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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.

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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

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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

What is the best music player?

Which app gives me best sound quality? I WOULD like it to be free but I also dont mind paying if it will blow me away.
I've tried a lot of different players but so far I am not convinced on any of them.

I have paid for both MixZing and poweramp and to be honest i now prefer the new stock music app. It's the UI more than anything I suppose. I haven't really noticed a difference in how the music sounds as far as the player is concerned, but once i splurrged on a good set of ear phones I did.
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I've used several, from Winamp to Poweramp, but I prefer the stock Google Music app. CM's Apollo is nice also imo.

Stock Jelly Bean music play or PowerAmp (Full ver is 5 bucks I believe)
I recommend PowerAmp if you wanna have best EQ you could ever find in any music player
If you just want nice UI and overall just good music player, stock is prob the best choice. It also has a basic EQ which you can customize a little.

I like PowerAmp purely for the better gapless playback support.
Second long gaps between songs on the stock player drove me insane.
Also, no software player will magically increase the sound quality of your music.

PowerAmp all the way. Been using it for a while.
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cwhitney24 said:
PowerAmp all the way. Been using it for a while.
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Does this happen when scrolling lists on your phone using the latest poweramp?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd4ZvjX63EU

Matt08642 said:
I like PowerAmp purely for the better gapless playback support.
Second long gaps between songs on the stock player drove me insane.
Also, no software player will magically increase the sound quality of your music.
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That's the only thing I hate about the stock player.
No gapless ruins the listening experience on some albums.

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.

Music Player Vs Power Amp

The stock music player sounds much better on my earphones.. compared to power amp.
Does it mean the wolfson hardware only works for stock music player?

eletro said:
The stock music player sounds much better on my earphones.. compared to power amp.
Does it mean the wolfson hardware only works for stock music player?
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If stock music player sounds better, you really should try to play with the equalizer of poweramp. For me Poweramp is the best.
I hear a huge difference with my s2, so the wolson hardware is really doing it's job.
regards

same here , poweramp has better preset eq , make sure you get the latest ver of poweramp

Oh ok, thanks guys.. will try out.

u might want to try neutron music player also

Another + for poweramp. Nothing I've used comes close
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I'd have to say my favorites would be poweramp or player pro.
At the minute though, I'd sway towards poweramp.
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FallenOut said:
u might want to try neutron music player also
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Agreed, neutron player is unreal. It's got everything you could ask for. Better quality than even poweramp.
Give it a go.

I keep switching between power amp and player pro. The only think I dont like about power amp is that even when it's closed it continues to run in the background using memory. I have been using the stock player more lately though.

I used Poweramp on my play but then tried out N7 player and fell in love with it, great user interface and the sound quality when using the equalizers was so much better IMO.
However using N7 on the S3 I found I had to tweak it more to get the sound I was after, not sure if that`s anything to do with the device though? Still using the same earphones as I did on the Play (Skull candy).
Think I`m gonna try poweramp again and see what if any difference there is now.

At first my favourite music player is Neutronmp.
It can play as much as my demanding : file type, format, bitrate.....never ever found one file that neutronmp cant play....exclude .dts.
Sounding so far v.s others app in detail and clearity....
Now, I put my eyes on vlc app. It even can play both tta and dts (not only .tta 6channels like neutronmp).
Vlc is not yet release officially, but a promise to be a king of music app
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bungknees said:
Agreed, neutron player is unreal. It's got everything you could ask for. Better quality than even poweramp.
Give it a go.
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I must diagree, neutron sounds more "cold" and less focused compared to poweramp. It has also a lack of bass in the eq settings, even if you max everything out poweramp bass boost beats neutron in all aspects.
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+ for power amp! It got everything you need.
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Power Amp still best sound on a Music Player?

Man, there are tons of them now.
Bells and whistles are secondary...I need good depth of sound. Power Amp always held that crown for me.
Short of using them all, anyone have any candidates that rival that app?

PowerAMP for me too..

hey xda
+1
for me poweramp and dsp manager rules my note 2
greetz benji

no, neutron player is muuch better :fingers-crossed:

Music Folder Player, in addition to forward it also has backward track, and excellent sound quality.

Equalizer app + Poweramp does it for me!

TW music player + sound alive = win
but there is no lock screen controls which is sucks :/

yahyoh said:
TW music player + sound alive = win
but there is no lock screen controls which is sucks :/
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better than poweramp equalizer?

agrttc said:
no, neutron player is muuch better :fingers-crossed:
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Tried this one, personally I think it's crap
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DMax99 said:
Tried this one, personally I think it's crap
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+1
(Sadly) it´s still poweramp for me. "Sadly" just because I don´t like the interface very much. Has anybody seen the "Walkman" app around here? The one that comes with the AC!D package? THAT is a nice looking piece of musicsoftware (at least for me!) But it doesn´t matter as it is not near the sond quality of powerAmp AND (much more important) WALKMAN has no option for genre-sorting!!!
I always feel to try Songbird again, as it really looks nice and sleak...but I always find myself deinstalling it again because it´s still just too laggy.
So soundwise it´s still PowerAmp. When it comes to simplicity and look --> Walkman app!

yes I agree w/Power Amps interface. Incredibly counterintuitive.
But it speaks to the sound of the app cause I'm more than willing to put up with it.

rockky said:
Incredibly counterintuitive.
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Exactly, and furthermore pretty much unpractical for one handed usage. I don´t know why there are still no themes out there for poweramp...I think when the developer would open up the skinning possibility to the users, there would be a hell more to squeeze out of that app^^

Always have been a Power Amp user but recently have been using n7player.... So far so good, love how it looks more than anything.
Trial version available and full version on sale at the moment!!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.n7mobile.nplayer
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Still Power Amp. Don't really look much at the player, i'm using the widget, form where i play the music.

extrememonkey said:
Always have been a Power Amp user but recently have been using n7player.... So far so good, love how it looks more than anything.
Trial version available and full version on sale at the moment!!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.n7mobile.nplayer
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I'm a Power Amp user. Agreed on the interface, its nice enough looking but a bit counter intuitive.
Now this N7player - very good except for one thing. It doesn't do gapless playback (like the default player and many android players seemingly, unforgivable in 2012), until it does, it's a deal breaker Unless I've missed something?

Gold Standard
Its difficult to argue that PowerAMP is not the best and baddest sound on the market. With 3 years running, no one has really held a candle to PowerAMP.
However, I really value the sound quality of Rocket Music Player Premium. It has a great looking interface and sounds as good as PowerAMP IMO.
Bells and whistles are always nice and PowerAMP has plenty of them but I really value the supported audio formats.
RMP Premium also supports media formats outside of the Android supported formats.
PowerAMP is definitely still the "Gold Standard" but there are many players that are comparable. At the end of the day you have to go with works best for your setup - for me it is RMP Premium.
Take it easy.

What I really miss on MOST of the players is a good and customizable tree structure (accessibility) of my music. I always start my "music-adventure" with the genre tree - and the following should just work like I am used to it from my PC (on every software I´ve ever used):
Genre --> Artist --> Albums --> Songlist
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It´s that easy!
But what is it that I have to find on MOST players?
Genre --> Albums --> Songlist. ...or worse ...Genre --> Songlist
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Now imagine the chaos that I always feel confronted with when some (a lot) of my beloved artists produced a LOT of albums (scrolling ´till tomorrow). I just can´t understand that this is not a standard anymore (at least an OPTION so that people who don´t care are allowed to customize it).
PlayerPro is in someway better than poweramp, as it allows you to customize the tree a bit more. However, the interface looks kind of ugly to me.
So for me as a music-loving guy it is still a very sad situation on the android market.

Just discovered ttpod. Seriously nice UI with lyrics and for some reason actually sounds better than power amp for me, but in don't do any customization of the equalizer settings in both. But yeah the theme and the awesome sound out if the box, and the fact that it is FREE just makes it flawless.
You guys should try it out. It's available in English too, if you guys are wondering.
PS: My gear is a jvc fxt90 iem.
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power amp for me

stock music player +music equilizer+volume mod...
n plz change the name of the thread....its not the power amp thread..plz mate