[Q] Sense vs. ICS sound quality - HTC EVO 3D

Has anybody else noticed just how much better Sense sounds? I flashed Joelz's CM9 kang and took a drive in my truck. Sense has a lower more responsive bass and overall a more rounded sound. There are entire drum beats I'm not hearing on ICS. I noticed this on the earlier builds too, so it's not specific to this one.
I've been messing around with DSP manager, but I still can't seem to get that sound. Anyone have a good DSP setup they're willing to share?

flomexico said:
Has anybody else noticed just how much better Sense sounds? I flashed Joelz's CM9 kang and took a drive in my truck. Sense has a lower more responsive bass and overall a more rounded sound. There are entire drum beats I'm not hearing on ICS. I noticed this on the earlier builds too, so it's not specific to this one.
I've been messing around with DSP manager, but I still can't seem to get that sound. Anyone have a good DSP setup they're willing to share?
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I just turn everything up all 10's,

flomexico said:
Has anybody else noticed just how much better Sense sounds? I flashed Joelz's CM9 kang and took a drive in my truck. Sense has a lower more responsive bass and overall a more rounded sound. There are entire drum beats I'm not hearing on ICS. I noticed this on the earlier builds too, so it's not specific to this one.
I've been messing around with DSP manager, but I still can't seem to get that sound. Anyone have a good DSP setup they're willing to share?
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I have (on the HD2, but I believe the cause my by the same).
It's discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1628041

According to Mike of MeanRom, none of the equalizer apps, including Dsp, work on the Evo 3d Ics leak. Adjusting sound in the app does not change sound tone. I noticed this over my headphones too. I don't have the exact post, but it is in the MeanRom forum.
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That must have something to do with it, but the difference is way past just an equalizer. People think it's drivers/libs related.
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Rom with beats

I got my 14 year old an evo 3d for Christmas and some beats headphones. What stable, everyday, no lag rom would you recommend with beats audio? Also does it make a difference with the beats audio in the rom? Thanks in advance.
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ok i'm just gonna say this for every one. Beats audio is a gimmick. I'm going to make a post later why this is so. but here is one that's nice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318005
To answer your question does it make difference yes and no.
Yes it does give more bass response, but at a cost it takes out the highs.
Here's an easy fix to get good sounding audio.
Don't use MP3'S They take out some of the upper frequencies of the audio file and it removes alot of the stereo effect. They just don't sound good.
But if you want more bass just get an eq app and boost the bass.
RedHeadMan said:
ok i'm just gonna say this for every one. Beats audio is a gimmick. I'm going to make a post later why this is so. but here is one that's nice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318005
To answer your question does it make difference yes and no.
Yes it does give more bass response, but at a cost it takes out the highs.
Here's an easy fix to get good sounding audio.
Don't use MP3'S They take out some of the upper frequencies of the audio file and it removes alot of the stereo effect. They just don't sound good.
But if you want more bass just get an eq app and boost the bass.
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Gimmick? Yes, but it does make a BIG difference for this phone. If you have a kernel with the Rezound drivers, expect a significant difference.
All I have done to the phone is root it. I believe I will need a rom to flash before the kernel? Any suggestions on a rom? Thanks for the info.
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ROMs
There's a list of ROMs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192661
From that list, I've tried Olympus Trinity 3D. It comes with Beats and a few 3D games.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327237
I personally found better results and more audio customizations with DSP Manager.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795233
But I don't have Beats headphones, so I don't know how the sound quality will differ.
If DSP Manager is enough that you don't need Beats, then CleanROM is fast and stable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193369
I personally like Airborne ROM. It's a nightly, so changes are being made often. It's fast, highly customizable, and Sense-less, using Launcher Pro as Home.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215054

[Q] Beats Audio doesn't work.

So I installed the Beats Audio mod of bassini and predator today everything works finde included LeeDroid Tweaks.
But my problem is if I change the sound enhancer to Beats Audio it won't start playing my music.
My ROM is KingCobra 1.5. What could be the problem ?
Use SRS mate. Much better sound quality
Beats is **** IMHO, headphones and software
stifler05 said:
Use SRS mate. Much better sound quality
Beats is **** IMHO, headphones and software
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Have to agree here. Beats is placebo effect and is essentially just an EQ setting.
Vdubtx said:
Have to agree here. Beats is placebo effect and is essentially just an EQ setting.
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Indeed, if you set up EQ by yourself you will have better improvements then with beats.
And about headphones, there is much better cups for that price.
But HTC is owner of beats and he need all promotion he can get. If that means put some EQ and promote it as big sound enhancer, then let it be.
For rizzle. Beats sounds like ish, I don't know why ROM developers even include them. It sounds especially horrible over stereo bluetooth.
people....it doesn't matter what your opinions of beats are, you're almost starting to sound like apple haters
what he wants to use is his preference at the end of the day
the guy's asked a question on this ROM regarding his beats EQ not working...either answer his question or "politely" don't bother posting. For all you know after you provide him with the solution he thinks of it as **** anyways so just answer the question.
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[Q] Beats Audio doesn't work.
So I installed the Beats Audio mod of bassini and predator today everything works finde included LeeDroid Tweaks.
But my problem is if I change the sound enhancer to Beats Audio it won't start playing my music.
My ROM is KingCobra 1.5. What could be the problem ?
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are you using v10 from his thread? and also didn't kingcobra include this in his ROM anyways?
Yes I'm using v10 and KingCobra doesn't include it so I installed via Aroma installer.
After giving a try to SRS I can say the quality is really better than normal. I just wanted to test Beats.
exactly...at the end of the day you should be the one to decide since its your phone
dteze88 said:
For rizzle. Beats sounds like ish, I don't know why ROM developers even include them. It sounds especially horrible over stereo bluetooth.
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I feel the exact opposite, I happen to love beats over Bluetooth going to my alpine head unit with jl audio 12 w7, infinity kappa interior speakers 1000 watt jl audio amp, vs any other sound enhancers ie Dolby srs, pop, etc... I cant wait till we get a new kernel with beats to roll on my newts sence 4.0 Rom...
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dteze88 said:
For rizzle. Beats sounds like ish, I don't know why ROM developers even include them. It sounds especially horrible over stereo bluetooth.
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Don't think so on my creative WP-350, actually makes it better.
Today I realised that I had turned on SRS all the time, and sound is very good too.
Anyway, beats is image, not for me, but for my friends when they see phone with 3D AND with beats.
As far as sound enhancers go.....thx and dts are the best ones for me....too bad they aren't on phones yet
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bluetooth sound issues

hello guys
i wanted to ask you if anyone hears the bad bluetooth sound quality from the htc one x+.
maybe i'm just to audiophile, but the sound on (good) bluetooth speakers sound terrible.
i read alot about it and found out a few things:
-i heard the issue is in the so called "bluetooth bitpool setting". manufacturers always this setting to low, so there are no problems with the connectivity, but the sound quality is bad. so the sound quality of the stock rom is really, really bad. i'm talking about listening music. specially the high frequencies are sharp and crashing...it sounds like a very bad mp3 file.
now there are custom rom's with fixed bitpool settings. i tried out a few ones and there is actually just one rom that haven't this bad sound:
cyanogen mod 10. all the oder rom's have this sound problem: cyanogenmod 10.1, android revolution hd 6.2 and stock...
do you know this problem? would love to use more rom's with good sound
mr_breaks said:
hello guys
i wanted to ask you if anyone hears the bad bluetooth sound quality from the htc one x+.
maybe i'm just to audiophile, but the sound on (good) bluetooth speakers sound terrible.
i read alot about it and found out a few things:
-i heard the issue is in the so called "bluetooth bitpool setting". manufacturers always this setting to low, so there are no problems with the connectivity, but the sound quality is bad. so the sound quality of the stock rom is really, really bad. i'm talking about listening music. specially the high frequencies are sharp and crashing...it sounds like a very bad mp3 file.
now there are custom rom's with fixed bitpool settings. i tried out a few ones and there is actually just one rom that haven't this bad sound:
cyanogen mod 10. all the oder rom's have this sound problem: cyanogenmod 10.1, android revolution hd 6.2 and stock...
do you know this problem? would love to use more rom's with good sound
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I also have this issue when listening to BT audio music in my car. I haven't tried any ROMs yet to compare.
From my brief amount of research it seems to be an issue that only pops up between specific hardware. My phone sounds great in some other cars but not in mine while the HOX and iPhone5 sound great in my car.
Just an update. I am running Elegancia's latest ATT release and it appears to have fixed the problem for now.
Just another update.
It appears audio is perfect upon initial pairing but after disconnecting the audio distortion comes back the next time the phone is automatically paired.
Why would it sound fine the first time you pair a device and then sound different the next time it connects automatically?
badtlc said:
Just another update.
It appears audio is perfect upon initial pairing but after disconnecting the audio distortion comes back the next time the phone is automatically paired.
Why would it sound fine the first time you pair a device and then sound different the next time it connects automatically?
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If you're experiencing this on the Elegancia ROM, let Steve know about this.
joey-pagan said:
If you're experiencing this on the Elegancia ROM, let Steve know about this.
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I would love to, but how? I can't post in that forum.
Have a read at this FAQ concerning postcount limit.

[Q] Better audio with Beans 20 ROM

Hi all,
I'm running a Verizon GN2 with Jellybeans 20 ROM. I use Google Play Music for all my music and would like to stick with that. All of my listening is through the earphone jack, I'm not concerned with loudspeaker volume or quality. I switched from an iPhone 5 and Spotify and am not finding the audio quality on the GN2 to be as clear. The volume is fine though.
What kernel/app combos do you recommend? I would prefer to stick with the Jellybeans preinstalled kernels if possible but am willing to try others if they would be better. Some folks have suggested Perseus/Stweaks and the default gain mod, and I'm looking into them, but my understanding is they primarily increase the
volume and not the clarity, and may not address my issue.
Should I try Viper4android and AC!D?
Please let me know if there are others I should research.
Thanks for reading.
Sith
Neak kernel and the uNeak app to go with it. Best sound I've ever heard
Here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2194688
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hopesrequiem said:
Neak kernel and the uNeak app to go with it. Best sound I've ever heard
Here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2194688
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Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know if Neak is compatible with any of the SDswap options when installing Beans 20 and if so, which one (PBJ, Perseus etc)
Faux has boeffla sound. Its pretty good. Sincee flashing kernels is easy peasy try out and see which sounds best to you. I might be wrong but since beans rom has the option to choose kernel before sd swap im assuming our tw kernels all are good for swap. Ive never used the sd swap so id be safe and make sure for more advise on that.
Thanks guys. I installed Perseus/Stweaks which didn't improve things much. Now I'm running stock beans with Viper4Android which is pretty good but was a little complicated to install. Faux/Boeffla sounds interesting and I will try that next time I flash.
PB&J also supports Boeffla sound. Boeffla is good if mostly what you want to do is enable the high fidelity features of the Wolfson DAC. But you need good phones to hear the difference. It also lets you set the gain. It has hardware based
EQ but that does not work for me Using Pandora. Though it may work with other sound apps. Put another way Boeffla is for a clean, minimum signal chain.
Viper used for basically complete control of your sound. There is no way to describe it in a sentence or two. It's kernel independent and you install it by downloading a zip, extracting the APK and installing it by clicking on the APK. You can do all of this in Root Explorer. I used to be from the less signal processing is good processing, but I have become a big fan of Viper.
A Google search on Viper4android well bring up the XDA thread as the first hit.
Boeffla and Viper can coexist, but of course the recommendation is to only run one sound mod at a time.
It can seem daunting all the settings but the first couple of posts do a pretty good job of explaining them.
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sithjedi333 said:
Hi all,
I'm running a Verizon GN2 with Jellybeans 20 ROM. I use Google Play Music for all my music and would like to stick with that. All of my listening is through the earphone jack, I'm not concerned with loudspeaker volume or quality. I switched from an iPhone 5 and Spotify and am not finding the audio quality on the GN2 to be as clear. The volume is fine though.
What kernel/app combos do you recommend? I would prefer to stick with the Jellybeans preinstalled kernels if possible but am willing to try others if they would be better. Some folks have suggested Perseus/Stweaks and the default gain mod, and I'm looking into them, but my understanding is they primarily increase the
volume and not the clarity, and may not address my issue.
Should I try Viper4android and AC!D?
Please let me know if there are others I should research.
Thanks for reading.
Sith
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Try this it worked great for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931970
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AC!D
Viper4Android (depending on what IRS files available/headset)
Stweaks/Pegasus for changing the max dB/turn off all options in there
definitely the best.
Now I'm running PBJ/Boefella now on Beans 20 (had to reformat my microSD to FAT32), and it's pretty good. Kinda torn between this and Viper but they're both good.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

Any way to fix low sound on AOSP Roms?

Since AOSP Roms have been rolling around, I've tried just about every single one available for Verizon users atm and all have a noticeably quieter sound output through the speaker and headphones, or aux.
Coming from stock LG based ROM, I can notice that stock volumes were much louder and I was wondering if there is any way to tweak something in the system to acquire louder output on AOSP?
BrUhNiGGs said:
Since AOSP Roms have been rolling around, I've tried just about every single one available for Verizon users atm and all have a noticeably quieter sound output through the speaker and headphones, or aux.
Coming from stock LG based ROM, I can notice that stock volumes were much louder and I was wondering if there is any way to tweak something in the system to acquire louder output on AOSP?
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As of right now I don't think so. You can maybe play a around with Viper4android. Once kernels start floating around and its patched with Fauxs sound drivers you can use faux sound app to bump volume up. Done it in the past for many LG phones on AOSP.
His: HTC One M8
Hers: LG G3
Have you seen this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56782895&postcount=145
BrUhNiGGs said:
Since AOSP Roms have been rolling around, I've tried just about every single one available for Verizon users atm and all have a noticeably quieter sound output through the speaker and headphones, or aux.
Coming from stock LG based ROM, I can notice that stock volumes were much louder and I was wondering if there is any way to tweak something in the system to acquire louder output on AOSP?
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Use the method Spotmark linked you to. Works great, AOSP is now the same if not louder than stock.
Backup your current mixer_path file first just in case.
I did it all with ES Root Explorer. The file is located in /system/etc and you want to set permissions to RW-R-R then reboot.

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