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Motorola make laptop docks powered by their phones such as the Atrix, is there any such thing for the samsung range, particularly the S3?
check out "clambook", its coming soon.
nice one, thanks!
Ubuntu for Android also seems interesting, although it's not for laptops I don't think and it's not available yet either.
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check out "clambook", its coming soon.
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Wow that looks really interesting!
Thanks for the info
Motorola MADE laptop docks, they are discontinued due to them being pointless and stupid.
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Well, I guess the Clambook solves the age old question of what to get myself for Christmas... Looks really promising! Would love to not have to drag my macbook around with me anymore!
if they made it to use widi (allshare cast) to wirelessly do this I would pick one up in a heartbeat. cable makes it a bit cumbersome.
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Motorola MADE laptop docks, they are discontinued due to them being pointless and stupid.
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They still make them, they recently announced plans to discontinue them
Pointless and stupid to some is amazing to another. Windows tablets were considered pointless and stupid in 1998 but now iPads and Nexus tabs are all the rage and we got muvvaz dying to get a Windows 8 tablet. There's something called taste, and another called opinion, which we are all entitled to, though to feed the trollage, the Motodocks don't sell due to Moto not being a huge brand anymore (not many phones sold = less people wanting a lapdock for their phone), the price was around the price of a full laptop and that they are pretty much aimed at the techies. The number of techies out there compared to normal consumers is pretty low, but much larger when you look at techies overall compared to Motorola phone owning techies, and a lapdock that runs with any top end android or ios device at a lower price has a lot more scope for sales. I would love to pick one up for £80-100, would stretch to £150 if I could have one device work with my S3, 4S and iPad 3 rather than needing to buy separate connectors.
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I would love to pick one up for £80-100, would stretch to £150 if I could have one device work with my S3, 4S and iPad 3 rather than needing to buy separate connectors.
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Yes I can see me getting one of these, hope they are out by Xmas!
I really want one for nexus ⁴ buy stool no sign of them any alternative?
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It looks cool but the atrix actually docked on the laptop. This isn't really lap-friendly. It couldn't be used on a Train with no tables for example. Shame, the hardware itself looks nice.
They should have a dockable area where the touchpad is, so you can use the screen as a touchpad
get a padfone, most elegant solution so far
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get a padfone, most elegant solution so far
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Yeah looks good
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Yeah looks good
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especially the latest infinity one. that's the device I plan to replace my galaxy with
out of my price range unfortunately. Mine have to be nearly "free" on contract
Hi, I have been looking for a while now for an iPod like android device. (No cell phone service, uses wi-fi and Bluetooth, etc.) But I haven't found anything that jumps out at me. I have seen the Samsung Galaxy Players and they seem to be running very old android versions and are hard to find. I also have thought of a no-contract, cheap android phone but can't find one. Please help me out if you know of anything that could maybe fit my needs! Thanks!
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I've heard of old phones with ROM's to make them into music players. Reason you don't see any Android music players is cause Ipods is used by Apple to suck up more money from there hordes of Isheep.
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This might not suit you, but you can pick up a HD2 quite cheap now and put tons of ROMs on them. I don't think it runs KitKat without issue, but as long as you can get up to JB (or even ICS) then you should be happy with it (plus you can always play about with several other OSs that run on it, if you so fancy).
Hey wheres everyone at ?
I think everyone has jumped ship
feels like no one is around anymore. I think everyone has jumped ship to other devices at this point. =\
It's dead lol, best thing to do is flash Kuma stock/modified rom
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This device deserved more love, it's unbrickable, was a steal for the price and mine is still going strong.
Sad to see this .
I'm still here.
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This device deserved more love, it's unbrickable, was a steal for the price and mine is still going strong.
Sad to see this .
I'm still here.
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Indeed. Mine's starting to feel slow, but otherwise still alright.. One thing I found that using a Swapsd script I found somewhere really helped make it suck less. lmao
My wife got her 769 just a little wet, and it decided to stop working (the water damage indicator is still white), and nothing I did seemed to help it, so she got her a Samsung Galaxy Light. I decided to move to the Nexus 5, but I'm using my old L9 as a rain sound machine for when we sleep at night.
L9 uses ti omap 4430. As TI abandoned mobile soc market, our device is left unsupported. Still, I don't have idea why there's no cm11 builds for it, many omap devices like kindle fire got those.
I'm still here. I bought this device months ago because it was an inexpensive and sweet middle tier device. I bought the Metro version and unlocked bootloader, installed Bobz CM11 originally then put the device on ATT unlimited 4g. I'm still working on a secure CM11 firmware for it and I plan to make video guides for it also. I'm working on porting Ubuntu Touch to this also I'm just having trouble getting the thing to make calls. I work on a number of projects like this and I'm doing development for XBMC on the XBOX still.
Here soon probably a few weeks my ROM should be RC and I will release it.
I'm too cheap to give up and buy a new phone.
I have a encrypted locked bootloader that i'm still trying to unlock. I ordered some 910k resistors and micro usb heads, but they ship from China so i have to wait.
If I ever get it unlocked, I can write a comprehensive tutorial on how to do it.
Same, no money to upgrade and no reason as well, with CM 11 phone is running relatively smooth and works for my needs.
Yep. Same here. I have money but I like to get the most out of things. This phone is a great choice as long as you can unlock bootloader and install CM11. It's the perfect size and what I really like about it is the fact it's made in Korea. I boycott anything from China, India, Bangladesh and 3rd worlds. I enjoy having high quality stuff from 1st worlds on the cheap. For instance, I have a pair of boots hand made in England and from materials gathered in England that I paid $200 for and suffice to say these great high quality boots will look nice and last at least 10 years. It's getting harder to find stuff like that now adays. All of my clothes are hand made in 1st worlds like England, Canada, Sweden, Italy, etc. What's funny about that too is when I'm out and about I often get complements about my stuff from people that are far wealthier than I am, not saying I'm wealthy though, and when I sometimes talk to people about all this dogsh!t from China etc these "rich" people look at the tags on their clothes and see they are wearing something made in china/india/bangladesh/wherever and then they get pissed off about it and I just have to laugh at them because I paid a fraction of the price for a legitimate high quality 1st world thing while they paid for overpriced crap that will fall apart in weeks.
Same principal goes for these phones. They will drop support for it to force you to upgrade so they can keep getting money from ya. Thing is a lot of these phones have great hardware in them and the hardware will be ahead of the softwares hardware requirements for years. That's why I love CM because through it my 2 year old device is still ahead of the "cutting edge" crap they release and it will be for a few more years all for $75 lmao!
On another note: CM is so private and secure compared to other Firmwares stock or modified. And just about any electronics coming from China are going to be backdoored so they can steal all of your personal information and sell it to the highest bidder. We can't always stop those chinks from selling their crap here in the US but we can be an informed consumer and a smart shopper so we can force their low tier companies into either going bankrupt or force them into stop making crappy stuff so they can no longer rip off hard working class Americans.
I love doing stuff like this. My home theater is better than a $10,000+ home theater and I only paid $150 for the parts.
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I'd actually would pay 10k for klipsch system if i had that kind of money but then again it is a USA company.. In any case without unlock the lg is dead in the water I've moved on to the avant although u wished the lg would unlock
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I sure as hell wouldn't. If you're talking about the klipse headphones there are guides out there where you can build better ones yourself for $15 or modify others and they come out better all the way around. If you're talking about a home theater well friend FOSS is always going to be better. I have a 4k projector I built + HD sony receiver 7.1 and a HTPC I built with XBMC on it that I control all from my cell phone all for $150 with FOSS and hardware mod guides. All I do now is download all my 1080p/4k movies and tv shows and games for free all off this P769 wirelessly tethered. That's why I say FOSS for life baby!!!!
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My daughter has a Galaxy Player 4.2 and loves it. Problem is it is starting to show it's age and starting to have problems. I have done a factory reset / wipe.
I am looking to see what is new that is out there similar to the old Galaxy Players. I'm not getting her a cell phone, so trying to stick with an Android media player for her. She does e-mails, music, movies, and games mainly.
I really don't want to move her over to a Ipod touch as everyone else in the house runs Android.
I've looked around, but couldn't find really anything like the old Galaxy Players.
Is there anything "newer" out there for android?
I had the 5.0 and have only just moved it on. It was superb. There is a dual core Korean version of the player but I could not find any comparable media only players. Have a cheap 5" phone now with mobile turned off
Nope. I think media players like the galaxy player are dying. Best thing to do is use an old android phone as a media player. Just put it on airplane mode(to turn off mobile completely) and turn WiFi back on. I use many of my old phones are WiFi only devices.
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Nope. I think media players like the galaxy player are dying. Best thing to do is use an old android phone as a media player. Just put it on airplane mode(to turn off mobile completely) and turn WiFi back on. I use many of my old phones are WiFi only devices.
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Yea, I think I am going to end up going that route.
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I replaced my 5.0 with a Fiio X5 for my music listening. The other major use for my 5.0 was my oldest kid used it to play games, and for that I gave him a recently retired phone minus sim card. I spent some time looking for a new product like the old 5.0, the market just does not seem to exist.
There are some but they are quite expensive. You're better off getting a pre paid smartphone (like the LG Volt) and not turning on the service.
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As mentioned, your best bet is probably to get a budget unlocked smartphone and simply not purchase a cell phone plan since they require a SIM card to be inserted. It may even get the added benefit that 911 can be dialed.
Moto G (2nd Gen.) is one of the newest of Motorola's line and is the most similar I've found to the Galaxy Player. It's a very familiar $180 with decent processing power. However, the display is much larger at 5.0" from 4.2", so if that's a dealbreaker, you can consider the first generation model that is a closer 4.5", but at the cost of a micro SD expansion slot for increasing storage and other familiar features like front-facing speakers. Unlike the Galaxy Player, there are no hardware or capactitive buttons, meaning they will be on-screen (related: cheaper Moto E and flagship Moto X)
Blu Vivo Air is an extremely recent product. It's $200 with excellent design and a very pleasing 5.1mm thickness, but at the cost of mediocre processing power and display quality and a lack of a micro SD slot. As with most phone alternatives, the screen is a larger 4.8". Capacitive buttons are in a similar format. (related: other Blu products)
OnePlus One is also worth mentioning. It's much pricier at $300 or $350, but for that price offers well outside of its league with only slightly outdated top-of-the-line processing power, very good design, a 1080p 5.5" screen, one of the best battery life, optional capacitive buttons, and a custom Android ROM (Cyanogen or otherwise). It lacks a micro SD slot and requires you to obtain an invite before purchasing (which should not take much effort or time if you decide to purchase it). A follow-up OnePlus 2/Two is slated for later this year, though early reports place it at a much higher price range of around $435, though improved specs, design, and perhaps other desired features will be rolled in. (related: Nexus 5)
There are others that I haven't included, since these three seem to offer a relatively similar package as the Galaxy Player did with their own strengths in processing capability, hardware features, design, and price. If anyone has any other modern alternatives that they like, I'd be interested to hear about it. Hopefully that helps; I'm interested in this side of the side of the market for PMPs as well. But right now, unlocked cell phones may be the better substitute.
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As mentioned, your best bet is probably to get a budget unlocked smartphone and simply not purchase a cell phone plan since they require a SIM card to be inserted. It may even get the added benefit that 911 can be dialed.
Moto G (2nd Gen.) is one of the newest of Motorola's line and is the most similar I've found to the Galaxy Player. It's a very familiar $180 with decent processing power. However, the display is much larger at 5.0" from 4.2", so if that's a dealbreaker, you can consider the first generation model that is a closer 4.5", but at the cost of a micro SD expansion slot for increasing storage and other familiar features like front-facing speakers. Unlike the Galaxy Player, there are no hardware or capactitive buttons, meaning they will be on-screen (related: cheaper Moto E and flagship Moto X)
Blu Vivo Air is an extremely recent product. It's $200 with excellent design and a very pleasing 5.1mm thickness, but at the cost of mediocre processing power and display quality and a lack of a micro SD slot. As with most phone alternatives, the screen is a larger 4.8". Capacitive buttons are in a similar format. (related: other Blu products)
OnePlus One is also worth mentioning. It's much pricier at $300 or $350, but for that price offers well outside of its league with only slightly outdated top-of-the-line processing power, very good design, a 1080p 5.5" screen, one of the best battery life, optional capacitive buttons, and a custom Android ROM (Cyanogen or otherwise). It lacks a micro SD slot and requires you to obtain an invite before purchasing (which should not take much effort or time if you decide to purchase it). A follow-up OnePlus 2/Two is slated for later this year, though early reports place it at a much higher price range of around $435, though improved specs, design, and perhaps other desired features will be rolled in. (related: Nexus 5)
There are others that I haven't included, since these three seem to offer a relatively similar package as the Galaxy Player did with their own strengths in processing capability, hardware features, design, and price. If anyone has any other modern alternatives that they like, I'd be interested to hear about it. Hopefully that helps; I'm interested in this side of the side of the market for PMPs as well. But right now, unlocked cell phones may be the better substitute.
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You can get the first gen moto g with an SD Card slot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh0vlSVLsDs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Also I think we should wait to see what the Zenfone 2 brings. As it stands it is better than the One Plus One.
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You can get the first gen moto g with an SD Card slot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh0vlSVLsDs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Also I think we should wait to see what the Zenfone 2 brings. As it stands it is better than the One Plus One.
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Thanks! I wasn't aware of this. That's a really big move by ASUS, though I suppose it's not surprising with their general growth in the mobile market. $199 for the base model (1.8GHz/2GB over 2.3GHz/4GB I assume) of such a premium product is exceptional.
The possibility of a smaller and possibly even cheaper 5.0-inch model alongside the 5.5-inch one also seems great. I'm not especially partial to the design or placement of the headphone jack, but I guess that's all I really have to complain about on paper.
Maybe the 5.0 version? I don't think there are any android media players anymore. Best they got are the iPods.
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Thanks! I wasn't aware of this. That's a really big move by ASUS, though I suppose it's not surprising with their general growth in the mobile market. $199 for the base model (1.8GHz/2GB over 2.3GHz/4GB I assume) of such a premium product is exceptional.
The possibility of a smaller and possibly even cheaper 5.0-inch model alongside the 5.5-inch one also seems great. I'm not especially partial to the design or placement of the headphone jack, but I guess that's all I really have to complain about on paper.
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I feel like premium phones should be priced between 200 and 300 dollars since we upgrade them yearly. For now premium is 500 dollars plus. I feel that that's a ripoff.
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I feel like premium phones should be priced between 200 and 300 dollars since we upgrade them yearly. For now premium is 500 dollars plus. I feel that that's a ripoff.
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The problem is most people choose to upgrade them yearly. Seriously, a phone from 2012/2013 is more than capable of providing a good experience. I'm glad we are seeing the rise of $150-$200 unlocked phones that are great for the price since they show that you don't need a $500+.
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I just want something that's just like the galaxy player, with wifi only no 3 or 4G. Because I just don't want to pay monthly just to enjoy a phone.
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I just want something that's just like the galaxy player, with wifi only no 3 or 4G. Because I just don't want to pay monthly just to enjoy a phone.
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You don't have to turn on the service. For instance, my sister got an LG Volt for $80 and she just used it on WiFi with airplane mode enabled until she decided to turn on her service. I'm doing the same with this T989 too.
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Thank you sir for notifying me about this. What do you guys think I should save up to get. I want something that has a 5 inch display running android kitkat that's not so expensive. But no touchwiz, it's bad enough that I have to deal with it on my galaxytab4 7.0
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Thank you sir for notifying me about this. What do you guys think I should save up to get. I want something that has a 5 inch display running android kitkat that's not so expensive. But no touchwiz, it's bad enough that I have to deal with it on my galaxytab4 7.0
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You could try a moto g. Its pretty much stock android.
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So the moto g huh.... maybe I'll look into that device. Do you have any other devices you recommend for me
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I picked up a Lenovo a850 for around £40 GBP. Nice big 5.5" screen, dual sim if required, similar resolution to the Galaxy if not better. Really like it, although speakers are no where near as good
Ok I'm looked into that device and it was ok. You guys have anything else that you recommend.
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Ok I'm looked into that device and it was ok. You guys have anything else that you recommend.
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Well its not stock android but the HTC desire 816 is good. Not expensive and has front speakers. That's a phone I'm going to buy soon
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Hey guys!
I've just invested in some decent Sennheiser earphones (never use stock ones!) and I'm now looking for a music app to match! I've found the stock music player lacks the dynamic range for the different types of music I listen to. My main genres are progressive rock, rock, techno/house and occasional classical. I've dabbled with the trial of Power Amp and was quite impressed, but wanted to know what other people have tried and gone with before I part with my meagre amount of money! Audiophiles, lend me your ears!!!
What are your recommendations/thoughts?
Cheers guys.
Probably already done it but don't forget to set up the adaptive sounds settings
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Probably already done it but don't forget to set up the adaptive sounds settings
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I'm guessing this only works with the stock player, or is it part of the system output and would also work with third party apps?
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On mine it's in settings, sounds and noticifications, sound quality and effects,
In here is adapt sound and other sound options they make my cheap blue tooth set sounds a little richer
And the adapt sound helps with my right ear hearing better than my left
imho poweramp is one of the best, has many frequency control, effects and a lot of theme like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dmulg2ycs1y10c0/Screenshot_2015-05-16-18-54-35.png?dl=0
adaptive sound is really bad..go with viper4Android this is the best and could be used with all players..BTW I'm still stick to my old in ear beats headphones ..they were included in the HTC sensation XL times..
I use Neutron and it is great.
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adaptive sound is really bad..go with viper4Android this is the best and could be used with all players..BTW I'm still stick to my old in ear beats headphones ..they were included in the HTC sensation XL times..
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Not looking to root I'm afraid. While I've rooted my last few devices, I use my GS6E for NFC payments and rooting would cause this to stop working. Also my 1 year old boy keeps me too busy these days!
I did have some UrBeats earphones with my One X a few years ago before I sold them, and after recent reports that they are nothing more than a brand name behind cheap Chinese made earphones, I'd rather steer clear of them. Quite happy with my Sennheisers!
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Not looking to root I'm afraid. While I've rooted my last few devices, I use my GS6E for NFC payments and rooting would cause this to stop working. Also my 1 year old boy keeps me too busy these days!
I did have some UrBeats earphones with my One X a few years ago before I sold them, and after recent reports that they are nothing more than a brand name behind cheap Chinese made earphones, I'd rather steer clear of them. Quite happy with my Sennheisers!
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yeah..from me it's the opposite..the Sennheisers we're not have a good sound..and no there are zero payment things.. I mean I can not see any store where I can pay with NFC in Germany....
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yeah..from me it's the opposite..the Sennheisers we're not have a good sound..and no there are zero payment things.. I mean I can not see any store where I can pay with NFC in Germany....
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I think that if it wasn't for the NFC payments and that I've only got the phone for another 11 months, I'd probably consider rooting. As for the headphones, perhaps you ended up with some fakes? Plenty of them out there which is a shame.
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yeah..from me it's the opposite..the Sennheisers we're not have a good sound..and no there are zero payment things.. I mean I can not see any store where I can pay with NFC in Germany....
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In Poland everywhere where they have PayPass I can pay with NFC, the same thing.
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I think that if it wasn't for the NFC payments and that I've only got the phone for another 11 months, I'd probably consider rooting. As for the headphones, perhaps you ended up with some fakes? Plenty of them out there which is a shame.
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As for headphones and liking the sound or not, it depends on our music tastes and sound tastes greatly. Not all good headphones will be suitable for everyone.
I can recommend brainwavz and Soundmagic on my side. I have been using Brainwavz M3 with my S6 Edge and they sound great using Neutron. For desktop I have Soundpagic HP100 and they are great as well. Chinese, but if you read reviews on sites like Head-Fi.org, you will be surprised how good these are. I also have had Sennheiser MX980 for a few years and they sound nice.
The earphones I ended up getting are the Sennheiser CX 300-II. I know there are better ones out there for more money but considering I came from Logitech UE 200 they are a vast improvement, even on my laptop!
Just want to thank everyone for the replies. I'll probably end up going with Poweramp as I do like the features it offers and the different formats it plays. Quite a bit of my collection is in flac and although the stock player supports the format, the dynamic range of Poweramp is, imo greater.
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The earphones I ended up getting are the Sennheiser CX 300-II. I know there are better ones out there for more money but considering I came from Logitech UE 200 they are a vast improvement, even on my laptop!
Just want to thank everyone for the replies. I'll probably end up going with Poweramp as I do like the features it offers and the different formats it plays. Quite a bit of my collection is in flac and although the stock player supports the format, the dynamic range of Poweramp is, imo greater.
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Maven player? Jet audio? These 2 served me pretty good.
Viper audio if you're rooted. Not a player but a great way to control the sound