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I need some serious (non-trolling) advice.
I'm committed to using a single device as my MP3 (lossless audio really) player and my phone. One of the biggest reasons is that my car will now display the entire phone screen on my NAV screen, which means I can interact with my phone apps and listen to the music at the same time.
I was originally committed to doing this with my Android phone (HTC EVO 3D), but the sound quality is sub-par to my iPod Touch (using lossless audio, the same speakers and/or headphones on both). I tried numerous music players (Poweramp, Doubletwist, Winamp, etc. etc.), numerous ROM's, and I even did a blind soundtest with my family. Everytime my iPod touch beat my HTC EVO 3D.
I'm now (very reluctantly) leaning towards the iPhone 5. It's not something I'm really excited about, but in researching android phones with good audio it doesn't look like I have a lot options.
What would you do?
Also, if I go with the iPhone 5, I might as well switch carriers. I've been a Sprint customer for like 10+ years, but they don't have LTE in my area and all the local staff are telling me 6 months (which probably means 12). Needless to say 3G on Sprint is very subpar in my area. I hate Verizon and their stupid data limits, but the only way I can feasibly think about staying with sprint is if I got a mi-fi device, but it would have to be unlimited, which also doesn't appear to be an option. /sigh.
I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place, so I'd appreciate some suggestions.
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Also, if I go with the iPhone 5, I might as well switch carriers. I've been a Sprint customer for like 10+ years, but they don't have LTE in my area and all the local staff are telling me 6 months (which probably means 12). Needless to say 3G on Sprint is very subpar in my area. I hate Verizon and their stupid data limits, but the only way I can feasibly think about staying with sprint is if I got a mi-fi device, but it would have to be unlimited, which also doesn't appear to be an option. /sigh.
I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place, so I'd appreciate some suggestions.
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If you are considering a switch to Verizon, you might want to compare the HTC Rezound to the iPhone 5, preferably hands-on. I've heard the Rezound has better built-in audio that the Evo 3D and some other improvements as well. And I think the insurance/replacement cost is much less than an iPhone 5.
Good luck!
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Why don't you just go with an S3 and an external DAC? Then if you switch carriers, you could at least go T-Mobile and keep the unlimited plan
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If you are considering a switch to Verizon, you might want to compare the HTC Rezound to the iPhone 5, preferably hands-on. I've heard the Rezound has better built-in audio that the Evo 3D and some other improvements as well. And I think the insurance/replacement cost is much less than an iPhone 5.
Good luck!
ramjet73
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Nice! Thanks for the link; I appreciate it!
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Why don't you just go with an S3 and an external DAC? Then if you switch carriers, you could at least go T-Mobile and keep the unlimited plan
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I heard the S3 audio is sub-par without a kernel change. I can't confirm whether or not that is true, but that's what my preliminary research showed. I also don't think I can use an external DAC with my device that integrates my smartphone with my car http://www.vaistech.com/dev/iVIC-droid.php at least that's my perception.
Thanks for the suggestion though. I've definitely considered the S3 phone and T-Mobile before...but I have to admit I'm attached to Sprint (and Google Voice integration). I'm still half tempted to port my number to google voice, but I have a pretty good discount with Sprint right now.
/torn
As far as audio quality for phones, there isn't a phone that I know of that can best an Apple product. You're better off with the iPhone 5 if your interest lies in audio.
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As far as audio quality for phones, there isn't a phone, that I know of, that can best an Apple product. You're better off with iPhone 5 if you're interests lies in audio.
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+1 on that.
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c3T said:
As far as audio quality for phones, there isn't a phone that I know of that can best an Apple product. You're better off with iPhone 5 if you're interests lies in audio.
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As far as audio quality for phones, there isn't a phone that I know of that can best an Apple product. You're better off with iPhone 5 if you're interests lies in audio.
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I can't really comment on the sound quality of the iPhone 5 versus the Evo 4G LTE since I've never used either, but iOS started out on the iPod so it's no surprise that its sound quality is excellent. For overall features, this comparison calls it a tie with three out of five of the iPhone advantages being related to size and weight, and the other two are internal memory (there is no memory card for the iPhone) and screen resolution. Here's a side-by-side comparison (including a video) of the HTC One X versus the iPhone 5.
It wouldn't be hard choice for me if I had to pick between the two, but I'm planning to wait for the next generation of Android phones which will most likely leapfrog both of these options.
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c3T said:
As far as audio quality for phones, there isn't a phone that I know of that can best an Apple product. You're better off with the iPhone 5 if your interest lies in audio.
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Beats and custom kernels, my 3D sounds much better than the 4s. Most of my 4s owning friends agree. Not talking speaker, headphone port wise.
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Beats and custom kernels, my 3D sounds much better than the 4s. Most of my 4s owning friends agree. Not talking speaker, headphone port wise.
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I have a 4s, and my phone sounds nowhere near as good as it with my audio equipment. Be that with IEM's, and headphones with DAC's/Amps/blah blah blah. Beats, and kernels that are suited for it does make a difference, but not to the point that it is better. IMO
The guy wants something for audio, and I recommend the iPhone. When it comes to audio, an iDevice can't be denied of its quality. Particularly when it comes to phones.
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I can't really comment on the sound quality of the iPhone 5 versus the Evo 4G LTE since I've never used either, but iOS started out on the iPod so it's no surprise that its sound quality is excellent. For overall features, this comparison calls it a tie with three out of five of the iPhone advantages being related to size and weight, and the other two are internal memory (there is no memory card for the iPhone) and screen resolution. Here's a side-by-side comparison (including a video) of the HTC One X versus the iPhone 5.
It wouldn't be hard choice for me if I had to pick between the two, but I'm planning to wait for the next generation of Android phones which will most likely leapfrog both of these options.
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I heard the audio was bad on the One X / 4G LTE, but I like the device and that link was interesting for some of the other categories. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I heard the audio was bad on the One X / 4G LTE, but I like the device and that link was interesting for some of the other categories. Thanks for the suggestion.
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If I were you, I would listen to them all and judge for myself.
You might want to put an MP3 that you know pretty well on DropBox or a similar site and download it via the browser on each phone if they will let you do that. I know the Apple products prefer AAC but MP3 is the real standard and the only way to use the same source on all the phones.
BestBuy may be a good place to do a side-by-side comparision, and I'm sure the cellular sales people will have their own opinions as well.
Good luck!
ramjet73
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Beats and custom kernels, my 3D sounds much better than the 4s. Most of my 4s owning friends agree. Not talking speaker, headphone port wise.
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Can you tell me what custom kernel you are talking about? I've tried a few, and tons of music apps...the closest I got was PowerAmp (which sucks from a UI perspective), but for some reason that only seemed to be competitive with the headphone jack (after tons of tweaking); Unfortunately to make matter worse, my Evo 3d wasn't even close after outputting via hdmi and that will be the output with my car.
...and I'm not exaggerating at all when I say I had 6 people listen now and all of them picked the iPod Touch over my HTC Evo 3D (yes it was a blind test, and no I'm not happy about it). If I hadn't been listening to my iPod Touch both through the headphones and in my car (for years), I probably wouldn't even do the comparison.
Thanks again for your comments.
The reason it's better is because of the DAC. That's something you can't change from the EVO 3D. I do not have much more time to elaborate, but please visit this website for your audio needs.
http://www.head-fi.org/
I'm an avid member of that site, and it's one of the best websites you can visit for any audio inquiries you may have.
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The reason it's better is because of the DAC. That's something you can't change from the EVO 3D. I do not have much more time to elaborate, but please visit this website for your audio needs.
http://www.head-fi.org/
I'm an avid member of that site, and it's one of the best websites you can visit for any audio inquiries you may have.
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Thanks; I actually found that site via Google, and I have been reading a little. However, some of it is above my head...and there seems to be quite the debate between the manufacturer of the DAC and the difference between the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5....not to mention the android products. If you have some threads you would recommend and could throw my way, I'd appreciate it.
Read this thread.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/627754/iphone-5-and-new-ipod-touch-dac
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Thanks; I actually found that site via Google, and I have been reading a little. However, some of it is above my head...and there seems to be quite the debate between the manufacturer of the DAC and the difference between the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5....not to mention the android products. If you have some threads you would recommend and could throw my way, I'd appreciate it.
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Here's a thread on that site that says the Galaxy S III has a Wolfson DAC, which is apparently the "holy grail" since that's what the iPhone users are looking for as well.
ramjet73
c3T said:
Read this thread.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/627754/iphone-5-and-new-ipod-touch-dac
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Very cool. Thanks; I missed that one (and/or I forgot about it...been reading a lot over the past couple weeks). It's too bad it's all so subjective, but I guess that's to be expected!
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Here's a thread on that site that says the Galaxy S III has a Wolfson DAC, which is apparently the "holy grail" since that's what the iPhone users are looking for as well.
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I heard people talking about the Wolfson DAC, but I never knew the S III had it. I guess with a different kernel / ROM it could be superior. Thanks for the info!
After the fustercluck that Motorola gave us, I decided to never again be at the end of the software update curve.
I love my Nexus 4. But, damn it, the sound sucks. I use V-Moda LP2s and it's like a 5/6 out of 10. The Atrix (with CM7.2) has louder sound, better dynamic range, and the bass is full on better! I actually realized that the Atrix is hands down the best media player I've had in a long time.
So I'm keeping it. As much as I hated to use it as a daily driver, it will serve its purpose as my music player. That is until CM10.1 is released for the Mako (Nexus 4) and I am hoping it at the very least reproduces the same sound quality as the Atrix.
Makes me wonder what the sound ship is on the Nexus 4, and on the Atrix and how they compare to each other. Anyone have any ideas?
Our Atrix has a WM9803L DAC chipset, a Wolfson model which is the same in some other nVidia T2 AP20H SoC whereas the Nexus 4 uses Qualcomm's own WCD9310 DAC chipset, also included in other S4 Pro SoC (e.g. in SGS3's US version).
I hope that it'll help you on your research.
Thanks, I appreciate that a lot.
Moved to the Nexus a while back and came around here to see what was up. Seems pretty dead.
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You mean internal DSPs on each phone? Nexus' speaker always used to suck but I heard nothing wrong about speakers.
Following u Soon!!
I moved forward to the SGSII a while back, but I'm still a proud Atrix owner.
Most phones I eventually sell, but my Atrix is definitely a backup keeper...
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Do you mean through the speakers or the headphone jack?
I've moved across to the Lumia 920 (and love it) but the sound quality out of the Atrix does beat it, especially when connecting a headphone into the headphone jack. The speaker loudness are similar but the Atrix does sound better still. I'll too be using it to sit in my car as a music device.
I was going to get on a Nexus 4 but I don't want to support Google after the Atrix debacle. SG2 gets JB, while we're stuck on Gingerbread even though Google owns Motorola. What a joke. WP8 is much nicer to use anyway.
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Do you mean through the speakers or the headphone jack?
I've moved across to the Lumia 920 (and love it) but the sound quality out of the Atrix does beat it, especially when connecting a headphone into the headphone jack. The speaker loudness are similar but the Atrix does sound better still. I'll too be using it to sit in my car as a music device.
I was going to get on a Nexus 4 but I don't want to support Google after the Atrix debacle. SG2 gets JB, while we're stuck on Gingerbread even though Google owns Motorola. What a joke. WP8 is much nicer to use anyway.
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Didn't notice I was clear. Definitely the headphone jack. Audio is just so much better, and CM7.2 just adds that extra serving of bass and dynamic range (via the DSP) that puts the audio far into the lead.
On Stock, the Atrix ties with the iPhone 4S, but the DSP on CM7.2 is fab! Hoping to recreate this experience with other devices, but from the looks of it, the Snapdragon Pro 4 Audio Chip sucks. And this chip is on a lot of new phones, it's on that new Sony Xperia Z too.
i've always had nokia phones so the atrix was my first foray into android. i do have to say paired up with my sony mdr7506, the atrix is a pretty damn good media player, probably besting every nokia i've had.
I've enjoyed *most* of my timeline with this Atrix, except of course for the face slap Motorola gave it & stopped updates waaayyy too early. And my next potential phone is probably the N4.
Right now though I'm waiting in hopes the XDA developers manage success in building a stable Olympus ICS/JB kernel for the Atrix. If they succeed that'll probably keep me in Atrix heaven for quite a while longer
Atrix love
I really loved my Atrix HW wise, SW wise... not so much. Thank god for rooting and custom kernels!
BTW, a friend got the Atrix 2 a while back, and he swapped it for an Atrix 4G.
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I've enjoyed *most* of my timeline with this Atrix, except of course for the face slap Motorola gave it & stopped updates waaayyy too early. And my next potential phone is probably the N4.
Right now though I'm waiting in hopes the XDA developers manage success in building a stable Olympus ICS/JB kernel for the Atrix. If they succeed that'll probably keep me in Atrix heaven for quite a while longer
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Yeah, frustrating to see development not going as fast as initially thought. Would love to keep Atrix longer.
i love my atrix 4g, and thanks to eprinter to the 10.1 almost working everything,i will keep my moto until it stop working
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Audio is just so much better, and CM7.2 just adds that extra serving of bass and dynamic range (via the DSP) that puts the audio far into the lead.
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Hi, have you tried Atrix on CM10.1? I'm just wondering if it can get any better than CM7.2...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060064
WalkerBR said:
Hi, have you tried Atrix on CM10.1? I'm just wondering if it can get any better than CM7.2...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060064
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Sorry for the late reply. I have since moved on to a Note 3 N9005, but the audio on the Motorola Atrix running CM7.2 is still #1 for me. NONE of the CM10.1 releases replicates the audio quality of the CM7.2 release. I don't know why, but that's it in my experience. I think Ill buy another Atrix as a backup media device / phone when it really comes down in price.
The.Opethian said:
Sorry for the late reply. I have since moved on to a Note 3 N9005, but the audio on the Motorola Atrix running CM7.2 is still #1 for me. NONE of the CM10.1 releases replicates the audio quality of the CM7.2 release. I don't know why, but that's it in my experience. I think Ill buy another Atrix as a backup media device / phone when it really comes down in price.
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50-70 bucks? What? Are we waiting for a nearly free device?
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50-70 bucks? What? Are we waiting for a nearly free device?
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Whoah! $50-$70? Where?!
At the moment it's still going for around £130 on eBay, which is the same price as a Moto G, well at least when the last time I checked that was the price!
I'll have a closer look...
Thats the cheapest price for a working A4G. I'll be picking up one myself later on this week (digitizer issues)
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I picked my A4g, for around $70 with free shipping, in eBay. Running the mokee MK42 ROM. Great phone, still waiting for my sim unlock code though. Coming from a blackberry and iPhone, the sound quality is mind blowing.
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http://www.androidguys.com/2016/02/...ress-is-going-to-make-me-give-up-my-nexus-6p/
Lol, I've seen a lot of chatter about the S7 and S7 Edge on this board lately and now this. I get the feeling a lot of people are scrambling to justify their ownership of the 6P now that the latest and greatest have been announced.
I get it, I've been there. My best advice is to enjoy your 6P if it's the phone that really fits your needs and you are genuinely happy with it. However, if you are posting about other phones, there is already something deep down inside you that is intrigued in a new phone. Trust me, I know. I get that feeling much too often, hence me being a phone junkie.
The 6P is a good stock Android phone, but there are new big boys on the block now. Just the way this industry works.
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Lol, I've seen a lot of chatter about the S7 and S7 Edge on this board lately and now this. I get the feeling a lot of people are scrambling to justify their ownership of the 6P now that the latest and greatest have been announced.
I get it, I've been there. My best advice is to enjoy your 6P if it's the phone that really fits your needs and you are genuinely happy with it. However, if you are posting about other phones, there is already something deep down inside you that is intrigued in a new phone. Trust me, I know. I get that feeling much too often, hence me being a phone junkie.
The 6P is a good stock Android phone, but there are new big boys on the block now. Just the way this industry works.
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Maybe he's just not a fan of Samsung or LG???
I couldn't get rid of My Note 5 fast enough...the software is terrible. It lagged all over the place and TouchWiz, though better than it used to be, is still not very "pretty".
My fiancee still has her Note 5, but wishes she would have gotten the Nexus 6P whenever she uses my phone. She's always complaining to me how her phone constantly freezes up, and random reboots here and there. The RAM management is horrible on the Note 5.
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Maybe he's just not a fan of Samsung or LG???
I couldn't get rid of My Note 5 fast enough...the software is terrible. It lagged all over the place and TouchWiz, though better than it used to be, is still not very "pretty".
My fiancee still has her Note 5, but wishes she would have gotten the Nexus 6P whenever she uses my phone. She's always complaining to me how her phone constantly freezes up, and random reboots here and there. The RAM management is horrible on the Note 5.
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Who says Samsung and LG are the only manufacturers? There seems to be solid offerings from companies like Alcatel and Xiaomi coming too. And HTC.
As to your other points, they are fair enough. Samsung and other heavy handed skins definitely aren't for everyone. And I whole heartedly agree that the ram management on the S6 and Note 5 was straight trash.
So in the end, it's definitely different strokes for different folks.
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Who says Samsung and LG are the only manufacturers? There seems to be solid offerings from companies like Alcatel and Xiaomi coming too. And HTC.
As to your other points, they are fair enough. Samsung and other heavy handed skins definitely aren't for everyone. And I whole heartedly agree that the ram management on the S6 and Note 5 was straight trash.
So in the end, it's definitely different strokes for different folks.
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I would get the mii 5, or the s7 edge in a heartbeat it they had a skin like motorola's or like sony's pretty much stock android, with just minimal changes and another camera app , but I had a Note 4 and the software was terrible (lollipop), I had it 2 months and sold it, because I didn't want to put of with touchwiz anymore :/
Keeping my 6p but I am interested in the G5 music DAC for use on my 6p tho. Just hope it's not too expensive
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Keeping my 6p but I am interested in the G5 music DAC for use on my 6p tho. Just hope it's not too expensive
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How in the world are you gonna use the G5 DAC on your 6P?
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How in the world are you gonna use the G5 DAC on your 6P?
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It's reported that it can be use as a standalone DAC.
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It's reported that it can be use as a standalone DAC.
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Oh, that's sweet, I didn't know about that.
I have seen nothing that would take me away from a Nexus let alone my 6p, I have had them all before use to love HTC my note 2 was a good phone and my last LG was a lagtastic affair
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It's reported that it can be use as a standalone DAC.
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Really? Where did you see that? I'm just curious. I have a Nexus 6P and HTC One M9. My 6P is my daliy driver 90% of the time. However, when i'm at home and if I want to listen to music or watch the many TV shows i see, I will use my M9. IMO it sounds a lot better with headphones. Sometimes I take both phones to work and will use my M9 to listen to music as i'm working.
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Really? Where did you see that? I'm just curious. I have a Nexus 6P and HTC One M9. My 6P is my daliy driver 90% of the time. However, when i'm at home and if I want to listen to music or watch the many TV shows i see, I will use my M9. IMO it sounds a lot better with headphones. Sometimes I take both phones to work and will use my M9 to listen to music as i'm working.
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I read it in some Android news site like the Android Police or the Android Authority I forget where but it's reported to be also a standalone DAC with type-C and 3.5m jack but not sure about bluetooth. Other DAC can be found in Amazon from around $20.00 and up. The V10 has a built in DAC that's supposed to be awesome hopefully the G5 DAC from B&O should be pretty good. Yeah, this set up with Viper! :good::good::good:
Tested back to back with my wife's V20 using the included AKG earbuds using a high fidelity flac file of the Allman Brothers song Old Friend, which is two acoustic guitars with strong vocals. Night and day, there was far more detail and less hiss using the V20. Tested also with hih quality flac files of Metallica and Andrea Bocelli. Same. Far more detail.
Used Poweramp Alpha with high fidelity output enabled. Nothing scientific, just back to hack.
I mostly like the Note 8 otherwise, but for sound quality alone I think I'll return for the V30 when it comes out. Haven't Used the S Pen hardly at all, which surprised me. For me, audio quality is important.
Just one man''s opinion.
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Tested back to back with my wife's V20 using the included AKG earbuds using a high fidelity flac file of the Allman Brothers song Old Friend, which is two acoustic guitars with strong vocals. Night and day, there was far more detail and less hiss using the V20. Tested also with hih quality flac files of Metallica and Andrea Bocelli. Same. Far more detail.
Used Poweramp Alpha with high fidelity output enabled. Nothing scientific, just back to hack.
I mostly like the Note 8 otherwise, but for sound quality alone I think I'll return for the V30 when it comes out. Haven't Used the S Pen hardly at all, which surprised me. For me, audio quality is important.
Just one man''s opinion.
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So what was your purpose of buying a Note then if you had no intention of using the pen? Seems you bought it for all the wrong reasons and decided to post here to get others to sway away from the Note 8.
Just information others might find useful sir. Not trying to sway anyone in any direction.
You are comparing a phone that was made for quality audio to a phone that wasn't.
Now, LG V20 stylus is inferior compared to the Notes.
"audio quality is important"... what the Note 8 could do was known before you ordered it. Sorry but all one had to do is search and then look at the history of Galaxy phones in regards to sound. For me the word 'NOTE" says it all. Now.. again for ME... MUSIC? Yeah.. not going with any phone
After my Note 7 Fiasco I got the LG v20. The sound was good on it. But I don't listen to anything on my phones anyway. The phone it's self was ok at best. The LG v30 will be the same. Lg is incapable of making a phone with the build quality like the Note. I can tell by looking at the v30 that it is going to feel cheap.
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Tested back to back with my wife's V20 using the included AKG earbuds using a high fidelity flac file of the Allman Brothers song Old Friend, which is two acoustic guitars with strong vocals. Night and day, there was far more detail and less hiss using the V20. Tested also with hih quality flac files of Metallica and Andrea Bocelli. Same. Far more detail.
Used Poweramp Alpha with high fidelity output enabled. Nothing scientific, just back to hack.
I mostly like the Note 8 otherwise, but for sound quality alone I think I'll return for the V30 when it comes out. Haven't Used the S Pen hardly at all, which surprised me. For me, audio quality is important.
Just one man''s opinion.
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Opinions are always welcome but your opinion is of the "duh really" variety. If you want the best sound get a V10, V20, or V30 when it arrives. For that matter I'll trade you my U11 straight up, if music is that important to you.
Enjoy your Note8.
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After my Note 7 Fiasco I got the LG v20. The sound was good on it. But I don't listen to anything on my phones anyway. The phone it's self was ok at best. The LG v30 will be the same. Lg is incapable of making a phone with the build quality like the Note. I can tell by looking at the v30 that it is going to feel cheap.
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Agreed, I got the LG V20 and regretted it quickly. Loved the audio, but not much else.
Wow. Harsh crowd. Sorry y'all were so offended. Was just sharing intel/opinion that might be useful to prospective buyers.
In any case, hope the discussion is useful to someone. It's still a stellar piece of engineering.
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Tested back to back with my wife's V20 using the included AKG earbuds using a high fidelity flac file of the Allman Brothers song Old Friend, which is two acoustic guitars with strong vocals. Night and day, there was far more detail and less hiss using the V20. Tested also with hih quality flac files of Metallica and Andrea Bocelli. Same. Far more detail.
Used Poweramp Alpha with high fidelity output enabled. Nothing scientific, just back to hack.
I mostly like the Note 8 otherwise, but for sound quality alone I think I'll return for the V30 when it comes out. Haven't Used the S Pen hardly at all, which surprised me. For me, audio quality is important.
Just one man''s opinion.
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Question...... How did u get hi-res? I had it on my note 4, but not on the note 8. Same apk even
See it's not there
tomplatz said:
Wow. Harsh crowd. Sorry y'all were so offended. Was just sharing intel/opinion that might be useful to prospective buyers.
In any case, hope the discussion is useful to someone. It's still a stellar piece of engineering.
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It was kind of a given with the V20's quad-dac, but appreciated none the less
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I'm not sure, just downloaded v704 and ran. Also purchased poweramp unlocked, maybe that?
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I'm not sure, just downloaded v704 and ran. Also purchased poweramp unlocked, maybe that?
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I have 703, and same on the note 4. How did u get 704? I go on the poweramp website and go to download but there no link to click on.
704 is only available from the Poweramp forum. It's easy to find there.
tomplatz said:
Wow. Harsh crowd. Sorry y'all were so offended. Was just sharing intel/opinion that might be useful to prospective buyers.
In any case, hope the discussion is useful to someone. It's still a stellar piece of engineering.
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PsiPhiDan said:
Agreed, I got the LG V20 and regretted it quickly. Loved the audio, but not much else.
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I'm no the same boat...i actually got the v20 too after returning the note 7....i too wasn't too happy with the V20...i missed the note 7 camera and stylus. Can't wait to get the note 8...
but agree...the audio for the v20 was pretty good...
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tomplatz said:
Wow. Harsh crowd. Sorry y'all were so offended. Was just sharing intel/opinion that might be useful to prospective buyers.
In any case, hope the discussion is useful to someone. It's still a stellar piece of engineering.
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PsiPhiDan said:
Agreed, I got the LG V20 and regretted it quickly. Loved the audio, but not much else.
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I'm on the same boat...i actually got the v20 too after returning the note 7....i too wasn't too happy with the V20...i missed the note 7 camera and stylus. Can't wait to get the note 8...
but agree...the audio for the v20 was pretty good...
When I first receive my Note 8. I was despised with how it sounds.
I think you want to make your own adapt sound setting first. only then it sounds good. really good.
Listen with Tidal and Neuron. boy. it sounds so good!!
Adapt sound on note 8 is much more better than adapt sound on my last note 3
Yeah amhave to agree with everyone else. If audio is important, LG V10/30 is for you.
Comparing quad dacs to what Samsung offers is not an even match.
If audio is important, i would advise you to get a separate audio device. I have note 8 as my daily driver for work, personal and games. I own a DP-CM1X for audio with 2.5mm balanced cable to my im03.
intruda119 said:
Yeah amhave to agree with everyone else. If audio is important, LG V10/30 is for you.
Comparing quad dacs to what Samsung offers is not an even match.
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I have the Note FE, Note 8 and LG V20.
Note 8 is much better than the Note FE but no way as good as the V20 when you use 24 bit music (Lossless). But I believe most consumers use streaming services which use high but rate MP3s so most so consumers would be happy with the Note 8. I am not which is why I use a dedicated Sony NW ZX300 DAP.
Does anybody knows the audio chip of the international version?
you will have to wait some time before we figure this out
https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws...le/solution/MobileProcessor-9-Series-9810.pdf
As long as I read this,
It seems like built-in SoC. 32bit/384kHz
Kou2818 said:
https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws...le/solution/MobileProcessor-9-Series-9810.pdf
As long as I read this,
It seems like built-in SoC. 32bit/384kHz
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But...also the specs are talking about 4k/120fps....I am wondering if we get also an sound amplifier, something similar to LG Vxx series....?
If they're saying sounds 1.4 x louder on the plus i would reckon so right?
Fingers crossed
Waiting for more info on this as well. Thinking of retiring my v20 and getting this instead.
calinormy said:
But...also the specs are talking about 4k/120fps....I am wondering if we get also an sound amplifier, something similar to LG Vxx series....?
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[email protected] was disabled in the Exynos chip in order to be in the same specs as Snapdragon users, because Snapdragon is limited currently to [email protected]
demonknight said:
Waiting for more info on this as well. Thinking of retiring my v20 and getting this instead.
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exocetdj said:
If they're saying sounds 1.4 x louder on the plus i would reckon so right?
Fingers crossed
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I have been in different stores trying the speakers, and I have to say they sound nice pretty nice and loud. I never buy phones with no dual speaker configuration, and for the first time Samsung is doing this, I have to say I'm pretty impressed. About the headphone jack, I wouldn't be able to say, but I think most of the phones are in the same level except for LG V line.
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[email protected] was disabled in the Exynos chip in order to be in the same specs as Snapdragon users, because Snapdragon is limited currently to [email protected]
I have been in different stores trying the speakers, and I have to say they sound nice pretty nice and loud. I never buy phones with no dual speaker configuration, and for the first time Samsung is doing this, I have to say I'm pretty impressed. About the headphone jack, I wouldn't be able to say, but I think most of the phones are in the same level except for LG V line.
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But I want a Samsung phone to be in the VXX class
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But I want a Samsung phone to be in the VXX class
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I think many of us would like that, but they didn't say anything about a special DAC, so I doubt they implemented something really special for audio.
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I think many of us would like that, but they didn't say anything about a special DAC, so I doubt they implemented something really special for audio.
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Sigh. Wish they did. I love the v20 but the lack of updates on LGs part is just pitiful. Still on 7.0 with Dec security patch. Nice camera, Excellent audio output through the jack [what i care about].
Might as well buy a dedicated dac and the s9.
Edit: What would be a good DAC to buy?
Chord mojo
demonknight said:
Sigh. Wish they did. I love the v20 but the lack of updates on LGs part is just pitiful. Still on 7.0 with Dec security patch. Nice camera, Excellent audio output through the jack [what i care about].
Might as well buy a dedicated dac and the s9.
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Honestly, I don't care that much about if they use a specialized DAC or nor as long as it sounds decent. I was more worried about the speakers, but they sound really nice.
Usually I'm not much time with headphones, maybe 1-2 times per month, but everyday I see videos and I appreciate a lot the stereo speakers, which are really good.
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Chord mojo
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Looks good! But slightly beyond what i can buy especially after buying the s9+ :silly:
How does this look?
https://www.nextdrive-spectra.io/
It's around 149 bucks on amazon.
So apparantly it's running the latest cirrus logic we will have to wait a bit for root to tell exactly which one. Sound is great through high end headphones, rich sound louder than the s8
skivnit said:
So apparantly it's running the latest cirrus logic we will have to wait a bit for root to tell exactly which one. Sound is great through high end headphones, rich sound louder than the s8
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High impedance?
I have the Amiron and DT 770 80 ohm and the volume level in the S8 is too low.
If S9 is louder I'm seriously considering a switch
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High impedance?
I have the Amiron and DT 770 80 ohm and the volume level in the S8 is too low.
If S9 is louder I'm seriously considering a switch
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Its definitely louder but I only have low impedance headphones, I can't check it for you sorry
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Its definitely louder but I only have low impedance headphones, I can't check it for you sorry
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Guess will have to wait for Dolby to be ported to the S8 before rooting.
Sounds quite good with the sound personalisation (test tones) all with "yes" - using AK T8ie mkII it sounds pretty credible.
Dolby Atmos is a major turn-off to me though
It does sound different to the Note 8 (both international versions), more authorative - so, definitely feels like an upgrade.
The audio chip in the S9+ is the same as in the S8 series.
Cirrus Logic CS47L93 Audio Codec.
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http://techinsights.com/about-techinsights/overview/blog/samsung-galaxy-s9-teardown/
That's odd as theres mo such thing on their website