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Hi guys, one of my friend has the sensation xe and it has beats audio, am I right? I'm curious about what is the difference between beats audio and normal audio. Anyone care to explain?
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matthewsucks said:
Hi guys, one of my friend has the sensation xe and it has beats audio, am I right? I'm curious about what is the difference between beats audio and normal audio. Anyone care to explain?
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It's basically Dr. Dre's idea of what EQ settings you should have when some Beats Audio high performance equipment is plugged in. Your friends phone will detect the Beats headphones (somehow) and Beats Audio will apply a certain EQ.
There are a few ports being tested which will work with any headphones, although it remains to be seen if this is actually a benefit or a marketing gimmick. Forcing an EQ designed for a specific set of headphones may not have a desirable effect when pluggin in some cheap £20 Sony's!

wnp_79 said:
It's basically Dr. Dre's idea of what EQ settings you should have when some Beats Audio high performance equipment is plugged in. Your friends phone will detect the Beats headphones (somehow) and Beats Audio will apply a certain EQ.
There are a few ports being tested which will work with any headphones, although it remains to be seen if this is actually a benefit or a marketing gimmick. Forcing an EQ designed for a specific set of headphones may not have a desirable effect when pluggin in some cheap £20 Sony's!
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Dr. Dre's idea of making money
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Oh. So if I can figure out the eq settings, I will get the effects of beats audio?
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dan-fish said:
Dr. Dre's idea of making money
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Dr Dre's and HTC's idea of being down with the kids and making money at the same time!
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@wnp_79
The jury is still out on whether there is actually any real audio benefit with normal headphones, please fell free to correct me someone!

ben_pyett said:
Dr Dre's and HTC's idea of being down with the kids and making money at the same time!
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@wnp_79
The jury is still out on whether there is actually any real audio benefit with normal headphones, please fell free to correct me someone!
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Yes it's not like beats audio means it has any special audio processing hardware. It is simply an EQ tailored to get the "best" sound out of a specific set of headphones. If you are not planning on using Beats headphones, then it is kinda redundant. I'm simply curious to see if this EQ is better than my custom one using PowerAmp.
I have yet to test it myself, but I would imagine that unless you are planning on splashing out £100+ on Beats headphones, you are best of sticking with using PowerAmp and it's awesome equaliser to tune the sound to best suit the headphones you already have. Much Cheaper! Since we are on the topic, I can highly recommend the a-Jays One. IMO you'll not get a better sound for £20! Plus the cable is truly tangle-free! I'd have been very happy with these had they cost me £60.
(Also wins the prize for the most over-packaged product I've ever bought. The case is good for keeping anything you want to survive the nuclear apocolypse.)
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/a-jays-one-heavy-bass-impact-earphones-p25661.htm
Check out the reviews. Especially the one from 'Will' from Nottingham!
Who is the man with the master plan?

Can anyone think of good replacement headphones for the desire s ? Mine have broken lol
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sayeed91 said:
Can anyone think of good replacement headphones for the desire s ? Mine have broken lol
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read the post above, you muppet!

Thanks for the tip with the jays.
As my htc headset broke I will try them. But I think I will wait for the a-jays one+.

Seinheisser cx300/400 or 500. Good sound and they sell cheap on Ebay

nnila said:
Seinheisser cx300/400 or 500. Good sound and they sell cheap on Ebay
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I wouldn't get them from ebay. Always buy decent headphones from a reliable company
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I feel a audio differnce with normal headpones.!
It boost the quality
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Nothing can replace to it

Personal Opinion!
I am sorry but this is a scam.... I don't see no difference in sound... it's pure marketing if you have sound quality boost only by software, certain EQ setting,if you will, which works only in native Music Player for HTC WTF BTW????
I hate native music player... very limited (for example, NO FLAC support, CUE sheets ... and many more features)...
PowerAmp and/or PlayerPro, maybe both
Just wanna say one thing!
Dump box HTC headset, poor sound quality... buy something else...
google it
Have bought recently Sennheiser CX300 and I must say that the sound quality improved very much

hoodedman said:
I am sorry but this is a scam.... I don't see no difference in sound... it's pure marketing if you have sound quality boost only by software, certain EQ setting,if you will, which works only in native Music Player for HTC WTF BTW????
I hate native music player... very limited (for example, NO FLAC support, CUE sheets ... and many more features)...
PowerAmp and/or PlayerPro, maybe both
Just wanna say one thing!
Dump box HTC headset, poor sound quality... buy something else...
google it
Have bought recently Sennheiser CX300 and I must say that the sound quality improved very much
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You cannot tell a differnce without any headphones plugged in. But with headphones and beats turned on, it certainly makes a difference
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ben_pyett said:
Dr Dre's and HTC's idea of being down with the kids and making money at the same time!
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@wnp_79
The jury is still out on whether there is actually any real audio benefit with normal headphones, please fell free to correct me someone!
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Ben, I got myself a pair of monster beats in-canal earphones recently and I have to tell you even standalone they are great. But with the beats mod they the sound is heavenly.
I'm opposed to marketing gimmicks by principle and was skeptical at first.
But after listening to a pair of these AND comparing them to a set of Bose headphones at the same mall I concluded these are much better for the kind of music I'm used to.
However we have to remember that audio perception is a subjective feeling and not everybody may have the same taste.
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may be you can look here

Hmmmm
enigmaamit said:
Ben, I got myself a pair of monster beats in-canal earphones recently and I have to tell you even standalone they are great. But with the beats mod they the sound is heavenly. I'm opposed to marketing gimmicks by principle and was skeptical at first. However we have to remember that audio perception is a subjective feeling and not everybody may have the same taste..
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blindndumb said:
may be you can look here
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@BLD
Good to read a substantial review, with some actual detail, although still early and HTC could (or do I mean SHOULD) add additional hardware to later devices which could further improve the sound output from their devices, in fact to add weight to the Beats link-up it might be a good idea to do so, so as not to lose too much cred, no one feels like they're being taken for a fool.
@enigmaamit
I think your comments just prove that the better your headphone the better the music sounds!

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olyloh6696 said:
You cannot tell a differnce without any headphones plugged in. But with headphones and beats turned on, it certainly makes a difference
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"Beats" is a EQ software upgrade, as I understood, supported by native Music player... It is the same if you turn on an EQ function in your PlayerPro of PowerAmp... for me Beats has no purpose in my phone....
It's like.... "Heeey, it is the same phone with the same hardware and it has a autoEQ called Beats, and it is black'n'red in color, with cool headset.... please pay a fortune!!!" WTF!
UPDATE: (just read this review... kinda stepped on that one )
"The Beats Audio software isn't complete marketing vapor, but it's still inherently gimmicky and adds nothing in the XE's favor: you could achieve a better result on the original Sensation simply by downloading a third-party music player that lets you play with the EQ settings yourself. The only thing which might sway us to by the Sensation XE over its predecessor is the packaged YourBeats headphones, coupled with the red styling on the phone....."
- from the Sensation XE review

[Q] HTC sensation xe is it worth to buy?

hi guys
I want to switch my Samsung Galaxy S to HTC Sensation because i want to have some experience with HTC sense.( i've never had htc before so sensation will be my first) Sound quality is very important to me( i am using my phone as an mp3 player) So far i've been using my sgs + voodo sound+ seenheiser cx 200 headphones. The sound quality was really good. i'm mainly listening to rock, metal and all that stuff maybe some pendulum or the prodigy from time to time. HTC sensation xe costs about 2199 PLN( i am form Poland) and this is really big amount of money. Standard Sensation cost 1630 PLN so as you can see the difference in price is big. i just wanna make sure that the ibeats form XE will suit me witch this type of music. So could anyone tell me about sound quality of ibeats and sensation in those genes of music? it will be better or worse than SGS +voodo sound? i really don't want to overpay about 500 PLN for ibeats if they won't be good for me. Or maybe should i buy standard sensation + maybe a seenhesiser CX 400 II precision? it will be about 300 PLN cheaper than XE what do you think about that?
I'm sorry for my English. i hope that i didn't make too many mistakes

Guardianofevil said:
hi guys
I want to switch my Samsung Galaxy S to HTC Sensation because i want to have some experience with HTC sense.( i've never had htc before so sensation will be my first) Sound quality is very important to me( i am using my phone as an mp3 player) So far i've been using my sgs + voodo sound+ seenheiser cx 200 headphones. The sound quality was really good. i'm mainly listening to rock, metal and all that stuff maybe some pendulum or the prodigy from time to time. HTC sensation xe costs about 2199 PLN( i am form Poland) and this is really big amount of money. Standard Sensation cost 1630 PLN so as you can see the difference in price is big. i just wanna make sure that the ibeats form XE will suit me witch this type of music. So could anyone tell me about sound quality of ibeats and sensation in those genes of music? it will be better or worse than SGS +voodo sound? i really don't want to overpay about 500 PLN for ibeats if they won't be good for me. Or maybe should i buy standard sensation + maybe a seenhesiser CX 400 II precision? it will be about 300 PLN cheaper than XE what do you think about that?
I'm sorry for my English. i hope that i didn't make too many mistakes
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You could buy the Sensation and flash an XE ROM with Beats Audio I think...I'm not too sure though
One thing I do know however, is that Sennheiser CX400 IIs are amazing.

dont fall into the hype of the sensation xe and it including the ibeats. from what im hearing from many of the guys from here, there are plenty of better headphones to use like the one you own. i suggest you get the og one unless you want all the red accents

The ibeats are good but senheiser is waaay Better for sound quality. Also get a sensation, flash a custom ROM then flash a beats audio addon and you will have the beats audio sound profile
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so you guys are saying that standard sensation with sennheiser cx 400 II precision will be better option than sensation xe right?

Guardianofevil said:
so you guys are saying that standard sensation with sennheiser cx 400 II precision will be better option than sensation xe right?
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yes especially because the XE beats have been ported over
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Guardianofevil said:
so you guys are saying that standard sensation with sennheiser cx 400 II precision will be better option than sensation xe right?
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At the Carphone Warehouse they are offering amazing deals on the Sansation right now. It's worth a look, and as their phones are all unbranded you won't have to mess around with CID's when it comes to installing custom rom's or flashing back to the origional RRU's.
I have a standard Sensation on Orange (branded, early upgrade ) and I have installed the latest version of Android Revoloution. This has turned my phone into basically the Sensation XE, just without the red accents. It's even overclocked the processor and I have to admit, it's blazing now with speed. It's well worth it. Don't be conned into an extra £15 a month just because of the Red B logo. That's all it is, no word of lie.

Sensation XE Soundquality

Hey everyone i was wondering, if the soundquality of the sensation XE really is that good. Hip hop, dubstep and other genres may profit from the beats bass boost, but do genres like rock, pop etc also sound good? I can't really believe that, if deep tones are boosted, that the high and middle ones still are as good, as before. Otherwise I would go for sensation.
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lol, you should go for the xe. It's optional. You dont have to enable it all the time. If you think it sounds worse with beats on, than off, then just disable it.
Also, the price is all the same (at least in my country), so why not buy the xe. You'll get a good free dr dre headset with it as well.

I have all types of music on my xe and can't really fault the quality of sound. Beats and the buds themselves have had quiet a bit of stick on these forums but personally I'm more than happy......

MrMessi10 said:
lol, you should go for the xe. It's optional. You dont have to enable it all the time. If you think it sounds worse with beats on, than off, then just disable it.
Also, the price is all the same (at least in my country), so why not buy the xe. You'll get a good free dr dre headset with it as well.
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SIGH. The beats audio crap is a gimmick. The headphones are crap and there is NOTHING special about the XE except red lights at the bottom. The beats audio is just software. You get it added in most sense roms. You can flash roms to turn it inti an xe.
In the UK on amazon the sensation is currently £299 and the sensation xe is £399 ( for dollars multiple by roughly 1.5) so not worth it.
The processors are the same as well, in the sensation the processors are UNDERCLOCKED to 1.2ghz. Their original speed was 1.5ghz and it is just crap marketing by HTC.
Rant over.
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Just as said above I have the sensation and I'm running beats audio from my rom.... So yes, I'd agree its a gimmick for marketing.
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Any of the Dre Beat headphones/ control talk work with HOX?

Does anybody know whether or nor the ibeats, or beat tours etc, with control talks work for the one x? And before anyone says don't waste your money, I love the sound. So just curious. I'm trying to find the original urbeats by dre. Hard to find. I had them for my rezound. But sold them. I found some on ebay. But weary if they are fake..thanks.
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Anybody?
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AT&T tmobile and sprint have the solo and the urbeats that work on htc and most android phones. Also if you already have solo or studio I know where get the android cable pm for it
If this helped give thanks

Don't waste your money
Seriously, there are MUCH better sounding cans for a fraction of the price. Audio Technica, Beyerdynamic, Grado, AKG, even the B+W P5s (which I own and love) all have FAR better sound than Beats. If you wanna go in ear then every IEM from Shure is the best at its respective price point. I just got these buds from Yuin that for $40 sound unbelievable for ear buds. Seriously, forget the name and BS status symbol and actually check out what else is out there, you'd be surprised at what good sound actually sounds like because Beats is most definitely not it. Beats is not about sound quality, never was.

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Does anybody know whether or nor the ibeats, or beat tours etc, with control talks work for the one x? And before anyone says don't waste your money, I love the sound. So just curious. I'm trying to find the original urbeats by dre. Hard to find. I had them for my rezound. But sold them. I found some on ebay. But weary if they are fake..thanks.
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The ibeats and beats tour does not work on one x but the urbeats which is ibeats with android control talk and htc beats solo does work on the one x. They can be found at a sprint AT&T and tmobile store. If you own a solo or studio already and just need the cable pm I know where to buy it

ControlTalk & HOX
I'm a fan of Beats series so the straight answer is only the ControlTalk remote with 1 button works as of right now. I have the Studio for work and it's one button works just fine for answer/end call as well as play/pause/skip/rewind (1 tap for the two, two/three taps for the latter).
Unfortunately the my Beats Tour doesn't seem to be supported. I also picked up this device from AT&T and they have Beats everywhere but notice the Tour or PowerBeats are nowhere to be seen. It's really unfortunate the hardware doesn't support the volume buttons. I jumped ship from the iPhone so I find this a bit dissapointing but you can always pickup "Headset Button Controller"which won't enable the volume buttons but at least a long press can cycle through the volume in steps. Good enough for me.

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I'm a fan of Beats series so the straight answer is only the ControlTalk remote with 1 button works as of right now. I have the Studio for work and it's one button works just fine for answer/end call as well as play/pause/skip/rewind (1 tap for the two, two/three taps for the latter).
Unfortunately the my Beats Tour doesn't seem to be supported. I also picked up this device from AT&T and they have Beats everywhere but notice the Tour or PowerBeats are nowhere to be seen. It's really unfortunate the hardware doesn't support the volume buttons. I jumped ship from the iPhone so I find this a bit dissapointing but you can always pickup "Headset Button Controller"which won't enable the volume buttons but at least a long press can cycle through the volume in steps. Good enough for me.
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Which beats do u own

Beats audio technology and software

I'm trying to understand something here.
From what I know, beats headphones only work and deliver the best sounds quality when they are paired up with the beats audio technology. However this technology must be built into the device playing the music (HTC one x for example)
What I can't seem to understand is why are people installing beats software on their normal Android phones from the play store?
Those beats Headphones are not supposed to work without the technology built in to the device. Not with some random software called beats...
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I can't help myself... "why are people buying Beats headphones at all ?" is the better question.
They're mediocre and you can get much better sound quality for your money.
It's a gimmick. It's just a pre-set equalizer. It's an .apk when it comes to Android phones. So I'm sure someone has ported or replicated it or whatever for people to download. Or they could just download an equalizer and figure it out themselves.
Thinking it's anything else is falling victim to their marketing.

i think it is just some kind of marketing

Not sayin that the whole beats audio thing is fake or non-effective or anything but well as asparov said...It's Dre, ppl just can't say no to Dre.

I have install beats audio in my tab and its playing smooth, and clean rather than stock music
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Pennycake said:
I can't help myself... "why are people buying Beats headphones at all ?" is the better question.
They're mediocre and you can get much better sound quality for your money.
It's a gimmick. It's just a pre-set equalizer. It's an .apk when it comes to Android phones. So I'm sure someone has ported or replicated it or whatever for people to download. Or they could just download an equalizer and figure it out themselves.
Thinking it's anything else is falling victim to their marketing.
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I agree, its a complete gimmick. Its just a marketing scheme to get young kids who idolize celebrities in the hip hop/rap game to buy their junk. Its funny that it actually works though. People now walk around with those huge headphones. makes me a laugh a little.

I see. So if beats audio built in technology is just a preset equalizer than the whole beats audio thing is a scam.
Although I will admit those beats headphones have alot of good looks and style...
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robindahoods said:
I see. So if beats audio built in technology is just a preset equalizer than the whole beats audio thing is a scam.
Although I will admit those beats headphones have alot of good looks and style...
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They look nice but they are huge!
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Recent HTC phones like Windows phone 8X and butterfly/DNA also include a built in 2.55V beats amp
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Unless you have beats headphones, I find it to provide crappy sound on most non-beats headphones/speakers.
In fact an app called Volume+ has a EQ option called "Good Quality" that sounds better IMO on all of my headphones and my Infuse 4G's speakers.