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Hey ya'll I'm getting ansy for tomorrow's release.. Quick question.. Has anyone found a comperable SRSWOW plugin to add some clarity and "thump" to the phones standard audio output? SRSWow on Winmo is a godsend and truly makes the phones audio double in clarity and crispness across all the bands...
Thanks!
Is there a problem with the Audio?
Mine sounds fine.
This question isn't about a problem, but moreso about the ability to "tune" the audio to enhance the sound. If you have had a winmo phone with SRSwow, you'll know what I mean.. Night and day difference in sound depth, crispness, bass clarity, and seperation from stock.
i've only come across a single media player that had even had an EQ for android. i'll see if i can find the thread...
edit: found it.
astro player
I've dealt a lot with SRS WOW on my winmo device and on a desktop PC... After through testing, came to a conclusion that most of the time it actually makes the music sounds worse. Trashed it and never gone back.
frifox said:
I've dealt a lot with SRS WOW on my winmo device and on a desktop PC... After through testing, came to a conclusion that most of the time it actually makes the music sounds worse. Trashed it and never gone back.
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Hmmm.. Not sure how qualified your ears are, but i can guarantee in a car with a smallish sub the SRSWoW made all the difference from stock WM players on Winmo. Inside there might be less subtle changes. The ability to widen the sound and get less mud from the bass is really where this plugin shines. Sounds like its not quite there for Android yet. Bummer!
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Hmmm.. Not sure how qualified your ears are, but i can guarantee in a car with a smallish sub the SRSWoW made all the difference from stock WM players on Winmo. Inside there might be less subtle changes. The ability to widen the sound and get less mud from the bass is really where this plugin shines. Sounds like its not quite there for Android yet. Bummer!
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try astro player, like i posted
Thanks for the Astro link. I will give it a spin.
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I've dealt a lot with SRS WOW on my winmo device and on a desktop PC... After through testing, came to a conclusion that most of the time it actually
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Hmmm.. Not sure how qualified your ears are, but i can guarantee in a car with a smallish sub the SRSWoW made all the difference from stock WM players on Winmo. Inside there might be less subtle changes. The ability to widen the sound and get less mud from the bass is really where this plugin shines. Sounds like its not quite there for Android yet. Bummer!
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I produced music for past 3 years (trance), spent WEEKS battling youtube optimizing my uploads for best audio quality, play piano, and am in charge of my church's choir... I think that should be enough to qualify me as "not a n00b in audio/music area"
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I produced music for past 3 years (trance), spent WEEKS battling youtube optimizing my uploads for best audio quality, play piano, and am in charge of my church's choir... I think that should be enough to qualify me as "not a n00b in audio/music area"
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Touche...We are playing MP3's after all, lol After trying Astro Music I wasn't wowed that much.. Hopefully there are more plugins enroute to satisfy my SRSwow fixation ;/
just do what I did... save up and invest some $$ and get better quality sound system, let it be headphones, speakers, car sound, etc...
I spent $80 on headphones and another $100 on new 3-say speakers for my car. That made all the difference. AMAZING sound quality on both, no need for any SRSWOW patches
I can relate, I need it myself. I need to boost/tune my overall volume as well, & not just in mp3s.
You are a deaf mann frifoxxx !! You cant replace your phones speaker but you can increase quality with SRS.You can configure low frequency to 400hz or 300hz and sound is better better better than standart in ALL WM phones.I think SRS is really necesary for ALL devices that has small speakers like laptops,phones,tablet pcs.Im producing music for 7 years and i think SRS is necessary for all small speakered device.And many manufacturers are using srs engines in their lcd tvs,phones...etc and they have SRS logo on front.sorry for my english if your devices headphone amplifier is bad about bass (like HD2) you can use srs for headphone configuring 40 hz and far input output DB values.And you get the BASSS
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Same thing as SRS
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it is not working on my hd2 android rom and it only have a standart eq.Srs is not is an eq srs is a dynamic real time processıng engine that scans sound and boost neccessary frequencies necessary parts of sound.
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I want srs for my sgs2
I have it on my pc and on my i900 its sounds really amazing after adjustements
There is an app called equalizer made by the same guys that make audio manager and it worked great on my evo
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I personally like Volume Boost. It literally tweaks the eq to raise volume, has custom and preset eq, and other great tweaks. The "in call" is still in testing, but the speaker, and headphone, and headset quality is pretty amazing for a market app
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I personally like Volume Boost. It literally tweaks the eq to raise volume, has custom and preset eq, and other great tweaks. The "in call" is still in testing, but the speaker, and headphone, and headset quality is pretty amazing for a market app
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I like crisp clean sound. Bass is nice but I hate it when the bass is so distorted that it drones out the crisp highs and mids. What's the point of audio I'd you've got the bass turned so far up you can't hear the vocals.
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I am looking for a working version of SRSWOW for my android tablet, It's the Samsung 10.1 and I agree that using SRSWOW no comparison it is the best for not rooting my tablet. All I want is about a 30% increase in sound I have tried several other so called boost the volume apps and nothing has so far worked. So if anyone could steer me in the right direction I would be very happy, thanks in advance..
I had this on my HD2 and loved it. Is there any way to get it on the Sensation? Is there something similar or better? And as opposed to what some may say it is not just an EQ. It does some signal processing that really make a difference to me. I listen on in-ear headphones (Shure SE535 and Jerry Harvey custom molded JH13's)
its in the htc music player.
mike arnopol said:
I had this on my HD2 and loved it. Is there any way to get it on the Sensation? Is there something similar or better? And as opposed to what some may say it is not just an EQ. It does some signal processing that really make a difference to me. I listen on in-ear headphones (Shure SE535 and Jerry Harvey custom molded JH13's)
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SRS is already installed on the sensation.... Well at least the Tmobile branded one is that i know of. when you are listening to music in the stock music app it is in the top right hand corner. if you are watching a movie it is at @ the far left hand corner i also noticed it your movie is encoded with 5.1 surround it gives you that option with headphones plugged in.
SRS Question...
Is there a 'custom' panel of settings for this, used to use one on my WinMo and the customisation was great. I notice on WP7, it is just basic settings like reggae, rock, etc. This is not always acceptable as you should really tune it to your headphones, not so much different types of music (well, for me anyway...)
What's the go with the Sensation..?
I don't mind "Rock" but if somebody has a better custom EQ, I'd love to try it out.
Or a recommendation for a better media player with a good EQ.
Honestly... this is a question that is going to be debatable. What sounds great to one person could sound like **** to another. Choose a setting that sounds good to you.
Actually this is a question completely dependent on what you have plugged into it.
If you can find your headphones at the HeadRoom website, you might be able to find the frequency response curve of your headphones to find out which frequencies are lacking or are boosted too much. Then you compensate with the EQ.
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What phones are you using. If cheap 'buds' than that is 1/2 your problem. Also the EQ circuit sucks on these phones, but overall the Sound Quality (SQ) is pretty good.
First if you are not using Voodoo sound, start using it. Just trust me on that. Currently on the Charge you have to use Voodoo control plus (The paid version) to use Voodoo sound. Voodoo sound uses the Hifi digital circuit in your phone instead of the analog circuit. With this installed the tone control I use is the Bass boost circuit which I adjust for the phones I'm using and I don't use EQ at all. Unlike the stock EQ circuit on this phone the bass boost circuit in voodoo sound does not suck the life out of the sound.
If you are using cheap ear buds finds some different phones. I have yet to find 'buds' that I like the sound of but I have not tried many of them either.
You do not need to spend a lot. Try the Koss KSC75 for $19. These sound really good and sound even better under a beanie. They do not have a lot of bass (more on that later) and the beanie pushing them closer to your ears gives them more bass and that is my favorite combination. For in in-ear phones I like the Skull Candy Titan. These are $39 and have a lot of bass, but not flabby bass. I also have a set of Sennheiser PMX70 which have the least amount of bass. All of these have a nice 'live' (as in not 'dead' sounding) sound. The only 'EQ' I use on these is to control the amount of Bass each gets which I do using Voodoo Sound bass boost. None of these are more than $40.
For really cheap phones but better than the stock crap 'buds' many people like the JVC Marshmallow (in-ear) and JVC Gummy (buds). Also the Skull Candy Inkd ($10) are good in you like more bass/rock sound. Some people HATE skull Candy phones in general but I'm not one of them.
A good source for anything related to headphones for portable players is anythingbutipod.com here is there headphone section: http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=22
I have tried the EQ on this phone from multiple players and by using the DSP Manager that comes with CM7. None of them sound good to me.
EQ is a funny thing and not something you learrn to use well overnight (I was a live sound engineer in another lifetime, and have 21 band EQ on my home stereo).
If all you have is presets in your EQ all you can do is try them till you find the one you like the most (hate the least). If you have a custom setting here are some guidelines.
In general it's better to cut frequencies, instead of boosting the ones you want. Want more bass, cut some of the high frequencies. Try to keep your cuts and boosts to less 3db (6db max). More than that and you are trying for something that is not there. To get a good idea of what each band does, run it all they way up and down to see what it really is boosting and cutting.
Also as you EQ you are making the signal stronger and weaker depending on how much you cut or boost. This in itself changes the sound. In general as you turn up the volume (signal) you hear more bass and treble, and conversely as you turn down you hear less bass and treble. So play with that before dik'ing with EQ
Try to do your EQ'ing so that the loudness stays about the same, or at least use the pre-amp gain to adjust for it. The EQ in the Mixzing media player shows when you are clipping which is a cool feature. It also lets you change how many bands you have control over and if you want to use smoothing which adjusts nearby bands as you move one band.
I wrote all this because it's close to pointless to ask for other peoples' setting since it depends on the phones, the music, and the volume you like to listen to, and your own preference in how it 'should' sound.
Edit: Mixzing Basic Player has the best EQ in the players I've tried.
If you ask for a good player , I recommend Poweramp or Apollo
Coming from the HTC one s, I think the headphone quality really sucks on this phone. Bass is not deep enough and the sound is just very "flat".. What do you guys think?
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Coming from the HTC one s, I think the headphone quality really sucks on this phone. Bass is not deep enough and the sound is just very "flat".. What do you guys think?
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i think u should go back to ur htc one s
Im also coming from the HTC One S and i disagree. Not as Loud, but quality sounds just as good to me.
hello00 said:
i think u should go back to ur htc one s
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I knew people would catch feelings over their phones :laugh::laugh:
coming from a lumia, no noticeable difference for me.
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Coming from the HTC one s, I think the headphone quality really sucks on this phone. Bass is not deep enough and the sound is just very "flat".. What do you guys think?
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You came from a phone that had an emphasis on sound quality to a dev friendly phone that's almost bare bones software wise. It should have been obvious.
You maybe had that BS Beats software on the HTC? It's just an equalizer pushing bass and treble... Sound is good to me. Streaming Google play music via Bluetooth in my car right now and it sounds great.
I do admit that the HTC one s had a great sound chip which I believe is confirmed in tests and I did use that phone for several months.
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c19932 said:
Coming from the HTC one s, I think the headphone quality really sucks on this phone. Bass is not deep enough and the sound is just very "flat".. What do you guys think?
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that would normally be a good thing for in-ear headphones. in-ear headphones are ussually extremely bass heavy unless they are very expensive hifi models. but most of us actually like the exhagerated bass, so $50 headsets don't bother us. i tend to like cheaper heasets and haven't gone for etymotics or anything yet because sometimes low-fi brings certain character to the mix, ever try playing a guitar through a PA system? or some reference monitors? ever wonder why people go through such lengths to re-create the past in music? it's not because the tech was better in 1930-1969. well in some ways it actually was compared to low end stuff today, but the flaws were as important to the music as the talent. i don't have my phone yet, so i can't say the headset is good, but because you prefer the htc headset doesn't mean it's better (nor does anything i said mean it's worse). so why not just use the htc headset instead of complaining on the internet? or buy a set you like? dennon has a bullet proof set of in-ear for $35 and they are very ballanced for a cheap set. but if you like extreme bass i liked the sound of my $80 xeers, they were the best for bass heavy blues/rock stuff like the black keys or the white stripes. these were not ballanced at all but in a way that was pleasing to the ear.
edit, just realized it's about the sound output of the phone.... not even sure the nexus comes with a headset since mine is still in shipping..... ya know the beats software can be added to any phone right? i mean i can't confirm it workes at all but people were doing this mod back when the one x and whatever it's predecessor was came out and everyone insisted that by adding some of the libs and an app that it sounded so much better...
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You maybe had that BS Beats software on the HTC? It's just an equalizer pushing bass and treble... Sound is good to me. Streaming Google play music via Bluetooth in my car right now and it sounds great.
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Yeah, must be because of the Beats.
It's because of the Equalizer settings in the One. Install Viper4Android on this phone and set it up and you'll see the clarity and quality is just amazing. Beats products are highly Equalized especially the Laptops and Phones. They're also setup to go under completely flat line Equalizer when disable to make it sound bad without the beats audio. This in turn makes those people who know nothing about audio think beats audio is a god send when in fact it's just a regular equalizer that sounds awesome enabled and worse disabled. If Viper4Android (See forum thread here on xda) doesn't work yet then use an equalizer app from the market and play around with it. You'll enjoy your sound a lot more.
There's something wrong with Google Play Music. It sounds horrible I installed Rocket Player and it sounds superb. Just needs more volume. My S4 still sounds better by a small margin though.
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edit, just realized it's about the sound output of the phone.... not even sure the nexus comes with a headset since mine is still in shipping..... ya know the beats software can be added to any phone right? i mean i can't confirm it workes at all but people were doing this mod back when the one x and whatever it's predecessor was came out and everyone insisted that by adding some of the libs and an app that it sounded so much better...
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Nexus doesn't come with headphones. Which is fine with me since I have never used set of headphones packaged with a phone. Software can make a very big difference in sound quality. I usually use PowerAmp. I'm sure that PowerAmp combined with the headphones listed in my sig will be just fine on the N5. Now if they would just ship the damn thing.
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You came from a phone that had an emphasis on sound quality to a dev friendly phone that's almost bare bones software wise. It should have been obvious.
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No he came from a phone with Beats Audio out of the box.
Complaining about the sound quality of the N5 compared to the One S is like claiming that Sennheiser studio headphones are **** compared to Monster Beats studio headphones.
The N5 has stellar sound quality. What it sounds like without any equalizer presets activated is what your music is SUPPOSED to sound like. Want it to sound like your One S? Choose the bass booster equalizer preset and there you go.
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No he came from a phone with Beats Audio out of the box.
Complaining about the sound quality of the N5 compared to the One S is like claiming that Sennheiser studio headphones are **** compared to Monster Beats studio headphones.
The N5 has stellar sound quality. What it sounds like without any equalizer presets activated is what your music is SUPPOSED to sound like. Want it to sound like your One S? Choose the bass booster equalizer preset and there you go.
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This ^
Qualcomm DACs while not quite as good as Wolfsons are still great. I haven't had a real chance to listen to audio on my N5, but the audio on my GS4 was excellent.
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Qualcomm DACs while not quite as good as Wolfsons are still great. I haven't had a real chance to listen to audio on my N5, but the audio on my GS4 was excellent.
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coming from htc one, audio is day and night difference, but i know what i'm getting when i bought the nexus 5
joshyth said:
coming from htc one, audio is day and night difference, but i know what i'm getting when i bought the nexus 5
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Install an equalizer and adjust to taste. Like many have said before it's because the HTC one has built in "Beats" Equalizer which changes audio settings and frequencies.
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What it sounds like without any equalizer presets activated is what your music is SUPPOSED to sound like. .
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This isn't true at all. The sound engineers have no idea what kind of DAC you'll be using, or what kind of speakers/headphones you'll be using. All DAC's have different sound signatures. All headphones/speakers have different sound signatures. They mix it to sound the way they want it based on the equipment they have in the studio. Unless you're using the same equipment then you're never going to hear it the way it was SUPPOSED to sound. Some EQ will almost always be required to approximate the intended sound.
Beats audio does tend to over emphasize the bass. However to say a flat eq is the way it is supposed to sound is not accurate since every device is going to have a different flat sound, as are every different type of headphone. Decent headphones along with decent software and a decent DAC will give sound quality that will satisfy most. I have no reason to believe that the N5 will fall short.
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Install an equalizer and adjust to taste. Like many have said before it's because the HTC one has built in "Beats" Equalizer which changes audio settings and frequencies.
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No phone on the market right now can touch the stereo speaker on the One. Also, the One actually have a built in amplifier too.
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This isn't true at all. The sound engineers have no idea what kind of DAC you'll be using, or what kind of speakers/headphones you'll be using. All DAC's have different sound signatures. All headphones/speakers have different sound signatures. They mix it to sound the way they want it based on the equipment they have in the studio. Unless you're using the same equipment then you're never going to hear it the way it was SUPPOSED to sound. Some EQ will almost always be required to approximate the intended sound.
Beats audio does tend to over emphasize the bass. However to say a flat eq is the way it is supposed to sound is not accurate since every device is going to have a different flat sound, as are every different type of headphone. Decent headphones along with decent software and a decent DAC will give sound quality that will satisfy most. I have no reason to believe that the N5 will fall short.
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No, they mix it the way they want it to sound on various equipment. Checking how it sounds on various devices is part of the mixing and mastering. So no EQ is needed, in fact it will ruin the sound most of the time.
Some Tips for PowerAmp & switching Boom to HK audio (and a few other headphone tips)
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HK now works with ART
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FYI: scrosler, the dev for CleanROM, just re-worked the HK mod, made it ART compatible. In v2 he also used the latest Sprint source which greatly improved the bass on HK - IMO.
You can find his mod here: http://www.scottsroms.com/showthread.php?t=5210
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I cant post in the Dev forums yet (in the HK mod thread) but wanted to give some tips based on my experiments with testing HK and Boom on the M8 thee past couple days.
Now I dont claim to be an audio expert or anything and didnt get into mobile audio till voodoo sound on the Galaxy S so take my advice as you will.
Impressions of each before I give my tips.
Boom- Good Highs and Lows with leaving the mid lacking some, still ok but If not careful with EQ settings and such you can end up with really blown out bass.
HK - Gives good mids, the bass isnt as good and puts a little more treble in the loud speak than I'd like but nothing too bad (essentially the opposite problem boom has tbh) Highs and Lows can be kind of flat with HK.
Now for my tips if you want to test it and how I set PowerAmp
Before Switching and after Test with these settings
1. In poweramp you need to disable Direct Volume Control
2. Adjust Audio buffer size to +500ms and Thread Priority to +3 (some have reported issues with laggy audio and Poweramp sometimes and this should help)
3.(Optional) I enabled replay gain with the setting of ApplyGain/Prevent Clipping according to Peak with track as source
4.Set your EQ as you like but also test both a Flat EQ.
5. Test on Speakers and Headphones not just one of them.
Now after doing this I noticed that if I used my favored bass/treble EQ with Boom, the bass would get blown way out and essentially overpower everything else turning it to a muddy mess. So then I tried using the mids EQ to boost thee mids a bit with Boom but it just didnt sound right IMO. If I just went with the default Flat EQ I was fine, got good bass and treble but like was said the mids felt lacking. I would say if you continue using Boom I would go with a flat EQ as Boom has the Bass and Treble pretty well taken care of and does really well on the speakers.
Now I've switched to HK, and My first tip with HK is you probably shouldnt use LiveStage as It isnt that great. In testing it seems to be similar to the Environment option in many Audio Driver settings and really doesnt do much for the audio IMO. If you like it thats fine I just dont find it to add much and detracts more than anything. Clari-Fi is a mixed bag, if you have a library full of low to med quality MP3s I would say enable it because it does seem to help some with those. If you have mostly 320kbps MP3 or higher audio then it isnt going to do anything for you and you can disable it. Now with poweramp I used my standard Bass/Treble EQ and It sounds great :] no blown out bass and I also get the advantage of better mids which Boom didnt have. Bass is still a bit less than Boom but with my EQ it helps on the weakness that HK has on the Highs and Lows.
IMO, HK is better over all for me with my Poweramp setup on headphones, but for the built in speakers Boom is definitely better than HK. I leave it to you guys to judge and if there is anyone with more audio experience that has any tips, tricks, etc. feel free to leave it here and I'll add it to the OP. The best thing you can do is test each, dont let me or anyone tell you which is better because it will be subjective.
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EDIT: Decided to add some tips for those wanting to get the most out of their headphones. This mostly applies to the over the ear types as i dont normally use the in ear ones. These also dont apply to every pair, my O'Neills greatly benefited from the added holes in the housing (improved the slightly weak bass) some HPs wont and also depends on how open or closed you want them. Do research on the model you have before modding it.
Things you can do to improve your HP audio
1. Many over the ear phones dont give the driver room to breath, they have 1-2 or no holes at all and so not much air gets in. what i did is grab my Phillips O'Neills and a drill with a small bit and added another 10 holes to each housing. (pic below)
2. If there is any fabric covering the inside either (pic below)
a. if its not like my O'Neills with the nice cushions cut a quarter sized hole into the padding so you still have some to go on your ears
b. If it has cushion like mine remove it entirely
the fabric can have a sort of muting effect on the audio which we dont want
3. Open them up (carefully) and look at the back of the driver (speaker) and there should be a paper filter there with some holes (its covering them). Poke holes into the paper filter to let more air in. this increases bass)
4. While they are open if you have some felt to line the housing then do so as well as put a circle of it on the back of the magnet, this will dampen back wave.
Also I figured I would recommend some headphones if you guys are looking for some good HP under 100$
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Koss PortaPro (40-50$)
Creative Aurvana Live (50-100$)
Grados SR60i (50-100$)
Koss DJ100 (40-80$)
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Audio Technica CKM500 (30-70$)
SoundMAGIC E10 (20-40$)
HIFIMAN - RE-400 (100$)
VSonic VSD1 (40-60$)
I know I dont use any of those though, I have Phillips O'Neill Stretch HPs the are crazy comfortable but arent top in their range. Im working on modding mine but most of the listed ones dont NEED it but if you like to tinker the O'Neills are crazy comfy
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I cant post in the Dev forums yet (in the HK mod thread) but wanted to give some tips based on my experiments with testing HK and Boom on the M8 thee past couple days.
Now I dont claim to be an audio expert or anything and didnt get into mobile audio till voodoo sound on the Galaxy S so take my advice as you will.
Impressions of each before I give my tips.
Boom- Good Highs and Lows with leaving the mid lacking some, still ok but If not careful with EQ settings and such you can end up with really blown out bass.
HK - Gives good mids, the bass isnt as good and puts a little more treble in the loud speak than I'd like but nothing too bad (essentially the opposite problem boom has tbh) Highs and Lows can be kind of flat with HK.
Now for my tips if you want to test it and how I set PowerAmp
Before Switching and after Test with these settings
1. In poweramp you need to disable Direct Volume Control
2. Adjust Audio buffer size to +500ms and Thread Priority to +3 (some have reported issues with laggy audio and Poweramp sometimes and this should help)
3.(Optional) I enabled replay gain with the setting of ApplyGain/Prevent Clipping according to Peak with track as source
4.Set your EQ as you like but also test both a Flat EQ.
5. Test on Speakers and Headphones not just one of them.
Now after doing this I noticed that if I used my favored bass/treble EQ with Boom, the bass would get blown way out and essentially overpower everything else turning it to a muddy mess. So then I tried using the mids EQ to boost thee mids a bit with Boom but it just didnt sound right IMO. If I just went with the default Flat EQ I was fine, got good bass and treble but like was said the mids felt lacking. I would say if you continue using Boom I would go with a flat EQ as Boom has the Bass and Treble pretty well taken care of and does really well on the speakers.
Now I've switched to HK, and My first tip with HK is you probably shouldnt use LiveStage as It isnt that great. In testing it seems to be similar to the Environment option in many Audio Driver settings and really doesnt do much for the audio IMO. If you like it thats fine I just dont find it to add much and detracts more than anything. Clari-Fi is a mixed bag, if you have a library full of low to med quality MP3s I would say enable it because it does seem to help some with those. If you have mostly 320kbps MP3 or higher audio then it isnt going to do anything for you and you can disable it. Now with poweramp I used my standard Bass/Treble EQ and It sounds great :] no blown out bass and I also get the advantage of better mids which Boom didnt have. Bass is still a bit less than Boom but with my EQ it helps on the weakness that HK has on the Highs and Lows.
IMO, HK is better over all for me with my Poweramp setup on headphones, but for the built in speakers Boom is definitely better than HK. I leave it to you guys to judge and if there is anyone with more audio experience that has any tips, tricks, etc. feel free to leave it here and I'll add it to the OP. The best thing you can do is test each, dont let me or anyone tell you which is better because it will be subjective.
I decided to stick with Boom as I use the Built in Speakers playing games alot and it works better for them.
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What ROM are you running? If it's ViperOne, Could you please list the steps you took to installing the HK enhancement over BoomSound,
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What ROM are you running? If it's ViperOne, Could you please list the steps you took to installing the HK enhancement over BoomSound,
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Oh sorry, using clear Rom unfortunately :/
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Oh sorry, using clear Rom unfortunately :/
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No worries, I figured out what happened. The file sys. was mounted as R/O instead of R/W. Thanks
Good write-up. Definitely some things to keep in mind!
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Did you have the "limit" option enabled or disabled?
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JB_Da_Greatest said:
Did you have the "limit" option enabled or disabled?
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If I don't mention it I didn't change it
I was using boom but I've been using my headphones more and more so switched to HK (finally fixed em)
Now I just need to get some new drivers for my Phillips O'Neill Stretchs got them modded atm but looking to get some grados, creative aurvana or Koss Portapro divers to swap in.
Added some other tips regarding headphones and such and some recommended HPs to the OP
Just got around to trying the recommended settings with my headphones. It sounds great!!!! Thanks for the tips I would have never thought of changing them!!!!
JB_Da_Greatest said:
Just got around to trying the recommended settings with my headphones. It sounds great!!!! Thanks for the tips I would have never thought of changing them!!!!
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yea np, glad they helped you out :]
FYI: scrosler, the dev for CleanROM, just re-worked the HK mod, made it ART compatible. In v2 he also used the latest Sprint source which greatly improved the bass on HK - IMO.
You can find his mod here: http://www.scottsroms.com/showthread.php?t=5210
berndblb said:
FYI: scrosler, the dev for CleanROM, just re-worked the HK mod, made it ART compatible. In v2 he also used the latest Sprint source which greatly improved the bass on HK - IMO.
You can find his mod here: http://www.scottsroms.com/showthread.php?t=5210
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Hey thanks for the info! now I can use HK with art! :] been using boom atm testing out art and just had it set to disbled. Ill add it to the OP
x_V.I.P.3.l2_x said:
What ROM are you running? If it's ViperOne, Could you please list the steps you took to installing the HK enhancement over BoomSound,
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Edit the file default.xml in the system\customize\acc folder (make a backup first!), look for item type="boolean" name="support_harman" and change it to true.