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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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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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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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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
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
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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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Ok so I'm like a huge audio head and I can't get over the fact on how weal the headphone jack is on android phones
Compared to (dare I say it?) Apple products, our headphones are super weak
Of course we have apps tweaks yadayada, but is there a Definite Solution to making the Music sound Stronger on this phone
I tried power amp and the beats on the market and it doesn't do that much tbh
Any suggestions on how to make music sound better
maybe one of these http://www.amazon.com/Fiio-E3-BK-E3...e=UTF8&qid=1356923324&sr=1-1&keywords=fiio+e3
I have good pairs of headphones lol
I have beats Pros and Audio Technica ATH M50s,
Edit: saw there were a link to an AMP not headphones lol
I dont wanna carry that around tho
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I actually like the volume of the s3. I use power amp and that's the best music player. I have the acid sound mod. My headphones are the Sol republic track HD and the audio from the phone is loud. Even connecting then to amps, the phone ***with power amp *** is really loud.
I also use high bitrate mp3s and apple lossless converted to from .flac
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I actually like the volume of the s3. I use power amp and that's the best music player. I have the acid sound mod. My headphones are the Sol republic track HD and the audio from the phone is loud. Even connecting then to amps, the phone ***with power amp *** is really loud.
I also use high bitrate mp3s and apple lossless converted to from .flac
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Might have to give that app another try
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EclipzeRemix said:
I have good pairs of headphones lol
I have beats Pros and Audio Technica ATH M50s,
Edit: saw there were a link to an AMP not headphones lol
I dont wanna carry that around tho
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Beats.....
The "Jack" on this phone is fine. I've tried several audiophile ear buds and headphones and find this phone with power amp to be pretty good. Music volume EQ is a decent app too if you want more bass and loudness.
Ditch the beats and get some vsonic or some klipsch and you'll see.
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Beats.....
The "Jack" on this phone is fine. I've tried several audiophile ear buds and headphones and find this phone with power amp to be pretty good. Music volume EQ is a decent app too if you want more bass and loudness.
Ditch the beats and get some vsonic or some klipsch and you'll see.
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AudioTechnica ATH M50s way better than my beats lol, but the music is still not as strong as other media devices :/
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AudioTechnica ATH M50s way better than my beats lol, but the music is still not as strong as other media devices :/
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I'll have to test my cans on an Apple product and tell the difference. I know i had the same setting on power amp on a virgin mobile crappy phone and the difference was there.
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Get a phone with vodoo sound
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Uhhhh my M50's get amped from my computer, iPod touch, and phone. On my Onkyo receiver I have the headphone at like +5db. You're obviously not that into audio.
I have the E6.
Give the Sony XB-500 a try. I've got these and they sound great. The sound is really punchy and clear and as always use poweramp with it.
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Uhhhh my M50's get amped from my computer, iPod touch, and phone. On my Onkyo receiver I have the headphone at like +5db. You're obviously not that into audio.
I have the E6.
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My headphone jack seemed to have something stuck inside? I cleaned it out and it sounds better
But I don't have a receiver, an amplifier or anything of that nature so I cant play around with that type of hardware.
Poweramp does do a diffrence when you play with the settings enough lol
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Give the Sony XB-500 a try. I've got these and they sound great. The sound is really punchy and clear and as always use poweramp with it.
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Those have a little too much bass for me personally, they are good headphones for the price tho
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Guys, truth is the hardware isn't up to par on the audio side on this phone. That's been proven. I know that even without looking at the internals of this phone coming from another Android device.
However, the OP called himself an audiophile, but had a pair of Beats... Whatever, but he is correct. I wouldn't say "sucks", but not as good as it should have been.
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Download Neutron Music Player. It's worth paying for!! Its sounds much better than power amp(my old player); its louder, offers better headroom/snr ratio, direct hardware control, and doesn't lose any clarity, when using EQ. Also, Check to see what setting your music is encoded at. 320kbps for MP3 is the highest setting, but I go with Flac. If you know the basics of setting up an EQ and want great sounding audio, then download neutron! It actually gives an accurate representation of the music, as opposed to most mods which are meant to "Enhance" your listening experience, but don't depict the true sound of the recorded audio. Whenever I mix down a new recording, I trust Neutron with my MDR's, SE215's, and grado's headphones for the true sound! For fun, I add about 3-5db around 40-50hz for some extra punch; especially when bumping some electronic or hip hop. Furthermore, I wouldnt recommend beats headphones. They're tuned strictly for hip hop and electronic music. They add all sorts of obnoxious EQing at 50-80HZ, 3khz, 5khz, 7khz, and 10khz, so they'll sound like garbage on any other genre of music. I attached a link of how sloppy the frequency response is on these so called, "Studio" headphones. If you're looking for a great headphone, check out head-fi.org. They offer reviews of over 266 headphone, arranged by price range. Let us know how you make out!
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Ok so I'm like a huge audio head and I can't get over the fact on how weal the headphone jack is on android phones
Compared to (dare I say it?) Apple products, our headphones are super weak
Of course we have apps tweaks yadayada, but is there a Definite Solution to making the Music sound Stronger on this phone
I tried power amp and the beats on the market and it doesn't do that much tbh
Any suggestions on how to make music sound better
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One of the biggest reasons I choose Android over Apple is for the audio. Although the volume of music on Apple products reach unbelievable heights, the sound quality itself is not any better than what most Androids have to offer, even on their stock music players. Furthermore, why would you even want to listen to your music at top volume on an iPhone? You'll be deaf within a minute.
Our Galaxy S3 has absolute trash for presets. Listen to every single preset. You'll find that most of them will raise the volume of vocals when there's no background bass, and the vocals volume will lower when the bass kicks in again. It's annoying, it sounds as of you're putting your head next to a speaker, and shaking it around so that the music gets a wavy effect. Thankfully, Samsung gave us a beautiful option at the bottom of the list of those poor excuses for presets, called "Custom." In it is a 7 band equalizer that's actually very damn decent.
The Beats by Dre, although frowned upon, is perfect for the equalizer on the S3. I myself, am a basshead. I love my music to have some rumble and thump to it. Just play around with the bands until you find the perfect eargasm type sound. What I love on the S3, is that the volume is quite loud. With most phones, equalizing audio sacrifices a lot of volume. With this phone, my equalizing will barely phase the volume of my music.
When I equalize, it'll go something like this: The lowest (first) band will be set the highest, giving the music that precious deep rumble, but adding punch as well. The second band is set significantly lower than the first in order to retain that punchy bass. This makes the vocals sound more shallow though, but I dont care too much because I hate flat bass. The third band effects both bass and vocals about equal, so I set it to about midway between what the first and second bands are set at. This gives the vocal a deeper touch, but doesn't take too much away from bass punch. The middle band is what mainly effects vocals. I set it one below the third, because setting it too high gives the vocals a bit of an airy or dry sound to it. For the fifth band, I put it one higher than the third. The last two band are set higher than every band except for the first one. It livens up the treble so that the instrumentals don't sound boring.
My equalizer preset is extremely coloured, but that's just how I like it to sound. It's almost a V shaped equalizer I guess. Big bass, recessed mids, and high treble. I have the V-Moda Crossfade LP's for my headphones.
I dunno, this post might not have been of much help, but I just felt as if I should offer my 2 cents.
For some reason having beats makes you a complete moron now a days ?The reason I have beats is beacuase one of my fav genres is hip hop, and when it comes down to it, beats sound decent when it comes to rap/hip hop you cant deny it. For every thing else yes they are trash so I use my M50s.
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For some reason having beats makes you a complete moron now a days ?The reason I have beats is beacuase one of my fav genres is hip hop, and when it comes down to it, beats sound decent when it comes to rap/hip hop you cant deny it. For every thing else yes they are trash so I use my M50s.
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Beats are the "trend". Most audiophiles don't take them or anybody that uses them seriously.
I've owned a pair and can honestly say my daily use creative aurvana buds sound better than any beats I've tried. Hip hop is my music of choice.
The Yamaha eph-100's are great for hip hop too..
$150 can get you some iems that are twice as good for half the price of beats.
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The Yamaha eph-100's are great for hip hop too..
$150 can get you some iems that are twice as good for half the price of beats.
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But he has the ATH-M50, which are seriously good headphones
I wasn't happy either with the S3 sound, having heard what a quality is, I bought the cheapest decent DAC - Fiio E7 and it sounds great with my M50's
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But he has the ATH-M50, which are seriously good headphones
I wasn't happy either with the S3 sound, having heard what a quality is, I bought the cheapest decent DAC - Fiio E7 and it sounds great with my M50's
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i might have to invest in a cheap amp then :/
Hello all,
I am considering upgrading from my Galaxy Nexus. The htc one looks great, but i haven't really considered an htc phone due to the inclusion of beats audio. From what I've heard, almost all audiophiles consider beats headphones total crap. From my own experiences,I think beats is an incredibly successful marketing gimmick. My questions are for people who have tried beats headphones and have similar tastes.
1. How is the quality with Beats Audio switched off?
2. Does Beats Audio carry its standard muddled mids/lows on the device?
3. Is it just an EQ setting, or with headphones, will I have awful Beats audio hardware to deal with?
4. What headphones do you use with your phone?
Thanks for your help.
While I haven't actually used it yet outside of testing in a store, I can say that I've heard nothing but good things about the audio on the one. It mainly has to do with the fact that, even though beats is essentially a stylized eq setting, the phone still has a dedicated amp which allows for much cleaner sounding audio. Aside from that, I've actually heard that the beats implementation on this phone is much less overblown than other products, and it basically just boosts the bass a little bit
lucky for you the phone has been out for 5 months. check out any of the other HTC One forums. but there is def a difference. esp listening to music via BT or headphones.
I'm sure there is a difference - the question is how negative is that difference
I have only really used it through my car's bluetooth system and I have to turn Beats Audio off because it sounds really muddy and drowns out all the highs. In defense, however, I can say that my car's audio system is all factory (Shaker 500), but with BA off it sounds fantastic.
I was reading an article stating that the One doesn't have any built-in EQ settings, which sucks because I stream using Play Music. That might change though, esp with the One's 32gb internal storage.
I use poweramp and with the dedicated amp this phone sounds amazing.
I have beats disabled because there is this hissing and static noise when beats is on.
GrayTheWolf said:
I use poweramp and with the dedicated amp this phone sounds amazing.
I have beats disabled because there is this hissing and static noise when beats is on.
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I think I will be using my thunderbolt as a dedicated MP3 player for my car's bluetooth until we can get a root and i have access to GMusicFS. I just got a new car and I thought that the sound system was pretty good, as I was using poweramp and it didn't sound muddy at all (compared to beats audio with my one)
I would consider myself an audiophile. The beats audio setting sounds pretty terrible to me but it's easily turned off. Without it, the built-in dac and amp sound decent for a phone (much better than my previous phone, the rezound). If you really want amazing sound, you can connect portable dac/amps to the phone through usb.
....I like the beats eq, I use my beats headphones from my rezound.
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The phone's speakers sound better with it enabled, but not quite as loud as when it's not enabled. It usually adds too much bass to anything you connect it to. I have to disable it when I'm connected to anything but large speakers.
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I have only really used it through my car's bluetooth system and I have to turn Beats Audio off because it sounds really muddy and drowns out all the highs. In defense, however, I can say that my car's audio system is all factory (Shaker 500), but with BA off it sounds fantastic.
I was reading an article stating that the One doesn't have any built-in EQ settings, which sucks because I stream using Play Music. That might change though, esp with the One's 32gb internal storage.
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Always (well, usually) best to send signal out flat to another device, since will have own amp and EQ system. No different for home systems too.
One has great sound, which makes it frustrating having no sd slot. My travel tunes take up 33GB of storage on my phone, so an sd is needed so the device storage can be used for apps. Too bad the Chinese version with sd did not ship as the VZW version as well. As far as using the "cloud" good luck with that on flights, or traveling in a lot of places. Local content has 100% "reception" converage Plus easier on battery use.
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Always (well, usually) best to send signal out flat to another device, since will have own amp and EQ system. No different for home systems too.
One has great sound, which makes it frustrating having no sd slot. My travel tunes take up 33GB of storage on my phone, so an sd is needed so the device storage can be used for apps. Too bad the Chinese version with sd did not ship as the VZW version as well. As far as using the "cloud" good luck with that on flights, or traveling in a lot of places. Local content has 100% "reception" converage Plus easier on battery use.
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USB otg cable + flash drive = profit.
Turn beats off. It's garbage. But the One has a dedicated amp making it one of the best phones for music.
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Hello I am new to the forums.
I am very obsessed with good audio quality, this was the main reason why I got this new phone, but so far I have been very disappointed by its audio capabilities while listening with Bose Sound True earphones.
The first thing I did on my 10 was to download poweramp, configured my equalizer to a standard warm sound signature, then set bass to medium and sparkle to a little pass medium. Basically the same sound equalization I have on my m7. Next, I configured the headphone profile; in this case I end it up with the volume at the the lowest for all frequencies, as I was able to faintly hear all of them from the low to the highs at the lowest volume. Afterwards, I set up the dobly headphone effects to HTC ear buds.
I was very disappointed by the outcome, the low frequencies have a small distortion and the highs sound washed off. I no longer hear all the instruments playing as the lows drown more subtle instruments and the highs have very little clarity to them, they just sound loud and obnoxious. My m7 with Beats on picked up all the subtleties in my music and the lows had this pleasant fullness to them. The 10 is louder but that's about it, it now even hurts my ears when I listen past medium volume. How is this possible? Isn't the DAC on the 10 way better than that of the m7? Could this be faulty hardware? or could it be a software related issue?
Please help me figure out whats going on, I can't believe that my old phone sounds better. I almost feel like asking for a refund at this point. I have also tried using a plain sound player such as google music that has no EQ on it, but I can still pick a slight distortion, the m7 doesn't sound as loud in this case but it just sounds much cleaner.
PS. Just for reference all my tracks are 320kbs and I listen to mostly Metal.
Thanks for your help!
Try lossless flac, you'll probably find the DAC up converting 320mp3's hightlights the defects
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Turn off BoomSound/beats if you're really obsessed with audio. They absolutely destroy the balance to the point of it sounding like I'm listening with a beats headphone.
The 10 drives my cans better than any phone or tablet that I have/had. I listen to EVERYTHING and it handles every genre perfectly.
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Turn off BoomSound/beats if you're really obsessed with audio. They absolutely destroy the balance to the point of it sounding like I'm listening with beats headphone.
The 10 drives my cans better than any phone or tablet that I have/had.
What are you using to listen?
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Eh, I know many say that it is better to leave the EQ alone, but that is hard to do for me because 1) I most have 320 mp3s and very flew Flacs, some are even at 192k and 128k but thats because I have a very old and extensive library. 2) I do love warm sound signatures XD.
By the way, I am listening right now to Talos principle - Sanctuary in flac and at 0:25 when there are all those low frecuencies it just sound a little distorted, I would say it sounds abnormally loud on my 10, and it sounds clear on my m7. Check out The Talos Principle OST - Sanctuary on youtube for reference, I am prevented from posting outside links due to my newb status.
I use Bose true sound earphones, they are just mid-range phones nothing too special, but they do sound better with my old phone. Could it be this earphones can't handle the 10's frequencies?
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By the way, I am listening right now to Talos principle - Sanctuary in flac and at 0:25 when there are all those low frecuencies it just sound a little distorted, I would say it sounds abnormally loud on my 10, and it sounds clear on my m7. Check out The Talos Principle OST - Sanctuary on youtube for reference, I am prevented from posting outside links due to my newb status.
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Just had a listen to Sanctuary on Spotify and it sounds very impressive to me.
I'm using Shure 535 and everything sounds crystal clear to me.
There are two settings when headphones are plugged in under the boomsound setting. One is the Dolby headphone effects setting, the other is the custom profile you set up with your headphones. Try turning off the Dolby headphones effects. My HTC 10 can drive headphones like no other HTC product I have owned in the past, and it sounds better to me with the Dolby effects turned off.
Dunno man.... mine sounds freaking amazing.
using a custom EQ (set up with the frequency thing) and I'm just using a cheap set of Skull Candy headphones I use mostly for gaming
@isnoc I think that did away with the distortion! disabling the dobly effects has a positive impact on sound reproduction, the music doesn't sound as loud. However, the m7s bass sounds a little cleaner. It could be matter of sound signatures at this point. Where I really hear the difference is in the song Machine Gunn Eddie by Nitro. The m7 seems to sound slightly better due to the cleaner bass. I was expecting a night and day difference between these 2 phones =_(
Out of curiosity what mods are you running on the m7? When I had mine (still looking for where I left it...) I had zeroinfinity's and some extra buildprop changes and a kernel that supported the audio changes lol. I don't them side by side to test, but in my car and my porta-pro's from the sound I remember the 10 sounds a lot better to me.
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@isnoc I think that did away with the distortion! disabling the dobly effects has a positive impact on sound reproduction, the music doesn't sound as loud. However, the m7s bass sounds a little cleaner. It could be matter of sound signatures at this point. Where I really hear the difference is in the song Machine Gunn Eddie by Nitro. The m7 seems to sound slightly better due to the cleaner bass. I was expecting a night and day difference between these 2 phones =_(
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You mentioned using beats on your M7. The beats eq exaggerates the bass which is probably what you're hearing. Have you tried turning it off and hearing the difference?
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Ok I just noticed that my phone distorts at higher volumes, namely anything on medium high or above, no matter the bit rate of the song. This is where bass and highs start to suffer. My m7 plays music beautifully with 0 distortion at all levels. Does anyone else here suffer from distortion problems with the 10? Do I have a faulty phone?
@joeyrushlow I never bothered rooting or isntalling a custom rom on my m7, never saw the need for it. All I use for sound is the included beats audio dsp and poweramp and plays everything beautifully with distortion of any kind.
@richii0207 The m7 without beats audio does sound very flat, it is true that the main characteristic of Beats is enhancing the bass, but it also increase the volume across the spectrum in a more subtle way, in any case I get no distortion and everything sounds crystal clear.
I wonder, other than the EQ setup on the 10, and the potential of the quality of the DAC, there might not actually be a significant difference between DACs. Subtle definitely. Discernable for sure. But a significant difference that the 10 has over past phones is the amplifier driving the headphones. Could you be overdriving your headphones on the 10, and not on the M7? There are many things to consider that I do not have the skill to properly discuss like impedance for example. Or it could be a slight difference in your EQ settings.
I can say this, comparing my M9 to my 10. The sound is very very similar to my ears (disappointing I know right?) with two exceptions. One, the 10's sound is more expansive, or I should say there is more separation, so I know that with better recordings the 10 will sound better than my M9. Two, the 10 has more power at volume. I don't want to say louder, but it is louder, but clearer as well, as the volume goes up. It has more juice than my M9 does. I could dig out my M7, but I expect a similar experience. I like my 10. Perhaps you could listen to one in a store, a live demo one, to see if your phone has an issue.