[Q] Headphone Amp for the transformer - Eee Pad Transformer Accessories

I've been using my transformer for about 4 days now and I can say I'm really amazed by its sound qualities. Cracking-poping-sound-while-screen-off (which are solved by a slight overclock profile while screen off, at the expense of some battery life of course) issues aside the sound when its truly better than most stand alone PMP not to mention any iPod or the iPad itself.
So I'm wondering what headphone amp will be good match for it?, has anyone tried any?, thoughts?

Have you tried using Voodoo Sound? It does turn on headphone amp built in Transformer - but it could be not powerful enough for your particular headphones.

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hey guys, im looking for some bluetooth headphones or earphones to use withe S tab, I know that the tab uses 2.1+EDR bluetooth... so any ideas?
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I've tried using a pair I had already (sony dr-bt21g). The sound cuts out all the time on them.So just to advise really, if it's possible it would be a good idea to try a pair out with them connected to yout tablet.
Using Motorola s9-hds, work fine. When they're turned on all sound gets muted on the tablet and redirected to the headphones, when turned off it goes back to normal on the tablet again. Would recommend.
25-30 foot range which is better than I need it to be. Supposed to work with my PS3 too, haven't tried. The new s10-hds are supposed to be worse for range and sound but better for battery life.
Sennheiser MM400s no issues
Works good with Logitech Wireless Speaker Adapter for Bluetooth
I just paired it with my MW600 that I use with my Xperia ARC S.
Will get back with a little bit more detailed info when I have tested them a bit more.
but sync went ok and it sound good so far.
if you dont mind in-ear type earbuds id HIGHLY suggest lg tones-700.
Silver-Eye said:
hey guys, im looking for some bluetooth headphones or earphones to use withe S tab, I know that the tab uses 2.1+EDR bluetooth... so any ideas?
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im using nokia-bluetooth-stereo-headset-bh-505 with mmmmmmmmmmmmy tab s and works wonderfully clear and loud with music and movies got long range too but it's kinda bigger than my head but fits nicely on my ears and its comfy.
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Using Motorola s9-hds, work fine. When they're turned on all sound gets muted on the tablet and redirected to the headphones, when turned off it goes back to normal on the tablet again. Would recommend.
25-30 foot range which is better than I need it to be. Supposed to work with my PS3 too, haven't tried. The new s10-hds are supposed to be worse for range and sound but better for battery life.
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UPDATE - range is good, so is battery life but frequent sync/drop issues make these no good. Even with the tablet held up in front of my face I get drops in audio. Upgraded to the s10-hds, and although the sound isn't as good (or loud) the connection is pristine. No drops at all. Battery life is even better, easily beating the tablet itself.

Anyone using external amplifier throught Headphone Out?

as per title..anyone? mean to say PORTABLE.
I've stopped using gs2 to listen to music long time as the volume is too low and also finding harder to drive my headphones to full. Just only yesterday, my iriver broke and in the market for new player. Thinking whether should be better off with just getting Fiio E6.
yes, we do lack line out through usb (very hopeful that it'll be put on ICS) and the only way to connect is through headphone out which is already amplified.
impressions pls. Thanks.
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as per title..anyone? mean to say PORTABLE.
I've stopped using gs2 to listen to music long time as the volume is too low and also finding harder to drive my headphones to full. Just only yesterday, my iriver broke and in the market for new player. Thinking whether should be better off with just getting Fiio E6.
yes, we do lack line out through usb (very hopeful that it'll be put on ICS) and the only way to connect is through headphone out which is already amplified.
impressions pls. Thanks.
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volume is too low???? either your ears or s2 is done!!!!
think it's both. But yes normally I listen to a high level of volume and gs2 is the one of the lowest sounding device (ie through headphone out) i've ever owned. Not made for each other and made worst by owning couple of higher impedance headphones.
i have been using a FiiO E5 from when i had a n900, i think the volume is too low on the s2 aswell, i think you can get them for less than 20quid now, deffo worth it imo
thanks for that. I'm almost set my heart to buy one of these for later to be paired with sansa clip+ or similar. Probably will be cheaper and better than cowon's or sony x's. It's just curious what will be the effect on sound which is already amplified as HO in gs2.
Try Voodoo Louder from the Market for a 6dB increase, or the app in my sig for more than that. I use Brainwavz M3's with this app & find I only need to have volume at around 30% even in noisy environments (public transport, walking around town).
I've not found the S2 volume to be too bad, but I've used both one of the small "pop up" speakers, as well as a full blown amp, and a car headphone in socket - all absolutely fine.
you've tried Equalizer?, is in the market, is very good. regarding your original question, i use mine with logitech LB21, and it's sounds amazing.
Regards.
with Poweramp I think the sound is louder than the music original application, you can find it on the market
yes i use the E6 - it works fine and the quality is good.
Do not use any of the EQ's etc as suggested here to get it louder. The samsung internal amp can only go so loud without distorting - all u are doing with software boosts is dynamically effecting the music you are listening to. Somewhat like the radio does. It makes all of the instruments in the track as loud as each other by compressing the loudest sounds and lifting the volume of the lower ones. If you really want to get a louder performance from your phone use different headphones - that run on less ohms or use an external portable amp like any of Eii's series.
that's a very good explanation. I've also tried with low impedance headphones but still lacks the "punch". My bad as in OP I used the wrong word "loud" instead of "punch".
so what's the effect of E6 on already amplified Headphone out? just to amplify few dbs on all spectrums??
Rockbox on [email protected] and [email protected] with Voodoo [email protected] did improve the overall sound. Also maybe in that time, my ears started to adjust with the sound coming off GS2. Found similar thread here where ppl's had good experience with amplifer. Ordered Fiio E11 and will post impressions arrive.

What is that high pitched intermittent sound coming from my headphone jack?

I just bought a Prime with dock, upgraded to .21, and have an audio amp plugged into the headphone jack. There's a high pitch sound that goes on for around 10 seconds, then off for 10... sometimes its on for less (as little as a second). It's still there when the Prime's sound is muted. I'd say it's about as loud as a tone on a speakerphone at its lowest volume setting, but being a high pitch sound it carries throughout the house. I haven't had a chance to test it with earbuds yet.
Has anyone heard of this?
- Samsung Skyrocket i727 - ICS Leaked
- Asus Transformer Prime
Face Of Boe said:
I just bought a Prime with dock, upgraded to .21, and have an audio amp plugged into the headphone jack. There's a high pitch sound that goes on for around 10 seconds, then off for 10... sometimes its on for less (as little as a second). It's still there when the Prime's sound is muted. I'd say it's about as loud as a tone on a speakerphone at its lowest volume setting, but being a high pitch sound it carries throughout the house. I haven't had a chance to test it with earbuds yet.
Has anyone heard of this?
- Samsung Skyrocket i727 - ICS Leaked
- Asus Transformer Prime
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Its aliens.
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Problems With Low Sound Limiting? (CM10 on SG2 GT-i9100)

So I've spent a great deal of time troubleshooting with the TriggerTrap (triggertrap dot com) support about this and we can't find a solution.
I'm wondering if the mod is the problem.
The app works by sending out a high pitched sound through the headphone jack, into a dongle, which converts that sound into a trigger, basically, which fires your DSLR.
Problem is... I can't get it to fire.
Now, without the dongle plugged in (which plugs into the headphone jack), I can hear the high pitched noise completely fine, but when I plug the dongle in - it's not picking up the tone.
Through tests, it's become apparent that the dongle isn't broken or anything.
So what I'm thinking is, is the sound being limited when being put into "headphone mode", if such a thing happens?
Bump here... really need help. :/
Were you able to solve this? I also have this hardware now ... But all my androids won't fire up my Pentax K5
tapatalk HD @ Xoro 9719qr running @ Visture 97HD kasty ROM
Y not try a kernel like siyah/dorimanx.
Use stweak .
Which has a option to increase the db.
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Bluetooth audio quality?

So.. I bought the DNA today and am severely regretting this decision.. Wondering if anyone has experienced the same issue?
I have a Jaybird BlueBuds X bluetooth headphones. Compared to a lot of others, they have an amazing sound quality.. at least they had an amazing sound quality. When they were connected to my Galaxy S3 (running CM10.1 in the interest of full disclosure), they sounded as if they were hard-wired - no distortion, no buzzing, perfect sound quality.
I paired them with my new DNA, hoping for the same audio quality (and then some, due to famed Beats Audio) and... didn't get it.
So the problem I'm running into here is that they now sound like a pair of cheap, 10$ bluetooth headphones - the sound is distorted, there is crackling noise in the background, the music sounds like as if it's 64 kbps - barely usable, very unpleasant. As soon as I pair it back to my old S3, the sound comes back to life.
I've read the forums and understand that the OTA pushed out an update with some bluetooth fix.. I have the OTA (got it that way), so my phone is already running the supposed sound fix.
Has anyone experienced same problem? Especially with higher-end BT headphones? (Jaybirds, Sennheissers etc) Really like the phone, have been an HTC fan since WinMo days, but I simply cannot tolerate this BT flaw... Does it have to do with the BT chip that DNA has, or is it the BT stack/driver on this one?
++> On a side note - sound quality over wire is great.. so this a bluetooth only issue. The issue (noise) is more pronounced on higher frequencies..
I don't have BT headphones, but do have a Sony Xplod CD deck in my wife's Honda & pairing any of my HTC phones via BT sounds so horrible. However, I did get the HTC Steroclip for my Sony Xplod CD deck without BT in my truck & it sounds great. What gives? Was wondering if it might be the same issue as with the headphones.
I am running Creative 350's with apt-x codec and they sound great. I would find a set of headphones with apt-x. You won't be disappointed.
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I am running Creative 350's with apt-x codec and they sound great. I would find a set of headphones with apt-x. You won't be disappointed.
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Well, quite honestly, when i first started researching bt headphones for exercising there has not been a single pair that garnered the amount of positive reviews as the bluebuds.. plus they did sound amazing on s3. I did look for aptx - s3 uses it, but no workout headphones that had aptx had good reviews in terms of build quality etc.
I do wonder tho...
On dev.android under the about Android 4.2 JB it does mention that it got a new BT stack developed, replacing current BlueZ as well as updated low-latency audio.. maybe the new stack does indeed improve quality.
im going to flash the s3 with stock 4.1 and see how it sounds and then try a couple of variations of aosp stuff and report back..
Ps. I also found a mention of how s3 uses a2dp edr natively, whereas dna is using aptx... Its going to suck if this is truly a hardware issue...
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I don't have BT headphones, but do have a Sony Xplod CD deck in my wife's Honda & pairing any of my HTC phones via BT sounds so horrible. However, I did get the HTC Steroclip for my Sony Xplod CD deck without BT in my truck & it sounds great. What gives? Was wondering if it might be the same issue as with the headphones.
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I think Stereoclip has aptx.
So I flashed S3 back to Stock VRALF2, 4.0.x ICS, and played a couple of songs and still was getting crystal clear quality.. So it has to be the BT implementation in DNA.. Sad. Anyone has any insight into why/what could be the root cause? BT chip? DAC chip?
Thanks
If it helps any, Bluetooth audio sounds great in my 2012 Sonata.
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Do you know if the radio in your Sonata supports aptX?
Shoot I'm not even sure what that is. It sounds pretty much the same as when I have it plugged in tho.
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I use blue tooth in my car all the time and also over the blue tooth streamer for my receiver at home.
Sounds crystal clear and I have very nice speakers in both the car and at home.
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Is codec support built into blutooth or can codecs be added/modified. If so its a non issue. I would help with codec support if I were rooted
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Same issue. I streamed music from the same Google Music account, on both my Rezound and DNA, to the same receiver (2010 Infinity G37S).
DNA audio quality is noticeably bad. Especially in mid and high range. It sounds like very low bitrate audio, and/or very lossy compression. The Rezound audio quality over BT is nearly the same as wired.
I suspect HTC has deliberately chose to use a low bitpool value for A2DP w/ the stock Sense ROM. DNA now supports atpX. So, they gimped A2DP stream, with the goal being to sell more of their Bluetooth Stereo Clip product, that support atpX.
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Same issue. I streamed music from the same Google Music account, on both my Rezound and DNA, to the same receiver (2010 Infinity G37S).
DNA audio quality is noticeably bad. Especially in mid and high range. It sounds like very low bitrate audio, and/or very lossy compression. The Rezound audio quality over BT is nearly the same as wired.
I suspect HTC has deliberately chose to use a low bitpool value for A2DP w/ the stock Sense ROM. DNA now supports atpX. So, they gimped A2DP stream, with the goal being to sell more of their Bluetooth Stereo Clip product, that support atpX.
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If that's really the case.. shame HTC. My m25 ear piece supports aptx and sounds great playing music. In one ear...
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Jaybird + dna
I have a set of jaybird freedom's myself and have had no issues with bluetooth, beats audio or audio quality. One thing i have seen though is that some roms do not handle beats over bluetooth very well. The other thing you probably should look at is to make sure that it is pairing as a stereo audio device and not a mono audio device.
+1 for horrible quality here. I use these LG blue tooth ear buds and they just sound terrible. sounded fine on my gs3...and I used one of those jbl stereo boxes and it's awful.. and again fine on the gs3. sucks.
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I have a set of Sony bt headphones (bought on amazon a while back for around $40 way before DNA I had Bionic back then) that sound very good I also stream via HTC BT dongle to my Sony xplod in car with with Fosgates all around music sounds GREAT I can really tell the difference when Beats is off even more so when I flash Awesome Beats...I also noticed a setting the other day on my Sony deck for AUX VOL while messing with sub output I turned the AUX volume up now I'm really bumping hahaha
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DNA Sound Quality
I hope you haven't given up entirely on your DNA since your post because there are some options you can explore.
Did you try turning off "Beats Audio" in your settings? I purchased the Power Amp music player update and Power Amp and Beats Audio don't work well together. In my experience, the standard Music player that comes with your phone works best with Beats. Other music players may also have the same problem. Second question, did your problem go away with the latest update to Jelly Bean 4.2.2?
Good Luck,
tijayz said:
So.. I bought the DNA today and am severely regretting this decision.. Wondering if anyone has experienced the same issue?
I have a Jaybird BlueBuds X bluetooth headphones. Compared to a lot of others, they have an amazing sound quality.. at least they had an amazing sound quality. When they were connected to my Galaxy S3 (running CM10.1 in the interest of full disclosure), they sounded as if they were hard-wired - no distortion, no buzzing, perfect sound quality.
I paired them with my new DNA, hoping for the same audio quality (and then some, due to famed Beats Audio) and... didn't get it.
So the problem I'm running into here is that they now sound like a pair of cheap, 10$ bluetooth headphones - the sound is distorted, there is crackling noise in the background, the music sounds like as if it's 64 kbps - barely usable, very unpleasant. As soon as I pair it back to my old S3, the sound comes back to life.
I've read the forums and understand that the OTA pushed out an update with some bluetooth fix.. I have the OTA (got it that way), so my phone is already running the supposed sound fix.
Has anyone experienced same problem? Especially with higher-end BT headphones? (Jaybirds, Sennheissers etc) Really like the phone, have been an HTC fan since WinMo days, but I simply cannot tolerate this BT flaw... Does it have to do with the BT chip that DNA has, or is it the BT stack/driver on this one?
++> On a side note - sound quality over wire is great.. so this a bluetooth only issue. The issue (noise) is more pronounced on higher frequencies..
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