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Speaker quality - Touch HD vs Xperia vs Omnia

Just a quick question about the speaker quality of these 3 phones. I would like to occasionally listen music directly from the speakers. I've read tons of reviews and the only thing missing is the actual speaker quality. Which one is the best? From what i read here, touch hd's speakers are awful while Xperia is supposed to have great sound. Can anyone comment?
I've weighed all the pro's and con's, and Touch HD was winning, but then i read about the poor audio quality of the speakers, and since i hate the fact it has no flash, it seems i'm gonna get Xperia.
So, in terms of music listening (both with and without headphones), which one is best of the three?

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I have and HD and quality of speakers are just normal. I think there is only one speaker.
If you have that item on first priority then there must be better alternatives than HD. It´s obviusly better (and comparable to other phones with the same category) when you use good headphones.
But before make a decision just try to hold an HD in your hand....you will buy it for sure
Joe

That's not my first priority, but considering HD has no flash, that's the second MAJOR drawback for me.
Could you compare the sound from HD to that from TyTn if you've heard it? The sound on my TyTn is just awful
As far as holding it - i live in a very small town, and opnly place to see the devices is my local carrier. And they don't allow the device to be turned on. Other carriers allow it, but don't have Xperia or HD

Hard for me to imagine why not having a flash is such a huge thing, but to each their own.
As eljoe said, try out the devices first hand before you buy.
You're spending some good coin, so maybe making a drive to a nearby city that has the phones you want, and you're able to use them.
I too have a TyTN, and am disappointing also, but I don't htink you'll be happy with the sound from any phone's speaker.
Remember, you're very limited by the kind of sound you're going to get from most phone speakers, since the speakers are so tiny...

Well, i'm not exactly looking for dolby surround here, but i'm hopeing for something better than TyTn speakers. Atleast so the mp3 ringtones sound good.
And like i said, i'm not exactly in a position to try out the devices.

Go for the samsung I8510 (Innov8), has some great speakers on it.
I think out of the three the X1 has the best sound... In a relative way of speaking. The sound will still suck, kind of. Good luck!

Sorry I´m off topic here, but wanted to say that non HD or Xperia have the speaker quality that has Universal with it´s stereo clear sound speakers.
Just my opinion...no ofense to anyone

I got the HD and the speaker quality sucks big time.
Whenever you put on speakerphone the voice distorts. Music distorts aswell so you must turn it down.
My brothers n95 with two speakers doesn't distort at all.

The Nokia 5800 has the best speaker sound Ive ever heared on a Cellphone....

Looks like the up coming Touch Pro2 is designed with stereo sound & conference call speakers...
From HTC site:Speakerphone Innovation
Nothing ruins a conference call faster than not being able to hear what is said, or make yourself heard. The HTC Touch Pro2 puts crystal-clear sound quality and voice reception at the core of its design. In fact, it is a palm-size professional conference phone with a loudspeaker and dedicated noise-cancelling microphone that delivers superior quality conference calls.
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Yeah galaxys it seems that TP2 have great speakers!
I can´t wait to put my hands on it!

The only windows mobile phone that has loud decent quality speakers is the Samsung SCH-i760. Also, I have this phone, and it is one of the loudest. The bass i much better than HD, X1, and Omnia.
It isn't as good as an N95 but it is the best stereo speaker phone that has windows mobile.

AFAIK, HTC doesn't even have an acoustics design team for phones. So, anything from HTC, I would say speaker quality would be bad to mediocre, and that too by chance.
If speaker quality is high on the priority list, go for phones by companies which at least try to do some research on acoustics. Examples: Nokia, Samsung, LG, etc.. But definitely not HTC. And Xperia is also manufactured by HTC, so no, I would automatically dismiss that one too.

ultill now the best loudspeaker i tried is from my XpressMusic 5800. the stereo speaker rocks. 2nd best was touch pro 2. very realistic sound . both the X1 and the touch HD louspeaker sucks.. cant even hear anything, too sharp, not even a single percent of bass. hurts my ears. PS: tested omnia 1 and omnia 2. acceptable sound quality but i think nokia still wins in the loudspeaker comparism

^yes, the TP2 speakers sounded very sweet!

The best sound devices (stereo dual speakers of course) are Universal and TP2

i have a x1 and can tell u that the speaker quality is very poor. the phone itself makes very good quality sound through the headphones but the speaker is very poor (and there is only one speaker, if money is not a option the x2 2 speakers which i hear but can not confirm are higher quality than the x1 speaker).

Ganondolf said:
i have a x1 and can tell u that the speaker quality is very poor. the phone itself makes very good quality sound through the headphones but the speaker is very poor (and there is only one speaker, if money is not a option the x2 2 speakers which i hear but can not confirm are higher quality than the x1 speaker).
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Yes, the speaker quality of the Xperia is unfortunately veeery poor. So poor, that I bother about it quite every day. :-(

Galaxy S4's speaker: It's quite good!

Although there was another thread that touched on the S4's speaker volume, it was moved to Q&A as it was a question thread.
This thread is here as an informative thread so it belongs here, and will serve to show that the S4 is no push over when it comes to speaker loudness.
This review here (taken from GSMArena) shows us that the S4's speaker is certainly no slouch and is actually louder than the HTC One.
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The full review can be found here http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_vs_htc_one-review-913p5.php

I think this could have been discussed in the review topic.
But anyways, this is to be expected. I remember in my physics class there was an equation that proved it doesn't matter about the number of speakers you have. 2 speakers doesn't double the loudness. It's the amount of power each one has. It would take 10 speakers of the same kind fo literally double the DCB.
Something like that. My profession is mechanics, not audio or electrical.
But if my memory serves me correct, the power into two speakers is the reason why the HTC One doesn't seem as loud. But what it does have is STEREO where the SGS4 is MONO.

Some nice info!

wow, that chart is really uesful.
I am going to buy LG Optimus G Pro version soon.
I hope it's better than Optimus G.

allopen said:
wow, that chart is really uesful.
I am going to buy LG Optimus G Pro version soon.
I hope it's better than Optimus G.
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make sure you buy thousands box of tissue with the phone you will probably need them when waiting for software update
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The loudness doesn't matter. Phones are already loud enough as it is. It's the quality of the sound, and from the looks of it the 7.9mm body will only support a small driver that distorts like crap at higher volumes and sound tinny and sucky in general. For generic polyphonic ringtones its fine, but anything more, especially when you put some mp3 clip of a pop song as your ringtone, and your ears will bleed from the distortion and general bad quality. Forget about using it as a boombox. From reviews I can gather that the BoomSound on the HTC One sounds a lot better than the S4, disregarding loudness output. They really didn't need to put stereo speakers on it, as even when close up to the phone in landscape the stereo separation probably is very minor in such a small thing.

Need a video of the s4 compared to note 2 or htc one for the speakers loudness.
Charts are one thing but I'd like a visual experiance!

no fanboy here but I cant believe the iPhone 5's speakers are below average. I think it sounds pretty good. Either the chart is inaccurate or the LG Optimus G is really that good.

autophone said:
no fanboy here but I cant believe the iPhone 5's speakers are below average. I think it sounds pretty good. Either the chart is inaccurate or the LG Optimus G is really that good.
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Its about loudness, not quality. Otherwise the one would be miles ahead of the others.

autophone said:
no fanboy here but I cant believe the iPhone 5's speakers are below average. I think it sounds pretty good. Either the chart is inaccurate or the LG Optimus G is really that good.
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When you cant see the fact presented and in denial mode without concrete cause, you are a fan boy.
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-]Megacharge[- said:
Although there was another thread that touched on the S4's speaker volume, it was moved to Q&A as it was a question thread.
This thread is here as an informative thread so it belongs here, and will serve to show that the S4 is no push over when it comes to speaker loudness.
This review here (taken from GSMArena) shows us that the S4's speaker is certainly no slouch and is actually louder than the HTC One.
The full review can be found here http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_vs_htc_one-review-913p5.php
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Quite frankly, I'm taking GSMArena's findings with a heavy table spoon of salt. Every other reviewer claims that the One is significantly louder than what GSMA are claiming.

vapotrini said:
Quite frankly, I'm taking GSMArena's findings with a heavy table spoon of salt. Every other reviewer claims that the One is significantly louder than what GSMA are claiming.
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Did they measure the levels though? GSMA is saying HTC is better cause it has cleaner sound, that's the ultimate thing not dB count, it sounds (heh) like a fair assessment, Samsung phones are quite loud (speaker facing the air). HTC's improvement is in quality.

Well, for me the important measure is dB, not quality. I don't listen to music through tiny phone speakers (that is what headphones are for).
I just care that the speaker is loud enough for an ear piercing ringtone that can be heard over background noise.
Side note, a strong vibrate would be nice too. The one on the LG Optimus G is so weak I never feel it, even when it is in my pocket.
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lyeileen said:
I more like the display of HTC ONE than S4's.
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I agree, I also prefer SLCD3 over SAMOLED, but this isn't about screen tech, it's about Db's (max speaker loudness), lets keep it on topic.

jkforce said:
When you cant see the fact presented and in denial mode without concrete cause, you are a fan boy.
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No he isnt, he is right. I owned the iphone 5 and i can say that it has one of the best audio quality ever. Not only are the speakers nice loud and clear, but the audio through headphones is just an absolute pleasure to hear. Seriously great quality.

The speaker
The speaker is very good on the S4. Balanced and there is a lot of clarity in the sound though it might seam that it was a tradeoff with volume for that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kR8NzAzdHY

Earphones audio quality?

How is the audio quality with earphones (standard earphones)?

the phone actually doesn't come with any earphones, and i wouldn't expect the motorola ones that you can buy are anything out of the ordinary

jufa2401 said:
the phone actually doesn't come with any earphones, and i wouldn't expect the motorola ones that you can buy are anything out of the ordinary
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No, i mean with random earphones sorry

crondom said:
No, i mean with random earphones sorry
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The phone does come with earphones... the 16gb dual chip comes with earphones and wallcharger.

Allewar said:
The phone does come with earphones... the 16gb dual chip comes with earphones and wallcharger.
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But the 8gb no.

Allewar said:
The phone does come with earphones... the 16gb dual chip comes with earphones and wallcharger.
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are you sure ?

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are you sure ?
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here a picture I took:
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here a picture I took:
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16gb single sim doesn't :/

Can someone compare the audio quality of the same file on the Moto G to another well known smartphone or mp3 player (like the Sansa Clip), using the same headphones?

Snappy0 said:
Can someone compare the audio quality of the same file on the Moto G to another well known smartphone or mp3 player (like the Sansa Clip), using the same headphones?
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Yeah that will be awesome

Also, I'd really appreciate it if someone could try some earphones with the inline mic and controls, maybe an apple pair?
Bill

Hey guys, i was wondering the same thing, so i did a test today. I hope it can also help others.
Short story of mine:
I have a more than 3 years old Galaxy S i9000 i want to replace. And after watching the market recent years, i really couldn't justify the prices for a new smartphone, because basically, they all are not far better than my old phone, which is still rocking till this day (even with Kitkat ROM already).
Galaxy S is known for its pristine audio quality thanks to Wolfson audio chip (which real quality can be unleashed with an app called voodoo sound).
So as i found Moto G i was stoked. The price is hot, it has everything i would need, not more not less. The software is very snappy thanks to Google as Motorola's new owner optimizing the heck out of it, battery life is great, it has stock OS, and once again: the price is just crazy good. The last thing i had to check out was the sound quality.
So i went to a local shop with a Moto G 8GB. I brought my Galaxy S, and my trusted in ear monitor: Ultimate Ears triple fi 10 pro. Those earphones are legit. (Before somebody asks, why i would give so much money for earbuds, but not for phone: i use them as a monitor on stage as well). So i copied some reference tracks from Galaxy S to Moto G via Bluetooth and compared the sound quality side by side. Genres included: Hard Rock, Jazz, Classical, and Pop.
It was obvious at the first track: (Bombtrack from Rage Against the Machine).
Lot of hiss at Moto G, even at low levels. Then when the band starts rocking, the low frequency just sucks, also it sounds like the mids are just not really there, and the highs are bumped to compensate, which is fatiguing after a short time. Put the earphones back to my Galaxy S, oh God, i know why i love its audio quality.
I remember doing some similar tests with previous models like Galaxy S3, some HTC, etc. Galaxy killed them all, but the difference was never been this obvious. Maybe i'm bit spoiled in this area, and i don't know if it's relevant with cheap earphones, as high quality earphones always reveal the weaknesses.
I guess you just can't have everything at those prices.
Too bad, i guess i'll wait bit more till i say goodbye to my Galaxy S (can't live without it, can't kill it :laugh: )
Like i said, if you're set to buy it, try it yourself, maybe it's not that relevant to you. Otherwise you might look somewhere else.

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Lot of hiss at Moto G, even at low levels. Then when the band starts rocking, the low frequency just sucks, also it sounds like the mids are just not really there, and the highs are bumped to compensate, which is fatiguing after a short time.
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I thought exactly the same (okay maybe I don't have as much insight as yourself :laugh: ) when I got mine yesterday and was a little frustrated to say the least, but I think I've found the cause of the issue.
If you go into Settings->Sound->Audio effects then you will find a menu with all sorts of EQ settings for both the built in speaker and wired headphones. By default it is set on the '3D stereo' profile for some reason and it sounds terrible. I switched it to 'Custom' with Surround and Equaliser to off. Equaliser set to Balanced also sounds good depending on the music.
Hope this helps someone,
Bill

Thanks for that info, i'll test it again tomorrow then..

WillDroid said:
I thought exactly the same (okay maybe I don't have as much insight as yourself :laugh: ) when I got mine yesterday and was a little frustrated to say the least, but I think I've found the cause of the issue.
If you go into Settings->Sound->Audio effects then you will find a menu with all sorts of EQ settings for both the built in speaker and wired headphones. By default it is set on the '3D stereo' profile for some reason and it sounds terrible. I switched it to 'Custom' with Surround and Equaliser to off. Equaliser set to Balanced also sounds good depending on the music.
Hope this helps someone,
Bill
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i realy like to listen to music on my phone so i really hope the sound is not to bad on moto g because i will buy it soon.. i hope other people will share their experience.

Well, this led me to a try:
I recorded the same song played on PC internal digitally (loop drivers) and once hooked the MotoG to my RME equipment, which has an astounding quality. Both spectral analysis' looked very much the same, so I think the DAC of the MotoG isn't that bad.
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WillDroid said:
I thought exactly the same (okay maybe I don't have as much insight as yourself :laugh: ) when I got mine yesterday and was a little frustrated to say the least, but I think I've found the cause of the issue.
If you go into Settings->Sound->Audio effects then you will find a menu with all sorts of EQ settings for both the built in speaker and wired headphones. By default it is set on the '3D stereo' profile for some reason and it sounds terrible. I switched it to 'Custom' with Surround and Equaliser to off. Equaliser set to Balanced also sounds good depending on the music.
Hope this helps someone,
Bill
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this is absolutley correct.
I had an HTC One, which sounded worse than the Moto G. Nothing wrong with the audio output + it's got an equalizer to fiddle to one's own needs.
Tested with my old but good Shure headphones.

Sounds like the EQ is messing things up. We will have to wait until all the people who ordered the phone come flooding in here to discuss it and we can come to a consensus.

Has anyone tried ViPER4Android on rooted moto g?
i'm using it on my current phone, it's a great software.to enhance music quality.

I for one am not impressed with the audio quality on the Moto G. It sound mushy and not clear at all. And yes I have been through the audio settings and tried a few different settings and tried Viper4Android.
Reading the responses above I'm starting to feel like my unit is somehow damaged.

Huawei Histen 3D Audio

Huawei Histen 3D audio technology brings the experience of live music to the Honor 9. With innovative ultra-wide 3D sound field technology, you’ll be able to enjoy virtual surround sound through your earphones in three different modes – near, front and wide – that replicate the effect of listening to music through traditional headphones, in a home theater and at a concert hall. Immerse yourself in music, whenever, wherever.
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Honor talked a lot about the audio on the Honor 9 being "An audiophile's dream". Many different phones have this same type of feature where you can change the sound of your music to replicate different environments. The Honor 9 calls this their 3D Audio technology. When compared to other phones with this feature, the Honor 9 is noticeably better.
The purity equalizer can be adjusted just like any other equalizer. Your music will sound good without ever being blown out. I've noticed in other phones turning the bass up will cause lots of distortion. This problem doesn't exist on the Honor 9
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To use the Huawei Histen sounds effects, you must be using a pair of heads that are plugged in to your phone. This will not work when connected to bluetooth. I spent some time listening to all kinds of music through Play Music and I really like the way it sounds. It's probably the best sounding audio experience on a smartphone.
The headphones I'm using are the Sony MDR-100ABN. What headphones are you using and what's you experience like?

I have honor 9 my orginal file was deleted, then I'm instull miror software, and problem is my music pleayer not active histen 3d audio. Please help me what can I do

abdulmotin said:
I have honor 9 my orginal file was deleted, then I'm instull miror software, and problem is my music pleayer not active histen 3d audio. Please help me what can I do
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Hello.
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My experience is simple... It's not bad, but definitely NOT an "audiophile dream"
It's a very long way from what i had with Viper4Android on my previous device (ZF2)
In the end, it's just another simple equalizer with no real sound enhancement features.

Hello, i have since yesterday the Huawei P Smart, have one of you a setting with bit more bass? if yes please let me know!

Coming from an Honor 7 with Viper4Android (amazing sound on 1MORE E1001 Triple-driver headset) , to me the sound quality of Honor 9's Histen is rather poor and very disappointing. Even worse that Viper4Android doesn't seem to work on a device with Histen. So, I'm afraid that the Honor 9 is a large step backwards and a bad choice whet it comes to listening experience.

euro_s-b said:
Coming from an Honor 7 with Viper4Android (amazing sound on 1MORE E1001 Triple-driver headset) , to me the sound quality of Honor 9's Histen is rather poor and very disappointing. Even worse that Viper4Android doesn't seem to work on a device with Histen. So, I'm afraid that the Honor 9 is a large step backwards and a bad choice whet it comes to listening experience.
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Try a custom rom!

Addicted2Bass said:
Try a custom rom!
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You're absolutely right! I'll give it a try. Follow me to the "Help! I've bricked my phone" thread

euro_s-b said:
You're absolutely right! I'll give it a try. Follow me to the "Help! I've bricked my phone" thread
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I got an Huawei P Smart, but that histen is very weak, i run an equalizer to get some proper sound, i didnt found root options yet, but since my phone is brand new dont want to root and install a rom

Addicted2Bass said:
I got an Huawei P Smart, but that histen is very weak, i run an equalizer to get some proper sound, i didnt found root options yet, but since my phone is brand new dont want to root and install a rom
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I've bought two Honor 9 phones. One for my wife and another one for myself. My Wife's phone is the testing device. Root (Magisk) was easy, but now for the difficult part: installing a custom rom -> bricking -> unbricking -> and so on. Don't know, how she will like her brandnew bricked phone.

Does huawei have builtin sound restrictions? because when i try to boost the bass with an equalizer, googles own.. the sound mute almost completely..

An audiophile's nightmare
That crappy "histen" thing seems to prevent me from installing any useful audio mod e.g. Viper4Android. After some weeks of trying to get feasible audio quality out of the Honor 9, I decided to sell that piece of hardware and stay with my Honor 7.

Audio Quality for me is pretty great! But there are some problems.
The equalizer sounds great on lower than 80% volume but on higher volumes it doesn't sound as good. But on the other hand, absolute high volumes sound great with 3D Audio on but sound not as good on lower volumes. This problem seems weird how the equalizer sounds great only on low volumes but 3D sounds great only on high volumes so I just keep 3D Audio on all the time which upsets me since I'd like to tweak my audio with the equalizer more. I have seen though that 3D makes sound just a bit more spacious but I always keep it on Near since Front or Wide sound absolutely horrid to me.

ORO0147 said:
The equalizer sounds great on lower than 80% volume but on higher volumes it doesn't sound as good. But on the other hand, absolute high volumes sound great with 3D Audio on but sound not as good on lower volumes. This problem seems weird how the equalizer sounds great only on low volumes but 3D sounds great only on high volumes so I just keep 3D Audio on all the time which upsets me since I'd like to tweak my audio with the equalizer more. I have seen though that 3D makes sound just a bit more spacious but I always keep it on Near since Front or Wide sound absolutely horrid to me.
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The only solution I found for a decent sound quality on my cheaper in-ear's was using 3D on Near and compliment it with Pulsar's equalizer.
Not ideal but nice... Sounds better if you have better headphones.

JBolho said:
The only solution I found for a decent sound quality on my cheaper in-ear's was using 3D on Near and compliment it with Pulsar's equalizer.
Not ideal but nice... Sounds better if you have better headphones.
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Nah my headphones are pretty good. The Wide and Front options just sound too robotic or processed, while Near doesn't ruin the sound and increases the quality of the sound.

I really like the 3D sound from Histen. I'm using the Amazon Fire Phone headphones and the sound experience is pretty good, at least for my taste.

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I really like the 3D sound from Histen. I'm using the Amazon Fire Phone headphones and the sound experience is pretty good, at least for my taste.
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With a good pair of headphones, it's not bad, but after years of listening music with V4A configured properly, I just can't say I like it as much.

Trying It Out More, It Doesn't Seem As Bad
JBolho said:
The only solution I found for a decent sound quality on my cheaper in-ear's was using 3D on Near and compliment it with Pulsar's equalizer.
Not ideal but nice... Sounds better if you have better headphones.
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I decided to try out the Wide option more and to be honest, it doesn't sound as bad as before. I guess the music I had been listening to before didn't work well with the virtualized sound but if the music does work well, it provides sometimes a more clear and wide sound with both bass and treble being dynamically enhanced. Mid frequencies seem a bit off though and it doesn't work too well with just voice and no music.

Addicted2Bass said:
I got an Huawei P Smart, but that histen is very weak, i run an equalizer to get some proper sound, i didnt found root options yet, but since my phone is brand new dont want to root and install a rom
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I think the phone can only reach it's full audio capabilities with 3D Sound on. At least for me.
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I guess I just needed to get used to how it changes the audio. But after getting used to it, it sounds pretty dam great! There are some situations where near will sound. There are still some situations though where Near will sound better than Wide but I still keep Near most of the time on but really like how much more depth Wide provides. Still, Wide doesn't always sound good with everything and I wish Huawei packed better DACs and AMPs to their budget phones so the sound could be even louder. And for some reason, the Equalizer doesn't allow the phone to reach it's full audio capability but 3D pretty much sounds just as good.

ORO0147 said:
I think the phone can only reach it's full audio capabilities with 3D Sound on. At least for me.
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have now hi-res inears.. 3D sound gives no bass at all i need my portion of bass haha i use only the eq

Question Bad Bluetooth Audio

Coming from a Note+ Plus, music sounds awful. The depth, quality, and bass is non existent. Is anyone else experiencing poor Bluetooth audio?

mystical80 said:
Coming from a Note+ Plus, music sounds awful. The depth, quality, and bass is non existent. Is anyone else experiencing poor Bluetooth audio?
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Sounds like a settings issue, no pun intended.
Try a network reset and clear system cache for starters. Hopefully that gets it.
Make sure Wearables app manager, Galaxy Buds etc have all their many needed permissions.
Check advanced bt and sound settings.
Developer options, play with those as well.
Lol, on my N10+ Wearables app has at times puked all over me including a few less than perfect Buds updates. Generally it works well... but not always

mine sony WF1000-XM4 working perfectly

malikin said:
mine sony WF1000-XM4 working perfectly
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same here, also great sound with my Sony WH-1000XM4. No drops or sound quality issues before and after the March update.

derausgewanderte said:
same here, also great sound with my Sony WH-1000XM4. No drops or sound quality issues before and after the March update.
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Is that a good wireless headset? How is the voice calling on it?

drfundy said:
Is that a good wireless headset? How is the voice calling on it?
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Voice calling on the WF-1000MX4 is not great with background noise. Here is an example:
The over the ear WH-1000MX4 are fine with calls, but I mainly wear them for intense music listening. If you need something just for voice then go with something cheaper.

drfundy said:
Is that a good wireless headset? How is the voice calling on it?
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sony wi-c200 is great for calls and long battery life with usb-c charging.
keep it microphone closer to yout mouth. Sony xm4 makes too much noise.
buy at walmart
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Op what bt device are you using?
Jeeeeesze...

I got simple one, Sony WI-XB400 and no problems with it.

mystical80 said:
Coming from a Note+ Plus, music sounds awful. The depth, quality, and bass is non existent. Is anyone else experiencing poor Bluetooth audio?
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What bluetooth headphones are you using? I have different headphones I use and no issues on any of them. With the galaxy buds pro I had to change some settings, otherwise is sounded crap, no bass etc...When all noise controls are off, there is no bass and crappy sound...Turning on active noise cancelling or ambient mode did the trick....

termdj said:
What bluetooth headphones are you using? I have different headphones I use and no issues on any of them. With the galaxy buds pro I had to change some settings, otherwise is sounded crap, no bass etc...When all noise controls are off, there is no bass and crappy sound...Turning on active noise cancelling or ambient mode did the trick....
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Edifier NeoBuds Pro Hi-Res Earbuds - Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling - with LDAC & LHDC https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GV6ZJD2/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_69E93AA65M0TZY9S81RM
-Beats Studio
-Sennheiser Momentum
-Also my Bose System in my car
They all sound like they have no life. The Note 10+ sounded way better.

blackhawk said:
Op what bt device are you using?
Jeeeeesze...
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Edifier NeoBuds Pro Hi-Res Earbuds - Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling - with LDAC & LHDC https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GV6ZJD2/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_69E93AA65M0TZY9S81RM
-Beats Studio
-Sennheiser Momentum
-Also my Bose System in my car
They all sound like they have no life. The Note 10+ sounded way better.

That is very strange.. I tested the Bluetooth on my jbl partybox and samsung soundbar and my denon amp...I tested with s9,s10+,s20+,s21 ultra and new s22 ultra and not a big difference between them...each generation of phone is a bit better.. I'm no audio guru, but it sounds acceptable to me...the only thing i did change is in the equalizer, I changed the bass and treble settings too my liking, as the standard settings are to flat and lifeless

mystical80 said:
Coming from a Note+ Plus, music sounds awful. The depth, quality, and bass is non existent. Is anyone else experiencing poor Bluetooth audio?
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I had this issue once, just did a soft restart and problem solved

joancolmenares said:
I had this issue once, just did a soft restart and problem solved
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I've done that.

mystical80 said:
I've done that.
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HAve you unpaired and repaired them? I use the buds Pro and Beats Studio3 and only one time they did this you described, but after that sound quality has been incredible.

mystical80 said:
Edifier NeoBuds Pro Hi-Res Earbuds - Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling - with LDAC & LHDC https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GV6ZJD2/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_69E93AA65M0TZY9S81RM
-Beats Studio
-Sennheiser Momentum
-Also my Bose System in my car
They all sound like they have no life. The Note 10+ sounded way better.
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This is why I bought a second N10+ rather than upgrade; it fulfills its mission.
Still running on Android 9 and 10 for the same reason.
Do devices have software loaded? Check settings and for updates. Clear data.
Developer options, what are the devices using, LDAC? At what resolution?
What about the Cport>DAC route, does it sound good? Again go through all advance bt and sound settings. Don't use the Samsung graphic equalizer. Poweramp is the best, if using it see what its audio output info is showing.
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Yes, well... you're probably going to learn some new curse words.
Play with these 2 settings, try off first.
Both on should sound better but may behave erratically forcing you to turn them off.

I have poor audio quality on my car Bluetooth audio. Uconnect 8.4 2016 dodge charger. with apple Ipad and my one plus 9 pro it sounds perfect, but my gf s21, my tab s7 plus, and my s22 ultra sounds like complete trash! Especially when my watch 4 is connected to my s22 ultra. It's so bad I just use my iPad to play audio..

coolchris305 said:
I have poor audio quality on my car Bluetooth audio. Uconnect 8.4 2016 dodge charger. with apple Ipad and my one plus 9 pro it sounds perfect, but my gf s21, my tab s7 plus, and my s22 ultra sounds like complete trash! Especially when my watch 4 is connected to my s22 ultra. It's so bad I just use my iPad to play audio..
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What codec Samsung's using?
What about the Apple? At what bitrate?
What codecs does the car audio accept?
Use the 24 bit hard connection for best resolution. All bt will have limited bandwidth.
If you have HDCD wav files they must be kept in the 24 bit digital realm going into the reciever or you will degrade their resolution.

When using Android both one plus and Samsung uses SBC, based off developer options. I assume apple does too...it's definitely on Samsung's end. I've googled this issue before and seems it's widespread and none of the temporary fixes help...Ive contacted Samsung about it...but it's hard to replicate the issue. Basically on Samsung devices the highs on music has static noises