can also strongly recommend the PowerAMP music player app.
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I wouldn't say I'm a complete audiophile, but I'm quite experienced with enthusiast-level music quality and I can assure you that anything associated with beats is only for marketing. The whole thing about making your music sound "like the artist intended" is just bull. The whole thing about beats is that they, on hardware level, tune the drivers to output way too overpowering bass, the mids and highs however sound muddy and low quality. The beats audio thing is basically a software equalizer preset that increases the bass, this isn't necessarily bad, but your stuck with their own preset which, especially on songs that aren't very bass heavy, does the opposite of the statement of making the music sound "like the artist intended".
I agree with previous comments, DSP manager is WAY better and lets you customize the sound for your liking.
I can also strongly recommend the PowerAMP music player app.
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THANK YOU. I don't understand how this is lost on everyone! How can people think that some software is really going to improve audio fidelity? lolwut? 95% of people are listening to 128-160k MP3s anyway.
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THANK YOU. I don't understand how this is lost on everyone! How can people think that some software is really going to improve audio fidelity? lolwut? 95% of people are listening to 128-160k MP3s anyway.
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I know right, one thing I still have a hard time understanding is that Apple still bundle any better earbuds with either the iPods or iPhones, given the price of at least the phones and their standards for quality on everything else. Honestly I've heard those leak the sound nearly louder than the actual listener hears it across rather big rooms.
Myself I've, despite the lack of hardware to really make a big difference on my phone, I've abandoned MP3 to instead update (nearly) my entire digital music collection with CD rips in the flac format.
But well, here in Sweden where I live, it seems like it's rare to find someone that actually knows what good music sounds like
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I don't understand how this is lost on everyone! How can people think that some software is really going to improve audio fidelity?
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Because most people just swallow what is shoved down their throats by marketers. Just give some feature a fancy name, and even better a logo and celebrity (or former celebrity, really) to back it, and people will flock to it.
I was shocked (and a bit disgusted) to find out that Beats headphones constitute 2/3 of the headphones market. Despite the fact that most reviews done by serious, experienced sources conclude that they are vastly overpriced, and far inferior in sound quality to most all the competition.
Hello everyone.
Does anyone know a way to fix the awful sound quality on the Galaxy Nexus?
I already tried Volume+ but it didn't change much.
I used the voodoo kernel on the Original Galaxy S and the sound quality was a thousand times better. Does something similar exist on the Galaxy Nexus?
Use something better than 2.99 earbuds
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Use something better than 2.99 earbuds
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I have very good headphones, the sound quality on the original galaxy S was much better than the sound I now get from galaxy nexus...
The native sound signature coming out from the Galaxy Nexus is pretty bad in my opinion too. It's way too bright. I would play with the equalizer a bit to get a more balanced sound. Thankfully I don't use my phone as my primary music player.
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Too bright? If anything it sounds like someone wrapped my earphones in paper towel before strapping them to my head... everything above ~12khz sounds muted.
THANK GOD it doesn't sound as crappy as the Rezound I used to have. Bzzz bzzz BOOOM bzz bzzzzzz bzzz bzzz.
I'm eagerly awaiting the Voodoo sound improvements... follow supercurio on twitter for any updates... https://twitter.com/#!/supercurio he commented that he was impressed with the hardware on the GNex, just needs to get something worked up for it...
my galaxy nexus audio quality is superb, prob the best of any phone ive had. If you mean rhe volume is low, install equalizer and raise each frequency and the vokume easily doubles.
I love listening to music on this phone because of the good audio. Also some people use volume+, i like equalizer better, but both tie into the system audio api to raise volume.
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Too bright? If anything it sounds like someone wrapped my earphones in paper towel before strapping them to my head... everything above ~12khz sounds muted.
THANK GOD it doesn't sound as crappy as the Rezound I used to have. Bzzz bzzz BOOOM bzz bzzzzzz bzzz bzzz.
I'm eagerly awaiting the Voodoo sound improvements... follow supercurio on twitter for any updates... https://twitter.com/#!/supercurio he commented that he was impressed with the hardware on the GNex, just needs to get something worked up for it...
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Are you using the stock headset? Because that's how the stock headset sounds like... muddled. The earphones that comes with the SGS seems to be of a better audio quality if I recall correctly. However, with a decent pair of earphones (I use ER6i), sound is excellent. At least in the same level of SGS + voodoo, possibly better.
Get some sennheiser in ear headphones and it's a whole different world. I'd never ever use anything else any more. Bass is absolutely amazing, stronger bass than any over ear headphones i've used, and treble is great too.
I used to have SGS2 and tune in radio was absolutely awful, on NEXUS its super loud and with the right stations, great quality.
Nexus is much louder and better quality for sound than SGS 2.
I would recommend using power amp rather than built in music player though, as the built in music player is pants!
Double blind ABX it and tell me it sounds worse. Lots of people are more than willing to ***** and moan about how things sound only as long as they can see them, but once it's under the dropcloth, they can't seem to tell which is which...
The DAC in the GN is fine, there's nothing wrong with it. Comparing it to broken HTC devices with random pointless crap in the signal path is a little unfair.
I am wondering whether its worth purchasing an expensive night quality pair of head phones for my new galaxy note?
I'm sure the sound driver on this unit is a Yamaha produce and its very poor and wouldn't produce high enough quality for top spec head phones anyway.
am I correct? I would like to hear your views!
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I have HiFi Re-Zero. Sounds that delivered with my note and this wonderfull headphones are perfect!!! HiFi sound ))) best price/quality. All music in FLAC.
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I tested some earphones on my dad's Galaxy Note. (UE triple fi 10 and Super.Fi 4vi)
For mp3 format songs, a middle class earphone is okay...
In my opinion, HTC machines have better sound quailty
You can achieve a reasonable quality with the Note. Definitely not on par with other audio sources but this is what I do. Rip music at 320 bit rate.
Headphones. Try and make sure the ohms is under 32. Most portable are, but 16 ohms is better for the Note as it doesn't go naturally as loud as I would like. Then look at the sound pressure level. You preferably need a score of over 108db.
The top end sennheiser IE8 have incredible measurements. And consequently go loud and dynamic and punchy bass with ease. But they are very expensive.
I don't think the Note needs expensive cans, but don't buy inefficient headphones. They won't go loud and will lack dynamics.
I've got some mid range sennheiser in ears, and I'm extremely happy with the quality.
www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-MK-II-Ear.../187-2709179-7898924?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
I fully admit, although I love music, I certainly wouldn't class myself as an audiophile, and may well have damaged my ears through the years, so they might well sound crap. For me they're fantastic
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I use the Senn HD215 closed back units and find them pretty good from the Note for mp3 bitrates above 192kbps.
i have the creative x-fi headphones. the x-fi crystalliser improves the audio quality enough for me to be happy enough with it. it doesnt compare to the surround sound system i have in my room, but its good enough.
Thanks allot guys for the comments and thoughts on what you use. I will check your accessories out and go from there.
Many thanks from a new member you've all been really helpful
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Neutron MP
Instead of rushing out to buy headphones, I would suggest upgrading the music player to Neutron MP, first.
The UI is not very good, but the sound quality is fantastic! Volume is increased to a point that will hurt your ears, if you want. I have compared it side by side on my Note and previously, on my Dell Streak 5. Neutron MP wins every time. The difference in sound quality is quite noticeable.
Finally, Dmitry, the developer, is very knowledgeable, extremely responsive to his forum or emails, and is constantly updating and improving an already great product. He has a SGSII which is very similar to our Note so he is developing directly for us!
I am a very satisfied user!!!
kraz
Many thanks kraz
I will check it out now.
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I hear a lot about Beats.. Is it really day good or if its just day name!? If it really is, which model is decent enough and how much could it cost?! I am from India..
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I used to have an iPhone and the ipod app really was easy to manage. I miss the double tap to go to next song and triple to go back on my note
And yeah, rather look into music apps than headsets
krazman325 said:
Instead of rushing out to buy headphones, I would suggest upgrading the music player to Neutron MP, first.
The UI is not very good, but the sound quality is fantastic! Volume is increased to a point that will hurt your ears, if you want. I have compared it side by side on my Note and previously, on my Dell Streak 5. Neutron MP wins every time. The difference in sound quality is quite noticeable.
Finally, Dmitry, the developer, is very knowledgeable, extremely responsive to his forum or emails, and is constantly updating and improving an already great product. He has a SGSII which is very similar to our Note so he is developing directly for us!
I am a very satisfied user!!!
kraz
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Does that player reduces the sound to half when you start recording ?
Will that player also switch off when I activate the camera ?
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Does that player reduces the sound to half when you start recording ?
Will that player also switch off when I activate the camera ?
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Recording what? It's a PLAYER, not a RECORDER.
I have no idea. I've never tried it.
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harleyhemant said:
I hear a lot about Beats.. Is it really day good or if its just day name!? If it really is, which model is decent enough and how much could it cost?! I am from India..
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Depends on what kind of music you listen... Beats are a piece of crap for the price. I use a pair of Westone 4R, and even though I have an ipod video which is better for music than the note, the note is good enough, specially with playerpro.
The Monster Turbine are better than the Beats, for a similar price and same manufacturer. Otherwise, you can check Shure 840 for a full size can and medium prized or the ATH M50 for the best bang for the buck headphone out there.
[audiophile headphones]
Remember, all you need is
I got 2 headphones.
Sennheiser M550 (Bluetooth)
Sennheiser HD650
I have a pair of JH16 Pros from JH Audio for reference listening, and a pair of Shure SE530s for everything else.
The Yamaha DAC in all current Galaxy phones is garbage, so you might as well get a cheaper set if you'll only be using them with your Note.
I installed DSPManager and bought a pair of noise cancellation headphones from AblePlanet;
www.ableplanet.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=38
The sound is incredible!
PS: I bought from WorldWideStereo online.
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hate on me, but I've always used Apple earphones because they just feel natural. I would like to try the beats by dre earbuds, but the price scares me away =|
beats is good
I've been reading up on beats audio and it seems that none of the other roms on the regular galaxy s use a DSP manager like we are. I've also come to the conclusion that the original galaxy s lineup of devices have better audio than our galaxy s2 devices which really blows my mind. I've looked at different phones to see if they can do any better than ours and they really can't. It seems that they aren't making anything comparable to the voodoo sound that the humming birdy processor carried and we went ever achieve the danger level of sound quality that the original outgroup line of galaxy s phones had. What can we do to produce loud and crystal clear sound on our phones, when I installed Dre beats audio on my sgs vibrant it was so loud that I had to turn off my voodoo sound. I like the sgs2 but it won't meet the requirements off producing loud clear sound, and for the price we've paid I think that's a bad deal.
I've been using my vibrant to play all my music and it sounds astonishing, much more clear hoist sound with no effect from a DSP program besides voodoo sound which you just enable all the features below the volume options and it's great. did anyone else feel the same way about our phones because it wouldn't be another sorry if the sgs2 was less than 499 less than what the vibrant cost when it came out, unfortunately this is a office phone and not a real galaxy model phone like the originals and I really think that people should buy it just for its everyday user and not for a media player. what do you do think off what Samsungs improvements should be on the next generation of galaxy s or matrix code they will use lineup?
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Huh, my sound quality is awesome...stock player. Volume hurts my ears. What are you running?
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Cm7 r5, I quit using beats w my phones because its just an equalizer setting
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Hi All,
I just wanted to know the general consensus of people on the speaker quality during music playback. For starters, the volume output is definitely high and the vocals are crisp and clear! But I feel it lacks the bass punch and somehow the low-frequency notes do not really come out.
Also, what mode of setting have you kept you "Dolby Atmos" setting to, mine is in "Music" preset. I guess this setting also applies to speaker output doesn't it? But, I haven't observed any significant difference between any of those modes/preset , is it only me or you all think it's the same?
Is there any way we can make the speaker quality better than the current factory tuning? Let me know your feedback folks!