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Sound Quality Note 3

Hi Guys:
I been using Note 3 with first Stable Rom + Unlocked + Root + Vipersound last version. With it, i use earphones Piston 2, KZ ZS10 and KZ ZSR, so, very good pair of earphones.
I considerer myself a audiophile and i enjoy ear my music in detail as possible.
Problem:
I still own my old Oppo Find 7 (Snapdragon 801) with Wolfson DAC if not mistake, and also Vipersound, version 2.3.3.
As comparation......there isn`t any! Note 3 looks like a old tape cassete from 80`s ( and i own a good one with 3 heads), in comparative with my Oppo.
Sound is metallic, not natural, uncontrolled and the stage is very bad.....
Oppo has a amazing natural sound, from deep bass to treble and higs, great stage, everything is on the correct place. Infortunaly i dn`t have a cable jack to jack to make a record of one and other sound with the same music, so i can share and you get your own judgements...
Believe-me.....at this moment is very very bad. There is a gap of 4 years between one and other, but even so, im very disappointed to the point to think to sell this terminal.
At this moment, i have to use 2 phones: one for music, and the other to all the rest.
I am i missing anything here?

Mord0rr said:
Hi Guys:
I been using Note 3 with first Stable Rom + Unlocked + Root + Vipersound last version. With it, i use earphones Piston 2, KZ ZS10 and KZ ZSR, so, very good pair of earphones.
I considerer myself a audiophile and i enjoy ear my music in detail as possible.
Problem:
I still own my old Oppo Find 7 (Snapdragon 801) with Wolfson DAC if not mistake, and also Vipersound, version 2.3.3.
As comparation......there isn`t any! Note 3 looks like a old tape cassete from 80`s ( and i own a good one with 3 heads), in comparative with my Oppo.
Sound is metallic, not natural, uncontrolled and the stage is very bad.....
Oppo has a amazing natural sound, from deep bass to treble and higs, great stage, everything is on the correct place. Infortunaly i dn`t have a cable jack to jack to make a record of one and other sound with the same music, so i can share and you get your own judgements...
Believe-me.....at this moment is very very bad. There is a gap of 4 years between one and other, but even so, im very disappointed to the point to think to sell this terminal.
At this moment, i have to use 2 phones: one for music, and the other to all the rest.
I am i missing anything here?
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Try to flash Dolby Atmos, I am using it with Viper FX via Magisk. I think it sounds good this way.

Hi.
I already tryed Dolby Atmos, but Vipersound options and sound, are much better than Dolby. But i can try, what i have to loose?

Ok.
Installed Dolby, but the "base" sound is the same....lack of stage and transparency..... ((

Mord0rr said:
Ok.
Installed Dolby, but the "base" sound is the same....lack of stage and transparency..... ((
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hi. I noticed that if i touch my ears with the speaker of mi note 3 i can hear some kinda noise. it is very low, but i can hear only if it's to close.

Have you tried last miui? They said ldac support was been added even in bluetooth headset. Let us know.

the dac chip of mn3 is good but not that great.
But as an audiophile. I appreciate what this device brings me.

Maybe because im using first version of Global Stable?
Still sounds horrible....i have to update to Xiaomi.eu....and retry again.

Discussion on galaxy s8 sound quality with headphones

So I'm just using a galaxy s8 after having had a HTC 10 for a while. I can't get over how terrible the sound is with headphones! It's quieter, lacks the depth the HTC 10 has, and has no bass. Like seriously songs that on the HTC 10 have deep hard drums like they should sound weak on the galaxy s8. And it is so quiet on the galaxy even at max volume I'm not satisfied with the sound volume. I'd say the max on the galaxy is about 2 to 3 clicks down on the HTC 10.
Is this common? Like to me the audio difference with just the same basic apple earpods on both is so huge I can't even imagine what it would be like with quality headphones. It's like the difference between surround sound and tiny built in TV speakers bad.
HTC can't even hardly sell any phones these days... Haha all they have to do is open a booth with their phone and a Samsung phone playing music over headphones and every single person who hears it will be wanting a HTC. .

i second that. is there something that can be done about this though?

nascar48 said:
So I'm just using a galaxy s8 after having had a HTC 10 for a while. I can't get over how terrible the sound is with headphones! It's quieter, lacks the depth the HTC 10 has, and has no bass. Like seriously songs that on the HTC 10 have deep hard drums like they should sound weak on the galaxy s8. And it is so quiet on the galaxy even at max volume I'm not satisfied with the sound volume. I'd say the max on the galaxy is about 2 to 3 clicks down on the HTC 10.
Is this common? Like to me the audio difference with just the same basic apple earpods on both is so huge I can't even imagine what it would be like with quality headphones. It's like the difference between surround sound and tiny built in TV speakers bad.
HTC can't even hardly sell any phones these days... Haha all they have to do is open a booth with their phone and a Samsung phone playing music over headphones and every single person who hears it will be wanting a HTC. .
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user900 said:
i second that. is there something that can be done about this though?
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I will third this.
The only thing that makes any audio out of this device bareable is viper4android.
If you can root. It is a must you can boost the gains and such to a point of ear splitting noise :good::good::good:

Try download app AMP player there you can boost and set all

TheMadScientist said:
I will third this.
The only thing that makes any audio out of this device bareable is viper4android.
If you can root. It is a must you can boost the gains and such to a point of ear splitting noise :good::good::good:
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FWIW, on a rooted rom that uses stock audio (with Dolby Atmos ported from S9, but NOT turned on), combined with viper4android and Neutron player (a combination I used on HTC 10 for a while), I don't hear any difference with the same headphones ...

nascar48 said:
So I'm just using a galaxy s8 after having had a HTC 10 for a while. I can't get over how terrible the sound is with headphones! It's quieter, lacks the depth the HTC 10 has, and has no bass.
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Go to Sound Quality in settings & Adapt Sound while your headphones are connected with wire. Complete the audio test or just click all frequencies of the test. The loudness should be increased.
Boost bass with the equalizer. It sounds pretty decent tbh.
If you're using Bluetooth headphones & you are on Oreo, go to Developer Options in Settings. Then scroll down to Bluetooth Audio Codec & choose aac. Try other codecs if your headset supports them.
If you're using wired headphones & rooted, Viper4Android tweaks make a day & night difference to the music quality.
But the S8 sounds pretty decent once you adjusted all the sound options it has

user900 said:
i second that. is there something that can be done about this though?
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Yes, if you are rooted. I've managed to, with a little effort, tune the sound to the quality level of my audiophile dac/amp with.
V4a is a big help but in my setup it's not the main event, and in fact now all I use it for is to run my DDC and to push up sub bass frequencies. I use the following:
1) sauron. This is the #1 most important and necessary mod to install. For most people's headphone setups, this mod alone is enough. I can't stress enough how much of a game changer this is. The ainur guys are operating on a whole other level with audio mods. It has to be installed and heard to truly understand.
2) JamesDSP. This is kind of a successor to v4a. It's worth noting that the main reason I have this is that it has a higher quality convolver algorithm than v4a does, as v4a has to support older devices that couldn't keep up. Also it's bass boost does much better for tight "punchy" bass.
3) Viper 2.6
The new rewritten v4a is the way to go nowadays. Just install it from xda labs and use the in app driver install. It even works with magisk! I take special care to not use the same fx in v4a as I do jdsp. I pretty much just use DDC and viper bass
4) Dirac
This is my newest addition and it's really brought everything together in a cohesive way that has blown me away. I had some problem areas in the upper end of the spectrum due to my specific IEMs when driving them off my current Bluetooth cable and Dirac fixed all of them. I will have more to say about this one later.
All of these mods utilize the audiomodlib/unity stack, so they all work fine together. They each have a specific purpose and I don't go overboard with dramatic alterations or stacking fx in the same part of the spectrum.

partcyborg said:
Yes, if you are rooted. I've managed to, with a little effort, tune the sound to the quality level of my audiophile dac/amp with.
V4a is a big help but in my setup it's not the main event, and in fact now all I use it for is to run my DDC and to push up sub bass frequencies. I use the following:
1) sauron. This is the #1 most important and necessary mod to install. For most people's headphone setups, this mod alone is enough. I can't stress enough how much of a game changer this is. The ainur guys are operating on a whole other level with audio mods. It has to be installed and heard to truly understand.
2) JamesDSP..
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Yep, forgot to mention that I use(d) Sauron both on HTC10 and S8.
JamesDSP never worked properly for me on HTC, haven't tried it on S8.

nascar48 said:
So I'm just using a galaxy s8 after having had a HTC 10 for a while. I can't get over how terrible the sound is with headphones! It's quieter, lacks the depth the HTC 10 has, and has no bass. Like seriously songs that on the HTC 10 have deep hard drums like they should sound weak on the galaxy s8. And it is so quiet on the galaxy even at max volume I'm not satisfied with the sound volume. I'd say the max on the galaxy is about 2 to 3 clicks down on the HTC 10.
Is this common? Like to me the audio difference with just the same basic apple earpods on both is so huge I can't even imagine what it would be like with quality headphones. It's like the difference between surround sound and tiny built in TV speakers bad.
HTC can't even hardly sell any phones these days... Haha all they have to do is open a booth with their phone and a Samsung phone playing music over headphones and every single person who hears it will be wanting a HTC. .
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I have found that going into the "Sound Quality and Effects" section and turning off all the extra crap like tube amp and UHQ Upscaler definitely helps with the volume, then going into the "Adapt Sound" sub menu in a very quiet room and letting it tailor the audio to the frequencies you can actually hear really makes a massive difference. I can actually get my s8 loud enough that I've used my headphones as (albeit quiet) speakers. This phone can get plenty loud. And if you listen to music stored on the actual phone (or SD) rather than streaming, PowerAmp's EQ and volume/tone settings can crank it up WAY louder. Samsung has had a history of using really decent DACs in their phones (I still have my original international Galaxy S with a Wolfson DAC that I use as a media player at the gym) so even with volume boosting apps the sound quality is usually great and not all distorted like most other phones get when boosted.

I beg to differ... I'm using Viper4Android and the bass tones can go so low I can hear 28hz and below really clearly (High ends are sharp too) overally more than loud enough. (Using Apple earpods) If you're using big driver over head earphones then what do you expect. You're never gonna be able to use the most out of them unless you get a powered DAC.

Hello there, i don't know if is the right place to ask but i searched a lot and i have no solutions:
I can't get sound through headphones, i recently installed a new jack port, they connect and i can play/pause videos/songs with the mic button but sound is never coming out. (Headphones work ok with other devices)
So i don't know if i can only use Samsung branded headphones or is it something more to do with software or motherboard issue.. I see a lot of people having problems with headphones sound but any fix solved for me.

[Question] Oneplus 6 - the Overall audio quality ?

Hi,
Everyone,
I`ve some quarries about the overall audio quality of OP6 and that`s why I just want to know about the audio quality (through Speaker and 3.5mm jack and obviously BT) - the overall audio quality of this excellent device.
Any improvement after the latest update?
Any experience/feedback/suggestion is highly appreciable.

IMHO without any sound mod like Viper4Android sound on OP6 is terrible as hell [emoji22]
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Sound is terrible. I would recommend a Bluetooth dac, like the $99 earstudio.

You can actually get some pretty decent sound if your unlocked with Magisk using a combination of the "Viper FX" and the "Air Sauron" DSP modules. (You will need to install the "Audio Modification Library" module as well, as it is required for multiple DSPs to work simultaneously.) There are a couple of different threads in this forum where folks have shared their configs for the two.
Obviously no audio mod(s) will ever improve the sound as much as a good external DAC &/or amp will, but after tweaking the two aforementioned mods, the sound quality I get with my Sennheiser HD598s is just as good as what I've gotten with the stock DAC from any of my previous phones. Outside of the flagships by LG and Sony, the OP6's hardware DAC is at least as capable as most of the competition, if not more so. It only sounds terrible because the DSP is ****. (Dirac should be ashamed of themselves IMHO.). Even the sound quality I get with my external DAC (cEnterace DACPort v1) has noticeably improved after flashing the DSP mods.

TheFaithfulOne said:
IMHO without any sound mod like Viper4Android sound on OP6 is terrible as hell [emoji22]
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Thanks for sharing. :good:
BTW, is it good enough with Viper?

TuxRuffian said:
You can actually get some pretty decent sound if your unlocked with Magisk using a combination of the "Viper FX" and the "Air Sauron" DSP modules. (You will need to install the "Audio Modification Library" module as well, as it is required for multiple DSPs to work simultaneously.) There are a couple of different threads in this forum where folks have shared their configs for the two.
Obviously no audio mod(s) will ever improve the sound as much as a good external DAC &/or amp will, but after tweaking the two aforementioned mods, the sound quality I get with my Sennheiser HD598s is just as good as what I've gotten with the stock DAC from any of my previous phones. Outside of the flagships by LG and Sony, the OP6's hardware DAC is at least as capable as most of the competition, if not more so. It only sounds terrible because the DSP is ****. (Dirac should be ashamed of themselves IMHO.). Even the sound quality I get with my external DAC (cEnterace DACPort v1) has noticeably improved after flashing the DSP mods.
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Thanks for sharing the info. Excellent :good:.
That means if I install these audio mods, then only I can get a decent(excellent?) audio - right?
Now a straight question - should I go with OP6 Or Sammy`s S9 Plus?
I`m actually asking for OP6 because of it`s price - really excellent. :good:

Micheal86 said:
Thanks for sharing the info. Excellent :good:.
That means if I install these audio mods, then only I can get a decent(excellent?) audio - right?
Now a straight question - should I go with OP6 Or Sammy`s S9 Plus (as far as the audio concern)?
I`m actually asking for OP6 because of it`s price - really excellent. :good:
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I doubt the S9 has a better DAC than the OP6, although it may sound better stock due to its ' DSP. The Snapdragon version of the S9 has a locked bootloader, which means no custom DSP mods. Even though the S9 will probably sound better out of the box than the OP6, an OP6 with Viper FX and Air Sauron would be much better. Now if you live in a market that utilizes the Exynos variant of the S9, which can be unlocked and modded, I imagine the two will sound pretty similar when running the same modded DSPs. If you are looking for the phone with the best builtin hardware DAC and overtake sound quality, you'll want to go with LG. The Quad-DAC that LG uses in their flagships is the best audio hardware that you can get in a phone at this point in time. It also has a built in adjustable amp for each channel that can used with high impedance headphones. Sadly they're bootloader locked in the US, however no custom DSP mod is going to make an OP6 or a S9 sound as good as a v35S, at least not without external hardware.

I agree with @TuxRuffian. If you want really good sound straight or of the box you should buy LG (was going to do the same, but OP6 was MUCH cheaper). LG V30 can be rooted though, but I don't think it needs to be modded for better sound [emoji848] @TuxRuffian could you share your V4A profile along with Sauron config?
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TuxRuffian said:
I doubt the S9 has a better DAC than the OP6, although it may sound better stock due to its ' DSP. The Snapdragon version of the S9 has a locked bootloader, which means no custom DSP mods. Even though the S9 will probably sound better out of the box than the OP6, an OP6 with Viper FX and Air Sauron would be much better. Now if you live in a market that utilizes the Exynos variant of the S9, which can be unlocked and modded, I imagine the two will sound pretty similar when running the same modded DSPs. If you are looking for the phone with the best builtin hardware DAC and overtake sound quality, you'll want to go with LG. The Quad-DAC that LG uses in their flagships is the best audio hardware that you can get in a phone at this point in time. It also has a built in adjustable amp for each channel that can used with high impedance headphones. Sadly they're bootloader locked in the US, however no custom DSP mod is going to make an OP6 or a S9 sound as good as a v35S, at least not without external hardware.
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Excellent :good:
Perhaps you know that recent sammy`s flagships have some issues with rooting and modding (functionality of Knox, Samsung Pay, Secure Folder, Samsung Health will be gone and most important - camera portrait mode (i.e. secondary lens becomes unusable). And the battery backup of the exynos version of S9+ is really an issue (as I`ve read). But I think there are no such issues with OP6 - right? So I can install these audio mods easily in OP6 and get better sound - right?
And the price of OP6 is also a very important thing (at least to me ).
BTW, as a user of OP6, what`ll be your overall feedback - should I go with this one?
Thank you once again for sharing.

I've switched from Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and I do not regret not a single day. The only thing I miss sometimes is the SPen but I'll get used to lack of it [emoji6] OP6 is a beast- I would say go for it [emoji847]
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I am using oneplus 6 for more than 2 weeks now, coming from S9+ exynos . Comparing out of the box, S9+ has way better audio quality in terms of headphone or loudspeaker. Not that i really care about the headphone cause i rarely listen to music or video using headphone/earphone. But the phone speaker in oneplus6 is terrible that it makes me miss my s9+ alot.
Off topic, here are my "what's better on this than that" that affects me
S9+ exynos
- better camera
- better speaker (dual speaker, dolby atmos - very loud and clear)
- beautiful curved display with no notch
- expandable microsd slot
Oneplus 6
- better software (blazing fast, hands down)
- easy and fun to tweak
- much better battery life (although s9+ has bigger battery)
- super fast charging
On a side note, wireless charging doesnt really bother me coz i never use it. The main reason i went for oneplus6 is the SD845 + software. So if u really just want good speakers just go for s9+. If u just want a good audio quality through the audio jack, u can still achieve that with viper and sauron mod on oneplus 6.
Hope my opinion helps!

AKG N700NC M2 Firmware

Hi all,
Could someone tell me if the AKG N700NC M2 headphones have a firmware update and where & how I could update it please?
Kind regards.

I thought the AKG app was supposed to handle firmware updates for these headphones. ?

Yup, through the AKG app.

Wrong thread.

ggrant3876 said:
Wrong thread.
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Actually these headphones came free with the Note 10 Pre-order in Australia and we are having cut-out issues with them when paired with the Note 10.
Yes there is a firmware update! I just installed it and it is definitely improved, but has some very small cut-outs every few minutes.
Still the best way to get flawless sound is to change the codec to AAC in developer settings on the Note 10.

Can you say if the new firmware improved the noise the noise canceling?

s20 ultra speakers buzzing

my s20 ultra's speakers buzz a little what can I do?

Amr Belal said:
my s20 ultra's speakers buzz a little what can I do?
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Maybe reduce the volume. There are some equalizer sis available to tune the sound. But I do not use any of these apps. Do I can not recommend any.