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Music and sound

I have just downloaded some music apps, they are quite good. It lets me preview music and download it! Not bad!! (It is called freebe music)
However when i plugged my headphones in the top sound is not very very loud like other phones or my old archos.
Does anyone have any views on this
What are your best music apps.

Raminder1992 said:
I have just downloaded some music apps, they are quite good. It lets me preview music and download it! Not bad!! (It is called freebe music)
However when i plugged my headphones in the top sound is not very very loud like other phones or my old archos.
Does anyone have any views on this
What are your best music apps.
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I suspect the HTC Desire may be "volume crippled" by European Law. I believe there is (or soon will be) a maximum earphone volume level on all new devices.

I thought it was pretty loud tbh =/

i hope there will be some fixes of this for those who dont care about their ears as much and want to enjoy the loud music

cez10 said:
i hope there will be some fixes of this for those who dont care about their ears as much and want to enjoy the loud music
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I was going to ask that too..... As the EU does have a maximum legal decibel limit, is it possible to find a way to change that so it can be louder through the headphones?

HTC desire sound quality

Hey guys, I don't know whether ur scared of the topic but no one has found ways to better the sound quality of the phone . Everyone is able to port stuff and create roms but never anything about sound improvement like porting dolby from other android mobile.
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Nothing wrong with my Desire, I can make calls just fine thank you!!
I reckon people with issues with the volume are the ones that will suffer from deafness early in life as they probably crank up the volume on all devices

i didnt mean voice calls, i meant when playing music through the ear phones. before u say get better headphones, i got senheissers cx400s. the sound quality is rubbish at best. my n95 and n73 both played music better than the htc phone with the same headphones.

I got to agree on the sound quality issue. The music is just too flat on desire.
I am reconsidering galaxy s and iphone4 due to this...
Hopefully someone can port a better music player or fix the issue soon...
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Surely its a hardware limitation.
Aside from putting a better dac in the device (probably impossible) what can be done about sound quality? I don't get how a better music player could help.

You can try with DSP Manager... included in some modded rom... like mine...

music is fine on mine (dsp manager + Sennheiser CX 400 II's)
it was rubbish compared to my ipod shuffle using the same headphones, before using dsp manager

I use mixzing player with equalizer with a custom preset for better quality.
What's dsp manager? How to use it?

yeah what is the dsp manager ive been hearing about

vinee9 said:
yeah what is the dsp manager ive been hearing about
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DSP manager is an equalizer built into the ROM. It can have seperate settings for phone speaker, bluetooth and headphones. I used to to take some of the tinniness out of phone speaker. It's in CM6, and probably a lot of other roms too.

vinee9 said:
yeah what is the dsp manager ive been hearing about
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Here is a flashable version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7681025&postcount=2 (Add Ons / Tools)

Does anybody know if this could be flashed onto "OpenDesire 4.0.2"?
As I know OD is based on Cyanogen...
Thank you

hey guys, just wanted to know if the dsp manager is anything like the equalizers on mixzing or other music apps for android

spaboleo said:
Does anybody know if this could be flashed onto "OpenDesire 4.0.2"?
As I know OD is based on Cyanogen...
Thank you
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Don't know if this can be flashed to OD, but OD is not based on Cyanogen, it is a build from Android source.

DSP manager is brilliant. The compressor pops a bit too much for my liking though.

abc27 said:
DSP manager is brilliant. The compressor pops a bit too much for my liking though.
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It's not working for me...

hey guys just wanted to ask if the equalizer is better than the ones found on music apps on market place like mixzing, astro player, etc

Just to let you know...I've flashed it onto OpenDesire 4.04 and it works...
You need the DSP Manager apk, too.
I took the one from this Post: http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7999377&postcount=6
Thanks =)

Thru loud speaker, Desire wasn't really that good. But thru headsets with Mixzing, is quite good.

completely agree. speakers on the phone are horrible. i think im gonna invest in a new pair of earphones. hope i dont get any compatibility issues which bug other users

ugly audio with Android Revolution HD™ 7.0.2

Hi there,
Since ARHD 7 I have ugly, metallic sound when I listen to music, even if I connect the phone to an AV receiver. Never had this before. Has it something to do with the beatsAudio? Any help would be grateful.
Thanks in Advance,
kinggizmo

Try switching ROMS. Or try switching the equalizer. Switch it from Beats to R'n'B. When I listen to music with Beats Audio the sound is shallow, so the best way that works for me is rnb.

did you try another music player ?
is this in your speaker our headphones ? ....

Your Solution!!!
[/QUOTE]hey there, search the forum for lyapota_MusicBOX2_ARHD_7_x_x.zip flash it and music works like a charme!! I've been using arhd 7.0.2 for 2 weeks installed PV-Team tweaks and lyapota music box and everything is working perfectly..
Hope I helped..
Saving you some time here's the lyapota_MusicBOX2_ARHD_7_x_x.zip

thanks man, this works like a charme!
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hey there, search the forum for lyapota_MusicBOX2_ARHD_7_x_x.zip flash it and music works like a charme!! I've been using arhd 7.0.2 for 2 weeks installed PV-Team tweaks and lyapota music box and everything is working perfectly..
Hope I helped..
Saving you some time here's the lyapota_MusicBOX2_ARHD_7_x_x.zip
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Best from for listening to music??

Anyone know of any roms that are good for listening to music? I don't mind if its gb or ics... just need a good listening experience as I will be on a long journey tomorrow! Thanks
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Any if them. Power amp is a great app for music, I like it a lot.
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It's not the rom that made sound quality, but the phone and the headset. What do you use as earphone ?

Get any sense 3.5 rom, make sure it has beats plugin in the stock music player. Choose srs enhancement and play the song...nothing can beat that quality.

NitroG42 said:
It's not the rom that made sound quality, but the phone and the headset. What do you use as earphone ?
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So true. Rom or music player won't do anything much, except for some which have dspmod in it. The point is a good headset is the key for a good music. Plus an amp if you could afford one. :hehe:

if you have a long journey than sure you need better battery life install cm7 and with power amo or player pro or winamp or even the stock one with dsp manager should work fine

Thanks for all the posts guys! Know beats aren't loved here but I've got a pair of studios (I got them cheap off a friend not stupid enough to pay more than they are worth). I went with a sense 3.5 rom in the end with power amp and it was great! The only thing is...on quite a few roms, I experience this annoying thing!! Sometimes while listening to music...I'll unlock the screen and this weird noise interrupts the song...sometimes it happens when I lock the phone aswell. Its not the headphones coz it happens with all my headphones :/ I thought it may be rom related but its not
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yvibes said:
Thanks for all the posts guys! Know beats aren't loved here but I've got a pair of studios (I got them cheap off a friend not stupid enough to pay more than they are worth). I went with a sense 3.5 rom in the end with power amp and it was great! The only thing is...on quite a few roms, I experience this annoying thing!! Sometimes while listening to music...I'll unlock the screen and this weird noise interrupts the song...sometimes it happens when I lock the phone aswell. Its not the headphones coz it happens with all my headphones :/ I thought it may be rom related but its not
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dig into the advance audio engine settings of poweramp. increase the buffer size to 750ms. should make that go away.

Darunion said:
dig into the advance audio engine settings of poweramp. increase the buffer size to 750ms. should make that go away.
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Trying that now...will report back although I've switched to primo s sense 4.0 Rom and the problem seems to be gone :/
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Try different Sense 3.5 Rom if you are enabling beats audio. I've noticed that each some Roms don't give the fill Beats experience. It also could just be me. Also flash the xperia xLoud engine found on the Rom that combines rc mix and virtuous. I can't post links cause I'm considered a new member. I find that funny since I have been using this site for 1.5 years yet never signed up till now.

I'm on a sense 4.0 Rom and the problem seems to be gone been on this Rom for 2 days now and haven't experienced the problem! I know what Rom ur talking about....from xxxpachaxxx. That's the Rom I just switched from because of the problem
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Finally on the 3.5 Rom you were talking about I didn't have any fuzziness but I did experience increased battery drainage while listening to music compared to other Roms.
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power amp
i have tested a lot of music apps on a few phones and need to say that first of all the phone is responsible for the sound quality. Off course the headset is important parallelly ( i use denons plugs which i think are good enough). There is no doubt though that players quality differs. In my opinion power amp is the best ever app to play music on the android phone. You can adjust the sound as much as possible. PLayer pro seems to be good too but there is a kind of whisle noise in the background playing continously and it's disqualifying the app completelly. Other apps are not worth even trying

Amazon MP3?
I know some groan at the thought, but Amazon MP3 is also pretty decent. It's got a built-in EQ with some preset settings, and if you buy music from them at all, it's nice because it will interface directly with your Cloud account. You could d/l a bunch of stuff from your Cloud to your phone (if you have the room) before you go on your journey.
It's not the only music app I use, but it's not bad.

Best Desire ROM for playing music (FLAC especially)

Hi, I'm looking for a ROM that can play music very well and will also play FLAC files without interruptions or buzzing or any other distortion. I have been using MIUI XJ but I understand development has stopped and recently it seems it doesn't do the job anymore (weird buzzing during playback every now and then). Maybe its not the ROM, i don't know. Tried with 2 sets of headphones and it's the same.
At the moment I am about to install MildWild CM5.
Awaiting suggestions!
Thanks.

Maybe try this one: http://forum.oxygen.im/viewtopic.php?id=2365
Also which music player are you using?

I recommend RunnyRom...trust me it's the best i've seen, it has beats audio and other stuff,dont really know if there is much of a difference but it sounds better than my pc...

Beats audio on Desire is just equalizer setting.

k3lcior said:
Beats audio on Desire is just equalizer setting.
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Well yeah...like i said idk if it is a difference but...it still makes it the best rom for music

The fact that OP prefer FLAC files over mp3, I would assume he listens to his music without any or with little use for equalization.

Thank you all for replying.
Maybe try this one: http://forum.oxygen.im/viewtopic.php?id=2365
Also which music player are you using?
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Well, I will take a look and maybe give it a try. I'm using the default player in MildWild, Play Music v. 4.1. Before that it was just MIUI Music. Tried PowerAmp a while ago, but it really didn't impress me enough to convince me it's worth paying for.
I recommend RunnyRom...trust me it's the best i've seen, it has beats audio and other stuff,dont really know if there is much of a difference but it sounds better than my pc...
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I had (still do) considered RunnyRom as an alternative. I had used a ROM with Beats Audio before and it was awful. Beats Audio did not work, everyone recommended swapping it on the installation for DSP Manager, the latter being present in MildWild as well. Beats is pretty wide spread these days, but it doesn't always function properly. It's just a brand gimmick anyway.
The fact that OP prefer FLAC files over mp3, I would assume he listens to his music without any or with little use for equalization.
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This is correct. I don't ever use equalizers, although there are a few exceptions. With the HTC Desire I think it's mostly the headphones that make a difference. Unfortunately I don't have good ones. Bought Sennheiser CX 280 and the cable noise is like someone is tapping on the damn thing with their fingernails every step I take.
So thank you all for the suggestions. I will be checking them out. I was really hoping for a ROM specialised in music, I guess there isn't one.