Hi,
I started a thread a couple of days ago, asking whether anybody knew how good the quality of the internal speaker was on the HTC one series. My thread was closed and the moderator's comment was that any discussion on this matter would be purely speculation.
I'm sorry, but in the kindest possible way - I don't agree. In what way is such a question any less valid than one which asks questions about the camera, where we have no real workd (user) shots available?
I feel that enough people have had their hands on a demo phone for there to be a reasonable chance that someone has heard the speaker. That is all I ask and I think it's a perfectly valid question. If everything is going to be considered speculation until release day, what is the point in opening this forum before April?
I genuinely don't wish for the above to come accross as rude, but I do want to make a point.
Regards,
Craig.
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I must agree, i want to know this also, but either way, i will get One X.
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I am also interested in this.
Let's see if there is someone that really had some on-hands experience with the phone.
This is very important piece of information which is definitely going to govern my buying decision. Coming from line of touch diamond, desire and now sensation, atleast I was never happy with speaker sound output.
Are you talking about the earpiece ? This would be very interesting for me too, as bad earpiece-quality seems to be a common htc problem (e.g. HD2, sensation).
I took it to mean speaker as in playing music or putting a call onto speaker phone. However earpiece-quality information would be good also
I was very disappointed with my HTC Desires speaker when using it as a speaker phone when compared to Nokia phones or iPhone.
One other item do I remember some one saying that the beats audio enhancements don't get used during calls?
nsmart said:
Are you talking about the earpiece ? This would be very interesting for me too, as bad earpiece-quality seems to be a common htc problem (e.g. HD2, sensation).
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Interesting. I'm on my 3rd HTC phone (Tilt/Kaiser, Tilt2/TouchPro2, Desire Z) and I've never had an issue with the earpiece. They all sound good. But the speaker on the other hand, was okay on the TP2, and it was awful on the other 2 phones. And the poor quality speaker seemed to not affect everyone (quality control issue).
i am also interested!
want to buy this phone, want an good speaker without headphone.
I wouldn't say that I've ever been disappointed with the actual earpiece, but I find the main external speaker pretty useless for anything other than simple ringtones.
Compared to something like an iPhone, the Sensation sounds like a cheap musical birthday card. I so hope that HTC have finally made some progress in this area.
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want to buy this phone, want an good speaker without headphone.
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Why wouldn't you use a speaker dock or BT portable speaker if you don't want to use headphones?
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Why wouldn't you use a speaker dock or BT portable speaker if you don't want to use headphones?
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In my case I frequently have situations where I'm with friends and we want to watch at a quick youtube video, look at a trailer, or play an audio file for everyone to hear. It's really just general situations where the internal speaker often isn't up to the job (IMHO). In one of my last comments I referred to the speaker in the iPhone - it's not that the iPhone has a particularly loud speaker - it is just a much more pleasing & audible sound.
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Why wouldn't you use a speaker dock or BT portable speaker if you don't want to use headphones?
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I use my headphones but sometimes i use speaker in garden or bicicle trips...
I heard the speakers of the phone are also by Beats, so I'm wondering how it will sound!
But I always use my headphones to listen music though ^^
Would be grateful if someone who now has the phone could pass comment on the sound quality from the internal speaker.
Thanks.
C
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My UK T-mob desire has a very quiet headphone out on it. It's not too bad with actually using headphones but it's noticeably quiet when I use it as a line-out jack into a stereo - it's just too quiet. I could live with it just for headphone use but it sounds pretty dire using line out.
Anyone know if this is a software thing or hardware? Seen some people posting about speakerphone volume issues, which I don't know if it's related.
Is this a T-mob rom thing? Is it EU max-volume restriction? Is the hardware at fault?
It's a bit of a disappointment as it stands as my phone is my main music player..
There won't be a definite answer on this because it seems volume is a subjective thing. People will insist theirs is louder than their other players, others will agree with out.
Me, I agree with you. Coming from an iPod Touch, the max volume is about 60% of an iPod. I can hear my music but not every instrument. From the mixed bag of responses it's hard to pin down if it's hardware or software. Judging by the fact previous Android phones have needed volume hacks I'd assume it's a software issue, but because volume is subjective and some people insist whispers are painful to their eardrums you won't see much action.
aw, crap. I'm comparing iphone output directly to this, on the very hi-fi but low sensitivity amp and speakers I have in the kitchen. It's no-where near line level, which could be easily verified. Sounds like I put up or go back to the iPhone. And I'm on a new 2 year contract with the desire. Arse. It sounds OK on my Sennheiser earbuds - won't go quite as loud as iPhone, but it's loud enough - it's the lack of a line level out that's irritating, particularly as there's no dock connector that could be used to extract one...
This is discussed in more detail here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657233
i actually find the volume a bit higher than my sony walkman.. i guess its what your used to .. some headphones will be easier to drive than others.. so it will appear to be louder with certain headphones
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i actually find the volume a bit higher than my sony walkman.. i guess its what your used to .. some headphones will be easier to drive than others.. so it will appear to be louder with certain headphones
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No, I actually do think some people got louder units than others. The "detailed" post above from A|ex is the problem. Too many people have assumed the volume levels on all the Desires is the same so they're arguing the relative merits of loud volume over low. I think people with normal sounding units are basically clouding the issue because they're satisfied.
Too many people have complained about the low volume for it to be a coincidence. I don't ever hear such complaints about iPods (issues with sound quality aside).
I will say this...this is the lowest sounding volume I have ever had on any device. It's not my imagination and it's not that I had my other devices too high. Even if it is that, say I had all my devices cranked up to 10 which is too loud, why is 10 on this phone where 4 is on every other phone?
There is a problem, and for those who have a decent sounding phone, fine...but stop making it out that people who's volume is too low are imagining it...it's not helpful.
exactly, it's not subjective in my case, it's demonstrably quieter when compared back-to-back with the same media played on a device with line-level out. it sounds OK on headphones as I don't need it ear-bleedingly loud but it sounds like ass hooked up to my stereo.
Am wondering wether to go back to the store and see if another unit is any differnt, but without taking a DB meter with me (actually, I have an app for that on my old iphone!) it's giong to be tricky to persuade them either way.
I've spent my life messing about with AV / recording / studio bits in an amateur fashion and this device is *quiet*
hi mate - wasnt implying your imagining it.. must be a problem with some units then as i can say on mine.. the volume is as loud or louder than most of the portable audio devices i have owned over the years and there's been quite a few!
i hope you get yours sorted and apologies for adding to any confusion
cheers,
mick
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No, I actually do think some people got louder units than others. The "detailed" post above from A|ex is the problem. Too many people have assumed the volume levels on all the Desires is the same so they're arguing the relative merits of loud volume over low. I think people with normal sounding units are basically clouding the issue because they're satisfied.
Too many people have complained about the low volume for it to be a coincidence. I don't ever hear such complaints about iPods (issues with sound quality aside).
I will say this...this is the lowest sounding volume I have ever had on any device. It's not my imagination and it's not that I had my other devices too high. Even if it is that, say I had all my devices cranked up to 10 which is too loud, why is 10 on this phone where 4 is on every other phone?
There is a problem, and for those who have a decent sounding phone, fine...but stop making it out that people who's volume is too low are imagining it...it's not helpful.
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hi mate - wasnt implying your imagining it...
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No, no...not you personally, I was referring to that post A|ex linked to above you. It's infuriating. From helpful hints to "turn the volume up" to anecdotal tales of the volume being TOO loud for their tastes. It's as if some people decided to be as unhelpful as possible.
is yours on t-mobile UK?
Yes, T-Mobile UK.
just been into t-mob store. guy who sold me mine has one and is technical - his does it. he thought it might be an EU-directive software limit. not particularly convinced this is useful information, but there you go.
It may be that. I distinctly remember that a few years ago when I owned a Creative Mp3 player I had to download and install the US firmware to get decent volume due to EU restrictions.
I will say this...this is the lowest sounding volume I have ever had on any device.
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I can only speak for myself... It's the lowest sounding volume in any of my mobile devices since 2003 without a doubt. I have vids and audio on full volume around just 2 people nattering normally and I still can't make out the words (of slow speeches), headphone or loudspeaker [yet I have very sensitive and refined hearing, usually always on volume 1-3 on other devices around people]. Same piece on Nokia N95 only requires volume 40% to listen to with ease and clarity. My family and friends who have all heard the comparatives agree fully.
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Im happy with my sound volume, I have a unlocked desire, don't now if this change something.
The volume using earphones are loud for me
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Ok, I'm on my second Desire now, still from T-Mobile. Sound is still low on headphones and hissy through speaker. I bought an unlocked Hero (for 120gbp I might add ;-) ) and compared the same song through headphones and speaker and the difference is incredible. Much louder output through Hero and greater clarity and depth to sound. I also have a standard iPhone 3G and I'm sad to report that the Desire's external speaker quality is LAUGHABLE in comparison.
Can HTC not release a device with no heartbreaking caveats?
I got a musical Christmas card last year with better musical fidelity than my Desire; perhaps I could swap the speakers???
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I had the opportunity today to compare my T-Mobile Desire headphones output volume to an Orange Desire output. With the same track the T-Mobile device at full volume was equal to the Orange device at 3 clicks below full volume.
I'd already phoned T-Mobile for a new device which is arriving tomorrow. I expect it'll have the same problem, which if it does will help confirm that it is a T-Mobile ROM issue. If so I'll reflash it to the generic ROM.
you bloody legend. or desire, even. great news, can you post back if t-mob number two is the same?
correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't it impossible to flash these until root's been done? i do like the htc sense rom and extras compared to the nexus but i'm mad keen to get this fixed as the phone's only partially useful to me without it.
cheers dude
I just debranded a T-Mobile UK desire for my bro-in-law and after debanding the headphone volume was twice as loud as before or should I say was as loud as my sim free desire . The lesson to be learnt here is debrand your phone whos wants T-Mobile crap all over it anyway .
OK, I'm sold. What ROM do you flash, and how? Never flashed an android handset before (done millions of WinMo ones though!) and do you lose anything - e.g. all the HTC sense stuff.
I remember doing my old HTC Wizard and removing the stock t-mob ROM with the Mr Clean ROM - easily twice as fast afterwards.
Go on, give me some pointers to research and I'll do it tomorrow.
Cheers
Ric
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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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).
How is your external speaker (eg speaker phone, music, etc) sound quality?
Got my Dinc2 on Friday and the sound quality is terrible. There's a buzzing sound almost as if the speaker is blown or loose.
My original Dinc had surprisingly good sound from the external speaker even at higher volumes.
just went from My Dinc to Dinc 2 today. the first song I played you can really tell the difference and see how bad the Dinc 2's speaker is compared to its original
Yeah, its really bad, it cracks/pops a lot too. When I hook it up to my car stereo thru a headphone cable, it cracks a lot too, I think maybe the way the phone processes audio isn't the best. Could be my cord though. I'm disappointed in the sound, other than that though, I love the phone. Came from Droid 2.
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There seems to be an overdrive issue (overdrive meaning pushing too much through the audio ports, be it headphones, bluetooth, or the speaker). I've noticed it seems to vary based on media volume controls, and HTC seems to have implemented a large array of media volume controls that step on each other.
This is one of the reasons I'm really looking forward to ditching Sense and getting back to CM. I need more predictable media controls.
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Came from a blackberry to the I2, it seems to me that I'm not getting the volume on notifications and what not, keep missing them. I did notice that the head phone jack was pretty sloppy when trying to use the head phones, had to tinker with it to get it to work, haven't found a good way to hook to my car stereo yet as it doesn't have Bluetooth or a way to plugin, any suggestions on good devices are welcome.
Mine definately sounds like it's in a tin can, but i don't have any popping. I think with the right audio manager to correct some of it, it should be fine once we get root.
Mine is pretty rough also. I was sorta shocked at the quality of it on such a nice phone
I guess I was lucky...mines pretty good
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I am also very disappointed with the sound quality of the Dinc 2. Is it a software issue or a speaker problem? I just hope it can be fixed or it may be a deal breaker for me. HTC really blew this one.
i did notice that it can sound a little better by turning on the SRS enhancement mode but not good enough to satisfy me.
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I am also very disappointed with the sound quality of the Dinc 2. Is it a software issue or a speaker problem? I just hope it can be fixed or it may be a deal breaker for me. HTC really blew this one.
i did notice that it can sound a little better by turning on the SRS enhancement mode but not good enough to satisfy me.
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Its gotta be a software issue, speaker and earpiece speaker sound pretty poor compared to Inc 1 at medium to higher volumes.. maybe update or custom roms will fix.. really my only complaint with this phone besides the custom options I've grown used to on sr4.0 and cm7
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I've found something interesting about this issue.
When playing from any media player playing local media, or playing from Slacker, I get problems with playback quality on the speaker and through bluetooth (not so much through headphones though). However, pure streaming media (such as DI FM's app) is clean and clear on the speaker and on bluetooth. This definitely smells of a software problem.
The I2 does have SRS support. Unfortunately the only SRS controls I've seen are in video playback, and it's just a toggle. I've read about other devices having audio quality problems with SRS and I wonder if this is what's going on. I've tried digging around to see if I can completely disable it, but no luck yet. Might have to dig in under the hood.
External speaker is a bit sub-par, but all other audio on mine (including earpiece speaker, headphones, and bt) sounds fine. I could see it being a software issue, though, based on the other replies here.
SRS can also be turned on through the stock music app. Sounds better but not great
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SRS can also be turned on through the stock music app. Sounds better but not great
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That could be why I missed it there. I don't use the stock app.
So, thanks to the unlock finally being released, I'm running CM7 now. My bluetooth audio seems to have cleared up, no more overdrive effect coming through my car speakers. I don't think the external speaker is up to par, still, though. However, bluetooth audio definitely improved, at least so far. Needs more testing.
We received two Dinc2 last week at different day, first one sounds like rock in tin can, it buzz at higher volume, and the lower frequency range is horrid, lots of distortion. my 2nd Dinc2 sounds much better and do not have the same characteristics as the first one, but it is still not as good as the fascinate they replaced. I requested to get the first one replace and VZW is sending me another one, it's definitely not normal when I compare both Dinc2 side by side listening to the same clips, first one is significantly worst.
I wish the speaker was abit louder.. i haven't had any crackles or pops though.
Coming from my original dinc the higher volumes on the dinc 2 do cause a lot of crackling. Listening to the howard stern show I can't have the volume all the way up like I used to :/ .
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Its gotta be a software issue, speaker and earpiece speaker sound pretty poor compared to Inc 1 at medium to higher volumes..
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I mostly agree. When using the speaker phone, it is beyong horrid. However, when playing youtube videos, it is not nearly as bad. So the audio processing from these two different sources is completely different.
Im thinking about buying the new LG optimus 4x. But I cant find a single review, that mentions the audio quality on this phone. But it has the Tegra 3 chipset, so if the DAC is part of this, I could check a one x, to get an idea of the audio quality. Would be great, if someone could help me out
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I'm sure if you asked in a phone shop they might let you plug your headphones in and listen to some of the pre loaded music files.
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Hmmm, well then I need a good headset first here in Germany they never have the phones in shops, I am interested in so I have to rely on what the internet says
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the GS3 have a wolfsonn,no one know what have the HOX?
I don't know what's in the HOX but it pretty much sucks balls. You can even hear a *poof* when the music starts and a few seconds after it stops, not to mention the crappy sound itself.
@Gibeon - you must have a faulty phone as I don't get any of that
OP - Really is very reliant on the quality of your audio files I find, poor quality mp3's will sound TERRIBLE, worse than on some other phones. If it's high quality FLAC rips then the sound quality is really very good for a phone, better than the Desire I used to have for example and miles better than the iPod I used to have.
I have Denon in ear for going out and about with and a couple of quite high end (full size over ear) headphones and good quality files sound really good through them. The one thing I would say is that the output volume is not as high as some other phones I have tried, so you do need quite sensitive headphones if you like your music loud.
No idea what the DAC is but for me it's a great portable music player. No such thing as audiophile in any phone but it's definitely one of the better ones i have tried.
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@Gibeon - you must have a faulty phone as I don't get any of that
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Really? I've heard several cases of this behavior so I guessed it a widespread problem.
GSMarena has put the real specs to the test, here they are.
I also find the OneX sound much worse than on the desire. Beats only changes it from tinny to plasticky. It is so much worse, actually (both on stock earphones and via car stereo) that I no longer enjoy listening to music from the phone in my car, the sound gets on my nerves.
Instead of shelling out gazillions for having the name of a makebelieve gangster on their stuff, htc could have bought millions of decent audio chips and still give them a catchy name That would be the htc spirit I always liked.
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Really? I've heard several cases of this behavior so I guessed it a widespread problem.
GSMarena has put the real specs to the test, here they are.
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I've seen the GSM Arena article, and I can only talk from personal experience based on my phone not yours. I do not have the issues you mention at all. Could be a bad batch of components hence why some are better than others. I've seen plenty of people say it's great quality, plenty of people say it's crap, so would seem to point towards that logically.
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Really? I've heard several cases of this behavior so I guessed it a widespread problem.
GSMarena has put the real specs to the test, here they are.
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This is due to the player you're using. I swear by neutron. The ui might be a bit overwhelming for non audiophiles, but I'm getting some great sound with this app and beats disabled.
After some time with this phone, I'm finding the hox's sound to be quite different, but not necessarily of lesser quality compared to my old sgs1 with voodoo.
My advice would be to just change your music app and if you don't like neutron as I proposed, you could go with power amp or player pro with dsp pack.
On a final note, make sure you get your hands on a decent pair of headphones before commenting on the quality of a Dac. You can't really make any assumptions about these kinds of things if your basing your experience on a free or a $30 pair of ear buds.
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I also find the OneX sound much worse than on the desire. Beats only changes it from tinny to plasticky. It is so much worse, actually (both on stock earphones and via car stereo) that I no longer enjoy listening to music from the phone in my car, the sound gets on my nerves.
Instead of shelling out gazillions for having the name of a makebelieve gangster on their stuff, htc could have bought millions of decent audio chips and still give them a catchy name That would be the htc spirit I always liked.
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Well mine has perfect sound , you either have a faulty phone or your expectations were unrealistically high.
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Im thinking about buying the new LG optimus 4x. But I cant find a single review, that mentions the audio quality on this phone. But it has the Tegra 3 chipset, so if the DAC is part of this, I could check a one x, to get an idea of the audio quality. Would be great, if someone could help me out
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The sound is not the best in the world but its much much better then Galaxy S with voodoo sound while playing at the highest volume, at highest its just awesome stable with this beatsaudio thingy tested using Sennheiser HD 555, mind you galaxy S3 has a cheaper version of op amp used in S1.
The HTC One X have the very best sound in every angle: microphone/speaker/headphones/ear speaker
The volume and quality through the headset is good, unfortunately the loudspeaker is rather poor and doesn't go very loud. Typical HTC though, their speaker components tend to be rather low quality.
LG tend to have alright speakers (The Optimus 2X went fairly loud), but I can't say whether the 4X's will be any good or not
EDIT: I realise you were specifically asking about the quality rather than the volume. The quality is pretty good, you wont be disappointed by it. The Galaxy S III supposedly has fantastic audio quality though, which is likely to be better than the One X's due to the fact that the One X uses 'Beats' (which sucks) and the SIII has a Wolfson Micro WM1811 which is apparently pretty awesome (http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/products/audio_hubs/WM1811/).
yeah right "ultra-low power" is just rubbish
schiphol said:
This is due to the player you're using.
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It's not. I've tried a number of different music players, different EQ's, different thread priority for the audio. All exhibit the same fundamental problems arising from a poor quality DAC. Heck, even the volume up/down sound causes the pop/crackle issue.
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On a final note, make sure you get your hands on a decent pair of headphones before commenting on the quality of a Dac. You can't really make any assumptions about these kinds of things if your basing your experience on a free or a $30 pair of ear buds.
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I've tried 5 different sets of headphones on my One X, some in ear, some open back, one Bluetooth. The same problems could be heard on all of them in varying degrees.
If your guys phones are rooted, flash the latest dspequalizer on this phone. Helps tremendously with sound quality. I agree with the person talking about flac files. You don't even need to have flac, just try to get high bitrate mp3s. I listen with Beyerdynamic headphones which take more power to drive, but it's enough for me and sounds great.
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It's not. I've tried a number of different music players, different EQ's, different thread priority for the audio. All exhibit the same fundamental problems arising from a poor quality DAC. Heck, even the volume up/down sound causes the pop/crackle issue.
I've tried 5 different sets of headphones on my One X, some in ear, some open back, one Bluetooth. The same problems could be heard on all of them in varying degrees.
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I totally agree and I don't think my Grado SR60i's or Shure SE215's are to blame. Really, the quality just sucks on the HOX I own.
No biggie for me though, since I have a PMP for music.
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I totally agree and I don't think my Grado SR60i's or Shure SE215's are to blame. Really, the quality just sucks on the HOX I own.
No biggie for me though, since I have a PMP for music.
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Of course the dac is not the best. The point I was trying to make is that I was able to eliminate most of the hissing and strange pops upon volume changes etc by switching to the neutron player leading me to be believe that these are not necessarily related to the Dac itself.
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With my beats headsets i have excellent audio quality, didnt try the original one...and the sound from the speaker? Well i dont know what you expect, in my eyes it is good enough (i dont listen to music over it) ... and BTW, i use well ripped mp3s because over the beats headset you can hear every single detail in songs ... youtube is also great ...
I dont know, but probably i have a special OneX i dont have any single issue the guys so far had reported ... i am just confused now why i dont get a S-OFF device
As far as I know, the beats audio plugin is only a peace of software, isn't it? It has nothing to do with special hardware, its just an equalizer setting. But I'm confused some sites say, the one x's audio chip is the same, that is build in the one s, but the explanation of the Tegra 3 chipset says, that it is able to handle 7.1 surround sound, which means it includes an audio chip. I think I have to wait for reviews of the optimus 4x to solve this problem
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Evening all,
So I'm on the fence at the minute,
Short story I have the option to get the M8 in replacement for my Note 3 with multiple issues
I dont want to wait for S5 because I'm kinda fed up now with Sammy not changing their S series in design or features for that matter.
So anyway can anyone tell me how good the music is through headphones? I know the dual speakers are amazing just haven't been able to test my music through the headphone jack.
I've believe there is no equalizer on the music app? which is no off putting but I do like to mess bout abit with the sound.
any input from owners would be great!!
Cheers . .
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Evening all,
So I'm on the fence at the minute,
Short story I have the option to get the M8 in replacement for my Note 3 with multiple issues
I dont want to wait for S5 because I'm kinda fed up now with Sammy not changing their S series in design or features for that matter.
So anyway can anyone tell me how good the music is through headphones? I know the dual speakers are amazing just haven't been able to test my music through the headphone jack.
I've believe there is no equalizer on the music app? which is no off putting but I do like to mess bout abit with the sound.
any input from owners would be great!!
Cheers . .
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I've played music off the SD card, Pandora and TuneIn all sounded good and plenty loud on my gaming head phones and just as well on a pair of $30 ear buds. Very happy with it here.
Cheers for you input I think I will get this as long as store has its stock . Might even try get them throw in the dot case
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Just curious but what carrier is allowing you to make that switch. I'm assuming its because you've replaced the Note 3 multiple times via warranty and the issue has not been resolved...
Yeah that's right the note 3 had same issue on two different phones . . It's with phones4u but I'm with EE but essentially it's phones4u that are swapping
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The headphone quality is top notch, volume is super loud, very good for headphones, bass is super punchy and clean, highs aren`t grainy, plenty of power, maybe an inline amp?, hiss is minimal, ink black on most, only trace hiss on my silver cable se535`s which is very very very good, considering they would pick up hiss on my one x+ even when the internal amp was off and no music was playing!. Did I mention the bass was good?, because its probably the best i`ve heard, at least on any mobile device.
I'm glad I'm not the only one switching from a note 3. You say punchy bass, is it similar to cyanogenmods bass boost ?
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nags92 said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one switching from a note 3. You say punchy bass, is it similar to cyanogenmods bass boost ?
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With the bundled headphones, it sounds amazing. Better than any phone I've owned IMO, and I've owned pretty much all of them at one stage or another
GSM Arena did tests and rated it as having the best audio performance of any phone...
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_m8-review-1062p7.php
Difficult for me to say personally as my headphones have an odd sound signature, have to install an EQ to get them sounding good.
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GSM Arena did tests and rated it as having the best audio performance of any phone...
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_m8-review-1062p7.php
Difficult for me to say personally as my headphones have an odd sound signature, have to install an EQ to get them sounding good.
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I had a similar problem with the LG G2. First one I had had the treble was waaay too low. Installed an EQ to fix it, and just assumed that's the way it sounded.
Got another G2 two months later and it was fine out of the box.. don't think it had been updated either. Weird.
Maybe try someone else's M8 - yours may be faulty?
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I had a similar problem with the LG G2. First one I had had the treble was waaay too low. Installed an EQ to fix it, and just assumed that's the way it sounded.
Got another G2 two months later and it was fine out of the box.. don't think it had been updated either. Weird.
Maybe try someone else's M8 - yours may be faulty?
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Thanks but its definitely the headphones, reviews made the sound signature sound cool but in reality it is unnatural, even though they were very expensive. Had the same problem with the One X but once I installed Poweramp and fiddled with the EQ they sounded great.
Ah OK
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Right so just got home with my lovely new M8!
Said goodbye to my note 3 which screen size is the only thing I'm missing so far but that's it.
Audio through headphones errrmm well let's just say I had viper4android on my note and it has been beaten all over ! Fantastic quality! My headphones are only Marley branded ones so nothing high spec but I got lost In the music and just sat there while the phone did all the work!
Very pleased with this phone . . Very pure android compared to other os overlays I've experienced . .
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Personally, I don't like to use any kind of equalizer.
If you rip the audio "loselessly"(not in mp4 format, mp3 spoils the quality) from the CD you bought, I think equalizer would be no needed.
As for the phone itself, the build-in music player supports flac file, it should be convenient for us, no conversion needed.:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: