Hey guys,
as most of you know, 4.4 brought a feature, where the DAC is actually used to decode audio instead of the CPU being used. By this, the Powerconsumption while playing music should be decreased significantly.
Now this is all well and fine. The question i have is, does the Audioplayer/App have to support this feature or does it work with any app. I think Play Music will definitly work. But does Poweramp for example work too??
Thanks in advance for your ideas on this.
regards, Dominik
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has anyone found a graphic equalizer for android that works on all audio output through the headphone jack? I had audio booster on my tilt 2 and i loved it. I've looked around and can't find anything but media players with EQ's. i guess this is a popular topic, but i hadn't seen a post on xda yet. thanks in advance
yes try mixzing in the apps market it has a ten band eq
i looked at that one, its a media player. so it only affects the sound files its playing. i'm looking for a graphic equalizer for the phone itself, that affects all sound files being played. thanks for the response though
Has anyone noticed low frequency distortion when playing MP3s (and perhaps other audio formats) in the Sense Music Player? It's subtle, but definitely there. It's more noticeable in music with lots of bass. I know it's the Sense Music Player's fault because PowerAMP sounds just fine playing the exact same MP3s. Since SRS WOW can only be enabled in the Sense Music Player, that's the one I want to use. PowerAMP's equalizer, despite what people may say, is garbage. Aside from the low frequency distortion, the Sense Music Player sounds way better than PowerAMP when SRS is enabled.
The distortion I'm talking about doesn't seem to interfere much with the actual music quality. It's just an annoying, low-pitched popping noise that you can hear in the background so to speak. I hear the sound regardless of whether SRS is enabled or not. The equalizer can be on or off too. It's even there when listening to music via Bluetooth A2DP. I have several high quality headphones and the distortion effect is present in all of them.
I've tried several different ROMs and kernels (including the stock) and the issue has been present in all of them. Has anyone had the same experience? To be clear, I'm not looking for advice on what to use besides the Sense Music Player to avoid this issue. I've tried them all and they're all garbage. The Sense Music Player with SRS WOW enabled is the closest thing to my HD2 with the SRS WOW HD software audio driver. The HD2 (running WinMo 6.5.3) sounds better than any portable music player I've ever heard. You have to know what equalizer settings to use in the SRS control panel for the type of music you're listening to, of course. I just want to see if others can confirm my findings. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
I find the sense player to be almost worthless, particularly in dock mode. Is suggest go.do.g another player.
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funkybside said:
I find the sense player to be almost worthless, particularly in dock mode. Is suggest go.do.g another player.
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You must not have read my entire post. I specifically said that I'm not looking for someone to recommend using another music player. I am concerned about the sound quality. I know of no other music player that can take advantage of SRS WOW capabilities of this phone. Aside from the distortion I described, the sound quality of the Sense player is better than anything else available.
I have noticed weird pops too when I'm using Pandora
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hi all
i have a question
which android music player have a best sound quality?
which is the closest to audiophile sound?
poweramp sounds very natural if you ask me, but a bit noisy in idle. flac support and eq feature makes it even sweeter, worth the 5$ easily.
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Most of them use system libraries starting from decoding input file to output, so there should be no difference in sound quality regardless of which is used. One of the notable exceptions from this rule is PowerAMP (no link to Android Market thanks to XDA rules, I'm to much of a n00b to post a link).
I don't believe you can reproduce anything even remotely close to audiophile sound on poor DACs which devices produced up-to-date have.
I really really wish Bose would get into the cell phone game. They need to start redesigning the internal audio systems for these smartphones asap! It has to be able to be done.
Try "RockBox for android" true best SQ for android
astron1985 said:
hi all
i have a question
which android music player have a best sound quality?
which is the closest to audiophile sound?
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TTPod all the way. The best music player I have used yet.
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I have mixed reviews from Galaxy Note users about my free Speaker Boost app (source code is here). The app is supposed to boost media volume (in the usual way, by using the Equalizer API). Most reviewers say it doesn't work, but one says it works.
I'd like to get to the bottom of this. To that end, I'm posting here. If anybody wants to try it (heeding all the warnings; if you use Speaker Boost at too loud a setting, you can bust a speaker--three or four reviews, for other devices, testify to this; my feeling is that it's safer for voice than music), I would appreciate reports.
If it works for some but not all people, maybe we can try to figure out what the differences are. If it works for nobody, I have another idea how to get it working, but I'll need help from users.
Working for me, Criskelo v8 & Speedmod Kernel 3-6 just incase it matters.
Is there anybody it doesn't work for?
It does not work on the Stock Music Player since it has its own equalizer presets but works on other players on ICS and I assume it will do the same on Gingerbread. The increase in sound is not that loud but this little boost is definitely nice.
Most sound boosting apps do not work on the stock music player. You should probably mention it on the description to avoid getting bad reviews.
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It does not work on the Stock Music Player since it has its own equalizer presets but works on other players on ICS and I assume it will do the same on Gingerbread. The increase in sound is not that loud but this little boost is definitely nice.
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Hey, you're right. On my Epic 4G Touch with 2.3.6, it also doesn't work in the stock music player (well, actually, I don't use Speaker Boost myself, but instead I use Earpiece, which has some additional functions, but it does the audio boost the same way). I've never used the stock music player before, actually (I never listen to music; I use sound boost for movies and audiobooks). Thanks for the hint that the stock music player's equalizer is overriding this. I think that at on some devices I can override the stock music player's equalizer by grabbing the session ID of the music player audio session from the log, and attaching an equalizer to it with higher priority than the music player's equalizer. I will experiment with that when I have some time.
Hello, Im new to android and new to MX Player as well. When I first use this app I did not regard it as usefull, but after sometime I again download it and try to compare with other Video player and atlast I got my favurite Video Player.
Anyway, thanks for developing such a wonderful and powerfull video player. May I request one feature which I regard it as very usefull for watching movie with good sound quality. I mean including Equalizer in MX Player in coming version.
Thanks.
Zkmarak9 said:
Hello, Im new to android and new to MX Player as well. When I first use this app I did not regard it as usefull, but after sometime I again download it and try to compare with other Video player and atlast I got my favurite Video Player.
Anyway, thanks for developing such a wonderful and powerfull video player. May I request one feature which I regard it as very usefull for watching movie with good sound quality. I mean including Equalizer in MX Player in coming version.
Thanks.
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It's already in the Feature Requests list. Always check there before making a request.
Two years later, will there ever be an equalizer for MX ?
FYI, I'm a willing buyer as soon as an equalizer is confirmed. I'm hearing impaired and without setting the frequencies I can't use the MX properly.
Waiting for external EQ support
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Waiting for external EQ support
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External EQ is still working for me.
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ktsamy said:
External EQ is still working for me.
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Which one? I tried almost all and none work on my device! Hence, I need an internal eq like vlc features.
Niii4 said:
Which one? I tried almost all and none work on my device! Hence, I need an internal eq like vlc features.
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Same here! I do like this MX player, but I miss the VLC equalizer.
The nice thing about the VLC equalizer is, that it has a wide range, and 10 bands.
You can amplify frequencies up to 20dB. Many equalizers only go up and down 10 dB.
Nice about the MX player is that you can do a lot of adjusting to the way subtitles are displayed.
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External EQ is still working for me.
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I'm curious which one as well. I've had a few that work inconsistently.
Niii4 said:
Which one? I tried almost all and none work on my device! Hence, I need an internal eq like vlc features.
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tjaktjak said:
Same here! I do like this MX player, but I miss the VLC equalizer.
The nice thing about the VLC equalizer is, that it has a wide range, and 10 bands.
You can amplify frequencies up to 20dB. Many equalizers only go up and down 10 dB.
Nice about the MX player is that you can do a lot of adjusting to the way subtitles are displayed.
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I'm curious which one as well. I've had a few that work inconsistently.
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I have tried some of the equalizers like equalizer fx. Everything is working on my two test devices running on Marshmallow. Only thing is you have to ensure that the app is not suppose to be killed for battery optimization.
Yes it may some time inconsistent since the latest android devices doesn't provide option to select the default audio fx app. It might be the reason why the developers has stopped developing Universal audio processing apps.
10band equalizer will be great for audio geeks....
I will ask the MX Player developer about his plan for equalizer & update the status if any.
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I was using this before, but as you suggested, it constantly loses audio focus.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer&hl=en
It also interfered with the EQ that's built into Poweramp.
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I was using this before, but as you suggested, it constantly loses audio focus.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer&hl=en
It also interfered with the EQ that's built into Poweramp.
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When Poweramp is closed properly, it's dsp plugin not suppose to be interrupt the audio.
BTW, had a interaction with @bleu8888. FYI, equalizer is planned for 1.10. He is in a process to finalizing 1.9.0 & working on some other features. Once 1.9.0 is finalized to all android 4.0 users he may take up other pending features like Equalizer, Chromecast for 1.10.
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