Can anyone say whether the Pixel supports apt-x audio over bluetooth?
From what I have read it does not but, using my Sony SBH80 earphones, the audio doesn't sound any worse than it does on my Galaxy S7 Edge which does support it.
However, I've not tried listening to flac encoded tracks, I suppose I ought to for a proper test.
Did you ever find out the answer to this? I just got a new car (Nissan Rogue), and the bluetooth interface with my GS7e is horrible because the the GS7e doesn't have AptX.
I haven't found the definitive answer, no, but re your S7Edge, I am pretty sure it does support apt-x. Mine sounded excellent through bluetooth headphones that support apt-x.
I keep meaning to do some listening tests of wired versus BT on the Pixel.
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Just bought a pair of Bluetrek ST1 Bluetooth Stereo Headphones and paired them up with my Trinity running the Australian WM6 ROM and it works a treat.
Audio quality is good for anything up to about 3 metres and degrades from there. The bass is a little lacking but I'm not sure yet whether this is a bluetooth issue or a headphone issue.
In other great news the remote control functions work completely with both HTC Audio Manager and WMP10 as do the call functions. I am yet to test voice commander compatibility.
All in all a highly recommended buy for a decent but cheap pair (AU$120) of bluetooth stereo headphones. I will report back on battery life and other issues if they crop up.
I have owned ~5 bluetooth headsets over the past 3 - 4 years and currently have been using the Plantronics Voyager 855 for over a year. Reason for this headset is I like to listen to streaming audio (XM & Sirius) on my phone in stereo and mono...this headset was the only one to offer decent quality sound in a compact package (no dongles hanging from my neck etc..) Problem is my headset is showing its age with shortened batt. life and the range is not what it used to be (also sound as a headset was never that great in noisy environments). My frustration is after almost 1.5 yrs I cant find any new headsets that support a2dp and come in a small package (cant be behind the head both sides like the S9). Jawbone headset has had out 3 different new models during the whole time i have had the 855 and still has not come out with one that supports a2dp...same with all other major manufacturers that I looked at. It just seems like now there is no push by manufactures to produce a mono or optional stereo headset in a small size (I love the blueant Q1 but again..no a2dp).
Anyone know of new headsets coming out that fit my description? Also looked at the use of the btaudio.cab file to "make" any BT headset stream audio ...anyone have experience using this? biggest concern in using this cab would be greatly reducing batt life on my BT.
Thanks
I had great success with nokias a2dp bt steroe headsets
Looking on Nokia web site I cant seem to find any in-the-ear headsets types that list A2DP as a feature. What is the model your using?
I'm having great success with my Lubix stereo headset.
I use BH-503 from nokia
So i noticed a severe decline in the music quality after i switched from my Z3 compact. Using Poweramp with all the EQ's disabled/flat (and all the samsung eq's off), i get constant minor treble crackling. Full volume and even half volume on the phone. It's really annoying. I have certain songs on my computer and Z3 that i've played so much that i know exactly how they should sound, and the S7 just makes it sound like ****. Has anybody else had this issue?
Do you have any other bluetooth devices connected to your S7, such as a Fitbit or Android Wear watch?
I'm using BT streaming to both my Sennheiser headphones and to my car, and have not noticed any worse sound quality compared to my previous S5.
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Do you have any other bluetooth devices connected to your S7, such as a Fitbit or Android Wear watch?
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yeah my pebble is connected 24/7...why? does that affect it?
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yeah my pebble is connected 24/7...why? does that affect it?
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Yeah it does. What a shame!
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-wear-ruining-bluetooth-speaker-headset-sound-656300/
I suffer with the same issue on my S6 and was hoping they'd fix it on the S7 but guess they don't care.
Thread about it for the S6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/poor-bluetooth-audio-quality-t3093236
TL;DR, If you disconnect the Pebble your bluetooth audio quality should be good.
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Yeah it does. What a shame!
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-wear-ruining-bluetooth-speaker-headset-sound-656300/
I suffer with the same issue on my S6 and was hoping they'd fix it on the S7 but guess they don't care.
Thread about it for the S6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/poor-bluetooth-audio-quality-t3093236
TL;DR, If you disconnect the Pebble your bluetooth audio quality should be good.
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thats f***ing ridiculous. i will try it out thanks!
I have a S7 Edge and a Pebble Time connected. I use several bluetooth headphones and the sound is very good. No problems.
Pierre118 said:
I have a S7 Edge and a Pebble Time connected. I use several bluetooth headphones and the sound is very good. No problems.
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Do your bluetooth headphones use aptX?
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Do your bluetooth headphones use aptX?
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Yes, I have 2 aptX headphones. The sound is perfect.
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Yes, I have 2 aptX headphones. The sound is perfect.
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Expected. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63745683&postcount=22
Unfortunately, my car (100% of my use for bluetooth audio) does not use aptX so it sounds awful unless I disconnect my watch.
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Expected. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63745683&postcount=22
Unfortunately, my car (100% of my use for bluetooth audio) does not use aptX so it sounds awful unless I disconnect my watch.
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I also use two headphones that do not have aptX, but they sound perfect too.
after tuning off the bluetooth to my pebble and rebooting the phone, the sound came out fine through my ford sync stereo. i might as well use an aux cable to remedy this $700 phone's issue.
FWIW, there are two less intense ways to "refresh" the bluetooth audio connection:
1) Toggle the phone's bluetooth off and on.
2) (New to Marshmallow touchwiz) Bring down the notifications and you'll see "Audio path" on the right. Switch it and switch it back to the bluetooth output.
Thanks for the info everyone. I just upgraded from the s5 to the s7 and noticed a significant degrade in blue tooth audio streaming with my Ford sync system. Really upset me so a little Google search and discover.my moto 360 watch is the culprit. After I disconnect it my sound quality goes back to normal. Certainly a pain but at least it's resolved.
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I have 2016 Lexus ES350 and I have recently started using Garmin Vivoactive HR+ fitness tracker that is connected via Bluetooth to my Samsung Galaxy S7. The bluetooth streaming quality dropped significantly. All music sounds flat even when the music player (Amazon Music) is set to highest quality. In rock music I barely hear hihats. High frequencies are distorted.
Are we supposed to go back to the auxiliary audio input jack again? What's up with this?
Thats because sony always use high quailty DAC's and sammy doesn't. same reason why sammy cant play high res audio.
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So i noticed a severe decline in the music quality after i switched from my Z3 compact. Using Poweramp with all the EQ's disabled/flat (and all the samsung eq's off), i get constant minor treble crackling. Full volume and even half volume on the phone. It's really annoying. I have certain songs on my computer and Z3 that i've played so much that i know exactly how they should sound, and the S7 just makes it sound like ****. Has anybody else had this issue?
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I'm using S7 edge with viper4android and connect to my car bose system the sound looks amazing. ALso I use it with a audio-technica mx-50 and portable amplifier. with bluetooth I don't notice any issue, because mainly I connect to amplified sources. <With direct connection to the mx50 headphones definitly could be better, but I wouldn't say is really bad. I use flac and sometimes spotify in extreme quality.
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Hi the same here, i had a HTC onex/onex+ and the last a LG G3 , the audio was fine when streaming mp3's from my phone, now with my brand new Galaxy S7,
there's so much distorsion that it's not earable, my car is Lexus CT200h(no navigation screen panasonic audio) , worse with waze or google maps i cant anymore ear vocal instructions for navigation except when streaming audio or during a phone call , not anymore when listening a cd in the carplayer as it used to be with all previous 3 phones
ps: i think there should be a "bluetooth" section in the real life thread , i dont know who is in charge of that sections,
i will put 1 star to bluetooth and audio listening and 1 star for audio when recording videos in Gigs i wouldnt buy the S7 if i knew that before
Hi, I using Mix 2s and the quality of sound on earphones is quite a disaster.
Sound is very grainy and there is a lot of static noise in some songs. I am using Spotify Premium with very high-quality settings and the sound on wireless and wired earphones is the same - means very bad. So, it’s not just bad piece of set.
I was blaming the audio codec on Bluetooth as my BT earphones should be able to use ACC codec, but there is just SBC available in developer option. I heard the BT codec issue in last Global MIUI I am using global 10.2.2) not allowing to use any codec outside SBC, but the sound is the same on wired earphones.
Does anyone experience the same issue with sound quality?
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Hi, I using Mix 2s and the quality of sound on earphones is quite a disaster.
Sound is very grainy and there is a lot of static noise in some songs. I am using Spotify Premium with very high-quality settings and the sound on wireless and wired earphones is the same - means very bad. So, it’s not just bad piece of set.
I was blaming the audio codec on Bluetooth as my BT earphones should be able to use ACC codec, but there is just SBC available in developer option. I heard the BT codec issue in last Global MIUI I am using global 10.2.2) not allowing to use any codec outside SBC, but the sound is the same on wired earphones.
Does anyone experience the same issue with sound quality?
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I have no issues on LineageOS (wired and BT LDAC).
I am using 10.2.2 stable too and i do not have any troubles with sound quality. Using spotify, sound is fine with Bluetooth and wired phones.
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I am using 10.2.2 stable too and i do not have any troubles with sound quality. Using spotify, sound is fine with Bluetooth and wired phones.
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Thank you, and are you able to connect to BT headseat with any other codec then SBC? I am able to change that in developer option but it always go back to default after leaving menu.
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Thank you, and are you able to connect to BT headseat with any other codec then SBC? I am able to change that in developer option but it always go back to default after leaving menu.
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Have tried Mix2s with 3 different phones at home on BT and headset. Samsung A8, Honor 8 Pro and iPhone 6s and most ****ty sound by class is from Xiaomi, which makes me very sad as this is my daily driver... will try MIUI EU if this makes any difference or sell my Xiaomi device.
I come from a redmi note 4X and dont notice any problems with it. I have a brainwavz BLU200, which supports aptx.
Maybe the phone is recognizing the headphones as a headset (for calls which utterly kills the sound quality).
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I come from a redmi note 4X and dont notice any problems with it. I have a brainwavz BLU200, which supports aptx.
Maybe the phone is recognizing the headphones as a headset (for calls which utterly kills the sound quality).
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Thank you, but this is not the case. The sound is bad also on wired headphones. Sound is flat, lot of static noise, missing any stage. By class worst sound from 4 phones I can find at home. I will try different USB C to 3.5 mm adapter if helps.
Ouch, I have not tried the usb adapter with my wired headphones. I'm scared to try now (ignorance is bliss?).
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Thank you, and are you able to connect to BT headseat with any other codec then SBC? I am able to change that in developer option but it always go back to default after leaving menu.
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My LDAC headphones work well. I am afraid there's something wrong with your device and I'd recommend to have it repaired.
Just tested the wired audio with my Brainwavz HM5 and i found it awesome. Also i have searched a bit on the net and seems that the mi mix 2s outputs analog over the USB-C adapter. The sounds come from the DAC on the SoC (SD845) which seems to be a quite nice DAC (https://semiaccurate.com/2017/12/19/qualcomm-ups-audio-ante-snapdragon-845/) to be a cellphone.
Try wiping and flashing a stock rom. If that dont fix it, I suspect that your case is a hardware problem.
And last but not less important, i'm not an audiophile so maybe what i hear good is subpar to you, but if the sound would be as bad, way more people would have complained by now.
Thank you. I have tried different USB-C to 3,5mm adapter then standard Xiaomi one and grain is about 50% less so positive news here, but sound is still flat and dont have any sound stage. May be I am to picky and got luck with my previous phones. I have ordered external DAC adapter to solve this problem as on the other hand this is only problem I have with the phone.
I one of my friends found the core of the problem. He sad to have iPhone 7 that sounds ****ty as well. He had found out after about year of searching and two sets of headphones that somewhere in some different settings was set MONO sound only. My problem was same and very stupid! For my IQ deffence I don't know why this settings is not located in sound section. So problem solved and thank everybody for help! For anyone having this issue you can deactivate Mono sound in Settings -> Additional Settings -> Accessibility -> Turn off "Mono Audio"
Hi, can you tell if bluetooth codecs like Aptx hd and aptx adaptive from the developers options menu were added ?
LDAC, SSC, SBC, AAC and AptX are present.
AptX HD is likely not supported. Never has been.
Well, it sucks.
The Buds+ (SSC) are excellent for calls, and very good for music using Poweramp's graphic equalizer. Double as noise plugs. Very long battery life.
A LDAC headet from Sony or Panasonic be the next step up.
All are inferior to a hardwired headset.
Samsung had room for the 3.5mm jack and the damn SD card slot.
It's netted them a lot of lost sales from me. I now have 2 N10+'s and don't intend to buy any new smartphone for 2-3 years.
Other than battery replacements the N10+ can easily last 3+ years. This one I'm using is 2.5 yo, in mint condition with one battery replacement.
Still running on Pie, current load will be 2 yo in June, still fast and stable with minimal maintenance. Security is simply not an issue.
The N10+'s color rendering index and white point exceed the newer variable refresh rate displays.
It gets 10 hours battery life. It's still a blast to use which is why I got a backup one... whatever
"Samsung should add the aptX HD, aptX Adaptive and aptX TWS+ Bluetooth audio codecs to their line of Galaxy S products."
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You should care people, because there's no more Jack 3.5mm...
Bluetooth on this phone is trash
The last time we had AptX HD was during the S8 plus with Oreo.
They supported the Level Headphones with UHD and AptX HD.
Then when Pie came, they discontinued the headphones and they removed AptX HD.
People with such headphones made petitions in the Samsung community forums and samsung finally resurrected the AptX in the Note9. During this time, samsung pushed the Samsung scalable codec for all the new wireless headphones and true wireless headphones.
But dont expect samsung to bring anything back, they are now supporting their own codec and devices. Still LDAC works well.
Listening to music via BT is trash anyway, whatever ther codec, so why care?
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Listening to music via BT is trash anyway, whatever ther codec, so why care?
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You're totally wrong, it sounds even better via BT than wire for most of BT headphones because they use their own DAC. The KBPS does not make everything, If you have at least 500 KBPS is way enough for sound quality, most important is DAC and of course the Headphone itself.
Boom player, neutron, poweramp or stock samsung music player. And for best sound you need best earphone (bragi dash pro)I use.
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You're totally wrong, it sounds even better via BT than wire for most of BT headphones because they use their own DAC. The KBPS does not make everything, If you have at least 500 KBPS is way enough for sound quality, most important is DAC and of course the Headphone itself.
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U'd better study a little...
All BT codecs are compressed (even aptx HD) and lossy and cannot reach HiRes quality. If u listen to Spotify of course you're already using a very bad source.
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U'd better study a little...
All BT codecs are compressed (even aptx HD) and lossy and cannot reach HiRes quality. If u listen to Spotify of course you're already using a very bad source.
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Damn you understood nothing, what I said ?, Which sound better between listening 320Kbps MP3 in a AUDI A8 with Bang&Olufsen audio system and a wired JBL headphone with MASTER TIDAL 24 bits music etc... Can you answer which is the best experienced, after you can tell me u'd better study a lot.
Depends on how u connect headphones to smartphone, if dac of the dongle kn MQA certified (oh and btw MQA is compressed a d lossy)... There is no BT that is bit perfect, and if u listen to mp3 quality the codec is insignificant... even if you listen to Cd quality, since no bt codec can match...
U can have the best dac in the world, but garbage in garbage out... Take a 24bit 192KHz FLAC and play it via aptx hd and your hear trash... play it via any other bt codec a d you hear slightly worst trash... it's still trash so why care?