I'm a Metalhead n need playback of my Metal tracks to be good quality on the phone if not great ! Everything else plays fine than a Rock/Metal track. Its no doubt that the audio quality on the headphones is great. I also understand that those low quality speakers on the Optimus suck.
So now what's the solution to eliminate the crackling + hiss sound?
Can I apply some software application? Can I change the speaker hardware? Can I alter the music files in a way that they dont produce crackling sound but still sound loud enough on speakers?
P.S : Many of the music files I download are originally encoded at a low volume i.e. some of the music files are low volume, while others are higher volume (based on how they were encoded by the uploaders). I always amplify the volume using the freeware "Wavepad" due to the low volume of files. I experimented by first applying a reverb to the files n then amplifying them to see if they no more produce a crackling sound.
Please help me if someone knows what I'm talkin abt.
I almost solved the issue of the crackling/hiss sound on speaker playback by playing around with the software "Wavepad".
In this software, I applied the following to the mp3 files in the given sequence:
1. Automatic Gain Control
2. Equalizer - Band Stop
3. Stereo Pan
4. Amplify - 200% to 300% (max)
So I only noticed just now the Nexus 5 did not come with any earbuds. I have been using some cheap Skullcandy earbuds for music and they are decent enough to block out transit noise and play music at a moderate volume. However when I try making a phone call, at the lowest volume the sound is just ridiculously loud. It is painful for me to attempt to listen to more then 10-15 seconds of call audio wearing these. I also tried with my Galaxy Nexus earbuds, and it's the same story.
Has anyone found a pair of earbuds with mic that delivers gentle, quiet call audio at the lowest call volume of the Nexus 5 on stock ROM? Failing that, is there anything I can do to decrease the headset call volume further than the volume control will allow?
Bump, anyone else experiencing this? It shouldn't be deafening to make a phone call with earbuds...
OK I'm going to bump this again. It got WAY worse on 4.4.1. While I appreciate the volume boost for the phone's speaker, the earbud volume situation is out of control. The lowest volume setting on music, in a quiet room, is the loudest I can tolerate on earbuds - no option of turning it down lower. The lowest volume setting on phone calls is earth-shattering on earbuds - completely unusable for conversations unless I want to go deaf.
Is there ANY way I can force call volume down further on the headphone jack? Hacks, kernels, Xposed modules? I really don't want to be locked out of being able to make calls with earbuds.
All perfect with 4.4.1, skullcandy have a very bad quality earbuds, better buy sennheiser.
jlmcr87 said:
All perfect with 4.4.1, skullcandy have a very bad quality earbuds, better buy sennheiser.
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The sound quality is great, it's just too damn loud. Same with the earbuds that came with my Galaxy Nexus.
The call volume is ridiculously out of proportion with music volume. That is not the fault of the earbuds. The OS should not be pushing out call volume significantly louder than the music volume at a comparable setting.
OK, so a friendly individual in the Franco thread directed me to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
I simply used the same instructions for the mod but reduced the number rather than increase it. For call volume, the value that I changed was under path name "voice-headphones". The original setting was 20 and 20 for HPHL and HPHR volume. I turned them down to 05. I thought I heard a reduction from 20 to 10 but did not hear any further reduction from 10 to 05. Then I also tried reducing the RX1 and RX2 digital volume. I tried taking them from 84 down to 64 which was maybe a bit low, so I settled on 70. At that setting, the loudest IVR systems I've reached on the phone are just right at the lowest call volume setting, and I still have room to raise the volume in noisier environments.
Hello,
I just purchased Samsung Galaxy Core DUOS mobile. Everything is great but the audio output is too limited (or controlled).
I love to play with high bass and treble but it controls audio output whenever I increase bass and/or treble.
It looks like there is built-in volume control that controls it. If I decrease both bass and treble than it increased audio but when I increase bass or treble than it decrease audio output. I think this is to protect ears for high volume but I like it. I am always hearing high music on other china mobiles and they are working great.
I tried to increase music by Speaker Boost plugin and also tried Equilizer plugin but nothing changed.
What I want is to disable the automatic controller which is decreasing output audio when I set high bass/treble. Is there any settings?
I am playing my MP3 in default player provided in mobile.
You can wait for the custom roms which will have beats audio which will be a please to the ears.
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Why So Serious?!
As the title says, I have had low volume issues from the headphone jack since the update. It also seems to push too much bass. I'm not using any equalizer. It's most prevalent in bass boosted earphones like Apple's wired ear pods.
Bluetooth also has this strange issue where the music starts loud but automatically lowers itself when it gets particularly loud. It's not something that can be adjusted. It seems like the max volume itself is lowered.
Anyone using V4A have a perfect speaker setup? I don't want to just boost the volume because the speaker tends to get shrill and high pitched at higher values. I'm aiming to make the speaker sound more bassy and deeper.
Edit: I've already set the equalizer to bass boost.