I'm seriously tired of the garbage DAC in my phone, so if I put one of the Jellybean ROMs on it, would the FIIO E7 work on my phone?
http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-Portable-Headphone-Amplifier-Black/dp/B003N0XDT4
c0reyl said:
I'm seriously tired of the garbage DAC in my phone, so if I put one of the Jellybean ROMs on it, would the FIIO E7 work on my phone?
http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-Portable-Headphone-Amplifier-Black/dp/B003N0XDT4
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Nope. I tried a lot of them recently: Gubment Cheese, Eclipse, King Kang, The Collective, latest releases as November 10th-12th/2012
None support USB audio out. I Plugged my USB sound card to it, and used an app to test it. Couldn't make it pass.
So I used the Note, OTG cable into usb cable from Tascam External USB Sound card. Pretty basic, no drivers, just for testing.
With the app I could hear the GNote's microphone pickup (ambient noise), which was interesting. The usb power was working, and I could hear it from my headphones. Some ROMS are more staticity than others. However, playing a music was a no go, no sound was passed to the Tascam. So Mic is okay, Digital Audio, no. Not yet. So I guess the hardware is capable, it's just that piece of code missing. I heard it was just added to CM10, in the GSIII thread.
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BTW, with my low-efficiency headphones, I have to turn the volume up too much. You can hear A LOT of hiss with the Note's internal DAC. In my "low end" Shure in ears, it's clear only in between songs, but it's there. A small, portable DAC, like the E7, would work great for me.
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I have been wondering if there is any work published that relates to fixing the crappy sound quality and volume on this device.
Music is obviously very weak and gets distorted very easily even when volume not that high. I tried looking around but failed to find any related work. And i dont mean stuff like "download a EQ and put a dmiley face preset" because obviously im looking for a way to hear decent quality and volume in FLAT sound.
Thanks in advance.
The serious discussion around here is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053978
Supercurio knows his stuff. If he can't do it, I don't know who can.
I fear the short answer is "no".
Every time I listen to my S9 and then return to my phone, I'm really having to persuade myself that the SGS2 is even worth it for "casual" listening.
My sound is great
ok well. make sure you are plugging your cables in completly! i had a issue with that until i noticed i wasnt plugging in fully. you will notive that the whole jack end is inside the phone . s2 at&t usa edition here . hope that helps . good luck!
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ok well. make sure you are plugging your cables in completly! i had a issue with that until i noticed i wasnt plugging in fully. you will notive that the whole jack end is inside the phone . s2 at&t usa edition here . hope that helps . good luck!
I am trying to connect hdmi to my projector. Unfortunately the projector only has 1 watt audi out and i cant get any audio out of the phone at the same time. Anything i can do?
I've not tried it, but does the headphone 3.5mm jack output from the phone still work? If so you could get a seperate pair of powered speakers, or 3.5mm to phono jack plug lead and plug into hifi / surround sound system?
Thats really tough, I dont think the phone has any settings to change this.. and I am guessing the projector has no Audio outputs? (most don't)
I doubt very much the phone will output to headphones at the same time as HDMI, as this creates more power consumption.. if it were my projector (and I may do this on mine yet) I would hack the projector.. the speaker is a waste of space anyway, open it up and remove the speaker cable extend it out and plug this up to an amp (you could also stick a switch in line so you can opt to have external speaker or internal (some cool switching jack sockets you could mount in the projector that would do this automaticly)
only problem is it may only be mono...
This is of course a last ditch effort.. after all software and phone mods have been exhausted (As they can't even get HDMI working on any Roms yet like CM7) I doub't there will be many hacks availible yet.
Good luck and keep us informed if you come up with a fix..
Kiwi
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Been doing some research and it seems some android devices can output to one or the other while using HDMI, might pay to play with the order that you plug them in.. try having headphones plugged in first etc..
Also perhaps try with a bluetooth stereo headset like MW600 plugged into your stereo .. might be a rough fix??
Kiwi
I've got a couple of requests, both audio related. Hoping ROM and/or kernel developers might be able to help out...
1. A global gain setting/boost for the headphone jack. For those that use the headphone jack with, say, an Aux In to a car stereo, you really have to crank the stereo to get decent volume. It's probably a good 20-25% lower output than my iPhone 4. The Play Store boost options are unreliable and only work for apps that don't include their own built-in EQ.
2. Toggle to disable the LG feature that turns the volume down automatically "to save your ears" when you plug something into the jac. It's a good feature for headphone users, but a real annoyance for those using Aux In on another device. Plug in, crank the LGOG, crank the stereo and you've got a listenable signal.
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I've got a couple of requests, both audio related. Hoping ROM and/or kernel developers might be able to help out...
1. A global gain setting/boost for the headphone jack. For those that use the headphone jack with, say, an Aux In to a car stereo, you really have to crank the stereo to get decent volume. It's probably a good 20-25% lower output than my iPhone 4. The Play Store boost options are unreliable and only work for apps that don't include their own built-in EQ.
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This. Very very this.
Im having the same annoying issue.. seems that audio quality is much more poor than other devices also
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I agree with the above statements entirely
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Alpione said:
I've got a couple of requests, both audio related. Hoping ROM and/or kernel developers might be able to help out...
1. A global gain setting/boost for the headphone jack. For those that use the headphone jack with, say, an Aux In to a car stereo, you really have to crank the stereo to get decent volume. It's probably a good 20-25% lower output than my iPhone 4. The Play Store boost options are unreliable and only work for apps that don't include their own built-in EQ.
2. Toggle to disable the LG feature that turns the volume down automatically "to save your ears" when you plug something into the jac. It's a good feature for headphone users, but a real annoyance for those using Aux In on another device. Plug in, crank the LGOG, crank the stereo and you've got a listenable signal.
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^ this
If volume plus doesn't do it for you then Idk what to tell you. Other than it works fine over bluetooth and drives my giant sennheisers via 3.5mm with aplomb (w/volume plus)
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I noticed mine sounds fine with headphones but when using the aux cable its super low.. not just volume but sound quality is definitely lacking... has anyone tried DSP on their rooted G yet?
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If volume plus doesn't do it for you then Idk what to tell you. Other than it works fine over bluetooth and drives my giant sennheisers via 3.5mm with aplomb (w/volume plus)
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Again, the booster apps only work for apps that don't include their own EQ. So it's fine for Pandora but not for, say, Subsonic.
Best way to do this would be with a system-level tweak. I had a Nook Color and they had extremely low audio levels. A dev added this feature and all worked great.
Clearly I'm not alone in being annoyed by this issue.
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In the interim you could just not use subsonic and use a simpler music app...
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I noticed mine sounds fine with headphones but when using the aux cable its super low.. not just volume but sound quality is definitely lacking... has anyone tried DSP on their rooted G yet?
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I tried today with my Tones, didn't change a thing. None of the settings changed anything.
I'm pretty down about the volume issues too.., my only real beef with this bad Larry..I'm on base 0.7, running well, w/custom kernel too. One weird thing that got me confused is a few apps, all "audio" related, power amp(very few issues in 2+yrs) volume+ and 2-3 more won't open, nothing happens, been through every step that should be needed for fixin this, kinda boggled. Oh, I gotta check but on linpack, base .05, stock kernel, my phone killed it and snagged 4th and like 19th highest overall, the 19th was under clocked too multi thread, /Rob/Boston
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Dang, looks like, I think its a DNA?? Knocked me down to 7 and #3 is a fellow lgog home boy. Not like this means too much but gotta love the raw power
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Well,I found a fix for #2 in my original post. I wanted to find an app that would let me use the iPhone volume and track buttons on my workout headphones. I grabbed Headset Button Controller.
Turns out that it works great and includes a feature to automatically put the headphone jack to any specific volume level when something is plugged in. Perfect.
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When i am playing music or have any sound played from the phone there is white noise that goes on after any sound is played. Having good headphones and being an audio-file, this is really annoying is anyone else having this problem, or know ways to fix it?
I have tried this on other roms, no fix. I have also tried defferent headsets and the problem is still there.
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What kernel and rom are you running?
No noise here and I have good ear buds.
I've run mine through a fiio e17 to both my sennheiser hd650s and my grados sr80is, neither had any trace of noise or hiss. I'm actually really impressed by the quality of the dac in the note 2. The only time I had any sort of sound issue was some distortion from having the dac amplified too high via stweaks on the perseus kernel, which I remedied by turning the amplification down from 63 to the default 50.
umm
i am running paranoid android atm, i also tried it on beans 5, same problem.
Have you tried perseus kernel? Give that a shot. Also acid sound mod might help, it's worth a shot. Otherwise you have some kind of hardware interference.
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And by the way, it's 'audiophile'. An audio file is what we listen to.
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So in installed the new kernel and the acid audio mod and im still having the problem, what should i try next?
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So in installed the new kernel and the acid audio mod and im still having the problem, what should i try next?
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Stock and if nothing else, another phone.
Looking to get some advice here. I have noticed that when you plug in a headphone jack into the HTC One M8 (unlocked, AT&T version) the sound quality has almost too much treble? I have noticed this with ordinary headphones, along with the auxiliary cable in my car. Is there anyway without rooting to change this, so that it doesn't sound so bad? Some headphones are worse than others btw.
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Looking to get some advice here. I have noticed that when you plug in a headphone jack into the HTC One M8 (unlocked, AT&T version) the sound quality has almost too much treble? I have noticed this with ordinary headphones, along with the auxiliary cable in my car. Is there anyway without rooting to change this, so that it doesn't sound so bad? Some headphones are worse than others btw.
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Poweramp will let you adjust it.
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Poweramp will let you adjust it.
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Not a fan of poweramp here. Do you know if turning boomsound off when headphones are plugged in makes a difference?
For the most part, there is no such thing as "too much treble" or not enough, etc. Its a matter of preference, depends on the source material, what music genre you listen to, etc. Every device is equalized a bit differently out of the box based on what the manufacturer thinks "sounds good" (completely subjective), and the same goes with various headphones, etc.
This is one of the reasons why you commonly see threads on XDA like "what headphones are best" with a bunch of different opinions and suggestions; with little or no consensus.
Personally, I find the sound of the M8 out of the box to be pretty good. In fact, I find most phones and other devices to be too bass heavy out of the box as most manufacturers seem to think this is what the public likes. Due to this, I have the bass on my car stereo turned down along with mid, and boost on the treble.
But if you prefer less treble (and its consistently too much for you on different headphones, speakers as you stated) you can try any of a number of equalizer apps on the Play Store that don't require root.
If you need a particular suggestion, here is one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer
I don't personally use it on this device; and only a bit on previous devices. There is probably better. But it seems to work okay, decent interface and options, and I like the developer's widget "Audio Manager".
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Do you know if turning boomsound off when headphones are plugged in makes a difference?
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Just tried it, and turning off Boomsound does seem to reduce the treble level. Bass also seems reduced, and the result is a bit too mid-rangey for my taste. But you might see if you like the result or not.
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For the most part, there is no such thing as "too much treble" or not enough, etc. Its a matter of preference, depends on the source material, what music genre you listen to, etc. Every device is equalized a bit differently out of the box based on what the manufacturer thinks "sounds good" (completely subjective), and the same goes with various headphones, etc.
This is one of the reasons why you commonly see threads on XDA like "what headphones are best" with a bunch of different opinions and suggestions; with little or no consensus.
Personally, I find the sound of the M8 out of the box to be pretty good. In fact, I find most phones and other devices to be too bass heavy out of the box as most manufacturers seem to think this is what the public likes. Due to this, I have the bass on my car stereo turned down along with mid, and boost on the treble.
But if you prefer less treble (and its consistently too much for you on different headphones, speakers as you stated) you can try any of a number of equalizer apps on the Play Store that don't require root.
If you need a particular suggestion, here is one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer
I don't personally use it on this device; and only a bit on previous devices. There is probably better. But it seems to work okay, decent interface and options, and I like the developer's widget "Audio Manager".
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Just tried it, and turning off Boomsound does seem to reduce the treble level. Bass also seems reduced, and the result is a bit too mid-rangey for my taste. But you might see if you like the result or not.
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Very true. The kind of sound a phone produces is highly subjective. I appreciate the response.