Panoramic three-dimensional audio on WM6
New product markets are emerging that not only require improved audio performance but also have additional audio challenges specifically with small speaker drivers and closely spaced speakers. Products such as laptop computers, advanced mobile phones with stereo speakers, and even small stereo equipped speaker cradles for MP3 players each have stereo imaging and bass performance challenges.
SRS WOW XT, which is based on the company's SRS WOW technology, was developed specifically to address products designed with closely spaced speakers drivers. In addition to the features of SRS WOW, SRS WOW XT adds specialized versions of SRS 3D and TruBass to ensure a very wide stereo image and improved low frequency performance.
SRS WOW XT(tm) provides a panoramic three-dimensional audio image and improved low frequency performance through use of specific processing controls, expressly designed for small, closely spaced speakers drivers. SRS WOW XT provides a cost-effective, demonstrable audio improvement without the need for expensive hardware design changes.
And now all this aviable for smartphone with WM6! Work nice on my HTC Tornado.
Here's the file:
http://rapidshare.com/files/81035338/SRS_WOW_3D_Surround[/url] _and _Bass.rar.html
P.S. After installation you must reboot a smartphone before use program.
Note: Tested to Work on Smartphone with WM6 ROM but I hope it will work with yours too
Any diferent with just a single speaker as the Hermes has???
Over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356542
i have a samsung s3 ,
recently i went to buy a pair of headfones ..
whn the store guy attached a beats earfone.. it suckd and he said beats are not compatible wih samsung fones
and showed me others which sounded pretty well
and now i ask,,,,, are differnt headfones play well only on some devices ?
im not askin abt mic and stuff .... i mean sound quality
i plan to order a sony xb90es online but will it play music as good as it would on a sony fone ?
There are multiple ways to answer that, so I'll give as little info as you want AND as much as there is.
1: Store clerk is not correct. Different devices can power headphones differently. Some will not have sufficient output to drive a large pair of on-ear headphones.
2: Beats DO suck. Lots of bass that drowns out the mids and poor highs. For half the price, you can get much better sound. See my guide below.
3: xb90 should be fine. The phone manufacturer means NOTHING. Samsung has (in some devices) the best smartphone sound quality through headphones on the market.
4: The full truth behind the devices, lots of learning: http://www.head-fi.org/t/607282/headphone-amp-impedance-matching-basics-you-need-to-know
-No longer accidental, just Jeremy. F.cfb
[Guide] Headphone/Earphone Buying
I second that. Beats earbuds do suck (bass heavy), but I'm wondering if the sales guy was actually referring to controls (intended for iPhone)? Typically IEH with inline remote/mic have single multifunction button (it should work with Android 4.x phones) and volume up/down (only works with iPhone). Some older Beats in-line controls dodn't work with Android phones (internal resistor value is diferent). If you check out my signature, in a review list under headphones section, I recently reviewed Syllable headphones (carbon copy knock off of Beats Studio 2012 edition) and that inline control (also copy of Beats) didn't work with my Note 2. While, I have another Beats earbud knock off with a newer in-line remote design and it works fine.
In general, don't just look at the "Beats" label as definition of quality. Too much hype around these products with $100+ markup which goes into Dre's pocket. I just reviewed Meelec M-Duo IEH with a dual driver design ($73 on Amazon) and they have really good SQ and great bass enhancement.
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When you compare the mi5 and the OP3 we can notice that the audio quality of the mi5 is better. The mi5 uses integrated Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec which delivers high quality audio but my real question is, can we get the same audio on the oneplus 3 as they both have the same snapdragon 820 chipset? I dont have much knowledge about if it would work or not but if there is a possibility then we should try to port it.
You must be doing something wrong, the audio quality from the headphones from both these phones is near identical. Qualcomm Aqstic is a marketing gimmick as Qualcomm processors don't even use that good DACs to start with. The OnePlus 3 uses an NXP audio amp which I'm pretty sure the mi5 doesn't have an off board amp which makes it so that the OnePlus 3 can drive bigger higher impedance headphones. Now you probably have some sound enhancements enabled on your mi5 which CHANGE the sound not make it better. Look in your audio settings you probably have the Mi sound enhancement thing on
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You must be doing something wrong, the audio quality from the headphones from both these phones is near identical. Qualcomm Aqstic is a marketing gimmick as Qualcomm processors don't even use that good DACs to start with. The OnePlus 3 uses an NXP audio amp which I'm pretty sure the mi5 doesn't have an off board amp which makes it so that the OnePlus 3 can drive bigger higher impedance headphones. Now you probably have some sound enhancements enabled on your mi5 which CHANGE the sound not make it better. Look in your audio settings you probably have the Mi sound enhancement thing on
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I don't own either of these phones, in fact I have an LG G4 and I am planning on buying either the mi5 or the oneplus 3. According to all the reviews the audio is better on the mi5 so I was wondering if we could port this on the oneplus 3. I don't know much about DACs or amps so I wouldn't really know but if the mi sound enhancement works on the mi5 then why couldn't we port that to the OP3?
If you plan to root the phone, install viper4android, best audio enhancement I've come across... Used it for the past 4 or 5 years on 3 or 4 devices now.
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I don't own either of these phones, in fact I have an LG G4 and I am planning on buying either the mi5 or the oneplus 3. According to all the reviews the audio is better on the mi5 so I was wondering if we could port this on the oneplus 3. I don't know much about DACs or amps so I wouldn't really know but if the mi sound enhancement works on the mi5 then why couldn't we port that to the OP3?
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My brother has the LG G4 and this thing blows it out of the water in terms of straight sound quality no mods. The test done by GSMArena that shows it underperforms in the headphone area was before a sound quality software update i think 3.2.0 or w 3.2.1. it should be on par with the mi5 in sound quality at least. it can drive headphones very loud also so its not like the Galaxy S6 with very good sound quality but not loud at all
Has anyone reading this ever compared the HTC 10 to either the Sony Xperia X Performance (XP) or the newer Xperia XZ with regards to headphone quality? (Note: The XP & XZ use the SAME audio technology from what I've read/heard).
If so, please tell me about your experience here. Please provide as many details as possible............like what headphones did you use, what genre of music and type of quality (mp3, CD-Quality, Hi-Res, DSD, etc) was selected. Did you use an amp/DAC device in between them (I'm hoping not only b/c that wouldn't tell me which phone was better lol)? When comparing, which one sounded clearer? Had the wider/more expansive soundstage? Handled instrument separation the best? Won out on bass, mids, and highs/treble rendering?? Etc.
I know the 10 will get louder than the XP/XZ b/c of what I've seen in comparisons done by professional reviewers, with the 10 showing to have a higher output voltage. But volume is just ONE component.
I look forward to hearing from you all!
Well it says that it supports Hi-Fi audio. But how Hi-Fi is it? What DAC is inside? In particular, I would like to know how the sound quality is from the 3.5mm audio jack compared to Hi-Fi mode of LG v30, my current phone. I simply cannot get a phone that downgrades my audio experience, you know?
Even I am interested in this. The specs talk about Hi-res audio. It has Dual 5-magnet speakers with dual NXP smart amplifiers and PMIC internal dual amplifier according to the specs. Does it really have a DAC or does it only have amplifiers. How is the sound quality. I would really like somebody to post their review.
DAC Performance
I don't have technical details on the DAC inside, and I have don't have v30 to compare, but I can tell you that the sound quality combined with DTS is amazing.
I am quite an audiofile and I was impressed with the sound quality. I don't like the bundled earphones unfortunately. I used my BT headset.
I have a P20 as well, which is a much more expensive phone with a DAC, and 5Z's sound quality is comparable. I love P20's headphones though.
The most important and the best thing about 5Z is that DAC/DTS works for bluetooth headphones as well. I have not seen any phone having this feature (may be S9, but I don't know). With phones such as OP, I had to root and use Viper4Android to make by BT headphones sound better. Now, with 5Z, I can keep my phone unrooted and enjoy the great audio experience.
Unfortunately, I don't like the UI and animations of 5Z, and I would use a custom rom when available. I am sure such roms will come for 5Z because with such high-end specs and aggressive pricing, many developers would buy this phone
Cheers
Andrew Lin said:
Well it says that it supports Hi-Fi audio. But how Hi-Fi is it? What DAC is inside? In particular, I would like to know how the sound quality is from the 3.5mm audio jack compared to Hi-Fi mode of LG v30, my current phone. I simply cannot get a phone that downgrades my audio experience, you know?
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The sound is good but not on par with LG g6 for example. LG is way ahead in the sound part.
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I have both LG g6 and g7 but the Zenfone 5Z's sound is the best!!
5z doesn’t have any dedicated DAC as per few video reviews beebom or igyaan audio quality and amplification via headphone jack is not that great. I have a v20 with root and high impedance mode always on. I don’t think this phone compares to any of the recent LG flagships in terms of audio quality.The only place where 5z beats LG would be in the loudspeaker setup where 5z has stereo setup.
gautam.malik said:
I don't have technical details on the DAC inside, and I have don't have v30 to compare, but I can tell you that the sound quality combined with DTS is amazing.
I am quite an audiofile and I was impressed with the sound quality. I don't like the bundled earphones unfortunately. I used my BT headset.
I have a P20 as well, which is a much more expensive phone with a DAC, and 5Z's sound quality is comparable. I love P20's headphones though.
The most important and the best thing about 5Z is that DAC/DTS works for bluetooth headphones as well. I have not seen any phone having this feature (may be S9, but I don't know). With phones such as OP, I had to root and use Viper4Android to make by BT headphones sound better. Now, with 5Z, I can keep my phone unrooted and enjoy the great audio experience.
Unfortunately, I don't like the UI and animations of 5Z, and I would use a custom rom when available. I am sure such roms will come for 5Z because with such high-end specs and aggressive pricing, many developers would buy this phone
Cheers
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I sincerely hope you weren't serious when you said you are an audiophile!
First of all, you can't rate any phone's DAC or AMP performance by using BT headset. Bluetooth headphones have their own inbuilt DAC that they use to process sound when they receive audio in the form of digital signal via Bluetooth from the phone. Then by using their internal inbuilt DAC they convert that Digital signal to Analog signal.
Second of all, are you even serious when you rate Huawei P20/P20 pro sound as great ? Huawei/Honor phones have one of the weakest audio performance out there. Puny amp, okayish DAC, nothing more. Similar is the case with P20/pro.
"P20 is a phone with a DAC !" Which phone isn't the one with DAC? Every phone has one. Some use inbuilt one inside their processors, some employ custom ones for better sound fidelity.
"DAC/DTS works for headphones too!" DAC doesn't work for Bluetooth headphones, it's just that 5z allows to change sound settings of Bluetooth headphones from phone's stock settings. It by no way means that phone's DAC is being involved in Bluetooth headphones. It's simply not possible.
And DAC and DTS aren't the same things either that they can be written interchangeably.
I hope it helps. I by no way mean that 5z has bad audio quality but just corrected some of the things that weren't correct.
I frequently use aux in my car and this is the first device that doesn’t make distortion in sound during high volume. I love it. My car sound system is like concert place now.
The whole Hi-Res audio thing is mainly just marketing and playback support, less to do with the actual quality of the DAC and amp. Nowadays most smartphones can play 24-bit audio at high sample rates (eg. 192kHz). Sony marketed that for many years but their phones kept using on-board Qualcomm DACs with low output voltage (~0.35V from Z5 to XZ Premium). I have the Z5 and I think it's audio quality is good for IEMs but it can't drive some larger headphones very well.
ASUS says there's smart amplifiers but those seem to be for the speakers rather than the headphone. PhoneArena did a review recently and measured the output voltage of the headphone jack to be only 0.252V! That's even lower than the Sony Xperia XZ Premium (0.36V). Of course it's not the end-all, but a higher output voltage would be better at driving higher impedance headphones.
Some users talk about EQ modes sounding better but these things can't improve the quality of the hardware's output (eg. distortion and stereo crosstalk). All they can do is alter the tuning to your preference.
The DAC on the 5Z is just ok ; not audiophile grade by any yard stick . It struggles with high impedance proper headphones like ATH
Which ATH do you have? I had MSR7 and the Xperia Z5 (0.35V) was good enough to drive it for most songs. Does it hiss with low impedance IEMs? Do you hear any distortion or stereo crosstalk? Hopefully someone does measurements...
How does it perform compared to Xperia Z5 to XZ Premium?
I am currently having Sound Magic e80c earphones which have impedance of 64 Ohms. Can one confirm whether it can work on 5z? Currently I am using it with Oneplus One and it works fine.
wGRV said:
I am currently having Sound Magic e80c earphones which have impedance of 64 Ohms. Can one confirm whether it can work on 5z? Currently I am using it with Oneplus One and it works fine.
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You will be disappointed. As the output voltage is quite low, this phone isn't capable of driving high impedance headphones.
It's a shame that Asus is making fool of people in the name of "DTS headphone". I have e10C and I have to take the volume all the way upto 100% for movies.
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Which ATH do you have? I had MSR7 and the Xperia Z5 (0.35V) was good enough to drive it for most songs. Does it hiss with low impedance IEMs? Do you hear any distortion or stereo crosstalk? Hopefully someone does measurements...
How does it perform compared to Xperia Z5 to XZ Premium?
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M30x ..
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Rahul 2007 said:
You will be disappointed. As the output voltage is quite low, this phone isn't capable of driving high impedance headphones.
It's a shame that Asus is making fool of people in the name of "DTS headphone". I have e10C and I have to take the volume all the way upto 100% for movies.
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Yeah the DTS headphone X is a gimmick ..
I think there is presently no phone in the market which will come near LG V20, G6, V30 and G7 headphone audio performance, particularly with respect to driving high impedance ear/head phones. Actually, I am searching for another brand other than LG which will give a similar high end audio performance. I have a V20 and partnering that with my Sony MDR 7506 headphones or Venture Electronics MonkPlus earbuds (both having impedance around 60 ohms), the sound quality is awesome which I never found in other smartphones.
Andrew Lin said:
Well it says that it supports Hi-Fi audio. But how Hi-Fi is it? What DAC is inside? In particular, I would like to know how the sound quality is from the 3.5mm audio jack compared to Hi-Fi mode of LG v30, my current phone. I simply cannot get a phone that downgrades my audio experience, you know?
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Just sold my LG v30+ due to screen ghosting issues and bought the 5z.
The DAC is good for headphones.
I confirm my 5Z can drive my Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee(150 Ohms) when the volume is at 95%.
The sound is not as good as my LG V20's Quad-Dac though.
All these phones are nothing compared to a vibe p1 on resurrection remix
I have LG v20 and in the hopes of gettin listening to mind-blowing awesome sound, I bought FiiO music player and I couldn't get satisfied on anything. Poweramp on LG always destroys low end or certain frequencies (usually male voice) when pushed a little hard and when not pushed, there's no low end to talk about at all. FiiO has no low end frequency at all.
The only thing that came have a little satisfaction was my good old Lenovo Vibe p1 on resurrection remix. Seeing how you guys are rating LG v20 as great or the best, is there something I'm not doing to get the best out of it? I've tried it on earphones, Bluetooth etc but it just doesn't cut it.
XblackdemonX said:
I confirm my 5Z can drive my Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee(150 Ohms) when the volume is at 95%.
The sound is not as good as my LG V20's Quad-Dac though.
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May be it can drive .. but I find the audio fidelity not that great compared to even the A1 . Music just doesn't sound wholesome .
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i owned lg g6 and the 5z audio quality is not that bad by any means, it's quite OK by 2018 smartphone standard, with it's gimmicky features such as dtx, hi res audio support , etc.
the LG quad dac is the king in the smartphone audio for now, but again, the 5z audio quality is not bad, unless you are very picky about audio quality,
even lg g6 / v30 dac chip still can't compete with my iBasso dx150.
if you never use a true hi res audio player before, the 5z audio quality will be just fine for you.
even for me imho, it's good enough.