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Beats vs. Poweramp

So after using Beats for a while, and then reinstalling PowerAmp, I've come to the conclusion that PowerAmp kicks the sh*t out of Beats. I dont use BT for music so I dont know how PowerAmp sounds over BT, but my headphones are nearly twice as loud on PowerAmp as they are on Beats mods, Dolby or HTC Surround. Plus the bass sounds WAY better. I have a pair of Bose ear plugs, and without a doubt the rock harder thru PowerAmp. How about you?
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Beats is terrible. I pity the fool the who thinks it's good. It's like saying $10 wine is great without every having tried better ones.

Are using the beats mods or the actaul XE Rom? Cause the XE rom beats audio sounds great to me.
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I'm using the revolution rom with it cooked in and I think the sound quality is better. I uninstalled all music players and am using the HTC player now with some tweaks from Volume+
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I used mods, roms, stock, and everything else. Even winamp. PowerAmp kills em all. I cant listen to it full volume on PowerAmp. Where I really test is in transit. I cant hear even big trucks drive by me with poweramp. Beats and the rest of them sound terrible compared, and I hear traffic noise from smaller vehicles. Not to mention PowerAmp can run off or on headphones, and has an 8 band equalizer with a Preamp. It was my very first purchase from the Market and has been worth every penny. It lays the competition to waste. Not even Dsp manager can compare. I hate to be free advertising but I find it hard to believe HTC is being outgunned by a Market app. Beats is supposed to be The Best right? Got some work to do on that I think!
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Its hilarious that it is marketed as an enhancement, when it doesn't even have settings. It seems to be merely a ****ty eq you cant adjust.

Does anyone in this thread have beats headphones or have tried them?
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charlieb620 said:
Does anyone in this thread have beats headphones or have tried them?
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I have. They are nice. Not amazing though. The cable is a ribbon, which is cool. Overpriced.

Tried them too. Not worth it. I have Shure and they kick their arse

Beats is awful. HTC player can't even do flac format.

Beats does nothing for me...

Sdobron said:
Beats is awful. HTC player can't even do flac format.
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One more reason to use poweramp.

I have poweramp and playerpro installed on my sensation. I use both of them, and I like them both. Can't decide which one I like better

I used to use Poweramp, but then thought I'd try Playerpro.
Have to say Playerppro is much better. The UI is beautiful. And with the free DSP Pack on the Market, the EQ is just as good as the Poweramp one.

the_scotsman said:
I used to use Poweramp, but then thought I'd try Playerpro.
Have to say Playerppro is much better. The UI is beautiful. And with the free DSP Pack on the Market, the EQ is just as good as the Poweramp one.
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Agreed. The new playerpro has a new updated dsp pack v2, and the UI is indeed better than poweramp. Not to mention that playerpro does not run in the background like poweramp.

I mainly only listen to metal and hardcore music, so beats was obviously a flop for my tast. I love poweramp, I like being able to make my own eq setting. Im interested in this "playerpro" but how much is it after the trial is up?? I already purchased poweramp so would it be worth buying another player?
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kmmxracer said:
I mainly only listen to metal and hardcore music, so beats was obviously a flop for my tast. I love poweramp, I like being able to make my own eq setting. Im interested in this "playerpro" but how much is it after the trial is up?? I already purchased poweramp so would it be worth buying another player?
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I had already ppurchased Poweramp, but tried Playerpro and bought it too...after all , it's not exactly big money
playerpro has a "DSP Pack" free on the market, which extends the EQ and makes it pretty much identical to the Poweramp one.

Anyone as disappointed as I am in the in the winamp app? Doesn't even have an EQ or presets. booh

the_scotsman said:
I had already ppurchased Poweramp, but tried Playerpro and bought it too...after all , it's not exactly big money
playerpro has a "DSP Pack" free on the market, which extends the EQ and makes it pretty much identical to the Poweramp one.
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Ok I've played with Player Pro and I must say the UI is much better then poweramp. I just can't get equal or better audio quality as i can with poweramp. I may just need some more time with it.
O and sorry to the OP, seems this thread has been hijacked into a player discussion. With beats only limited to the htc player, it really has limitations
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kmmxracer said:
Ok I've played with Player Pro and I must say the UI is much better then poweramp. I just can't get equal or better audio quality as i can with poweramp. I may just need some more time with it.
O and sorry to the OP, seems this thread has been hijacked into a player discussion. With beats only limited to the htc player, it really has limitations
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Did you install the DSP Pack from Market?
Yea, sorry OP I also find the beats mod rather "average"...

[Q] SRS & Dolby Sound Profiles on XE Based ROM

Is there anyway to get the SRS and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound Profiles on an XE based ROM?
Beats audio is good, but i'd prefer to have the option between them all, & i think the dolby audio while watching videos sounds better.
I'm using Android Revolution HD 3.6.4 on a regular sensation

Same here also, im trying to find a thread that will enable the dolby/srs mobile on ARHD 3.6.2 rom.. Still cant find it..

This is availble for sense 3.5 based roms. I know that. But can't find it for 3.0.

rddocke said:
This is availble for sense 3.5 based roms. I know that. But can't find it for 3.0.
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How's your video recording on your phone friend, I tried mine today the video quality is ok but the audio is bad, I mean there's too much base on the audio that you could barely understand the people talking on the recorded video. I took the video inside my room no noise whatsoever.
Have you seen this thread or have you tried the mods they have here. Here is the thread link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253447
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jhobert said:
How's your video recording on your phone friend, I tried mine today the video quality is ok but the audio is bad, I mean there's too much base on the audio that you could barely understand the people talking on the recorded video. I took the video inside my room no noise whatsoever.
Have you seen this thread or have you tried the mods they have here. Here is the thread link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253447
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Sounds like you have stereo record on as you are recording. Do you have mikes camera mod installed?
I particularly like mikes camera mod, it allows you to manipulate the bitrate for videos. If you don't have it you should get it
But try switching stereo record off in your settings and see if that works for you. If thy doesn't work try clearing data from the camcorder ap then reboot, test it out and let me know

rddocke said:
Sounds like you have stereo record on as you are recording. Do you have mikes camera mod installed?
I particularly like mikes camera mod, it allows you to manipulate the bitrate for videos. If you don't have it you should get it
But try switching stereo record off in your settings and see if that works for you. If thy doesn't work try clearing data from the camcorder ap then reboot, test it out and let me know
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I'll try it friend and let you know. I'll search for mikes camera mod also if mono recording doesn't work.
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[Q] Is there a hack for BEATS audio to work in more than....

...the HTC Music Player.
Currently it only works in the built in music player. Bummer. I was hoping any music app on the device would be able to use Beats Audio.
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raerae28 said:
...the HTC Music Player.
Currently it only works in the built in music player. Bummer. I was hoping any music app on the device would be able to use Beats Audio.
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Nope beats only work with HTC music player.Sound really good with a little eq,HTC music player isn`t that bad,i like it

I have an HTC ONE V, and my Beats Audio works with the Poweramp music player also, EQ settings and all.
I tested it with Beats on and off and Beats works with it, whether through headphones or Bluetooth.

Han_Dez said:
I have an HTC ONE V, and my Beats Audio works with the Poweramp music player also, EQ settings and all.
I tested it with Beats on and off and Beats works with it, whether through headphones or Bluetooth.
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Sense 4 Allows Beats To Run When You Use Your Headphone Even Without Music Player Running

FreexZx said:
Sense 4 Allows Beats To Run When You Use Your Headphone Even Without Music Player Running
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Do You Really Need The First Letter Of Each Word To Be A Capital?
And poweramp allows beats audio, even on sense 3.6 but really guys, all this hype over beats audio - its just an EQ profile, nothing more...
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Hi,
how do I enable beats on non-sense ROM ? or you saying it will not have effect on audio quality ?
As I understand, I need to flash extra mod ?
there is an app on google store, that says it enables beats audio, but I don't this its working, cause Poweramp is not showing beats settings.
thanks a lot !

ancient86 said:
Hi,
how do I enable beats on non-sense ROM ? or you saying it will not have effect on audio quality ?
As I understand, I need to flash extra mod ?
there is an app on google store, that says it enables beats audio, but I don't this its working, cause Poweramp is not showing beats settings.
thanks a lot !
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For non-sense ROMs, you're better off flashing THIS

try flash Anthrax kernel. it has system-wide beats support.
beats is like, 40% rom and 60% kernel, i heard.

Rajan_96 said:
For non-sense ROMs, you're better off flashing THIS
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+1 for BASSmod, works well with AOSP roms
Beats is overhyped, nothing special about it. I can tweak the EQ in PlayerPro and the music will sound tons better than Beats. maybe its all about personal preference, or youd just like to see the Beats symbol on your status bar lol

aznprodgy said:
Beats is overhyped, nothing special about it. I can tweak the EQ in PlayerPro and the music will sound tons better than Beats. maybe its all about personal preference, or youd just like to see the Beats symbol on your status bar lol
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I agree with this, I have my own custom EQ profile that to my ears sounds much much better than beats - beats is lacking in mid and the bass isnt too great either (yes its an improvement on no effect but still not enough for me)

[Q] beats audio?

What exactly is beats audio? Is it different hardware or just software? I have a sensation 4g and flashed numerous ROMs, some with and some without beats audio, and I can't tell any difference with the audio and I can't find any explanation and/or specs. Is there something I'm missing? I've just been assuming its hardware I don't have, so haven't much worried about it.

It's a software enhancement. Bit like the Equalizer in PowerAMP really.
Scroll down on this review which has a little bit of an explanation: http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/13/htc-sensation-xe-with-beats-audio-review/
In my experience it makes my music sounds a bit more 'bassy' and loud. I quite like it since it seems suited to most of my music. But if I didn't have it, it wouldn't be something I really missed.

redtech83 said:
What exactly is beats audio? Is it different hardware or just software? I have a sensation 4g and flashed numerous ROMs, some with and some without beats audio, and I can't tell any difference with the audio and I can't find any explanation and/or specs. Is there something I'm missing? I've just been assuming its hardware I don't have, so haven't much worried about it.
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And only works with the HTC music player, not on CM9 or google music player. Meaning the beats audio setting is triggered in that app only.

kpjimmy said:
And only works with the HTC music player, not on CM9 or google music player. Meaning the beats audio setting is triggered in that app only.
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Not entirely true. It may not work with those you have referenced, but it does work with other players than just the HTC software. Not sure what a software dev has to do to make use of it, but it is possible.

shuffle said:
Not entirely true. It may not work with those you have referenced, but it does work with other players than just the HTC software. Not sure what a software dev has to do to make use of it, but it is possible.
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No he is right, we can't use it in other than HTC music until Sense 4.0 comes out
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Beats audio in ARHD rom?

first Thread here, please be kind.
first of all, awesome website, awesome developers, and awesome ARHD roms.
i flashed my sensation with ARHD sensation XE rom and it has been nothing but awsome so far. however, as a audiophile myself, i cannot help but noticed something changed in the audio department.
with the default HTC audio player, the music became almost unlistenable without Beats enabled. the overwhelming amount of bass pretty much ruins everything. I don't recall this was the case before flashing the ARHD rom. and when i use 3rd party player (like Winamp) with no EQ change, the music is on par with using HTC audio player with Beats turned on.
so here is my theory:
1. HTC is really play dirty here by purposely making the musics sounds so bad that user has to enable the Beats audio on models that support Beats audio.
2. Sensation is not compatible with Senstion XE rom?
is this an isolated case? or are you guys all experiencing it?
Thanks

Never had that, flash again maybe?
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yes... I also facing same issue when listen to music using poweramp. But as far as I know beats function only work with stock music player.

Sensation-al! said:
Never had that, flash again maybe?
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i think i flashed a number of times and i have noticed this every time.
could you do test on your phone?
listen to a music file with HTC music player with beats off, and beast on.
and listen to the same file with a 3rd party player with flat eq setting.
since 3rd party player cannot trigger beats audio, it should sound just like HTC player with Beats disabled.
my problem is it sounded like HTC player with beats enabled, while the HTC player with beats disabled sounds like carp (granted my head phone cost as much as sensation itself so i might hear a bit more, but the difference should be very significant to spot with just regular earphones)

For ICS, HTC have modified the Beats algorithm (imho)
So now, beats enabled is as the player should be,
Beats disabled, has HTC crippling the sound to make Beats sound better than it is
I think.....
A very nice posting from my ARHD XE

Sorry but.... do you guys use piracy OLD version of power amp? New version of it has Beats Audio in EQ. Better just buy Power Amp and get an update with Beats Audio in EQ And on topic, I don`t have this issue. Maybe it`s related on headphones, as I`m using headphones from SE Xperia Arc S, but with some others headphones sound is really bad.

I don't use Beats anymore as it sucks out my battery.
Google Music has pretty nice sound, don't need more than that.

I've found that using dsp manager as well as beats audio gives the best sound.
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