okay just an observation... and maybe an opinion, but today i got some senheisser HD 280 pro headphones and i was listening to music with the "beats" enhancement on, and i noticed it was very tinny with little to no bass while listening to derezzed by daft punk. I know what the song sounds like on my computer and with earphones, but it sounded much worse with the headphones.
so this lead me to the conclusion that either it was the headphones or the music player, the 3vo. to test, i plugged my headphones into my friends blackberry and i noticed it sounded exactly the same. so then i decided to change to the regular enhancer to without the beats mod, and i noticed pretty much little to no difference, and the song had little to no low/bass end sounds.
that's when i thought either the beats enhancement is either only for beats headphones or just not working with my senheissers. my friend was pretty much laughing at this and was convinced HTC's music player sucked.
after my friend left, i decided i would try something; i switched out the HtcMusic.apk and the HtcMusicEnhancer.apk for the stock ones (found in virtuous rom) that come with the preset equalizers and the SRS enhancer and immediately noticed a huge difference, the bass was actually there and it was more of a studio sound than the "beats" enhancement. as well the preset equalizers also gave more depth in the bass and low ends when set to jazz or blues, etc.
Now i am NOT saying that the beats enhancement doesn't work, i just think that the SRS and regular eq's are much more effective. maybe this is because i am not using the beats headphones or ear phones?
maybe I am doing something wrong?
is anyone else finding they are having this experience?
any feedback is welcome.
PS. personally i don't like Beats audio... i think its a bit gimmicky and just a way to advertise just because its Dr Dre, because beats vs bose, for the price range, you're better off going with the AE2's or the sound cancelling headphones for 169 and 349, respectively.
Beats is definitely a gimmick. So are Bose. I am listening to a pair of QC-2 right now, and they are average at best... the noise cancelling is not that great either. Luckily they were a company gift, otherwise I'd be pissed off.
Honestly associating with Beats by Dre just makes me want to look elsewhere. IF this somehow gets HTC to put speakers that don't SUCK in these phones, and headphone amplifiers that are halfway decent, then I'll be happy. I will definitely remove all sound enhancements though. When will people learn that this SRS-like stuff just butchers the audio? I want the pure sound... I leave my EQ flat so I can get a true studio response in most environments. In the car and living room I use auto EQ/TA but the user EQs are always flat.
I don't use the stock music app but use cloudskipper instead because of its great equalizer.
Beats is just bell curved.
Here is a screenshot of what sounds great for me right now. Change it to your preferences.
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Does anyone here use these headphones? I really want to purchase them and the reviews I found by google are pretty good. I just want to get someone elses opinion before I buy them. Thanks.
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I bought these off a UK website for about £20! They work great on my Universal running AKU 3.2. I had to implement a few registry tweaks to stop all the skipping, but after all the tweaking, it now works perfectly.
Sound for music is excellent. Volume is loud. The quality appears a little lower for voice conversations, but on my Universal, it transitions seamlessly most of the time from phone to music modes.
Be prepared for all the little problems that might happen, which probably aren't exclusive to these BT stereo headphones. As you probably already know, most BT stereo headphones don't work flawlessly all the time. Mine's been behaving very well 99% of the time though!
Hrmmm...you know anyone who uses these with a Blackberry pearl. My gf has that phone (i know horrible) and she really wants these headphones as well. I just don't know how well blackberry's do with BT headphones and stuff
You could try THEIR forums
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Hrmmm...you know anyone who uses these with a Blackberry pearl. My gf has that phone (i know horrible) and she really wants these headphones as well. I just don't know how well blackberry's do with BT headphones and stuff
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Take a look at the blackberry forums:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/
http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com/f78-blackberry_pearl_8100.html
http://forum.brighthand.com/forumdisplay.php?f=61
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?p=1053
These should give you a starting point.
Have a lovely day,
I've used them before and honestly, the sound is okay but NOT GREAT.
Try this combination:
iTech stereo bluetooth + Sony MDREX71 earbuds... You won't regret it...
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I have those earphones. They work allmost well.
Everytime I turn bluetooths on I must go to bt settings and activate headphones/headset or they wont work.
Sound quality is poor to my taste. But I hope there is something else to do with registry or stack.
I did that registry trick to bt value 58, but it sounds still like not enought hz. Like old radio or something.
But no wires and almost no skipping. I like it.
does any one have these and the s9 to compare it to them
vesseli said:
I have those earphones. They work allmost well.
Everytime I turn bluetooths on I must go to bt settings and activate headphones/headset or they wont work.
Sound quality is poor to my taste. But I hope there is something else to do with registry or stack.
I did that registry trick to bt value 58, but it sounds still like not enought hz. Like old radio or something.
But no wires and almost no skipping. I like it.
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Did you try pressing the MFB after bluetooth is turned on to initiate the connection?
Fitted the ear buds from my 2 day old CX200,s onto the stock HTC mic/earphones cable.
It was very easy to do and a great improvement over the standard phones.
I could never get the standard phones to stay in my ear properly and were very uncomfortable (small ears I guess).
Anyway here is the pic,s , let them do the talking
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Great job! I was just going about to do this but at the plug end. I was going to connect the extUSB plug to my current headphones, but this is a lot better.
I will never doubt the reasons for the hacks people do...some just do it for the hell of it and I am all for that.
But....I have to ask: Why?
3n1 adapter...and no re-wireing.
But excellently cool that you did it...although it is not really clear what you did. Did you take the tiny ear speakers and put them in the stock headphone cases or...?
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I will never doubt the reasons for the hacks people do...some just do it for the hell of it and I am all for that.
But....I have to ask: Why?
3n1 adapter...and no re-wireing.
But excellently cool that you did it...although it is not really clear what you did. Did you take the tiny ear speakers and put them in the stock headphone cases or...?
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I have the 3in1 adapter, but I think it is to bulky when travelling on the train and I can not use the stock speakers as they keep falling out of my ear and they are uncomfortable for me.
What I have done, is remove the stock speakers from the stock cable and then fitted Sennheiser cx200(these are the in-ear type) speaker to the stock cable.
So now I have the best of both worlds, stock cable with mic, dont have to use bulky 3in1 adapter when out n about and better fit/sound quality for my ears.
did you get improved audio quality as well? or was it bottlenecked by the HTC wireing?
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did you get improved audio quality as well? or was it bottlenecked by the HTC wireing?
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Well I am not sure about the wiring, I was talking about CX200 ear-buds sounding much better on the stock HTC cable, than the stock HTC earphones on the stock HTC cable.
I could hardly hear any low end sounds with the stock HTC earphones.
To me both cables sound very similar, maybe the HTC cable possibly not being just as loud, could be the in-line volume control or volume not being set right when being encoded to mp3.
The CX200 sound ok for budget range and my ears would not be the best for judging sound quality(years of extremely loud music - raves 1989 - 1995) and a bit of tinnitus.
Aha. Cool idea.
I have the same problem...small ears and the earphones are for some giant head.
I use some over ear buds with the 3in1 adapter.
Getting the bluetooth "dogtag" adapter in the mail shortly.
So recognized developer Chad Goodman, took a look at the Beats codebase back on Feb 18th, and had this to say over at Infectedrom... SOURCE
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the code in the beats audio drivers is insane.. totally nuts - serious time and effort did go into it...
just a fyi.
32 band active eq, activally updating at 96 updates per second
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There is two parts to the Beats equation, Kernel/Driver support, and Rom software support. If you are using a HTC Sense rom with Beats enabled, with the stock Evo 3D kernel, your only getting one part of the benefits. Chad has added the Drivers for Beats (the best drivers are from the Rezound) into the Kernel, so that if you are running one of his kernels AND a rom that supports Beats, you are going to experience the full effect. Chad has also been able to push almost ALL of the audio through the Beats system so that every app takes advantage of it in the newer kernels.
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i just expanded on what was there, and filtered all audio thru it
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i also disabled any and all audio processing in the DAC (digital to analog converter)
-i feel the DAC should have 1 job, and only 1 job - conert audio from digital to analog... no post-processing of audio, adjusting levels, etc
-all sound and audio processing should be done in the sound chipset - this leaves the CPU alone to perform other tasks
while not 100%, im pretty close to having ALL audio processing done in the sound chipset, removing most of it from the cpu
roms without beats, such as MIUI have noticed a huge improvement in audio quality when comparing audio in my kernel to the tiamat kernel that comes with the rom...
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The reason I am posting this is because I am tired of people reading about the over hyped Beats Headphone business and applying it to HTC's Beats implementation. They spent 350 million dollars for a 51% stake in Beats for more then marketing. I personally own two pairs of Beats, Solo HD and Tours, as well as some Sennheisers, and like each pair for a different reason. Talk all the crap on the headphones you want, but with full Beats integration and Beats Solo HD's or Beats Studios (i think they are called), Techno, dubstep, hip-rop, rap, pop, house music fans, and other bass heavy music fans will enjoy the extreme low-frequency performance, (better then my sennheisers that everyone bragged and boasted about and convinced me to buy)
Mods please feel free to move this thread-
Good thread, but haters gonna hate that's all
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Beats makes a big difference to me. I'm using Turtle Beaches most of the time and they sound good.
Beats user/owner here I noticed a significant difference in roms and Chads kernel. Everything sounds real good, clear and deep bass. Never a dubstep fan until now
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Good thread, but haters gonna hate that's all
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Dubstep does sound amazing with beats emulation and the headphones. Just became my favorite genre to hear when I'm doing homework lulz
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I am running Z3RD 1.5 with anthrax # 6 on my shooter, and i can confirm that the sound is amazing to say the least. Sounds atleast 10 times better than beats with stock kernel.
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dose anyone owns this earphones i want to know your thoughts on it i want to buy this one
I personally enjoy them Though I'm switching to Beats Solo soon
I got these one's too and they are just great.
Beats are good at bass but not at higher sound but this earphones can do both.
You will be amazed by the sound so just buy them
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These are the ones that come bundled with the X10, aren't they? I threw them away because they don't fit properly in my ear (they're not in-ear) and were rather uncomfortable.. just like the ones that come with the iPhone/iPod.
I got myself a Skullcandy one, pretty awesome sound quality..and not all that expensive either.
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These are the ones that come bundled with the X10, aren't they? I threw them away because they don't fit properly in my ear (they're not in-ear) and were rather uncomfortable.. just like the ones that come with the iPhone/iPod.
I got myself a Skullcandy one, pretty awesome sound quality..and not all that expensive either.
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Could've donated them these are so good quality!
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Could've donated them these are so good quality!
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Yeah, I was pretty annoyed tho.. I was expecting in-ear ones... I find earphones like this one extremely uncomfortable to use
they're crap and they constantly fall out of your ears.. I stick to my sennheiser IE8
They don't stick that well ni my eras, but when i twist them a bit, they stay in.
The sound i sreally good! I'm amazed at the bass they produce.
They can withstand xLoud en Beats (custom ROMs).
I also tried the earpieces tha come with the x10 mini pro.
Those ar true in-ear, but they sound horrible. It isn't comparible.
Bass reflex are the best for X10
Bass reflex are the best for X10
better than mw600?
for our x10 i can recommend to all the "Stereo Headset MH650"
they're comfortable and sounds rly nice
Replacement earphone w/mic
hi
I need to replace my earphone & would like to know if the LiveSound MH1 are fully functional?
Thanks
hi
nice
just got my HTC Boombass today,
its sound is great but have to turn the volume up
or you can only hear the Boomsound clearly instead of the Boombass.
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wooow looks nice
are you going to make a review about it later or is it just a bragging post ?
clearly a bragging post. :good:
someone in this forum also has the boom bass and has spoken about it already as well...
i have had one for a couple weeks now but didnt bother to speak about it because there are several vids on the internet about it... one more wont make any difference..
it does sound great with soundcloud. i have a grippy kind of case (waiting for the batter case i pre-ordered) so it stays put on the slide out floor thingy..
having the audio at max setting is the best way to get the most bang for the sound.
the crossover point could be a bit lower because you can hear some voice tones in the bass speaker.
overall its a great option to have tunes on the fly... go pick one up!
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just got my HTC Boombass today,
its sound is great but have to turn the volume up
or you can only hear the Boomsound clearly instead of the Boombass.
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What's the case/bumper you're using?
marctronixx said:
clearly a bragging post. :good:
someone in this forum also has the boom bass and has spoken about it already as well...
i have had one for a couple weeks now but didnt bother to speak about it because there are several vids on the internet about it... one more wont make any difference..
it does sound great with soundcloud. i have a grippy kind of case (waiting for the batter case i pre-ordered) so it stays put on the slide out floor thingy..
having the audio at max setting is the best way to get the most bang for the sound.
the crossover point could be a bit lower because you can hear some voice tones in the bass speaker.
overall its a great option to have tunes on the fly... go pick one up!
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Greetings!
I am actually considering picking up one of these puppies!
I have my One Max encased in an OtterBox Defender case. It's rather thick... do you think it will fit on the stand or will it hang over the edge?
Thanks!
it will most likely hang over the edge.
i have the htc battery flip case and it will not fit on the boombass stand, so i just flip the phone landscape and place it right in front of the htc boombass and dont use the slide out drawer for the boom bass. same difference...
Some can tell me if the sound is really good before buying it ? I tried this one with friends, very good sound, but the price is more expensive than Boombass ...
no way my friend the Bose is perfect in every product it has fantastic audio quality
i tried it
Ok thanks, i order now BoomBass ...
:laugh:great order one for me and send it to me in Egypt :good:
I received boombass, really a great sound, but i've also bought an audio bluetooth receiver connected to my audio system to party with my friends !
I got a BoomBass and I really like it. Very decent sound. The only thing I don't like about it is that I can't really play with my phone while it's on, because it sounds better when it's set with the BoomBass instead of in my hands.
But it's a pretty slick device. To turn it on and pair it with your phone you just hold you phone over the top, and it activates via NFC. Kinda cool.