While looking at headphones tonight, a question arose in my mind of whether it would be possible to get the Touch HD to monitor the surrounding noise through it's microphone, flip the phase and then "add" that to the music/video being played. That's effectively what active noise cancelling cans are doing. The HD has a microphone. It also has a headphone socket...
Does the HD support more than one audio output at once? would it be as simple as my mind thinks it is? Would the Blackstone have enough processing power to do this properly?
I can't program at all so was wondering if any of you more talented XDA-ers had thought of this!
Well, I had the same idea a couple month ago. A friends friend got onto it - some sort of "noise technician" with fancy lab and all.
Unfortunately he came to the conclusion that while it's no problem to program it, it won't be worth the time.
Why? Well, the noise that arrives at the mic of the phone is (technically) very different from the one that arrives at your ears. Noise cancellation effect would be close to zero - if not even make things worse. That's why all these noise-canceling Hardware solutions have the mic directly at the ear.
Dammit ... was pretty frustrated.
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Hello.
The Skullcandy FIX Bud headphones are the best headphones I've ever owned, however these headphones don't work with SGS3 (when trying dialing or answering a call, SGS3 looses connection to headphones, many apps don't even see the headphones at all, like skype. They work fine on SGS2...I've contacted Samsung regarding this and reply I got was basically saying "**** off")
So now I'm looking for wired headphones that have good sound quality (decent bass and not piercing high pitched sounds) with working mic (volume buttons are not necessary, but wouldn't hurt to have)
Noise canceling type (aka in-ear) are out of question, can't stand these. Also tried iphone type and they didn't have enough bass for my taste.
Any suggestion?
Thanks.
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is nexus 5 compatible with xperia z2's headphones?
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Digital-...TF8&qid=1408513988&sr=1-2&keywords=MDR-NC31EM
i'm asking because these headphones have 5 parts in their jack...that normal ones have 3 or 4 ...
Depends on what's your definition of compatible.
If you expect to just listen to music on it, then I think it will work. ( not 100% sure though )
But if you expect the noise cancellation to work, then I'm afraid you're out of luck. The noise cancellation will only work with sony Z2 as this earphone was actually built for the Z2.
R u Sure? cuz i know noise cancellation works fine with iPhone 5 and 5s
Iphones don't have the required internal component to even support noise cancelling. It could be some software gimmick but, it's definately not the same noise cancellation as on the Z2.
i'm more concerned about nexus 5 ... does is it support 5 part headphone jacks?
Given that I haven't seen anyone comment on their experience with this headset (or even mentioning buying them for that matter) I thought that it would be a good idea to share mine, and maybe answer any questions I can before buying your own.
First of all, the build quality is amazing, they have a pleasing matte finish, the earplugs are sturdy and fit snugly and the cable is thick.
Audio quality...TBD, my µSD is dying and I'm waiting for my new one to arrive (SanDisk Extreme Pro 64 GB) before putting any music on my device, will try with some podcasts or Spotify later on, but I really want to test this headset with some lossless tracks. I should be able to just use them with my PC, but I'm quite ill right now and I don't like the idea of getting out of bed and into the cold Also, I wouldn't be able to use them with the DNC.
Now, about that DNC... it seems off, I put a blank FM station and some spoken word on a rusty stereo system and activated the noise cancellation, with and without sound playing. It seems like the amplitude of the anti-noise is poorly calibrated, as, when there's no sound playing from my device, noise seems louder that without DNC. Perhaps it's because the only preset that works is the NC31EM and there's no preset for this one. With sound playback, the difference is minute; noise sounds a little like coming from an AM radio in any "noise environment" (the DNC profile).
I've got to mention that I'm running fw version 23.4.A.1.264, SLiM 4.4, with the removed packages re-added and with locked bootloader.
I really hope that Sony adds a proper preset for this headset in the MM update, or that this is a fluke in this specific firmware. In the meantime I'll keep on testing them and updating you guys (if you do desire). I hope this information has been useful to you.
I'll definitely be curious to see if Sony releases an update to properly support those earphones. I almost bought a pair on a recent trip to Japan, but now I'm glad I didn't.
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I'll definitely be curious to see if Sony releases an update to properly support those earphones. I almost bought a pair on a recent trip to Japan, but now I'm glad I didn't.
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Well this was just my experience, people in the Xperia forums say that it works fine… I'm guessing it is the firmware's fault.
I just got the MDR-NC750 and am also somewhat disappointed by the DNC feature. Those are my first DNC headphones and I don't have anything to compare the effect to, but I thought the noice cancelling would work much better.
I have a Z5 compact that offers a separate DNC profile for the NC750, that I have selected. I played around with the three profiles (airplane, bus, office) but the outcome wasn't so good. When I turn on DNC surrounding noise is slightly dampened. The low frequencies are pretty effectively blocked (great on an airplane, I guess), but high frequencies are almost not blocked at all. I tested the earphones with a TV/radio running in the background and some chatter of some people and could always here a lot more than I expected. Both mics are working as expected for sound recording, so that's not the problem.
Now I'm not sure if that's a bug or a feature, but can anyone with other NC earphones or the NC750s tell me how good they block higher frequencies and people talking in the background? Am I expecting too much? I already read that high frequencies are harder to block with active noise cancelling, but I thought that it would work a bit better.
Other than that they feel good, the sound is great, but the NC feature could be better, I think.
Does anyone know how or if it is possible to force noise cancelling on the Z5P?
I have the headphones that allow it, but my phones headphone jack won't recognize headphones. Wondering if there is a way to make the phone think you have those headphones specifically plugged in.
Thanks