Stock Music app vs Google Play Music - sound quality? - Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've recently been playing with the different music apps on the S6 Edge, and in the process I've noticed that there is a difference in terms of sound quality between the stock Samsung Music app and the Google Play Music app. I compared the two apps (plus a few more from the Play Store), without any EQ, sound effect or anything like that, and noticed that they sound different. Why might that be? Might there be a difference in how they output sound to the audio hardware?

You can tweak audio settings in both but they both lead to the same menu. Google streams so it is WIFI quality dependant whereas the stock app local media

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Using Google Music (Play Music) with S Voice

I've noticed that all the main features of any music playing on this phone (sharing to other devices, playing with voice commands from S Voice) all use the Samsung Stock music player. (which is actually very good... but I have 100 Gb of music that's all in the cloud, no way I'm gonna fit that actually ON my phone)
Is there any way to get S Voice or the phone in general to consider Google Play Music as the default music player? I can OPEN it with S Voice... but I still have to mess around with the screen. Not much use if I'm driving.
Also, is there anyway to share music from the google one to things like the wireless receiver they brought out? I know you can from the Sammy Music & Video players but wonder if you can from others.
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[Apps] Apollo Music player and DSP Manager

Here is the link for apollo music player and DSP manager​
Installtion:
Download apollo.apk
Download DSPManager.apk
Install it normally don't push.
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Mankala said:
Here is the link for apollo music player and DSP manager​
Installtion:
Download apollo.apk
Download DSPManager.apk
Install it normally don't push.
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Whats the mod here? Screenshots please.
Is DSP Manager better than ViperAndroid FX?
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gonxsster said:
Is DSP Manager better than ViperAndroid FX?
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Nope
I ve never used viperfx.. And DSP manager will produce ggod Bass, and clarity in music.. one of the best equalizer after Awesome Beats
Mankala said:
Here is the link for apollo music player and DSP manager​
Installtion:
Download apollo.apk
Download DSPManager.apk
Install it normally don't push.
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Will this apollo player work on stock rom?
aravbb said:
Will this apollo player work on stock rom?
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No may be..
aravbb said:
Will this apollo player work on stock rom?
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Not work on stock rom ... I have XLQE
Just install Google Play Music..
Automatically syncs with DSP manager
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really good sound
dsp manager and apollo make by far the best sound for my music, I immediately noticed the difference, I downloaded other music players and by far nothing beats apollo and dsp manager and tbh I am not particularly fond of how apollo player works, i dont like the fact it doesnt have the ability to play music by folders and when you are searching for a particular song it wont give a drop down menu with pre-search matches like most other players do, it is clunky to make a 'play list' not really great for helping you search the song you need to find (specially when you got 10gigs of music in your sd card) but I just cant leave apollo+dsp player due to how amazing the sound quality is, and I know prob some musicians or sound experts out there can get better sound quality with other players that have the advanced features to tune different sounds but I am not a sound expert and I dont really know how to 'tune' this players to what I get out of the box with apollo+dsp manager.
Does anyone know of a player that syncs with dsp manager as well as apollo does, I tried a few but no cigar
d27redux said:
dsp manager and apollo make by far the best sound for my music, I immediately noticed the difference, I downloaded other music players and by far nothing beats apollo and dsp manager and tbh I am not particularly fond of how apollo player works, i dont like the fact it doesnt have the ability to play music by folders and when you are searching for a particular song it wont give a drop down menu with pre-search matches like most other players do, it is clunky to make a 'play list' not really great for helping you search the song you need to find (specially when you got 10gigs of music in your sd card) but I just cant leave apollo+dsp player due to how amazing the sound quality is, and I know prob some musicians or sound experts out there can get better sound quality with other players that have the advanced features to tune different sounds but I am not a sound expert and I dont really know how to 'tune' this players to what I get out of the box with apollo+dsp manager.
Does anyone know of a player that syncs with dsp manager as well as apollo does, I tried a few but no cigar
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Poweramp by far the best, believe me.
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d27redux said:
dsp manager and apollo make by far the best sound for my music, I immediately noticed the difference, I downloaded other music players and by far nothing beats apollo and dsp manager and tbh I am not particularly fond of how apollo player works, i dont like the fact it doesnt have the ability to play music by folders and when you are searching for a particular song it wont give a drop down menu with pre-search matches like most other players do, it is clunky to make a 'play list' not really great for helping you search the song you need to find (specially when you got 10gigs of music in your sd card) but I just cant leave apollo+dsp player due to how amazing the sound quality is, and I know prob some musicians or sound experts out there can get better sound quality with other players that have the advanced features to tune different sounds but I am not a sound expert and I dont really know how to 'tune' this players to what I get out of the box with apollo+dsp manager.
Does anyone know of a player that syncs with dsp manager as well as apollo does, I tried a few but no cigar
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Try Play music,,
Now I am using Viper4android with toggling between Play music and xperia walkmaan Music player... It is awesome..
Just buy a decent pair of in-ears (what I prefer) or buy good headphones.
Also it's a bit of a personal thing, others want more bass and less treble.. Also depends on what kind of music you listen.
Personally I like and have the Sennheiser CX-400 Precision, it produces a ''Lifelike Sound''. It all sounds really natural.
Also depends if you buy/download the song in ''Original state'' MP3 file in 320kbps or FLAC (around 1000kbps) or rip it from YouTube. Want to mention that you almost can't notice any difference between MP3 and FLAC when listening with normal speakers, with good headphones/in-ears you do but not a lot, but you can hear the sound is a bit more sharp.
The worst thing you can do is rip song from YouTube because it's already converted once while uploading it so audio quality isn't as good as the original copy, and then you are gonna rip it from YouTube and than it becomes again a bit worse, even if you convert it to 320kbps, it is already not a real 320kbps one anymore.
About the music players.. I'm stuck with Poweramp, with his features like cross-fade which you can set per ms, the themes you can apply for a nice KitKat/Jelly Bean or whatever you want interface, and the ability that you can long-press the song you're playing at the moment and get a pop-up of,
1) All the music from that specific artist.
2) The whole album of the relevant song you're playing.
3) The map where the file is in.
Good audio quality depends on multiple things.
Peace.
coffeecore said:
Just buy a decent pair of in-ears (what I prefer) or buy good headphones.
Also it's a bit of a personal thing, others want more bass and less treble.. Also depends on what kind of music you listen.
Personally I like and have the Sennheiser CX-400 Precision, it produces a ''Lifelike Sound''. It all sounds really natural.
Also depends if you buy/download the song in ''Original state'' MP3 file in 320kbps or FLAC (around 1000kbps) or rip it from YouTube. Want to mention that you almost can't notice any difference between MP3 and FLAC when listening with normal speakers, with good headphones/in-ears you do but not a lot, but you can hear the sound is a bit more sharp.
The worst thing you can do is rip song from YouTube because it's already converted once while uploading it so audio quality isn't as good as the original copy, and then you are gonna rip it from YouTube and than it becomes again a bit worse, even if you convert it to 320kbps, it is already not a real 320kbps one anymore.
About the music players.. I'm stuck with Poweramp, with his features like cross-fade which you can set per ms, the themes you can apply for a nice KitKat/Jelly Bean or whatever you want interface, and the ability that you can long-press the song you're playing at the moment and get a pop-up of,
1) All the music from that specific artist.
2) The whole album of the relevant song you're playing.
3) The map where the file is in.
Good audio quality depends on multiple things.
Peace.
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Yup most my music is either 192 or 320kbps just because I 'suffer' from real fine audio detection in my ears and it bugs the **** out of me when my music doesnt sound crisp and detailed with each instrument noticeable within the music. I call it 'suffering' because when I hear the fukin radio or some other low quality audio source (Pandora on low bandwith setting blaawhh).
So I immediately noticed when I played music through Apollo with the DSP manager in the settings I preferred. I have tried power amp, google play music, and many other players and equalizers in the Play Store and around the web (viper4android) and its just not the same for MY preference of audio. Granted I am not an audio engineer so it is prob me not knowing how to tune the different audio tools but for my low level audio exp Apollo+dsp manager in android kitkat has been by far my favorite.
d27redux said:
Yup most my music is either 192 or 320kbps just because I 'suffer' from real fine audio detection in my ears and it bugs the **** out of me when my music doesnt sound crisp and detailed with each instrument noticeable within the music. I call it 'suffering' because when I hear the fukin radio or some other low quality audio source (Pandora on low bandwith setting blaawhh).
So I immediately noticed when I played music through Apollo with the DSP manager in the settings I preferred. I have tried power amp, google play music, and many other players and equalizers in the Play Store and around the web (viper4android) and its just not the same for MY preference of audio. Granted I am not an audio engineer so it is prob me not knowing how to tune the different audio tools but for my low level audio exp Apollo+dsp manager in android kitkat has been by far my favorite.
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Try PowerAmp or V4A with play or apollo..
Damn good you will love it..
Metalhead081 said:
Try PowerAmp or V4A with play or apollo..
Damn good you will love it..
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The timebar in Apollo is so freakin small, can't skip normally without focusing on that line.
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The timebar in Apollo is so freakin small, can't skip normally without focusing on that line.
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And we can't skip to previous track in Apollo.
it is sooo wierd.
Play and walkman music players are quite good..
aravbb said:
Will this apollo player work on stock rom?
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I don't know your device but on my G2 D802 is working flawlessly. ..headset, sony soundbar (nfc-Bluetooth) ...is awesome...
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LG G2-D802 (The Dark Knight)
Rom : Stock (4.4.2)
Root/cmw: No
Bootloader: Locked
Backup Device : Xperia P-Lt22i (Sleek Shiny Silver)
ROM: MoonWalker HD V8
Kernel: Nemesis V6.3
Root/CWM: Yes
Bootloader: UnLocked
apollo and dsp are also my fave but i used to have zplayer before and that has excellent bass when enabled. removed it due to being over crowded. apollo is excellent

Strange problem with sound and EQ

Hello there
I bought honor 7 two weeks ago, as y'all know it hasnt come with built-in eq so i decided to install an eq app or mods like viper4android, dolby atmos, but i encountered some strange problem with the sound and music player.
my music archieve is mostly flac and also i've got couple of mp3 files problem is eq app and mods have no effect on these mp3 files when i use stock music player like if there's no mode or eq app working but i'm able to use these effects with google play music or another music players but except google play music and stock player im not able to use the other players on lockscreen.
Is there a way to use the other players on lockscreen or fix this sound processing issue ? i like stock music app's visuality but i can use another music app im open for all suggestions thank u.
Anyone?
Fixed it?

Real Sound not working

I wanted to fiddle with the EQ a bit to see what it's capable of, but it seems not to be working outside of the Music app. I tried different apps (YouTube, YT Music, Spotify) and only the Music app works. I'm on version RMX2001_11_A.38. My question is: can I enable RS system wide? Or am I limited to the Music app?
It's limited to music only apps! Ex- mi music, realme music, G Play music, etc.
Nope. It's not limited because I can get slight difference in youtube and other video and music apps

Android Master Audio Clock Issue

I have an Android e-book reader which now has been updated to Android 8.1 and I believe this will be its very last version from its manufacturer (despite being one-year old). It has stereo speakers and an audio out for headphones (through adapter) via USB-C.
There is an issue I haven't had with any other Android device before. It plays music faster, like at least x1.3 faster than its is supposed to. For example an audio file, mp3 or any other, on any of my smartphones is played backed normally, i.e. in the way it was recorded and without distortions. On the Android e-book reader the same audio files are getting sped up with the same audio player or any other used. I am wondering if anyone knows what Android setting controls the master audio clock and if this is somehow adjustable/able to control? The players I am using - any that I tried - do not have a setting for speeding up or slowing down the played back audio file and I am unsure if there is a system audio app that takes central control over all daughter apps at an user level? If so, how is it called and is it accessible via the Developer Options?
I don't listen to music on the e-book reader but am truly interested as to why the master audio clock is different to let's say on an android smartphone? Is this part of the SoC programming, or the CPU controls? The text-to-speech integrated app or any other sideloaded or downloaded via Google Play ones have voice playback controls but this is a little different. I want to know why default playback is distorted towards speeding up and it doesn't change - the tempo is perfect/doesn't change, it's just faster by default.
Many thanks for any informed feedback.

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