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which u prefer?
personally i like poweramp more, their eq effect is amazing
Samsung. Not the best eq but with the beats audio mod, it's good!
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Generally I prefer PowerAmp, but I like the Samsung widget and I like that it keeps music control in the notification bar all the time, so I've been sticking with it.
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freedomispopular said:
Generally I prefer PowerAmp, but I like the Samsung widget and I like that it keeps music control in the notification bar all the time, so I've been sticking with it.
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u can also have music controls in notification bar with poweramp
Poweramp is the best
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I'm coming from the Galaxy S Wifi 4.0 with Voodoo Sound and PowerAMP and Player Pro were for sure better than the Stock Player,
BUT now on Galaxy Note 10.1 I must say that the Samsung Player with Sound Alive set on Auto is the winner. Doesn't matter whether using earphones or speakers. The Samsung Player sounds better. Sound Alive Auto is very useful since every type of music needs its own EQ setting to sound best.
Still like the UI of PowerAmp more though.
Do any of these work with streaming my music library from google?
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I'm coming from the Galaxy S Wifi 4.0 with Voodoo Sound and PowerAMP and Player Pro were for sure better than the Stock Player,
BUT now on Galaxy Note 10.1 I must say that the Samsung Player with Sound Alive set on Auto is the winner. Doesn't matter whether using earphones or speakers. The Samsung Player sounds better. Sound Alive Auto is very useful since every type of music needs its own EQ setting to sound best.
Still like the UI of PowerAmp more though.
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i'll have to check it out. if it's as good as you say then that'll make 2 stock media players that are as good as the stuff on the market - i love the video player.
Samsung is better :cyclops:
poweramp is paid apps. Not comparable, I think.
I just love poweamp its da best
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poweramp is paid apps. Not comparable, I think.
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Why not? On Windows: PowerDVD is paid and VLC (better) is free. Of course you can compare them both.
You guys have to listen (and concentrate) with Samsung Music (Soundalive on Auto) and PowerAMP (flat). Samsung Music clearly sounds superior. Of course your MP3s/Flac (yes! Stock Player can play FLAC) should have higher quality and your headphones, too.
I'm waiting for JB and a Kernel which supports Voodoo Sound to test it again.
Because on my other Device with Voodoo Sound, PowerAMP is better than than Samsung Music (older version) and stiil a bit more dynamic than Samsung Music from Galaxy Note 10.1. I also noticed, that Galaxy Note is almost crystal clear while my other device has very bad noise floor when DVC or EQ is enabled.
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well, there's a paid version of BS player (which i've bought) that i haven't used since i got the gn10.1 b/c the stock video player is just that good.
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well, there's a paid version of BS player (which i've bought) that i haven't used since i got the gn10.1 b/c the stock video player is just that good.
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Surprising how good too. The music player is able to Play flac.And the Video player is able to handle 720 pMKV' For 1080 p vido playback you need MX or BSplayers .
natkingcole said:
I'm coming from the Galaxy S Wifi 4.0 with Voodoo Sound and PowerAMP and Player Pro were for sure better than the Stock Player,
BUT now on Galaxy Note 10.1 I must say that the Samsung Player with Sound Alive set on Auto is the winner. Doesn't matter whether using earphones or speakers. The Samsung Player sounds better. Sound Alive Auto is very useful since every type of music needs its own EQ setting to sound best.
Still like the UI of PowerAmp more though.
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Thanks for the tip. Sound alive sounds fantastic. The demo Samsung song sounds amazing and crystal clear. Virtualized 7.1 channel sounds gold also but now that I tried auto,its clearly the best IMO. Crazy how gold these stereo beakers sound on a tablet.
Power amp is the best
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Power amp is the best
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+1
I've been a PowerAmp user on various devices for a long while, so was interested when first saw this thread and re-enabled srock music player to try it out. While better than prwvious players, PA still sounds much better to me over BT in my car as well as on my headphones (using flac files). I also prefer the functionality of PA, and couldnt find aome aimple things, like shuffle, in the stock player. I'm sure its there, just couldnt find it driving.
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I also prefer the functionality of PA, and couldnt find aome aimple things, like shuffle, in the stock player. I'm sure its there, just couldnt find it driving.
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Yeah it's there. Tap on the cover art and there it is.
But like I said. PowerAMP has much better user interface. Stock Player has less options and doesn't look nice as PA.
Did you try it with headphones and [email protected]?
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Samsung. Not the best eq but with the beats audio mod, it's good!
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Um, beats audio mod? Do you think you can point me towards this mod, would be greatly appreciated!
I'm thinking of getting the Galaxy Note mainly for university. But how is the music quality on this tablet?
Right now I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S wifi 4.0 with Voodoo Sound + PowerAMP and I'm loving it.
Does anyone know which DAC is used in the Galaxy Note 10.1?
natkingcole said:
I'm thinking of getting the Galaxy Note mainly for university. But how is the music quality on this tablet?
Right now I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S wifi 4.0 with Voodoo Sound + PowerAMP and I'm loving it.
Does anyone know which DAC is used in the Galaxy Note 10.1?
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The speakers are excellent in my opinion. I am running Beats for Root Users app as well and sounds fantastic. As good as my PC speakers.
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Does anyone know which DAC is used in the Galaxy Note 10.1?
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It's the same Wolfson DAC that's in the international SGS3 so all supercurio's enhancements will work with it.
So, does Voodoo Sound Plus work with this tab yet, or are we waiting for support to be added?
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in built player has an EQ plus it supports .mkv and .flac . If that means anything to you on music quality then you sir are in the know.
The Video app on the Note 3 has a setting for 7.1 channel audio. It sounds awesome withe earphones.
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The Video app on the Note 3 has a setting for 7.1 channel audio. It sounds awesome withe earphones.
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Will that option pass through Bluetooth 4.0? Would be nice to hear that in my car.
Doubt it.
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The Video app on the Note 3 has a setting for 7.1 channel audio. It sounds awesome withe earphones.
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The only possible way you could hear a difference in your headphones is if your headphones are 7.1 themselves.
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The only possible way you could hear a difference in your headphones is if your headphones are 7.1 themselves.
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Not true. It wouldn't sound like true 7.1 but there's lots of software emulation out there for surround sound. Take any device with a Surround and Stereo option with stereo headset, speakers, earbuds etc and there's a marked difference. Not as good as having real 7.1 hardware but it's an improvement depending on what you're listening to (I like it better for movies but it's not good for music typically).
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Not true. It wouldn't sound like true 7.1 but there's lots of software emulation out there for surround sound. Take any device with a Surround and Stereo option with stereo headset, speakers, earbuds etc and there's a marked difference. Not as good as having real 7.1 hardware but it's an improvement depending on what you're listening to (I like it better for movies but it's not good for music typically).
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You're right. I checked again its not actual 7.1, but "Virtual 7.1 Channel" - the closest your going to get to 7.1 on a phone.
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Music app also has this setting and more.
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You're right. I checked again its not actual 7.1, but "Virtual 7.1 Channel" - the closest your going to get to 7.1 on a phone.
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You still need headphones with the capability.
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You still need headphones with the capability.
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Not to hear a difference, you don't. Have you honestly not ever heard of virtual surround on stereo speakers? It's been around since the 5.1 days. It sounds no where near as good as having actual surround sound hardware but there is a big difference in sound. Naturally if you prefer it is dependent on you but there IS a difference. As I stated earlier, I found it to be an improvement for movies but not music.
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
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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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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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So as we all know, Video Player is an insanely bad resource hog...Well, what alternatives are you using, to replace it?
I'm looking for an nice video player that doesn't hog squeeze your data
Mx Player
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Mx Player
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Can this thread be marked as solved? Mx Player is the answer.
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Can this thread be marked as solved? Mx Player is the answer.
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And we have a winner!
Yep. MX player ftw.
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MX Player is my favorite but I keep the stock player for the ALLSHARE support
I use also mx player but here is a great thing that official player does and no other. When you have allshare cast dongle and you play a video in TV the phone doesn't show the video which 1st is battery saver and 2nd you use your phone doing anything you want and video in TV still plays in TV. It's a great feature and I haven't found any other player to be able to do that.
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I found video player to be quite battery efficient actually.
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i find the video player on the note3 not as good as the note 2..
on the note 2 it played avi divx no issues... on this note 3 it is not compatible with some of the formats.
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I use also mx player but here is a great thing that official player does and no other. When you have allshare cast dongle and you play a video in TV the phone doesn't show the video which 1st is battery saver and 2nd you use your phone doing anything you want and video in TV still plays in TV. It's a great feature and I haven't found any other player to be able to do that.
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Same thing with using a mhl 2.0 adapter. I found it especially important that the screen doesn't play when connected since mhl 2.0 allows you to connect the mhl without a power source which is super handy on the fly. I haven't test going out of video mode while playing a video with mhl yet though. Might pick up a allshare if the price goes down (my mhl adapter was only $10), does the allshare lag much? I like to play racing games on the big screen every once in awhile (no noticeable lag with mhl) but heard that might be an issue with the dongle.
Diceplayer
MXplayer (does not play certain audio codecs.)
VLC player beta
BSplayer
Dice and vlc are fully free and play everything.
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MX Player Pro and set it as default. I never use stock Video Player, don't like it.
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Same thing with using a mhl 2.0 adapter. I found it especially important that the screen doesn't play when connected since mhl 2.0 allows you to connect the mhl without a power source which is super handy on the fly. I haven't test going out of video mode while playing a video with mhl yet though. Might pick up a allshare if the price goes down (my mhl adapter was only $10), does the allshare lag much? I like to play racing games on the big screen every once in awhile (no noticeable lag with mhl) but heard that might be an issue with the dongle.
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No stay with the cable for games, the lag is minimum with dongle but noticed. Quality is fine and I noticed that phone sends to allshare dongle sustained 900 to 1100kb/sec so whatever reason is making the connection not to be perfect cast automatically lowers resolution but I noticed that only once.
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No stay with the cable for games, the lag is minimum with dongle but noticed. Quality is fine and I noticed that phone sends to allshare dongle sustained 900 to 1100kb/sec so whatever reason is making the connection not to be perfect cast automatically lowers resolution but I noticed that only once.
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Sorry to hijack, but what allshare dongle are you using... I looked around but they are all getting horrible reviews on Amazon.... thanks!
Only one is samsung with that name. Samsung all share cast dongle.
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Mx player
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