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Mi 4C Sound Quality

Has someone tested the audio quality of the Mi 4C?
I mean the earphones one during call and with music.
I would like to know if it is comparable with Htc One M8...
Thanks!

not tested the earphones, but the built-in speakers are very loud!!

Thank you kelkelkel, could you please tell me when you'll try the headphones?

HarryCustom said:
Thank you kelkelkel, could you please tell me when you'll try the headphones?
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unfortunately not any time soon, i left them in the box and have since traveled abroad.. relying on my trusty Shures

Speaker is better than M8. I havent try earphone yet!
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk

Stereo or mono speaker?

Speaker or Headphones?

The mi4c has superb sound. My headphones (beyerdynamic tp51p) really become alive. You'll not be dissapointed.

Finally I've tested the phone and the audio is low and poor, in my opinion.
I've tried three pairs of earphones. I think it is worse than my old Moto G 2013.
Anyway installing Cyanogenmod the volume is good and the sound is more crystalline.
So the problem is the Miui software...
We are still very far from the quality of HTC or even iphone.
Equalizer, earphones enhancing are honestly not very useful. In Cyanogenmod instead the equalizer runs well.
Anyway the price of the phone is very good but I can not recommend the purchase to audiophiles users or those who want a particular quality of listening .

HarryCustom said:
Finally I've tested the phone and the audio is low and poor, in my opinion.
I've tried three pairs of earphones. I think it is worse than my old Moto G 2013.
Anyway installing Cyanogenmod the volume is good and the sound is more crystalline.
So the problem is the Miui software...
We are still very far from the quality of HTC or even iphone.
Equalizer, earphones enhancing are honestly not very useful. In Cyanogenmod instead the equalizer runs well.
Anyway the price of the phone is very good but I can not recommend the purchase to audiophiles users or those who want a particular quality of listening .
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Strange.. Didn`t try CM, but with stock miui headphones sound just great! (5.10.22 weekly, Westone 4r)

damned91 said:
Strange.. Didn`t try CM, but with stock miui headphones sound just great! (5.10.22 weekly, Westone 4r)
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Stock? I've haven't found any earphones in the box.
Did you try to ear from Htc, S6 or iPhone? It is very different, I repeat, this is my opinion!
Didn't you noticed that the max volume is low yet?

I tend to agree with @HarryCustom, max sound quality is so so under miui even with the enhancements. No contest compared to my M8, both speakers or headphone. Waiting for sound mods when available since I have rooted it already.
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What about the volume mod, its here in this rom generator http://www.smiui.net/mi4c_libra.php

ermacwins said:
What about the volume mod, its here in this rom generator http://www.smiui.net/mi4c_libra.php
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I've installed that rom, but I think the mod is not working, the audio is low yet.
It was a problem anyway because I've decided to use Cyanogenmod, in my opinion is more stable than Miui...

HarryCustom said:
I've installed that rom, but I think the mod is not working, the audio is low yet.
It was a problem anyway because I've decided to use Cyanogenmod, in my opinion is more stable than Miui...
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Is that miui build more stable than the default Chinese one?

I am Italian, so I've received the phone with a modded stable rom with plenty of bloatware.
So I've flashed the Miui.eu rom and cooked Smiui.
I think all the roms are immature, but this a common problem when you buy a new android phone.
I've tested both Miui and Cyanogenmod for a week. In my opinion there are not so much difference in stability.
But maybe I excedeed saying that the other one is more stable, to tell the truth te only sure thing is that I think Cyano fits better for me.
I am sure only about one thing the sound is different and better with Cyanogenmod...

Are there any apps in the play store that can change the sound quality? Sounds like it has a lot of bass

Hi you can try Eizo Noozxoide, in my opinion is the best audio adjustment app.
Anyway if the audio is poor, is poor...

HarryCustom said:
Finally I've tested the phone and the audio is low and poor, in my opinion.
I've tried three pairs of earphones. I think it is worse than my old Moto G 2013.
Anyway installing Cyanogenmod the volume is good and the sound is more crystalline.
So the problem is the Miui software...
We are still very far from the quality of HTC or even iphone.
Equalizer, earphones enhancing are honestly not very useful. In Cyanogenmod instead the equalizer runs well.
Anyway the price of the phone is very good but I can not recommend the purchase to audiophiles users or those who want a particular quality of listening .
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Test Frequency response Noise level Dynamic range THD IMD + Noise Stereo crosstalk
Xiaomi Mi 4c +0.01, -0.04 -94.7 90.8 0.0026 0.0095 -95.3
Xiaomi Mi 4c (headphones attached) +0.03, -0.08 -94.4 90.6 0.0026 0.034 -47.6
Test Frequency response Noise level Dynamic range THD IMD + Noise Stereo crosstalk
Apple iPhone 6s +0.03, -0.04 -93.5 93.5 0.0016 0.0075 -73.2
Apple iPhone 6s (headphones attached) +0.10, -0.06 -93.8 93.9 0.0030 0.101 -68.2
Here are some actual values for the Mi4C (Running the Chinese version of MIUI) and iPhone 6s, and as you can see they perform practically the same, but the iPhone is louder (not shown here) and the stereo crosstalk with Headphones attached is more than a bit disappointing. How is the sound better with CyanogenMod? In what way? Can you hear more distortion or worse dynamic range in compared to other phones? I'm waiting for my Mi4C to arrive, and I'm somewhat the audiophile (though that's not why I bought this phone, it just has the least amount of compromises for the price).

xdadevet said:
Here are some actual values for the Mi4C (Running the Chinese version of MIUI) and iPhone 6s, and as you can see they perform practically the same, but the iPhone is louder (not shown here) and the stereo crosstalk with Headphones attached is more than a bit disappointing. How is the sound better with CyanogenMod? In what way? Can you hear more distortion or worse dynamic range in compared to other phones? I'm waiting for my Mi4C to arrive, and I'm somewhat the audiophile (though that's not why I bought this phone, it just has the least amount of compromises for the price).
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Hi xdadevet and sorry for my terrible English, I am not an audiophile, not at all. I tried both on Miui.eu, the last rom available, and Smiu with volume boost patch (that seems to be not useful) and I noticed more distortion and worse dynamic range than on CM12.1 Alpha.
Maybe my phone has some issues, but this is what I've noticed. It's not very difficult to understand that, I can't need to be an audiophile to say it: for expample on both miui I can keep the headphones in my ears even with the maximum volume and, the sound is distorted , unclean and weak. On CM the sound is crystal clear , the equalizer works well and the phone sounds a little better than my old Moto G (always on CyanogenMod), at maximum volume I'm forced to take off the headphones. I was hoping that the Mi 4C sounded better anyway!
Using the sound enhancement by Xioami (all the profiles are for Xiaomi earphone, any other earbud has to use the general one ) ths situation is the same, you can ear a bit better, but volume and distortion are the same. I've tried a pair of Blox, Edifier H110 and Baldoor E100.
Maybe with another type of headphones you can change the situation, but I think there are some problems in Miui management of audio, as the sound quality has to be the same on CyanogenMod.
To conclude, we are very far from HTC , just yesterday I made a comparison between listening Mi4c with CM and an One M7 , I'm sorry , there is no comparison...
The rear speaker instead is good, better than other phones even if the phone is resting on a table.
I hope new roms could solve this issue and also the touch one.

which is the best ear phones you used?

Tell me what ear plugs you guys use,
Suggest me some.
Does the quality of audio in ear plugs change of we use after flashing Dolby??.

Since you asked earbuds and not headphone
it is Creative EP-630 (deep base )

Brainwavz Proalpha - great detail, not huge beats, but detail on whole frequency scale.
Yes, with Dolby, it will change, it will sound more "amusingly", but sometimes will lack in detail. I recommend only PowerAmp(or noozy, Neutron) and V4A
PS: sorry for commenting on your post, I've clicked on different buttton.

im using iem ATH clr 100, with v4a preinstalled in my rom (miui polska)
its cheap but i really enjoyed the sound quality

I use the Edifier H180 earphones and a KZ ATE in ear monitor. Both are cheap and very good. I don't use Dolby or any other enhancements.

Cowon em1

i use beyerdinamic mmx102ie, not the best tho
but fairly enough. and i don't use enhancement
tried 215spe and feels better, but still just so so

i using iem over ear, basic ie200, good bass, good fitting, good price
no need sound mod anymore..

In my honest opinion, Sony XB50ap is the best earphone i ever heard. I tried many earphone/headphone, on each i could find few things which were not the best compared to sony XB50ap.
Not only it has excellent bass, its mid and high are clear and distinct, you could hear all the notes and different pitch clearly and uniquely.
It has best noise isolation, and the sound intensity is the best of non active earphone i ever heard. Meaning, you could set low playback volume you could still hear it loud and clear.
A perfect earphone.
I use ISO equalizer band on Winamp for testing with EQ, since its ISO band behavior on other devices/player is near equal.
But, the best combo was with MAXX audio mod for Lenovo K3 note, default dolby app was useless like most sound enhancing apps on phone.
Maxx audio with default equalizer, with bass and treble knob set at required level, give best sound experience. If only someone would work on maxx audio to make it work on Redmi 2.
PS: only negative, may be bit big on size and thus everyone may not like it. Cost i think is not bad considering quality and what you can get from other brand.
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trust me dude, just get Sony XB50ap. You won't regret it. Make sure you buy it from authorized source and not some counterfeit item.

Using Panasonic HJE125s, really good earphones for cheap price

Sennheiser CX180 Street II, the music sounds good. I'm not an expert in music but if an earphone gives decent output, it's good enough for me

I was previously using stock Samsung headphones with my HM2014818.
With XTREMEMUSIC and V4A, it already sounded insane and one thing was clear to me that, the details of the sound being delivered, i.e. the highs mids and lows to be technical, are much of the concern of the underlying software itself, than good quality of headphones. Each headphone has atleast a good amount of frequency response which is enough to unleash the full power of the vibration being sent to it. If the vibration itself is dumped, no hardware can do enough.
I recently bought Sony MDR XB650BT, which sounds obviously slightly more dynamic due to its bigger drivers, gives deeper bass due to the XB, better fittings and all, but everything else is almost pretty same.
So my point is, before going to buy an extremely expensive hardware for listening to better music, make changes to the software itself. There are a whole bunch of soundmods available at XDA, try any or all of them(though my personal favorite has always been the XM, but that's part of another story ), and then decide.

I use Creative E600....whivh i consider the best budget earphone!

To me, Phillips is the best sound quality or Sony.

mi capsules are also good

sennheiser makes me comfortable with good ups,mid, and downs.

im using beats tour
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I am using the audio technica ATH CLR 100 for more than 6 months now. Really nice pair of ear phones for the price. Even though the cable used looks and feels cheep, for my usage (Kinda rough) I've failed to damage it

Right now, using Cowon EM1 and AudioTechnica CKX7iS. Love the CKX7iS. Wasn't satisfied with the performance of EM1 initially, but I removed the filter and switched the buds with that of another old AudioTechnica's and bam, it's amazing now.
Used Dolby long back and didn't like it. The audio enhancements that come with stock MIUI works great. I've seen similar outputs only in Viper Audio, with some IRs.

Well i am on mi stock earphone mi in ear headphone pro gold that is quite costly but sounds good i mean great i can't even imagine like that one sound quality. It is very important to know sound quality before you buy any earphone or headphone

the sound quaLity

hello guys i am ready to buy the ascend mate 7 i just wanted to knew if the sound quality was good and when i said good its mean atleast like the lg g3 or better.Thanks for reading.

Speaker sound i would say it's decent, not the best, but it's decent. Sound quality coming from the 3.5 jack is absolute garbage i tell you, i made the comparisson with an iPhone 5s and it kicks my Mate 7 all over.

My mate 7tl10 gives a very good sound ,y have a iphone 5 and for me the mate 7 is much better,it's my opinion.
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sorry I forget to right that when I talk about sound quality I talk about the sound with with earphone or headphone.Thanks for the two answer two diffferend opinion i see this gonna be hard to choose.

cedking25 said:
sorry I forget to right that when I talk about sound quality I talk about the sound with with earphone or headphone.Thanks for the two answer two diffferend opinion i see this gonna be hard to choose.
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it's strange, headphones sound normal, maybe a wee bit low but they sound fine. But if you plug it let's say to the AUX of a car the difference is more noticeable

Yeah.. kinda.. You have to edit the build.prop or delete a audio codec file in order to get a higher volume (the standard max. volume is way too quiet). So you basically need root for good sound.
But then again you also need root for viper4android, which significally improve audio quality on all android devices.

Tazmaniiac said:
Yeah.. kinda.. You have to edit the build.prop or delete a audio codec file in order to get a higher volume (the standard max. volume is way too quiet). So you basically need root for good sound.
But then again you also need root for viper4android, which significally improve audio quality on all android devices.
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I would love to have this viper4android but do to bad experience with my s4 its started to get really buggy and have green screen when watching video. I stay away of rooting and but thanks im gonna try this with my lg g3 see if its become buggy too and does viper drain the battery life

Broken speaker?

I can play the maximum volume on youtube without any problems.
but through the Spotify and huawei music player the sound is not good at top volume.
It sounds like the speaker is has explode or something.
for when I run with lower volume its sounds very good.
Should the sound be bad at the highest volume?
If the speaker was broken it would sound terrible on the lower volume too right?
Hope for good answer. And sorry for my bad english. Hope you could understand me // Tobias Sweden

Well there is a safety level for a reason...of course some distortion is bound to happen at higher volumes though i never had to use max volume for a song. I would suggest to use a good quality earpiece to match your needs

it isnt broken all speakers distort the sound as the volume increases

The speaker on honor 8 is awful, just use headphones if available, if not try to low the volume as much as possible

For the price you aren't going to get the best speakers on a mid range device. Even high end flagship devices with the exception of Nexus 6P and other device with front facing stereo speakers, don't have the best audio quality when it comes to the speakers on the device.

DarkGuyver said:
For the price you aren't going to get the best speakers on a mid range device. Even high end flagship devices with the exception of Nexus 6P and other device with front facing stereo speakers, don't have the best audio quality when it comes to the speakers on the device.
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That's makes me wonder, why huawei/honor don't put front facing speakers on their flagships?! I wish we had speakers on honor 8 just like the 6p

CronaMell said:
That's makes me wonder, why huawei/honor don't put front facing speakers on their flagships?! I wish we had speakers on honor 8 just like the 6p
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Probably due to their own design preferences. When Huawei partnered up with Google to design the Nexus 6P, Google probably stated that they wanted stereo front facing speakers on it during the Nexus 6P's design process.

DarkGuyver said:
Probably due to their own design preferences. When Huawei partnered up with Google to design the Nexus 6P, Google probably stated that they wanted stereo front facing speakers on it during the Nexus 6P's design process.
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Maybe, but I hope Huawei start using ff speakers in their flagships

CronaMell said:
Maybe, but I hope Huawei start using ff speakers in their flagships
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You never know what device manufacturers will do in the future.

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You never know what device manufacturers will do in the future.
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Indeed

How's the audio quality through headphones?

Hey guys, this is a question for the existing owners of the Honor View 10. I like to listen to my music loud via headphones, currently I own a HTC 10 and I am planning to upgrade to the Hoonor View 10. Typically Honor phones have a track record of providing below average loudness through the 3.5mm jack, as indicated by many gsmarena reviews. However, in case of the View 10 gsmarena notes that loudness remains nicely high when plugging in a pair of headphones. Can you guys please confirm this statement? It would really help me make up my mind. Thanks

nealzXincredible said:
Hey guys, this is a question for the existing owners of the Honor View 10. I like to listen to my music loud via headphones, currently I own a HTC 10 and I am planning to upgrade to the Hoonor View 10. Typically Honor phones have a track record of providing below average loudness through the 3.5mm jack, as indicated by many gsmarena reviews. However, in case of the View 10 gsmarena notes that loudness remains nicely high when plugging in a pair of headphones. Can you guys please confirm this statement? It would really help me make up my mind. Thanks
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They are not overly loud.. But they are loud enough to not hear ppl
Depending on headphones it's a bit on the bassy side.
1 to 10. About a 8.5...
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br54 said:
They are not overly loud.. But they are loud enough to not hear ppl
Depending on headphones it's a bit on the bassy side.
1 to 10. About a 8.5...
Sent from my HUAWEI BKL-L09 using XDA Labs
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Cheers for the review mate, this really helped me out!

nealzXincredible said:
Hey guys, this is a question for the existing owners of the Honor View 10. I like to listen to my music loud via headphones, currently I own a HTC 10 and I am planning to upgrade to the Hoonor View 10. Typically Honor phones have a track record of providing below average loudness through the 3.5mm jack, as indicated by many gsmarena reviews. However, in case of the View 10 gsmarena notes that loudness remains nicely high when plugging in a pair of headphones. Can you guys please confirm this statement? It would really help me make up my mind. Thanks
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I am quite impressed about the sound from this phone (via headphones). The volume may not be hyper-loud but the sound is really full-bodied, the stereo image is very good. Much better than my S6 Edge, my previous mobile.

kindgott said:
I am quite impressed about the sound from this phone (via headphones). The volume may not be hyper-loud but the sound is really full-bodied, the stereo image is very good. Much better than my S6 Edge, my previous mobile.
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I'm not saying loudness should be on par with my HTC 10 but at least somewhere near it. Thanks for your input

nealzXincredible said:
I'm not saying loudness should be on par with my HTC 10 but at least somewhere near it. Thanks for your input
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Sorry can't really compare as my last HTC phone was the mythical HD2...

I made the same switch, from HTC 10 to Honor View 10. I am very impressed by the audio quality through my headphones (AKG N60NC). In terms of loudness, I think it reaches ~80% of that of the HTC 10. The highs are a not as good as on the HTC 10, but I do have the feeling that there's less noise on the View 10.