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[Tutorial]Audiophile Sound Quality in your PDA Phone MUST READ FOR MUSIC LOVER!!!

Hi, i just wanna share a little for all of you in this community especially those who use Atom Life. This trick can be applied for other phone too. Feedback are always needed. So here's the Tips & Trick :
Music & PDA Let's mix it!
There's two audio output component in your PDA, headset jack and speaker. Most of all time to reach a good SQ (Sound Quality) many of PDA user apply different setting for each output. Example : if you use the earphone then u change the EQ, SRSWow setting even the player setting itself to reach the quality you want. But after u switch to speaker (in case your friend want to know what are you hear), the sound is disaster and you have to switch it again to match the quality for the speaker.
So how about if i can give you a little trick to set the optimum setting for both speaker and earphone? It would be great...
I have do some research and of course testing to find the perfect optimum set for both.
1st Rule in music : A good music need a good player to show it's potential sound. And what player do you use? WMP is bad and suck we all know that, so what the other choice that good? I recommended you to use Nitrogen check it here. Why? Coz it's deliver a superd audio quality and better than core player. It's only use minimum ram than core player (tested on mine running Nitrogen on standby use only bout 65% while Core suck 75%). There's plugin for FLAC playback (audio lover like it ). Also it's support skin too. Make your phone more music friendly. For qvga device you view here.
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2nd Rule : You have a good music, and a good player. What's next? An optimized setting for your audio output both speaker/earphone. Where it can be done? Check out your equalizer panel (Atom life O2 Software). Disable the build in equalizer, turn it off. Now move to the WOW HD Settings (enable this). Set this :
SRS 3D Effect : 50%
SRS Center Effect : 80% (on earphone if you feel that it's not balanced you can adjust it. set it as you like 50% or more, coz everyone ear is different and unique)
SRS Focus Level : 80%
SRS Definition Level : 20%
SRS TruBass : 80%
On nitrogen set EQ to flat (or don't turn on).
This setting combined with nitrogen will give you a great audio quality gain. With large frequency range to hear more through speaker/earphone. And also a superb bass quality deep but not overpress other sound channel. Making your music more great (feel the difference test it with your favorite song).
3rd Rule and the important once if you use earphone : Buy yourself a good quality jack converter from 2,5 to 3,5mm.
So you can use a good quality earphone to listen your music.
Here's what i use MD E945 BY MDISK
Impedance : 32ohm
Speaker : 13,5mm
Sensitivity : 106db @ 1Khz
Frequency range : 10 - 25.000Hz
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHEN SELECTING A EARPHONE IS THE CAPABILITY OF THIS PHONE TO DRIVE THE SIGNAL. (Example : you bought a high end set or earphone but it have a high impedance and therefor your phone cannot drive it signal coz there's not enought power. So it's useless.)
Another way to increase is to buy an small earphone amplifier for your phone (but it's not practical, so don't suggest it).
Also when you have a nice set of earphone, don't forget to burn in before to optimize the quality of the speaker. All About Burn in view here. And if you want to burn in your earphone download burn in wave here and view my burn in playlist.
That's all i can share, waiting for your feedback. Perhaps you can share your setting too here or audio player you use. Thanks.

Headphone jack noise - stock earbuds

A week ago I got a G2x from Wind Mobile in Toronto. Along with some battery life and overheating issues reported here, there is this one problem I really hope is not the way LG designed this phone. Although I don't have any other smartphone to compare this to, design/shielding can and should avoid this problem entirely.
A second after any audio stops, or during a silent part of an mp3 in any media player, or youtube for example, there is a quiet hiss from the headphone jack, at least with the stock earbuds. After that second, there is a quiet pop/click before complete silence (amplifier being powered down?).
QUICK TEST:
Go into a silent area and put your earbuds in. Click the volume up/down buttons on the side of the phone to change the ringer volume. It does not matter where the volume is set to. As soon as you click the button, you may hear a pop or two, followed by the "boop" sound demonstrating your volume level, followed by a second of hiss, and another quiet pop into silence. Please post results...
The hiss is not very loud, but absolutely unacceptable for listening to any form of respectable music. I got the phone expecting to stream my stuff from home, and run it though a proper parametric EQ to correct the earbuds to perfection. They are in fact decent headphones, with rather flat response...
I have a hunch this is related to the same issue as the battery drain - maybe some faulty component in the power circuitry that also introduces noise into the power supply of other components, sometimes leading to instability, etc.

k00zk0 said:
A week ago I got a G2x from Wind Mobile in Toronto. Along with some battery life and overheating issues reported here, there is this one problem I really hope is not the way LG designed this phone. Although I don't have any other smartphone to compare this to, design/shielding can and should avoid this problem entirely.
A second after any audio stops, or during a silent part of an mp3 in any media player, or youtube for example, there is a quiet hiss from the headphone jack, at least with the stock earbuds. After that second, there is a quiet pop/click before complete silence (amplifier being powered down?).
QUICK TEST:
Go into a silent area and put your earbuds in. Click the volume up/down buttons on the side of the phone to change the ringer volume. It does not matter where the volume is set to. As soon as you click the button, you may hear a pop or two, followed by the "boop" sound demonstrating your volume level, followed by a second of hiss, and another quiet pop into silence. Please post results...
The hiss is not very loud, but absolutely unacceptable for listening to any form of respectable music. I got the phone expecting to stream my stuff from home, and run it though a proper parametric EQ to correct the earbuds to perfection. They are in fact decent headphones, with rather flat response...
I have a hunch this is related to the same issue as the battery drain - maybe some faulty component in the power circuitry that also introduces noise into the power supply of other components, sometimes leading to instability, etc.
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stock ear buds?

k00zk0 said:
A week ago I got a G2x from Wind Mobile in Toronto. Along with some battery life and overheating issues reported here, there is this one problem I really hope is not the way LG designed this phone. Although I don't have any other smartphone to compare this to, design/shielding can and should avoid this problem entirely.
A second after any audio stops, or during a silent part of an mp3 in any media player, or youtube for example, there is a quiet hiss from the headphone jack, at least with the stock earbuds. After that second, there is a quiet pop/click before complete silence (amplifier being powered down?).
QUICK TEST:
Go into a silent area and put your earbuds in. Click the volume up/down buttons on the side of the phone to change the ringer volume. It does not matter where the volume is set to. As soon as you click the button, you may hear a pop or two, followed by the "boop" sound demonstrating your volume level, followed by a second of hiss, and another quiet pop into silence. Please post results...
The hiss is not very loud, but absolutely unacceptable for listening to any form of respectable music. I got the phone expecting to stream my stuff from home, and run it though a proper parametric EQ to correct the earbuds to perfection. They are in fact decent headphones, with rather flat response...
I have a hunch this is related to the same issue as the battery drain - maybe some faulty component in the power circuitry that also introduces noise into the power supply of other components, sometimes leading to instability, etc.
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I thought the G2x didn't come with earbuds? Unless LG allows Wind Mobile to have earbuds. I know my G2x only came with the box, charger and manual. No SD, no HDMI, and no headphones!
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Yes, canalphone headset! They block out a ton of external sound... Definitely not for driving.
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I am sure any headphone/speakers would do it, speakers in fact would be better, crank the volume on them and just change the phone ringer volume. Please try this test! Especially if you have a perfect unit as no modern sound device should do this and it leads one to question the stability of the hardware if a simple op-amp or DAC is noisy like that.
No HDMI cable nor SD card with Wind. Seems the card would only jack the price up unless they threw a 32GB in there. Micro HDMI cable is 5 dollars if you Google it.

[APP & GUIDE]: Volume+ - Increasing your music gain & quality through your headset

[APP & GUIDE]: Volume+ - Increasing your music gain & quality through your headset
Hello guys and let us begin!
During my cohabitation with my beloved Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 , I had always one complain.
The bootloader was locked , battery life was awfull , there was no incall volume , camera gave too noisy pictures , the stock ROM was laggy , we didn't have fps uncaped...
...no seriously just one complain. I could never enjoy music being played on my headset using my mobile phone.
At this point many negative people may say that Android is not a music/multimedia platform and the hardware provided (headset etc.) is not of the best quality. Agreed! But I will answer we will have to work with what's being given.
So after using several custom ROMs equiped with DSP Manager I wasn't exactly getting the result I wanted. I had several undesired results such as:
The first few seconds of the song being played didn't actually play.
The bass was off the hook resulting in my headset playing a farty noise in my ears whenever there was a song that demanded deep bass.
I had generaly low volume resulting to not being able to listen to my favourite music while on my 3 hour bus travel every day to my university...
After some search around market and xda-developers forum I found the Volume+ application which is descent in it's free version BUT performs wonders as a paid version.
Now what I'm about to say onwards is about the paid version which in my humble opinion deserves its money.
AS THE DEVELOPER SAYS , I REPEAT TOO... THIS APP CAN GO -VERY- LOUD. I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE IF BY YOUR OWN MISTAKE YOU DAMAGE PERMANENTLY THE SPEAKER OF YOUR DEVICE.
First of we begin by setting any other equalizer stock or non stock to OFF. And if there is no disable option then we select the "FLAT" preset (that goes for stock Music player that can't disable its equalizer).
1.Then run Volume+ and chose Headset Settings.
2. Tick Speaker Modifications under Settings to Enable it.
Do not enable Virtual Room Effect. It's all about distortion imho.
3. Do -NOT- touch Basic Settings at all.
Basic Settings give some pre-made presets and none of them is good enough for x10. They all lack something and francly I've never been satisfied.
4. Tick Speaker Modifications under Advanced Settings.
That's for enabling the advanced equalizer to allow us to set each frequency channel independently.
5. Apply the following values.
Now these are the settings I use and I'm so much satisfied with them. They give me a rich overall volume , with correct frequencies.
At this point I want to say that if any other user has settings that believes are better than mine, feel free to post , share and explain!
Code:
Low: 100
Low/Mid: 120
Mid: 105
Mid/High: 100
High: 95
Volume Level: 7
Bass Boost: 8
Echo/Delay Level: 4
6. Although this application claims not to need a restart of device I strongly DISAGREE!
Reboot your device after you are done and under no reason should you kill the Volume+ service in case you are using a task killer/manager. Just add it to exceptions/white list.
So once you are done your settings must look exactly like this:
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How/Why:
In case you liked the result you can go on reading.
Those settings were not copied or found around the internet although I'm pretty sure anyone can Google and find something similar.
Those settings came from me and took quite a lot of my time since the whole process of "perfecting" them was listening to a bunch of different favourite songs (each song has its strengths and weaknesses) tweaking , restarting and again from the beggining. That's the best way to work with this application and needs quite a lot of patience but produces a neat result.
That being said , I want to say that my thing about music is that I'm a mainstream freak. So the songs I used to make my configuration are limited to certain kinds such as House , Electro , RnB/Hip-Hop , Pop , some slow Ballads. So for hardcore (Psy) Trance , (Death/Black) Metal , Opera listeners out there ... well guys , don't expect miracles!
Sample of songs used:
(Youtube quality has no relevance I just wanted a way to present them to you. I have those songs in full quality in my SDcard ofcourse.)
1. Claydee & Dimension-X - Call Me
(Pop with great vocals and hints of electro sounds and steady beat)
2. Alexunder Base ft. Mirela - Feelings (Club Version)
(Nice deep vocals and smooth bass. Also deep steady beat)
3. Fly Project - Goodbye
(Pop - High pitched tones during the reffrain natural and distorted guitar notes included)
4. Ela Rose ft. David Deejay - Lovely Words
(Nice deep bass , deep vocals , ambient sounds at the beginning)
5. MIMS - Move (If You Wanna)
(RnB - Very deep strong bass , human speech , harsh mid sounds like percussion)
...and about 20 others!
Regards!

Reserved for future use and because I can!

It can damage speaker if you play song via speaker,but if we play it via headset,possibility can damage out headset too ?
sory bad englsih

hiddenfr said:
It can damage speaker if you play song via speaker,but if we play it via headset,possibility can damage out headset too ?
sory bad englsih
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Not likely unless you do something incredibly thoughtless which again I can't be sure because headset and speaker are far different in technology.
Mr_element from Tapatalk for Android.

Awesome stuff, I have to say this has my westone 4s spitting out sounds I have not previously heard in my music. Haven't stopped listening to my collection since.

Audio Distortion on 2 channels - Phoenix Android Octocore PX5 - Where to look next?

So back in August I purchased the octocore unit, with Oreo, from Phoenix Android Radios for my 2018 Civic Si. Since then it's been hell trying to figure out the distortion from my Front Left and Rear Right speakers and why fading to Front Left causes extra distorted audio that plays from both Front Left and Rear Right speakers. Same goes if fading audio to Rear Right - extra distortion and also comes from Front Left. Fading to the Front Right or Rear Left sounds normal.
Issue:
Audio sounds distorted - especially in the upper hz ranges (none specific - but not apparent under 500hz). When I use the pre-installed Amp application and fade the audio to FL (Front Left) I also hear audio from the RR (Rear Right) - it is extremely distorted to the point of disgusting and vocals cannot be made out. If I fade to the FR or RL the audio plays only out those channels and sound quality is what I'd expect. It's important to mention that the distortion isn't as extreme when playing on all speakers - but noticeable enough to be annoying especially since I'm positioned closest to the FL. I can only listen to podcasts... playing music is just painful.
Original Theory:
I must have crossed wires somewhere. I tapped/soldered (w/ shrink) directly into the harness of the radio and sent the high-level output directly to my speakers, bypassing the factory amp as Phoenix instructed me. As a sanity test - I tested each speaker individually to check for phase issues. When using an alternate audio source (cheap Bluetooth amp) to send signal, the audio sounded great across all channels. I even intentionally crossed the FL & RR negative wires (maybe I'm colorblind and can't read the labels I put on the wires) and it sounded like what you'd expect... I've wired speakers before and not new to this at all. But I've made mistakes before. I had two friends confirm I'm not crazy here. :victory:
New Theory:
Maybe the radio's built-in amp is trash. So I dished out $140 and bought a 4-channel amp and hooked up directly to RCA outputs. After doing this - not only did I lose the Android sound effects (and other things), but the main distortion was still there. Using the Amp app and fading to either FL or RR would play the exact same distortion from both channels at once. Again, as a sanity check, I plugged my tone generator into each RCA on my new 4-channel amp. Each channel worked as expected. This confirms the wiring after my amp is good. And even if I managed to screw up 4 RCA plugs - it would just swap channels, not cross them. All RCA input/outputs are isolated to prevent touching each other.
Current Theory:
I'm getting some kind of interference, maybe, but it's only affecting two channels? Or there's probably a software/hardware issue. I used FooBar2000 music player to play music and set it to convert the music to mono - the distortion was gone! Then I used the same app to down-sample the songs to mono then up-sample back to stereo (redundant - extra CPU, etc.. I know) but this HELPED the distortion significantly. I can actually listen to a song stored on the unit/usb as long as using FooBar2000 to play it and not Bluetooth or any other apps on Android. This leads me to suspect the pre-installed Amp app is sending wrong signal to each channel or it's from the built-in amplifier.
Testing - Getting Scientific:
I decided I would do a test to see what kind of voltage I'm getting from the low-power output of the RCA and voltage I'm getting from the radio's high-power speaker line at various volume levels using the Amp fader to "all" channels and comparing those results to ones when fading the test-tone to the FL speaker only. For this test - I only used the FL and RR speaker and used a constant 1K tone. I noticed when checking voltages while fading to FL or RR that the voltage wasn't constant. It would move up and down by .01 to .02 volts. Testing while faded to all channels shows a very steady voltage. Here's the results:
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If anyone can help me get to the bottom of this please! I've spent so many hours/days slaving away trying to make this work. I've re-wired everything 3 times because I kept thinking I must have made an issue somewhere as Phoenix Android Radios support team and engineers don't know what it issue is. Latest was telling me to check ground - which I grounded w/ short thick gauge copper cable (multi strand) direct to frame. Confirmed good ground w/ multimeter (was was original ground).
If someone would like a video to demonstrate this better please let me know and I'd be more than happy to record one right away!
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The problem is in software need to install hal9k android 8 or 9 in android 10 i found same problem!

DjGolpeX said:
The problem is in software need to install hal9k android 8 or 9 in android 10 i found same problem!
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Had same in Wondefo px5 octa core factory rom android 8 in btmusic app high frequences was distorted

Question Audio - better quality, wired & wireless.

Hello everyone,
By way of introduction: I'm some kind of audiophile, and really like good quality music, I would like to make my s22ultra to the best mobile device (in terms of sound quality).
I would like to mention a few aspects related to audio in this topic.
1. App for audio (streaming) + audio player
2. Android Auto & sound/music
3. Devices wired & wireless
4. Others additional devices/apps to make sound better quality
What is your experience ?
What are you doing to improve the sound?
Ad.1 - switch from Spotify to Tidal (master,hifi) and think that quality is better - incomparable.
I'm don't using any app too source music - which app is good?
Ad.2 - I was change options with codec in AA by programic options, and its better too ! (see below)
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Ad.3 - I use for now Bose QC45 - sound is good but phone calls are much worse, I can hardly hear me, I don't know why
Ad.4 I think about headphone amplifier (dac fiio k5) to make better sound quality - it have sens? AA in car will play better quality (connected by usbc, by phone)?
Someone use a adapter (usb-C to minijack 3.5)? Can someone something recommend?

Poweramp, only .wav, HDCD or higher resolution* files. Buds+** sound pretty good once dialed with the Poweramp equalizer. Next step up be a LDAC bud or headphone solution. Otherwise you're stuck using the inconvenient C port.
*MP4's are ok... better than mp3's I believe
**if you get the Buds+ DO NOT update the factory loaded firmware as it will screw up the sound. They run very good on the factory load, this applies to the last production run firmware.
If you like the Buds+ try to pick up a new pair, not used manufacturer shortly before being discontinued. I don't like Samsung's current Buds lineup... I have 3 pairs of Buds+

Just use an external DAC on USB-C port

Norbertus20 said:
Hello everyone,
By way of introduction: I'm some kind of audiophile, and really like good quality music, I would like to make my s22ultra to the best mobile device (in terms of sound quality).
I would like to mention a few aspects related to audio in this topic.
1. App for audio (streaming) + audio player
2. Android Auto & sound/music
3. Devices wired & wireless
4. Others additional devices/apps to make sound better quality
What is your experience ?
What are you doing to improve the sound?
Ad.1 - switch from Spotify to Tidal (master,hifi) and think that quality is better - incomparable.
I'm don't using any app too source music - which app is good?
Ad.2 - I was change options with codec in AA by programic options, and its better too ! (see below)
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Ad.3 - I use for now Bose QC45 - sound is good but phone calls are much worse, I can hardly hear me, I don't know why
Ad.4 I think about headphone amplifier (dac fiio k5) to make better sound quality - it have sens? AA in car will play better quality (connected by usbc, by phone)?
Someone use a adapter (usb-C to minijack 3.5)? Can someone something recommend?
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What settings are these from

Pascal536 said:
Just use an external DAC on USB-C port
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This right here.
USB-C to 3.5mm adapters (DAC) - Let's find the best
Now that 3.5mm headphone output is nearing extinction in smartphones, it's time to start compiling the list for the best USB-C to 3.5mm adapter DACs. Many phones don't even offer analog output anymore on their USB-C output , so the only option is to have a dongle/adapter with a built-in DAC...
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I'm currently using this which is arguably one of the best out there for SQ in the under $15 budget category..

Media Monkey has an excellent AA compatible player app that supports all formats. They also have windows software that will organize your music library, includes a server function to stream to all of your audio systems via Wi-Fi.
Has ripping, formatting and a host of other features that are included in the 'Gold' package.
I've used it for many years and would say it's a must have setup for 'some kind of audiophile types'.
In the car I use AA for convenience. I also use a flash drive loaded with 1,800+ flac files. That sounds superior with the Lincoln Revel Ultima 19 speaker system.
I can't help with the audio settings for the phone. I use it primarily to control my music more so than playback with headphones/earbuds.
Some kind of Audiophile wannabe type since 1982.

using TIDAL HIFI on wired Android Auto

Pascal536 said:
Just use an external DAC on USB-C port
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Which do you recommend?