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Hi Guys
I've been looking for a nice headphones with mic and control buttons for my Legend
Unfortunately companies make only ones for iPhone
Apple does not like us to use them
So they have put a chip which allows them to work only with idevices
When u connect them to legend mic do not work (but the phone recognize it as coneceted)
Only central button works (allows u to play and stop music only)
I've read that there is a patch for HTC magic
Which allows to use iPhone ones
I've been wondering is there a way to make them work on legend as well
If anyone have any info about how to do it please help
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Hi yeah the htc headphones are terrible but you will also find that the iphone/ipod 4 headphones work too for android phones
my sister has a ipod 4 and got a set from the apple store 25 gbp logitec ones sounds very nice and bass is great too inner ear ones 3 button control
i tried these on my phone and they worked but only one button worked but that could be due to cm7 but any iphone/ipod 4 ones will work
Hope this is of help
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The problem is that microphone is not working
At the end I bought sennheiser px200-lli, they have a brilliant sound quality and they can b folded to small size
I hope I'll manage to make them work somehow
Anyway thanks
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Suggested headphones with remote

Hi all,
Can anyone suggest a good set of in ear (isolating) headphones that have a remote control and or handsfree?
I can find lots of iphone ones, but no hyc/android ones
Thx
Will
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billytkid said:
Hi all,
Can anyone suggest a good set of in ear (isolating) headphones that have a remote control and or handsfree?
I can find lots of iphone ones, but no hyc/android ones
Thx
Will
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all headphones with a 3.5mm headphone jack should work on the desire S

nocs NS200 (for HTC)
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I've a Klipsch Image One to listen music and it comes with iPhone micro and volume control.
For my tests I could see that the Desire doesn't recognize the micro part well
Is there an app or a tip to get the control working correctly ?

I don't like the standard earphones as they are too big, but there's no choice of good quality earphones (in ear please!) coming for htc. Most of them are unfortunely designed for iPhone so mix and controls won't work htc devices.
Is there any software that can fix that?

Faux Sound

Being using this app since a asked rmbq to add the sound codes to the kernel to make it work for one s so all credits to him . Well Faux sound is a great little app and makes a lot of differents I feel in using music players/ sound mods eg walkman mod acid and awesome beats etc... A link to the app in store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamkang.fauxsound
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But no free version :thumbdown:
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striped121 said:
But no free version :thumbdown:
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Correct everything can't be free. Sometimes you gotta splash the cash haha
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A few apps that are free for people that don't wanna pay that do similar
Bass Boost
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.desaxedstudios.bassbooster
Equalizer Fx
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devdnua.equalizer.free
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Is this comparable to what Voodoo sound does for the Headphone amp? I've only recently read about this.

Yeah probably and cheaper
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It seems that Digital output gain controls not only affects volume on headphones but also in-call speaker volume. I need to have very low digital gain for headphones (for good quality) but then in-call volume on speaker is very low. Is there any way to set digital gains for speaker and headphones separately?

soulreaver1 said:
It seems that Digital output gain controls not only affects volume on headphones but also in-call speaker volume. I need to have very low digital gain for headphones (for good quality) but then in-call volume on speaker is very low. Is there any way to set digital gains for speaker and headphones separately?
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Not to be a buzz kill but the is thread is old next time check the dates

Headset Samsung galaxy s4

Anyone know 3rd party headphone that work with s4?

tonyph33r said:
Anyone know 3rd party headphone that work with s4?
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I was wondering the same thing. Ones with an in-line mic and volume controls that don't sound terrible...

Klipsch S4A II
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...rds=klipsch s4a ii&sprefix=klipsh+s4a,aps,308

madchild1 said:
Klipsch S4A II
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...rds=klipsch s4a ii&sprefix=klipsh+s4a,aps,308
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I hear tons of good stuff about Klipsch. Are they really that good?

I like them a lot. Best sounding ear buds with inline mic/controls that work with Android IMHO

Yeah they are very good. Although if your gonna get them you should wait around for a bit, Newegg always has great deals on them. Usually 50-75 percent off.
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All these are obsolete when you put on Detox by dr.dre limited edition

The stock ones have a mic built in for headset use
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eyecon82 said:
The stock ones have a mic built in for headset use
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I tried both my Nocs (iPhone model) and my HTC urBeats (Android version). They both work. For the Nocs, only a double-click works for FFWDing to next song. On the the UrBeats, double-click centre button to FFWD, left and right buttons control volume. This is the behaviour with the stock music app.

mickliq said:
I tried both my Nocs (iPhone model) and my HTC urBeats (Android version). They both work. For the Nocs, only a double-click works for FFWDing to next song. On the the UrBeats, double-click centre button to FFWD, left and right buttons control volume. This is the behaviour with the stock music app.
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do the isport head phones work..especially the mic

Nexus 5 Audio/Sound (DAC) Quality

Hi,
Could someone give some feedback on the sound quality of the Nexus 5, any idea what sort of DAC the phone is using? Is it using something similar to the LG G2 as that has the same chipset.
Thanks

I think the Snapdragon 800 uses the same awesome audiochip feom qualcom as the other Snapdragon 600 devices. But we have to test this out..
I'll test it with my ciem as soon as it arrives
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costcutter said:
Hi,
Could someone give some feedback on the sound quality of the Nexus 5, any idea what sort of DAC the phone is using? Is it using something similar to the LG G2 as that has the same chipset.
Thanks
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Im not 100% sure but i dont think its the same chipset as the g2

I am no audio expert but I was listening to music last night on headphones and was very impressed with the quality of sound. It was just about loud enough which was my main worry. Bass was very good too. I was not using stock music player as I use a Synology media server and was therefore using DS audio. I just need to get a decent graphic equaliser installed as I can't find one on the phone. Any suggestions?
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irhut said:
I am no audio expert but I was listening to music last night on headphones and was very impressed with the quality of sound. It was just about loud enough which was my main worry. Bass was very good too. I was not using stock music player as I use a Synology media server and was therefore using DS audio. I just need to get a decent graphic equaliser installed as I can't find one on the phone. Any suggestions?
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You need to use DS audio? Else you could use the jetaudio player or neutron.
If you need a systemwide one, what about dsp manager from cyanogen? I think they'll soon got a ROM up for the N5.

Please someone knows what is the nexus 5 DAC?

it's WCD9320. The same one as in G2
Just keep in mind that if the Soc is Snapdragon S4, regardless the generation, there is always a very good DAC inside .
http://images.anandtech.com/doci/7205/LGG2-9955.jpg
jlmcr87 said:
Please someone knows what is the nexus 5 DAC?
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bl4ckdr4g00n said:
it's WCD9320. The same one as in G2
Just keep in mind that if the Soc is Snapdragon S4, regardless the generation, there is always a very good DAC inside .
http://images.anandtech.com/doci/7205/LGG2-9955.jpg
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Great news!!!

I returned my G2 after comparing head-2-head with my GS3 w/Wolfson. Some like it though.

bl4ckdr4g00n said:
it's WCD9320. The same one as in G2
Just keep in mind that if the Soc is Snapdragon S4, regardless the generation, there is always a very good DAC inside .
http://images.anandtech.com/doci/7205/LGG2-9955.jpg
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If that was true shouldnt that be in the specs of the nexus 5. Theres no mention of the dac on the spec sheet so i wouldnt be so confident.

bl4ckdr4g00n said:
it's WCD9320. The same one as in G2
Just keep in mind that if the Soc is Snapdragon S4, regardless the generation, there is always a very good DAC inside .
http://images.anandtech.com/doci/7205/LGG2-9955.jpg
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This is actually a Snapdragon 800 which is better than what the S4 and the HTC one has. To my knowledge, only the Galaxy note III and LG G2 have the same SoC in the states

If the SoC is Snapdragon 800 then it already has WCD9320 integrated, which is a very good DAC.
Hence WCD9320 is 100% confirmed, unless LG is crazy and stupid, and they solder another DAC on the board.
Actually, the amplifier matters more, and affects a large portion of sound quality.
malek777 said:
If that was true shouldnt that be in the specs of the nexus 5. Theres no mention of the dac on the spec sheet so i wouldnt be so confident.
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How about the loud speakers? When watching YouTube videos for example?

bl4ckdr4g00n said:
If the SoC is Snapdragon 800 then it already has WCD9320 integrated, which is a very good DAC.
Hence WCD9320 is 100% confirmed, unless LG is crazy and stupid, and they solder another DAC on the board.
Actually, the amplifier matters more, and affects a large portion of sound quality.
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does the nexus 5 have a good amplifier though?
anyone able to compare this to the htc one?

irhut said:
I am no audio expert but I was listening to music last night on headphones and was very impressed with the quality of sound. It was just about loud enough which was my main worry. Bass was very good too. I was not using stock music player as I use a Synology media server and was therefore using DS audio. I just need to get a decent graphic equaliser installed as I can't find one on the phone. Any suggestions?
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Viper4Android is the way to go!

according to the service manual for the nexus 5 the DAC is indeed the WCD9320. so same as in the G2.
from listening to it its better than the nexus 4 but not as good as the woflsons in the S3 but still very decent.

Listen to some city and color and you will enjoy the speakers and any headphones you plug in .
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does the N5 support audio thru usb OTG so we can use external DAC/AMP? I've read sumwhere mention usb OTG in kit kat. However, this doesn't mean the nexus 5 support USB OTG nativly (like the N4).

I am somewhat underwhelmed with the audio quality on the N5,unlike most I knew that the two grills on the bottom of the phone only one of which is a loud speaker,However the audio is IMO piss poor.via headphones its outstanding paired with my seneizer cx300II's (spelling) via the loudspeaker its very quiet and tinny,not to mentions the grills are VERY easily muffled. Just my two cents.
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imeem said:
does the N5 support audio thru usb OTG so we can use external DAC/AMP? I've read sumwhere mention usb OTG in kit kat. However, this doesn't mean the nexus 5 support USB OTG nativly (like the N4).
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It's not looking like it supports it right out of the box.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511921
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