I'd like to know and share with others what experiences everyones had listening to music on their g2x.. what rom , kernal, apps headphones. etc.. I'm currently running fits' latest kang and just use the dsp manager and earbuds that came with my wife's sgs4g ... The sound is great... Anyone else?
Dude...the way to go is CM7 with faux's kernal and Voodoo. I also run Power Amp for my music app. Btw... I'm using Beats by Dre for headphones. The sound is amazing...get voodoo for sure. You'll love it.
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ergibson83 said:
Dude...the way to go is CM7 with faux's kernal and Voodoo. I also run Power Amp for my music app. Btw... I'm using Beats by Dre for headphones. The sound is amazing...get voodoo for sure. You'll love it.
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Haven't checked voodoo out yet.. been meaning too. Thanks
Apparently we cant just yet (or so I read in another thread)...when you got to install you get an incompatible device error. The thread mentioned something about the dev updating it for our P999's
Those who are using voodoo ... did you have an apk of it previously?
ergibson83 said:
Dude...the way to go is CM7 with faux's kernal and Voodoo. I also run Power Amp for my music app. Btw... I'm using Beats by Dre for headphones. The sound is amazing...get voodoo for sure. You'll love it.
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Uhh I have news for you, those headphones are horrible compared to the competition at the price point. The only thing they do have is that they are a great looking set of headphones.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD595-Performance-Premiere-Headphones/dp/B0001FTVE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317303510&sr=8-1
Are miles better for around the price of the Beats Solo.
As for the rom/music app/headphones I use the Latest MIUI Build/Winamp/Grado SR80i
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Uhh I have news for you, those headphones are horrible compared to the competition at the price point. The only thing they do have is that they are a great looking set of headphones.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD...TVE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317303510&sr=8-1
Are miles better for around the price of the Beats Solo.
As for the rom/music app/headphones I use the Latest MIUI Build/Winamp/Grado SR80i
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Watch out bro there are some true beat lovers here....lol
Fauxs kernel works with fits build it is based off cm with some cherry picks that's all, and voodoo works fine.....u flash the kernel then grab voodoo control plus u do NOT have to do anything inside the app voodoo automatically loads up u are ready to use it no need to load module. Although it does say kernel or device not supported it still works well for me atleast . I think faux needs to update the voodoo drivers. But your good man I love music on the g2x with voodoo awesome sound.... I'm running fits latest voodoo, faux 0.4.2 and some Sony headphones I had laying around sounds great
I like to think of Beats by Dr. Dre as a cooler version of Bose Headphones. Great, but crazy overpriced. On a side note, the phone works great for most times listening during the day, but there's far too much noise at the lowest volume levels for it to be really amazing. That doesn't really matter much when I listen to dubstep or black keys, but throw on some fleet foxes or mumford & sons and it's a little annoying.
sarni84 said:
Fauxs kernel works with fits build it is based off cm with some cherry picks that's all, and voodoo works fine.....u flash the kernel then grab voodoo control plus u do NOT have to do anything inside the app voodoo automatically loads up u are ready to use it no need to load module. Although it does say kernel or device not supported it still works well for me atleast . I think faux needs to update the voodoo drivers. But your good man I love music on the g2x with voodoo awesome sound.... I'm running fits latest voodoo, faux 0.4.2 and some Sony headphones I had laying around sounds great
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I'm gonna have to try the voodoo app tonight ... I can't believe the sound I get out of the little earbuds that I have... they came with the wife's sgs4g... Sarni I thought you had jumped ship and went to the sensation ... Hadn't seen you in any threads in a while... Or maybe its just me being burnt out from work ...
sarni84 said:
Fauxs kernel works with fits build it is based off cm with some cherry picks that's all, and voodoo works fine.....u flash the kernel then grab voodoo control plus u do NOT have to do anything inside the app voodoo automatically loads up u are ready to use it no need to load module. Although it does say kernel or device not supported it still works well for me atleast . I think faux needs to update the voodoo drivers. But your good man I love music on the g2x with voodoo awesome sound.... I'm running fits latest voodoo, faux 0.4.2 and some Sony headphones I had laying around sounds great
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So you have to use Voodoo Control PLUS? The free ver is the one that gives the incompatibility error.
Anyone know what DAC the G2X is using? Did a quick search but didn't turn anything up. I'll keep looking.
Weapon g2x, faux kernel w/voodoo, Power Amp, Panasonic hje-900 or my custom triple fi-10.
I have yet to uplaod my music collection to Google music. Anyone using Amazon music service? Thinking about going that route because I can actually purchase new music if needed.
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Uhh I have news for you, those headphones are horrible compared to the competition at the price point. The only thing they do have is that they are a great looking set of headphones.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD595-Performance-Premiere-Headphones/dp/B0001FTVE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317303510&sr=8-1
Are miles better for around the price of the Beats Solo.
As for the rom/music app/headphones I use the Latest MIUI Build/Winamp/Grado SR80i
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Nope, I've had everything from Sony, Bose, Shure, to sennheiser and I am for sure Beats all the way. They are pricey and I'm the first to look for deals but Beats By Dre (HD) are definitely well worth the price. I got mine a few months ago and I definitely think they sound better than anything else out there.
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Uhh I have news for you, those headphones are horrible compared to the competition at the price point. The only thing they do have is that they are a great looking set of headphones.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD595-Performance-Premiere-Headphones/dp/B0001FTVE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317303510&sr=8-1
Are miles better for around the price of the Beats Solo.
As for the rom/music app/headphones I use the Latest MIUI Build/Winamp/Grado SR80i
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+1. Totally agree with you on this one bro...I've tried the HD5's, Sony V900HD, and the Beats by Dre...Sorry to say but the bass coming from the Beats sounded like butt compared to the HD5's...
Please, what audio parameter on the headphone out changes when the kernel or ROM is changed?
Thanx.
wendellc said:
Weapon g2x, faux kernel w/voodoo, Power Amp, Panasonic hje-900 or my custom triple fi-10.
I have yet to uplaod my music collection to Google music. Anyone using Amazon music service? Thinking about going that route because I can actually purchase new music if needed.
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I use Amazon Cloud for stuff stored on the Web and Uber Music for stuff I side load. Both work well, but the Amazon player just looks stupid. Uber Music has a great UI, imho, and has a nice feature where when you choose an album to play, it will offer a page of band info, etc., of the sort you might see on Allmusic.com or some such.
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I'm gonna have to try the voodoo app tonight ... I can't believe the sound I get out of the little earbuds that I have... they came with the wife's sgs4g... Sarni I thought you had jumped ship and went to the sensation ... Hadn't seen you in any threads in a while... Or maybe its just me being burnt out from work ...
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Nah man I'm still here, just been super busy with college at night construction in the day and wife and 3. Kids lol g2x is better then that crapsation and not sure if the free one works or not but I have voodoo control plus version 3.0 and it works fine
To the person that asked what rom/kernal I was using I believe it was either fauxs rom and kernal that is included with it or fitsnuglys rom and fauxs 4.1 stick voltage kernal.. either one are great...
Oh and for those that like poweramp I suggest player pro it is just as good IMO and its equalizer is very nice in combination with dsp manager and voodoo u have to grab the separate equalizer that goes with it in the market its called dsp pack
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Nah man I'm still here, just been super busy with college at night construction in the day and wife and 3. Kids lol g2x is better then that crapsation and not sure if the free one works or not but I have voodoo control plus version 3.0 and it works fine
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Lol .. I was jk about the sensation ... I know just by some of your posts yous never switch ...going to college, very cool... I hear ya with work.. I have a small autobody shop and I'm the only employee .. I just can't count on someone doing the quality of work that I myself would do... Luckily my kids are grown up, 20 year old son in the navy and a 16 year old daughter with the attitude of a 30 year old... she alone is a hand full...
Wdave said:
Uhh I have news for you, those headphones are horrible compared to the competition at the price point. The only thing they do have is that they are a great looking set of headphones.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD595-Performance-Premiere-Headphones/dp/B0001FTVE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317303510&sr=8-1
Are miles better for around the price of the Beats Solo.
As for the rom/music app/headphones I use the Latest MIUI Build/Winamp/Grado SR80i
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Those headphones have a 3M cable...
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i play the drums a lot with studio head phones and when i use any head phone with the thunderbolt is is never loud enough. i was hoping to ditch the ipod for ever with this phone but the ipod gets so much louder. i have played with all the settings... is there any way to get the volume louder?
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i play the drums a lot with studio head phones and when i use any head phone with the thunderbolt is is never loud enough. i was hoping to ditch the ipod for ever with this phone but the ipod gets so much louder. i have played with all the settings... is there any way to get the volume louder?
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You can try to look for Different music players in the market that may let you raise the volume higher. PowerAMP let me raise it a little bit after tweakage but not significantly. Im Sure theirs other ways if rooted too.
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You can try to look for Different music players in the market that may let you raise the volume higher. PowerAMP let me raise it a little bit after tweakage but not significantly. Im Sure theirs other ways if rooted too.
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Cool thanks! I'm going through the market now looking at different music players. I am rooted on perfect storm 1.2 plus ziggy's Beta Kernel MECHA BFS 6 Apr 11 kernel...
There's an app called AudioBoost that can help... But you must be rooted to use it.
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Nevermind, i used AudioBoost on my Samsung Vibrant way back when but the new version might not work on HTC devices... Will give it a whirl later today and report back.
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Hey everyone, awhile back I ran CM7 (2.3.3) on my nexus and whenever I used the bass amplifier with the "equalizer" app in the market, it made it feel as though I was in a movie room. I mean it was surround sound!
I've upgraded to MIUI and unfortunately I don't get that same sound output. The bass sounds sound smooth, rather it sounds like someone is banging the music playing.
I was wondering if there's anyway besides going back to CM7 and 2.3.3. that I could get that surround sound feeling back.
Thanks in advance guys!
Get a kernel for MIUI with Voodoo sound ?
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Get a kernel for MIUI with Voodoo sound ?
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I wish it was that easy. You see I have a kernel flashed, but the output does not sound the same. I have Beats by Dre headphones, and I can significantly remember the richness of the bass compared to the kernel im using now.
I'm wondering if its due to the rom, or what.
Well I am in the mood/ a mission to just royally mess up my phone today and luckily the portal is chock full of suggestions and mods to help me do just that.
The first I found was the GPS fix from earlier and now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523760
Beats by DRE for all Gingerbread roms.
I went through it a bit and it didnt seem like it was gonna mess with anything (mostly different files) so I went ahead and flashed it.
Everything is working fine and there doesnt seem to be any conflicts with Voodoo Sound. Does it improve the audio? I guess I am not enough of an audiofile to really know...
Just wanted to say that it seems safe to flash and throw it out as an option
Just to help people understand what Beats is (from what I know). It is more or less an audio filter that changes how the audio is processed coming from the device. It also changes the EQ curve some to accentuate the lower frequencies and then gives you a "distorted" output.
How can you tell if it installed correctly? is there any settings? Thanks.
As far as I can tell there no settings, and they are just under the hood enhancements.
Charged up post!
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As far as I can tell there no settings, and they are just under the hood enhancements.
Charged up post!
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+1 Yeah, the reason I asked cause I couldn't tell the different after installed. I heard everyone swore that it's huge different in sound quality, well I guess not for me. Thanks.
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+1 Yeah, the reason I asked cause I couldn't tell the different after installed. I heard everyone swore that it's huge different in sound quality, well I guess not for me. Thanks.
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it may have to do with the quality of the audio card in the charge. I felt like i noticed more of a difference when I flashed this on my kindle fire than I did on my charge.
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it may have to do with the quality of the audio card in the charge. I felt like i noticed more of a difference when I flashed this on my kindle fire than I did on my charge.
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The charge has one of the best DACs around on a phone... That's why voodoo sound works
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The charge has one of the best DACs around on a phone... That's why voodoo sound works
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That was my whole point... A device that renders sound exceptionally well is going to benefit less from minor software tweaks than one with a ****ty card that plays poorly out of the box.
Just because someone says "build quality" doesn't mean that they mean "bad build quality".
I think Beats sounds like crap anyway. It overemphasizes the bass and muddies up the mids. It's really intended for bass heavy music and doesn't really work well for anything else, IMO.
Beats... Audiophiles? Thanks for making me laugh this morning.
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I've seen some threads in the International HOX forum, as well as a new ROM in our forum that support Dolby Mobile.
I'm on Cleanrom, and I don't really want to switch ROMS for an audio effect. I'm definitely curious though.
How can I flash Dolby Mobile onto my HOX without any ROM changes?
What about ALSA? I know MixGet is on the play store, but does it work for anyone?
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I've seen some threads in the International HOX forum, as well as a new ROM in our forum that support Dolby Mobile.
I'm on Cleanrom, and I don't really want to switch ROMS for an audio effect. I'm definitely curious though.
How can I flash Dolby Mobile onto my HOX without any ROM changes?
What about ALSA? I know MixGet is on the play store, but does it work for anyone?
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I mean heres the apk. IMO its just another gimmick like beats. Its just a different equalizer. Seriously just use poweramp or playerpro or even the equalizer app from the play store and set your settings according to your preference. Surround sound is not possible through a 3.5mm stereo jack. At best, you will get virtual surround sound which distorts or incorrectly balances sounds.
Thats my opinion. But you are better off sending a PM to XsMagical and ask him about it since he ported the ROM that contains it.
Yup that I know, a gimmick it is for sure. I wish the HOX had a wolfson dac, or a voodoo-like hack of some sort. Driving larger headphones with higher impendence doesn't quite work well here.
Right now I'm using Google music with DSP manager. I'll occasionally leave beats on while at the gym for the fun of it, usually I'm only using an equalizer though. I just wanted to hear what Dolby could do, never tried it before in my life lol.
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I mean heres the apk. IMO its just another gimmick like beats. Its just a different equalizer. Seriously just use poweramp or playerpro or even the equalizer app from the play store and set your settings according to your preference. Surround sound is not possible through a 3.5mm stereo jack. At best, you will get virtual surround sound which distorts or incorrectly balances sounds.
Thats my opinion. But you are better off sending a PM to XsMagical and ask him about it since he ported the ROM that contains it.
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The problem with that is I don't know what to set those apps to.
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I love the Voodoo headphone amp as it boosts the headphone output to a decent level, but installing voodoo sounds has its problems on ICS with calls, etc and all the know bugs. Is there a headphone amp app or widget or something? Best I've found is to make a preset EQ with everything boosted but this affects sound more than Supercurio's work on the Wolfman chip and enabling the headphone boosts.
Jetaudio is the player I've been using on my other phone. Get it from play store. Once you have it go to EQ and look at the top. There is a built in preamp. Slide the bar to 10 and watch your ears bleed. It is by far the best free player that I've used.
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Jetaudio is the player I've been using on my other phone. Get it from play store. Once you have it go to EQ and look at the top. There is a built in preamp. Slide the bar to 10 and watch your ears bleed. It is by far the best free player that I've used.
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
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Actually thank eollie. I'm pretty sure he's the one that let me know about it. Well it was either him or Lumin. Hard to tell the other members of TFTN apart anymore. lol
I'll give Jet a try myself.
Not to hijack, if anyone knows of dev info on compiling new codecs for Android, would you PM me? The lack of Apple lossless keeps me from using my phone for music.
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Can you really tell the difference between lossless and compressed? I've tried with some really good earbuds and it's super hard for me to tell. Try talking some albums that you know really well and converting them to mp3 at 224. If you can tell the difference from the phone I'd be amazed.
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Actually thank eollie. I'm pretty sure he's the one that let me know about it. Well it was either him or Lumin. Hard to tell the other members of TFTN apart anymore. lol
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1673917
Yeah, I use Grado cans and anything below 512 kbps is like nails on a chalkboard to me. My library is all Apple lossless at this point and transcoding on the fly is a complexity I'd rather not deal with.
Edit -- Switching to IEMs has made anything compressed even at 512 kbps rather painful. As full-rate Apple Lossless or Flac is typically around 800-1000 kbps, at least for me, there isn't any meaningful gain for the pain.
jetAudio does support Apple Lossless now, and doesn't have the gaps between tracks that used to plague older Android players. It's got it's own usability issues, but it does a decent job.
Now if I can figure out why Voodoo Sound occasionally stops working for me to control amp gain so I can keep the digital gain maxed out.
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jetAudio does support Apple Lossless now, and doesn't have the gaps between tracks that used to plague older Android players. It's got it's own usability issues, but it does a decent job.
Now if I can figure out why Voodoo Sound occasionally stops working for me to control amp gain so I can keep the digital gain maxed out.
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Since I stopped using my 4g as a phone and just use it as a music player voodoo sounds has worked all the time every time. I think receiving phone calls might be what is causing it to stop working. I few others have reported the same. Something to take a look at at least. If your using jet it has it's own built in pre amp that works well.
I think that maxed out issue you are talking about is a setting in voodoo app causes the db keep going up
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I think receiving phone calls might be what is causing [Voodoo Sound] to stop working.
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I seem to be finding that either placing or receiving a call "disconnects" Voodoo Sound from the analog gain.
The preamp control in jetAudio is a little different -- Voodoo has the benefit of keeping the digital gain as high as possible and just using the audio gain, which should improve sound quality by keeping digitization noise lower.
I have logs for that i go on wheresmycellphone.com and call my phone run logocat right before the call. No one has provided logs yet ? There seems to be dual speaker mode thats changed and an audio route problem. Do u want me to up logs. Does voodoo work on any of ics roms with just dsp manager and how do u tell if it is working really. I think the tv out driver plays a slight role as well there is bluetooth sharing enabled during call when headset not being used or anything.
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I seem to be finding that either placing or receiving a call "disconnects" Voodoo Sound from the analog gain.
The preamp control in jetAudio is a little different -- Voodoo has the benefit of keeping the digital gain as high as possible and just using the audio gain, which should improve sound quality by keeping digitization noise lower.
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I bet you still listen to vinyl don't you. LOL I see your point for sure but on my earbuds I can't tell the difference. As long as it's loud and clear and loud it's good enough for me.
I do. And on audiophile the dsp manager says does not work with hardware on last tab to the right
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