Got this phone for couple of days. Playing around with it and stuff. Gotta say I love it. Lagging it up little bit. But I seen a fix on the vibrant forum. Got to pick up a bigger sd card.
However, I been listening music on this thing today. So far sound quality is great. The application is easy to use as well. It's like iphone ish but better. The control is every where. When screen is closed, the control is on top on the lock screen. Also when using other programs its on the notification bar. The option on the application is pretty cool too. Alot of stuff on the player. So much better then the iwhatyoucallit player. I don't think I can put this down now. Its just an great music player. Just thought I share my new experience.
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Yeah I saw the music player in a video review and was blown away by the effort Samsung put in to the player itself. Good job that all I have to say. Can not wait to experience it 1st hand when I get it in the mail.
Love the music player on the Captivate. Wow 10x better than the nexus one music player
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So I have been having some issues playing .flac files.
It was my understanding through searching this forum and other online places that the Captivate does support .flac
I have found this to be iffy.
I am running 2.1.5 Cog with Voodoo; however, I don't think that this has any affect on this.
I managed to get a few of the .flac audio files to play; however, then the preinstalled media player would crash.
I have tried several of the market addons, including "Extra Media Scanner" which is the only way any media player can actually see .flac
Any ideas?
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Why would you want to try to play FLAC on a device that has sound quality no where near a high quality 200$+ sound card for a PC? Better yet, will you even notice the difference in FLAC vs MP3 on a phone using normal earbuds? Probably not and never will. Unless you get some head phones that cost as much as the Captivate and a high quality head phone amp, I see no reason to try to play FLAC on this, or any hand held device. I have a hard time telling the difference from FLAC and 320 Kbps MP3s on a 130$ sound card and 80$ 2.1 head phones on my computer.
Thanks for the reply, but I do have high quality, over the ear, studio monitor, 150$ headphones. But that isnt even the point... I have an extremely large collection of music in flac that I dont feel like converting. Yeah, i know that i can hardly tell, if at all between flac and 320 mp3. still not the point though. Not trying to be a ****, but I'm looking for more of a technically approached answer rather than logical reasoning
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I think I can deal with the screen problem I posted about, but I just don't know if I can get over the back speaker. Playing music through it sounds absolutely horrible.
I use my phone as an alarm clock in the morning which will play music. The terrible sound quality of the music coming from the phone is enough to wake me up and wanna just smash the phone. And no that, just because it wakes me up does not mean its a good thing. I really don't know what there is to do about this problem.
The actual problem is it sounds like there is no bass at all. I know that commonly phone speakers have yet to really add any kind of subwoofer into phones, but I don't think I have come across any speaker that sounds quite like this. It isn't enjoyable to listen to at all. It sounds like screeching. Its like the speaker just has the treble levels all the way up and the bass all the way down. So all I hear are high pitched shreeks instead of singing.
For the most part I load high quality music (320kbps) onto my phone, so I know that's not the problem. I have enjoyed listening to the exact same music files on my old Mytouch3G and also a Nokia 5310 and both sound much better. I don't know what it is that is making the music and speaker setting while in a phone call sound so bad.
I don't think HTC would put a terrible speaker back there. Is anyone else having this issue or should I take back my phone and see if the next one sounds better?
plugged_in_now said:
I think I can deal with the screen problem I posted about, but I just don't know if I can get over the back speaker. Playing music through it sounds absolutely horrible.
I use my phone as an alarm clock in the morning which will play music. The terrible sound quality of the music coming from the phone is enough to wake me up and wanna just smash the phone. And no that, just because it wakes me up does not mean its a good thing. I really don't know what there is to do about this problem.
The actual problem is it sounds like there is no bass at all. I know that commonly phone speakers have yet to really add any kind of subwoofer into phones, but I don't think I have come across any speaker that sounds quite like this. It isn't enjoyable to listen to at all. It sounds like screeching. Its like the speaker just has the treble levels all the way up and the bass all the way down. So all I hear are high pitched shreeks instead of singing.
For the most part I load high quality music (320kbps) onto my phone, so I know that's not the problem. I have enjoyed listening to the exact same music files on my old Mytouch3G and also a Nokia 5310 and both sound much better. I don't know what it is that is making the music and speaker setting while in a phone call sound so bad.
I don't think HTC would put a terrible speaker back there. Is anyone else having this issue or should I take back my phone and see if the next one sounds better?
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I think it is not the best speaker but still better than the N1 loudspeaker. I think it's an HTC problem not with your phone. But feel free to go to a t-mobile store and compare yours to another MT4G.
I agree it's a problem with the MT4G line and not individual phones, but HTC has made quality speakers on their phones. The Evo 4G is a perfect example of this.
CM6 comes with an equalizer you can use for sound so that might make things better. Personally I think sound drivers might be the issue more than hardware b/c if you listen to music on the MT4G thru headphones it sounds like listening to a recording of a recording.
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I agree it's a problem with the MT4G line and not individual phones, but HTC has made quality speakers on their phones. The Evo 4G is a perfect example of this.
CM6 comes with an equalizer you can use for sound so that might make things better. Personally I think sound drivers might be the issue more than hardware b/c if you listen to music on the MT4G thru headphones it sounds like listening to a recording of a recording.
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But I thought that the equalizer mod only worked for music through headphones and not through the actual speaker.
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ESKIMOn00b said:
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What do you mean? Or are you just being a douche and trolling....
The speaker is kinda crappy I agree. But a little better than the G2. If you lower the volume it is a little better but then hard to here. This is one issue I wish was better.
Have to agree....speaker sucked on the G 2 also
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Don't know if it is just me but my speaker seems to have gotten better with use. Maybe broken in, who knows maybe it is just me settling for not perfect but i think it has gotten better with use. Maybe it is just wishful thinking.
speaker stinks on this phone and the G2. period. i have yet to use it for music thru headphones yet. but i dont use my phone as a media player unless its on the airplane or something like that.
I agree the speaker isn't great but it isn't that bad. Though I have to admit, the Vibrant had a great speaker. VERY loud and very clear.
Have you tried playing it thru external speakers? like ihome thru the 3.5mm jack? the sounds good enough, but every now and then it sends the phone haywire skipping track after track every two seconds and randomly dialing??
with the stock ROM its very ehh
once i fully rooted & installed Evil Desire HD port my speaker was really loud & clear!
It's good to have bluetooth speakers handy especially for both phone calls and audio.
(Creative T12w is the best bet for home use, but it doesn't have HSP/HFP)
jayizzbakk said:
with the stock ROM its very ehh
once i fully rooted & installed Evil Desire HD port my speaker was really loud & clear!
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Can anyone confirm that this fixes the speaker? And if so, can we isolate the setting that fixes it to apply separately?
mingkee said:
It's good to have bluetooth speakers handy especially for both phone calls and audio.
(Creative T12w is the best bet for home use, but it doesn't have HSP/HFP)
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I have the Jawbone JAMBOX and love it. I use it in places where I used to listen to the speaker.
As for using the speaker, I guess I haven't used a phone where I was like "that's awesome!" The best it's sounded is having all my music adjusted to 95dB using MP3Gain, and the volume about 1 or 2 steps away from max.
That the only thing i hate about the Mytouch 4G... its not that big of a deal, but switching from the Touch Pro 2 (dual speaker) to the Mytouch 4g (one speaker) was a downgrade for me but hey you have to admit the phone freaking awesome!
tackleberry said:
speaker stinks on this phone and the G2. period. i have yet to use it for music thru headphones yet. but i dont use my phone as a media player unless its on the airplane or something like that.
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The G2 sounds way worse than the MT4G. Side by side, there is a HUGE difference.
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The G2 sounds way worse than the MT4G. Side by side, there is a HUGE difference.
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I totally agree. I tried both side by side. Was still stuck on wanting a g2 but I had the choice to pay 200 for a g2 or 70 for mt4g. I'm glad I got this phone. I'm very satisfied with it.
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Its ok not that HORRIBLE, coming from a mytouch slide
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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.
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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..?
Ok guys I really need your help for this one, I'm a big fan of sense, just because of the camera and when it snows it shows the little snowflakes on the screen :3 along with the useful features it provides. The thing that kills me a little on the inside is the equalizer built in all the sense ROM's. They all suck, therefore I am in love with MIUI right now because of their built in equalizer and all the eye candy it provides. The background to this was that I bought a pair of over the ear headphones from best buy for like 20 dollars and they looked awesome but were silent, I used an equalizer to enhance the sound and suddenly fell in love with the very pair of headphones that I am currently using (highly recommend you buying it if you toy with equalizers). I've tried everything in the market and nothing has satisfied my audiophilific ears. I.E.: PowerAmp, other Android equalizers, etc. Mainly with the way they work. I was wondering if you could participate in what equalizers you use (if you do).
I liked the DSP Equalizer that came with CM7. I'm surprised you didn't like the equalizer that comes with PowerAMP. That one is pretty robust with a lot of presets. Have you tried moving the preamp knob? It's the leftmost one.
Other than that, I would recommend you check out the headphones thread somewhere in the accessories section, to see what you should get next after you feel like you need to "step up" in your headphones game.
I don't like PowerAmp just because it annoys me, when you plug in your headphones it plays music by itself and other stuff that I forget. As for headphones, I bought a pair of SR80i's and I love them but I never bring it to the gym or anywhere else because I don't want to break them. As for DSP. I love it too and is the reason why I like CM7/AOSP.
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I don't like PowerAmp just because it annoys me, when you plug in your headphones it plays music by itself and other stuff that I forget.
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Stuff like that can be turned off from the Settings menu, you know.
I can't say that I'm a big fan of sense (which is why I went with cm7), but how much of a difference will the equalizer make?
You could potentially amplify the sound of your headphones by x2.35% which in my case is equal to more slightly expensive headphones.
Hey All,
Just want some thoughts on best sound / music player setup on the note edge (915G),
I have tried various music players, (Jet music / Shuttle+ / Music player pro and stock music player, which are all good)
I am looking for high end natural sound quality and my question is...do I root and install VIPERFX or choose a good music player or is a good set of headphones a better choice?
I am thinking about buying some AKG 550 headphones which should give a good balance then is it best to play with the music players for better sound quality or do I root and install Viper??
I know its my choice in the end but some thoughts from the community always helps?
I haven't rooted in over a year, but probably Viper if you're going in that direction unless much has changed since then. If you don't feel like rooting, then your best bet is probably PowerAmp. It also takes advantage of the Edge feature, which is nice.
As far as headphones go, if I'm going to spend that much for a pair, then I'm going to be willing to spend whatever the price is to ensure my happiness. For the sake of transparency, you should know that I haven't had a chance to try out AKGs. Having said that, I have a pair of QC25s by Bose and they are pretty freaking amazing. I honestly don't think I can ever go back to passive noise-canceling headphones again.
One of the problems that I have is that I have a very minor case of tinnitus (i.e. permanent ear-ringing). I also like to do my work in public places but find myself getting distracted pretty easily, usually catching trivial conversations that I find somewhat amusing. When I use the QC25s, it's as if I put myself into the zone and nothing can bother me. The upshot of it all is that I don't even have to turn the music up that loud in order to enjoy it, which spares my ears and prevents the tinnitus from worsening.
But what about the sound quality? I personally find that I hear much more of the music with active noise-canceling enabled. I was listening to some Dire Straits, for example, and there were just subtle notes that enhanced the listening experience that I don't recall picking up on before. Let's face it though. You're not going to get incredible, deep bass out of the QC25s, but you will get a very wide, clear sound, allowing you to appreciate depth to songs that you may also not have noticed before.
I don't know if you planned on paying full price for the AKGs or if you're somewhat like me and naturally resistant to "brands," but I would strongly recommend giving the QC25s a good listen before making your decision. I've let several people borrow my pair for 10 minutes and a couple of them actually ended up purchasing their own the following day. If you have the money to burn, you can also customize your own pair with an absurd amount of color selections on their website. In addition to helping me appreciate my music more, they've also increased my productivity in a way that other headphones haven't done, and they will be the standard against which I compare my future purchases. I'm coming over from a pair of passive noise-canceling Sony XBA-2s and it's not even close. While the Sonys are nice, the QC25s have just been game changers for me.
I should add that you just need to take into consideration your listening habits. If you're going to be in quiet places already most of the time, then I would purchase Sennheisers, Grados, or AKGs, but if you're more out and about or on-the-go like me, I just don't see how I could do anything other than the QC25. And obviously, other headphones would be better suited for more fitness-related activities, like Westones, Sonys, or Shures.
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