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Hey guys,
When I first got my inspire I loved the audio output coming from the headphone Jack. I am now running the android revolution rom and the sound quality sounds like it leaves something to be desired on the lower end frequencies, I was wondering if anyone else noticed this and what you did to fix it
Thanks
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ARHD 6.1.0 has known audio issues on the Inspire (judging by the comments in the dev thread). Earlier versions may need the Inspire tinny fix applied to them (link is in the dev thread).
BTW your question would be better placed in the Q&A thread for ARHD.
Youre right, my apologies. Can the mods please move this to the right section?
And while I'm at it ill ask this question to everyone. Which ROM have all of you found to have the best sound quality?
I came from a Captivate and the Voodoo sound enhancement made phone sound better than my laptop with SRSwow sound effects. I was hoping this phone would be just as good if not better with the Dolby and SRS built in
*EDIT* I was using poweramp then decided to give playerpro with the DSP pack a try and it sounds waayyy better. Definitely worth a try
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And while I'm at it ill ask this question to everyone. Which ROM have all of you found to have the best sound quality?
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not to shamelessly plug away....but......
With a response from the dev himself I'm going to have to check it out
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Yeah I never had a problem with the sound in the stock firmware. It was a lot better considering I came from an x10 which had horrible quality. Depends on what your standards are.
Just a heads up to those who may not know, there is a Beats Audio/xLoud mod/port on the board and it works on the Atrix 2. Beats adds a deeper, cleaner bass and cleans up the mids/highs too. xLoud is a Sony Ericsson thing, it basically boosts the overall volume of ur audio. I just flashed this mod to my phone and holy ****, huge difference! I had to turn all my volumes down media/ringer/alarms. My good cans are packed (moving this weekend) so no testing with them yet but after hearing the difference I just heard with only the phone speaker I'm expecting to be very happy.
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Here's the link to the thread for it....make sure to d/l and flash the 3.2.12 one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
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where is the xloud .zip file?
Whoa - déjà vu!
xLoud is included in the zip.
Audio volume really is increased overall (I too had to turn everything down) and the beats makes the bass sound sweet!
cogeary said:
Whoa - déjà vu!
xLoud is included in the zip.
Audio volume really is increased overall (I too had to turn everything down) and the beats makes the bass sound sweet!
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Yep, very noticeable difference. This one is much better than the first one w/o xLoud.
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Maybe its just me, but I can't seem to find a difference in quality using the car dock. Audio goes out the car docks 3.5mm jack to my Volvo s60r's stereo. I was hoping for some more volume.
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So will this work with pandora ??? I love pandora but the sound quality is shaky at times...
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I flashed the first beats mod without xloud, can I flash the xloud mod over it?
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Yes you can, it will just overwrite the one you just installed.
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Yes you can, it will just overwrite the one you just installed.
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It failed to flash when I tried it, idk what I did wrong.
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Tried this tweak last week and it's great. My highs have come alive and it sounds much cleaner.
So how does the mod affect the Motorola stock equalizer?
I'm assuming the beats audio is only effective in the My Music app? So do I have to disable the "Effects" in settings to hear the Beats Audio? Or should I switch that to custom?
This work well seems crisper...... Did notice if the bass is overpowering the mids and lows go to sound settings and un-tick enable audio effects..... For me with headphones will set effects enabled effects profile custom surround ambient eq bass punch WOW!!!!!
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I'm assuming the beats audio is only effective in the My Music app? So do I have to disable the "Effects" in settings to hear the Beats Audio? Or should I switch that to custom?
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Nope, it's not only in My Music, I use PowerAmp and it works perfectly
916x10 said:
Nope, it's not only in My Music, I use PowerAmp and it works perfectly
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wait, so, it works by default, and all the additional effects are additional? but my system sounds are not any louder than they were before, which other people seem to be reporting
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wait, so, it works by default, and all the additional effects are additional? but my system sounds are not any louder than they were before, which other people seem to be reporting
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Mine are....I have had to turn all my volumes down since installing this mod. I haven't done any critical listening since I don't use my phone like that anyway, I was just hoping for louder system sounds and that's exactly what I got. The Beats is just an added bonus.
Ok are we supposed to download the one that says older zip files test301.zip or the allandroidzip.zip that looks to be the newest?
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Awesome
Works great thanks! Sounds a lot better ican tell right away
So im sorry but I did this. And to be honest it didn't sound better at all. In fact I think it was worse everyone keeps saying stuff like wow... what a difference. But I hear worse clarity, more bass but... im a musician and so sounds I hear more clearly maybe than most but Idk.... anyways like I said im not trying to be rude.
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So im sorry but I did this. And to be honest it didn't sound better at all. In fact I think it was worse everyone keeps saying stuff like wow... what a difference. But I hear worse clarity, more bass but... im a musician and so sounds I hear more clearly maybe than most but Idk.... anyways like I said im not trying to be rude.
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Yea these are some of the same complaints I've heard about the actual beats headphones because they're made really for more hip hop songs and not a wide range of music the highs are where those headphones usually suffer IMO
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Hello to all, I was just wonder what sound enhancer people are using these days? I come from an Android device with DSPManager on it which would give extremely rich bass. Beats audio, although enhances my sound somewhat, is no comparison. I tried installing other EQ apps but they have no effect on my device. I think maybe the Beats engine is conflicting with other EQ plugins.
If anyone could share what they use or how they got it to work I would much appreciate it I'm thinking about rooting my device and uninstalling Beats with Titanium just to test it out. Thanks guys!
I'm pretty sure I saw another thread about this. As you may already know, Beats is just a bass heavy EQ setting.
I don't know why certain DSP programs don't seem to have any effect on this phone. The only consensus I've seen if that apps like PowerAmp work the best for actually tweaking the EQ.
IDK why lots of people diss on Beats Audio on their phone. I've tried most of these eq apps and Beats gives me the best sounding music through my ear buds than any other. JMHO
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Not dissing, I really like Beats Audio. I'm just an audiophile and I love to tweak my sound to perfection
I would like to see DSP manager working on our One S because personally I believe it's the best
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For gingerbread I use beats audio and for ICS I use DSP manager
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How did you get dsp manager working, are you on sense?
Seriously nobody here uses poweramp? Best music player + equalizer out there. I found it better than dsp and very easy to understand what you are doing. You can also combine it with the beats audio and make an amazing eq for your liking.
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How did you get dsp manager working, are you on sense?
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I am completely in my senses brother. And installing DSP manager on ICS is not a big task. Do you want a proof ?
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I am completely in my senses brother. And installing DSP manager on ICS is not a big task. Do you want a proof ?
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He meant are you on sense UI
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Lol yea. I meant the HTC's user interface 'Sense'. The thing your phone shipped on. And yes, I am starting to use PowerAMP again and it works amazingly well. I used to use it on my old device in combination with DSPManager
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Lol yea. I meant the HTC's user interface 'Sense'. The thing your phone shipped on. And yes, I am starting to use PowerAMP again and it works amazingly well. I used to use it on my old device in combination with DSPManager
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Yeah poweramp is amazing
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elracing21 said:
He meant are you on sense UI
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Lol. Sorry my mistake
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elracing21 said:
Seriously nobody here uses poweramp? Best music player + equalizer out there. I found it better than dsp and very easy to understand what you are doing. You can also combine it with the beats audio and make an amazing eq for your liking.
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I've been using Poweramp for a couple years and I love it. The options and the equalizer are outstanding. I was just comparing it with Beats and there is no comparison in my opinion. I am not sure what Beats does. A t-mobile sales guy told me it decompresses the sound file. Whatever it is I am not impressed and it seems like marketing hype to me. I would prefer to remove it. I just signed with t-mobile and I am checking out the service and the phone so I am not ready to root or flash. I have not even seen a way to disable beats.
It's easy to disable. Plug in a headset, go to Sound and there you have an option for Beats. On German One S it's name is: Klangverbesserung. I don't know the english name.
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It's easy to disable. Plug in a headset, go to Sound and there you have an option for Beats. On German One S it's name is: Klangverbesserung. I don't know the english name.
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Thanks. I should have thought to plug a headset in and then look for settings. Eviently disabling it in the notification bar did the same thing although at the time the notification option was persistent. It is gone now.
BEATS
beats is the most powerful tool to optimize the music.. works with my gaming Headset and Bose in Ear.. Top Sound..
I just traded a watch for some beats headphones (studios) and realized the integrated beats thingy has no affect one beats headphones. If you shut it off the headphones automatically adjust back to "beats" performance. Idk what this concludes but thought I would share.
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From my experience, Beats boosts both treble and bass, thus making it sound richer. It is disabled by going to Settings>Sound>Sound Enhancer. Just click 'no enhancements'. Headphone must be plugged in to do so. I leave it enabled in combination with PowerAmp for pretty good quality. Still not as good without DSPManager :'(
Started to use Poweramp before DSP was invented The EQ is doing a good job and for the most time i like the sound of it. In the first days of DSP I uninstalled it because it drained to much battery.
Beats is also nice, but i don't like that it turns on for every sound the phone does.
So i am finaly back to deinstalled DSP & Beats and using Poweramp only =)
Cause I'm currently on cm7 gingerbread and the dsp when playing dubstep on my sexy pair of 40 dollar headsets make my ears bleed perfect clean bass and cm9 and over doesn't have that crystal clear bass and wont play on most apps (ex. Pandora YouTube other music players.) Hopefully there's a fix
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1) Delete DSP.
2) Install Volume+ by Meltus (works on GB, ICS, and JB).
also try the awesome beats flashable. you can find it in weekends mirror thread. it is a modified dsp manager for ics
I've tried beats audio plugin, volume+ and DSP manager on CM9 and none of them came close to the DSP in CM7. I know it takes a lot of time to equalize but if you have your mp3 tracks at 320kbits and get the audio equalization right, it sounds perfect with a good pair of headphones/earphones.
I don't know why they crippled it so much in CM9.
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I have tried Volume+ with Beats Audio drivers as per the recommendation of some other users here and it made NO difference to my music. Sounds exactly the same as stock, or the difference is so subtle I can't notice.
Don't know why everyone knocks the DSP manager so much. It worked marvelously for me and made some really bad phones sound usable. My Klipsch Image S4s used to sound amazing with DSP
Even without enhancements of any kind, music will skip/click when the phone is in use. That does not change no matter what player you use.
In school at the moment, so I don't have enough time to care, or wipe and reflash again for the 5th time.... Perilously waiting for the update to end all updates
I've never applied the Beats drivers.
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Eh I'm using volplus but its not the same as cm7.1 but I guess I got to deal with it or use poweramp
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in my experience, dspmanager was pretty bad on cm 9.1.0 (i mostly used the bass boost function) and on all three slight moderate modes it would sound terrible. i'm on wildchild ice (latest nightly) and dsp manager, atleast bassboost, is significantly better. before i used to just get a lot of noise, now atleast its cleaner.
well i tested volume+ other equalizer and none comes close to the dsp on cm7 i guess ill stick to poweramp its just others its not clear its distored or hurts the ears dsp on cm7 is just PERFECT i was wondering if i grab the cm7 dsp app backing it up using titanium backup and restore it on ICS?
awesome beats is not a plugin it is an app. it is a modified dsp for ics here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732763
also in settings>sounds>music enhancements make sure awesome beats is checked
i really like the program but its not as close as the cm7 dsp but oh well i stayed on cm7 im getting alot of dsp force close no big deal plus it doesnt work on other apps like pandora and other apps besides apollo
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awesome beats is not a plugin it is an app. it is a modified dsp for ics here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732763
also in settings>sounds>music enhancements make sure awesome beats is checked
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awesome beats is not a plugin it is an app. it is a modified dsp for ics here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732763
also in settings>sounds>music enhancements make sure awesome beats is checked
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I cant find that setting. Maybe thats the problem...
gtmaster303 said:
I cant find that setting. Maybe thats the problem...
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did you install it from recovery the file has to stay .zip file and put in the sd card?
Does Acid Audio Engine work on cm10 alpha 4?
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Yes... Don't flash v7... Look for v5. Confirmed working.
Edit: You might wanna try Viper4Android audio found over @ Android Software Development. It's satisfying..:thumbup:
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why not v7.0
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why not v7.0
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I've tried almost all sound mods in XDA . In v7, Acid seems to abandoned Noozxoide. So if you're a Noozxoide fan (audiophile), you're gonna be disappointed. In v5, you get to choose either Awesome or Noozxoide. Meaning, you still got an option to choose. My recommendation: Make a nandroid, delete all current sound mods, try Viper4Android.. High clarity and powerful bass... I installed it on all my devices after I tried it once. It's only a 300kb file with installation instructions in it. To me, the other BIG BRAND sound mods can't even come close...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
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Megabassbeats for jb v2 is way better than fancy acid sound mod.
As per my experiencing and long term testing I can say that all sound mods practically dont give any differen quality (we dont have dedicated sound chip). Our default system lib files are much capable to give high quality sound. If anybody want good quality sound then use high quality headphones with good music player having wide variety of effective equilizers with deep bass and treble effect. For me poweramp perform best job in music player category.
vishal24387 said:
As per my experiencing and long term testing I can say that all sound mods practically dont give any differen quality (we dont have dedicated sound chip). Our default system lib files are much capable to give high quality sound. If anybody want good quality sound then use high quality headphones with good music player having wide variety of effective equilizers with deep bass and treble effect. For me poweramp perform best job in music player category.
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You should try before replying. Have you tried Viper4Android's Xhifi? If you an audiophile, you should really give it a go. It's only a 300kb zip file with installation instructions in it.
Edit: In fact, try it with stock earbuds/ common headphones...
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Does Acid Audio Engine work on cm10 alpha 4?
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v5AC!D works well, with Dolby add-on...
Lim Wee Huat said:
You should try before replying. Have you tried Viper4Android's Xhifi? If you an audiophile, you should really give it a go. It's only a 300kb zip file with installation instructions in it.
Edit: In fact, try it with stock earbuds/ common headphones...
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ok bro...i will try it I read those instruction but its quite confusing. Can u explain me in simplified way?
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ok bro...i will try it I read those instruction but its quite confusing. Can u explain me in simplified way?
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Go for Xhifi.. No probs to use the ICS file if on jellybean. The instructions are in the zip. Unzip and you need to change 2 system files to .bak and then replace it with their file found in the zip. It written by a Chinese fellow from China. Damn, he's a sound mod talent.
Edit: I used to a big Acid Audio fan too.. Even followed their FB page for news.
I've tried acid audio v5 and also viper4android... but I think acid audio is quite better... I mainly listen to music and I find better sound quality with acid audio...
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mathew1234 said:
I've tried acid audio v5 and also viper4android... but I think acid audio is quite better... I mainly listen to music and I find better sound quality with acid audio...
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Acid v5 was good but I found its bass a bit too hard when compared to Xhifi's while Xhifi can more even specific by using its Ho clarity and Lo contour tunings. Too bad, I'm not into FX..That's like really going into details just using device's speakers. Anyway, Best of all, it doesn't leave tons of files on your device.
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Acid v5 was good but I found its bass a bit too hard when compared to Xhifi's while Xhifi can more even specific by using its Ho clarity and Lo contour tunings. Too bad, I'm not into FX..That's like really going into details just using device's speakers. Anyway, Best of all, it doesn't leave tons of files on your device.
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I'm using XHiFi now.. The sound seems to be pretty good.. And like mentioned above just three files replaced and so simple no mess like the others..
Anyway I have always had the issue of audio skipping.. That is, there is random short pause which I find really annoying.. I've tried nearly all mods, except acid and none of them seem to solve a the issue..
It would be great if someone has a solution to that.. I'm on cm10 and poweramp. Audio buffer setting is max in poweramp..
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I'm using XHiFi now.. The sound seems to be pretty good.. And like mentioned above just three files replaced and so simple no mess like the others..
Anyway I have always had the issue of audio skipping.. That is, there is random short pause which I find really annoying.. I've tried nearly all mods, except acid and none of them seem to solve a the issue..
It would be great if someone has a solution to that.. I'm on cm10 and poweramp. Audio buffer setting is max in poweramp..
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Did you uninstall previous sound mods before installing V4A? I think it's best to refer back to the developer for solution..
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Did you uninstall previous sound mods before installing V4A? I think it's best to refer back to the developer for solution..
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Everytime I plan to apply a new music mod, I reflash the rom so there are no residues from the previous mod.. That is what I did with this..
ivAnash said:
I'm using XHiFi now.. The sound seems to be pretty good.. And like mentioned above just three files replaced and so simple no mess like the others..
Anyway I have always had the issue of audio skipping.. That is, there is random short pause which I find really annoying.. I've tried nearly all mods, except acid and none of them seem to solve a the issue..
It would be great if someone has a solution to that.. I'm on cm10 and poweramp. Audio buffer setting is max in poweramp..
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****, me too. Gonna research on this and keep you updated.
Btw, I used awesome beats for a while on poweramp and realized it sucks pretty bad, a good poweramp config wins every time. That beats crap is just overhyped dr dre fanboy ultra treble/bass
How am I supposed to UNINSTALL the previous mods? The post also says to remove dsp manager I guess. I've installed the zip version V5.. I can see the 'acid audio technology enabled' notification but no percievable difference in sound and it's not that I'm not good at listening. Is there any possibility that it doesn't get installed properly even though I can see the acid audio app? And yes I'm on cm9 a14 and the nicsptl a11 kernel.
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