So I have been using my nexus s for a while and was wondering how the nexus s holds up against other mp3 players in terms of audio quality? I have heard great things about Samsung in this regard but would love to hear your option.
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I don't know, but gsmarena does these pretty detailed audio line in quality tests when they review phones. The nexus one result was surprisingly good. I haven't searched but take a look and see if they reviewed the nexus s yet. If so they likely did the audio test for it.
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I don't know, but gsmarena does these pretty detailed audio line in quality tests when they review phones. The nexus one result was surprisingly good. I haven't searched but take a look and see if they reviewed the nexus s yet. If so they likely did the audio test for it.
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man their reviews are confusing. They do tell you what they think but right after that have a different graph with a different option.
I find it does my drum and bass justice via lithium player....wicked old skool
Get poweramp, I think its the best mp3 player I've heard.
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Stock mp3 player in nexus s is decent, not terrible. (previously owned Sony W980i walkman phone which was awesome)
however i got carried away with Poweramp which comes with full pack 10B graphic equalizer. i played with it too much until it busted my earphones.
nevertheless i would recommend poweramp if music is what you need.
rajesh78 said:
Stock mp3 player in nexus s is decent, not terrible. (previously owned Sony W980i walkman phone which was awesome)
however i got carried away with Poweramp which comes with full pack 10B graphic equalizer. i played with it too much until it busted my earphones.
nevertheless i would recommend poweramp if music is what you need.
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lol for some reason this just made me laugh for no reason. i'm sorry your earphones got busted dude, not trying to make fun. it was just funny the way you said it.
were they the stock ones?
Winamp beta is worth a shot, the ear phones that came with the phone are pretty good too, good bass on 320kbs audio.
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CM nightlies with DSP. Works and sounds great.
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I know there is a DSP manager app, but that is not sounding that great. The reason I say this is that recently I gave up Droid X. The X had presets built into the music player for bass, 3D and stuff which made the same songs sound a lot better on the X than Droid 1.
I have tried some settings on Droid 1 in DSP Manager but they are nowhere near the quality of the X.
So does anybody have any other suggestions ?
Audio Quality..
I thought the same thing about the music sounding a bit flat. I installed the Power Amp player and am much happier now. It has a lot more customization controls, so you can add more bass if you want.
MixZing has an equalizer as well.
Try PowerAmp app From Market
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I thought the same thing about the music sounding a bit flat. I installed the Power Amp player and am much happier now. It has a lot more customization controls, so you can add more bass if you want.
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+1 to PowerAMP its amazing and has tons of presets and you can also make your own.
3rd on PowerAmp..nothing else like it Even plays music ripped from streaming well.
HTC's new senseUI (in Desire Z and HD) has a DSP Manager app that has an equalizer as well. 3 different settings for Headphones, BT and speaker.
Maybe that could be ported for other phones as well?
And no, it doesn't improve quality, a better set of headphones will do that.
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3rd on PowerAmp..nothing else like it Even plays music ripped from streaming well.
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Thank you for the explanation is hilariously
Volume +
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PowerAMP is really amazing but I use volume+ now because it affects the every audio app (nice for streaming apps).
Just note that on any eq, you may notice some distortion in the sound. This is especially true if using bass boost and applies to any form of eq.
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Try N7 player it is the best player for rocking boost bass lovers.
I tried all but liked only this one.
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This might be not too related to the topic, but..
I rarely ever use equalizers for the sole reason that the songs are already mixed how the artists intended the songs to sound. I used to abuse EQ like hell when I was younger and maxed bass and treble on everything I listened to. When I turned it off I suddenly noticed small quirks and new guitars in the background, just details that I couldn't hear before because the bass overpowered everything.
Just something to think about.
Anyone with an Atrix bought the sensation yet?
Specifically, Is the sound quality ok (I have an Atrix and I think sound is the best of any device I ever owned) ...
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Not a Sensation owner (yet, mine is coming soon), so I can't judge on a first-person perspective.
However, I can refer you to an extensive review done by GSMArena that tests this area as well.
Main Review Page: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_sensation-review-605.php
The Page with Speaker Test: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_sensation-review-605p5.php
The Page with Audio Quality Test: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_sensation-review-605p7.php
yikes.. the speaker is even worse than the Nexus One if you compare the numbers in the gsmarena reviews for both..
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yikes.. the speaker is even worse than the Nexus One if you compare the numbers in the gsmarena reviews for both..
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That is so disappointing. The Nexus One speaker was a joke. It's not important to many people, but I listen to podcasts and satellite radio over the loudspeaker while doing work and the Nexus One couldn't be heard over even the slightest bit of noise. Maybe root and DSP will help, but this makes switching to the Sensation a much tougher decision than I thought it would be.
I dont understand what it is with HTC these cheap POS speakers...at least the ones on the G2 and the MyTouch4g had decent volume
The older buisness phones like the kaiser and the touchpro had very good speakers but thats probably because they were designed to be used on speaker phone alot more.
The speaker on the sensation is not that bad for calls but if you were planning on listening to music on it you will be disapointed, but I dont imagine anyone would want listen to music on a phone speaker
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The older buisness phones like the kaiser and the touchpro had very good speakers but thats probably because they were designed to be used on speaker phone alot more.
The speaker on the sensation is not that bad for calls but if you were planning on listening to music on it you will be disapointed, but I dont imagine anyone would want listen to music on a phone speaker
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i do and most of my friends do as well. Sony and Samsung phones sound SO good that you would think a small audio system is playing not a cell phone. loud too. useful at BBQs, listen to radio before bedtime, at work etc.
HD2 and Nexus One have been very disappointing in this department. Sony Music phone and Vibrant have been very good.
I definitely think that the external speaker volume is lower than my hd2, which was really loud. Is there a software fix for that?
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Player pro was the only fix I could find. But it plays the music louder than every other player I tried. It's made my loudspeaker serviceable until we can get rooted.
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Player pro was the only fix I could find. But it plays the music louder than every other player I tried. It's made my loudspeaker serviceable until we can get rooted.
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I'm thinking that player pro would be for music, what about general system sounds, like notifications, coming out the speaker?
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Samsung phones sound SO good that you would think a small audio system is playing not a cell phone.
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Not the SGS2. It's speaker is maybe a little bit better than the DHDs, which is CRAP (imo)
The speaker is one of the only things that the iPhone 4 does better than the latest HTC flagships.
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i do and most of my friends do as well. Sony and Samsung phones sound SO good that you would think a small audio system is playing not a cell phone. loud too. useful at BBQs, listen to radio before bedtime, at work etc.
HD2 and Nexus One have been very disappointing in this department. Sony Music phone and Vibrant have been very good.
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While the SGS phones are amazing compared to the N1, that doesn't say much. I come from the Motorola Droid series and those things are like boomboxes compared to any of these phones. SE seems to do a good job too. SGS is in the middle of the pack. I need my ringer on 5/7 or 6/7 to hear it outdoors for my Nexus S, but the Milestone rings like a champ at 3/7.
But here's the thing. The N1 also had a crappy earpiece. How is the earpiece on the Sensation? As important as speakerphone is, I'm sure the earpiece is even more important. If you can't make calls on the earpiece, then how is speakerphone gonna fix anything?
If where talking about ringing. I can hear the sensation with no problems. When I get a call.
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Hi guys, any audiophiles here like me?
This music player has terrible interface. Basic functions doesn't work too well. BUT!!!
OMG the sound quality of this player is mind blowing. I really mean it. SGS and voodoo is known for it's SQ. However, despite it sounds clear, the sounds is not precise and out of place by an inch. Was a voodoo + equalizer app + poweramp fan and still am cuz of interface but i can forsee an android music player to better poweramp! Assuming this music player gets developed nicely. Give it a try guys and if you like the SQ, show dev some support just by rating etc.
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It gives the sounds of dedicated MP3s.
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Would like to try it.....but where is it? In market?
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Would like to try it.....but where is it? In market?
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Type neutron in search and it will come up.
I checked this out last week, but just couldn't stand the UI and layout of it... If it had more polish and a neater/more attractive UI I would use it.
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Would like to try it.....but where is it? In market?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.neutroncode.mpeval&feature=search_result
UI = Back to the 90s
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I checked this out last week, but just couldn't stand the UI and layout of it... If it had more polish and a neater/more attractive UI I would use it.
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Well I still appreciate the sound and hopefully the interface will become better as the app develops... hopefully lol
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UI = Back to the 90s
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80s mate lol
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best music player I tried so far, power amp is obviously good but this is better. Sound quality is what I was looking for sony xperia x10i (sony should give us this kind of music quality with new update)
man this trial is just for five days and i got no money to buy.All goodies come at a price i want a free version with limited features>. i barely use all those listed features anyways
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best music player I tried so far, power amp is obviously good but this is better. Sound quality is what I was looking for sony xperia x10i (sony should give us this kind of music quality with new update)
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nice to see someone appreciates the SQ of this app as much as I do
Bump for audiophiles
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jay_993 said:
80s mate lol
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Tsssspsss! 80s = Simple lines and pew pew space games | 90s = Baaaad graphics
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Tsssspsss! 80s = Simple lines and pew pew space games | 90s = Baaaad graphics
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Haha maybe you are right
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does indeed sound good but I feel Power Amp sounds just as good as it. both these sound better than Winamp and Ttpod but jt is just so ugly and unresponsivd too. button presses most times dont work, setting up a playlist on first start sucks as it just does not acction button presses and if you minimise program then go back to it it changes song automatically. good sound quality though, sorry,only positive i can think of. using Xperia MiUi 2.2.1
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does indeed sound good but I feel Power Amp sounds just as good as it. both these sound better than Winamp and Ttpod but jt is just so ugly and unresponsivd too. button presses most times dont work, setting up a playlist on first start sucks as it just does not acction button presses and if you minimise program then go back to it it changes song automatically. good sound quality though, sorry,only positive i can think of. using Xperia MiUi 2.2.1
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I suppose sound is very subjective and also depends on the headphones you use as well the phone you use. On SGS, neutron definitely widens soundstage with better sound separation whilst keeping the sound crisp and clear. Sure poweramp is clear but the sound is everywhere. Also with that filtering of highest frequency on neutron, the sound feels very calm to listen to as well as having the "fun" sound from general boost the app gives to SQ.
However as you said and as i said on OP sq is the only pro atm but any audiophiles would (or should ) use it just for that reason like i do
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I suppose sound is very subjective and also depends on the headphones you use as well the phone you use. On SGS, neutron definitely widens soundstage with better sound separation whilst keeping the sound crisp and clear. Sure poweramp is clear but the sound is everywhere. Also with that filtering of highest frequency on neutron, the sound feels very calm to listen to as well as having the "fun" sound from general boost the app gives to SQ.
However as you said and as i said on OP sq is the only pro atm but any audiophiles would (or should ) use it just for that reason like i do
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will give this another try i guess, was happy with the sound, using earphones that came with my old Sony. Ericsson w980, very strong sound from them. sound is great from the player but to purchase would be nice to know there is refinement of the ui planned. cheers
Another "good sound, bad UI" app is Rockbox. It has not been announced as "useable" yet, but many reports that it works fine. And I think it has more sound tweaking features than Neutron. It would be interesting to hear an audiophiles comparison between these two.
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will give this another try i guess, was happy with the sound, using earphones that came with my old Sony. Ericsson w980, very strong sound from them. sound is great from the player but to purchase would be nice to know there is refinement of the ui planned. cheers
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That UI needs to be sorted seriously... sadly i have no idea whether the dev is looking for ui update.
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I know that this topic has been discussed before. I have tried the voodoo app and i have bought it. It just seems to make the sound even worse. I believe the culprit is dsp manager. So here Is what happens, I usually keep my volume 2-3 notches below the highest volume. I am using the acoustic preset on dsp manager with the bass slightly higher. If I go 2-3 notches above my normal volume, the sound gets really crackely and choppy. I tried the same song, but with the same preset but with even more bass on my sansa and it sounded crystal clear and really powerful even at higher volumes. Can someone suggest a fix. I am running HFP 2.1 and Faux's kernel.
Edit: I am also running beats audio from like march. And I'm using the google play music app
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Try to freeze Dsp and install either EQ or Volume+, then give it a shot. As far as I'm concerned G2X doesn't have the necessary libraries for beat audio to work.
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Alright ill give that a try
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Try to freeze Dsp and install either EQ or Volume+, then give it a shot. As far as I'm concerned G2X doesn't have the necessary libraries for beat audio to work.
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Beats doesn't work and when you place the files where they go it breaks poweramp and dsp
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The first thing you need to do is remove the beats audio as it does nothing for the sound. Voodoo sound is much better as long as you have a kernel that has it built in. PowerAMP is one of the best equaliser apps out there for android but the overall sound quality coming from the G2x is not that good and will never be that good without better hardware.
The first thing you need to do is remove the beats audio as it does nothing for the sound. Voodoo sound is much better as long as you have a kernel that has it built in. PowerAMP is one of the best equaliser apps out there for android but the overall sound quality coming from the G2x is not that good and will never be that good without better hardware.
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I agree to disagree. Yes, get rid of beats. It didnt anything when I used it. Ditch google music its crap (intended for those of us who enjoy music? I think not.) I use PlayerPro (paid) with treble/bass booster preset with the bass knob almost all the way up. No matter how loud I make it, it kicks ass.
I'm also running RG2x MIUI with Faux kernel. Cleanest, smoothest, and all around best MIUI. Sorry Stormageddon. I used yours and my phone kept freezing. Not your fault, I know this. My phone just doesnt seem to like your roms. Or MIUI.us or Singh-MIUI's either for that matter. RG2x is the only one I can get to run with FC'ing a FC.
I use Winamp pro in conjunction with DSP manager and get GREAT sound (especially from FLAC ) I disable the EQ in DSP manager, Compression - Slight, Bass Boost - Slight, and depending on what I am listening to I will adjust Virtual Room. Everything else in DSP manager OFF. Then, in Winamp I use the Awesome 10 band EQ to adjust the sound to my liking.
I've been using winamp lately, but it still cannot drive my headphones as well as my sansa. Probably just the ****ty audio hardware from LG.
Also how do I get rid of beats audio?
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I've been using winamp lately, but it still cannot drive my headphones as well as my sansa. Probably just the ****ty audio hardware from LG.
Also how do I get rid of beats audio?
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I know not of this ****ty audio you speak of. I consider myself an audiophile (500 gigs of FLAC and counting, high end Polk Audio home theater sound) and honestly, I am quite impressed with the audio quality from my phone. I am guessing that something is not quite right with your setup, or maybe the quality of what you are listening to on your phone isn't up to par.
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I know not of this ****ty audio you speak of. I consider myself an audiophile (500 gigs of FLAC and counting, high end Polk Audio home theater sound) and honestly, I am quite impressed with the audio quality from my phone. I am guessing that something is not quite right with your setup, or maybe the quality of what you are listening to on your phone isn't up to par.
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I don't know but my SanDisk Sansa is able to put out alot more power. The bass is alot more powerful on it too.
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Winamp for android is **** anyway. What u need is poweramp with a custom equal so it puts ur headphones to the limit before making it sound like ****. That and Volume++. I promise you will see a difference
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Try n7player....pretty good. You have to pay but I think u have a 7 day trial first, then u have to buy afterwards.
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I don't know but my SanDisk Sansa is able to put out alot more power. The bass is alot more powerful on it too.
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if you are on HFP 2.1 and Faux's kernel did you try the "DSP Manager' settings?
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I know not of this ****ty audio you speak of. I consider myself an audiophile (500 gigs of FLAC and counting, high end Polk Audio home theater sound) and honestly, I am quite impressed with the audio quality from my phone. I am guessing that something is not quite right with your setup, or maybe the quality of what you are listening to on your phone isn't up to par.
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The actual hardware that is in the LG G2x is the same Wolfson DAC that is in the iPod touches and the iPhones. That DAC is really not that good especially for an audiophile. I never use my phone for music, and yes I only listen to FLAC or better and have a complete Sennheiser setup. I have tried making the audio better with an amp but even that just made the quality barely noticeably better. The quality is not that good and will never be that good.
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The actual hardware that is in the LG G2x is the same Wolfson DAC that is in the iPod touches and the iPhones. That DAC is really not that good especially for an audiophile. I never use my phone for music, and yes I only listen to FLAC or better and have a complete Sennheiser setup. I have tried making the audio better with an amp but even that just made the quality barely noticeably better. The quality is not that good and will never be that good.
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Realistically can you expect more than what it is from a phone for this price?
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Kind of sad that my $50 SanDisk Sansa performs better than this expensive phone.
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A2DP ftw
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Kind of sad that my $50 SanDisk Sansa performs better than this expensive phone.
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With voodoo sound and poweramp there's no way.. with that combo it sounds better than My iPod touch
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Yes way. My sansa can send bass that is skullcrushing (Sony xb-500 headphones). My phone can barely drive my headphones. If I set it to the loudest setting the sound is no where close even with poweramp.
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Not sure if you guys know about JetAudio but it's one of the best media players available for PC's and has been my media player of choice for the past 7-8yrs. Plays almost any media file you need it to, is a file converter, audio trimmer, etc.......well now it's available for Android!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetappfactory.jetaudio
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Not sure if you guys know about JetAudio but it's one of the best media players available for PC's and has been my media player of choice for the past 7-8yrs. Plays almost any media file you need it to, is a file converter, audio trimmer, etc.......well now it's available for Android!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetappfactory.jetaudio
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Again, best player I've used so far. Thanks!
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Hmm looks really good and it's free! I just feel bad that I'd be loosing $5 from Poweramp though
I have PowerAmp too, JetAudio is cool but i'm so used to PA that it's gonna take an exceptional experience to unseat it. This is kinda like the Zune trying to uproot the iPod.....Zune showed up just a little late to the party.
Yeah. It sounds really good, but for some reason it's not picking up the tags for my flac files so their all under "unknown artist".
Jetaudio is good but i feel PowerAmp is better
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i think player pro is as good.
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Plus one for player pro. Love it!
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i think double twist is very nice!!
Zplayer is quite a beast..... Guess after wp7 it just feels natural.....
most vital element
No matter wat player u use
u must have a proper headphones to feel the Bass, Treble & evrythin else
i find huge difference bet several headfones
so far i find samsung (selected one's) hf are best ..... haven't tried BOSE
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No matter wat player u use
u must have a proper headphones to feel the Bass, Treble & evrythin else
i find huge difference bet several headfones
so far i find samsung (selected one's) hf are best ..... haven't tried BOSE
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Can't agree more bro, I have got these Sony MDRs that I have ordered from infibeam thinking they will be great, which they are, but i am surprised with the other sony headphones which i have won in one of those facebook contents, they are incredible, I believe Sony gives them away with Live with Walkman.
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Not sure if you guys know about JetAudio but it's one of the best media players available for PC's and has been my media player of choice for the past 7-8yrs. Plays almost any media file you need it to, is a file converter, audio trimmer, etc.......well now it's available for Android!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetappfactory.jetaudio
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Tried, loved bought plus version! Thanks for the suggestion!
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