Best audio enchancer EQ? - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys, from your experience, what would be the best audio enchancment software that can take control over apps like soundcloud and regular music players?
Im realy looking towards high quality sound, some basic EQ would be great too, but its realy more about the sound quality.
Cheers!

ProRules said:
Hello guys, from your experience, what would be the best audio enchancment software that can take control over apps like soundcloud and regular music players?
Im realy looking towards high quality sound, some basic EQ would be great too, but its realy more about the sound quality.
Cheers!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/themes-apps/viper4android-t2952137

Powereh said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/themes-apps/viper4android-t2952137
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this ^

Without a doubt, viper4andriod. Once you hear the difference, you will never go back.
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Post your DSP Manager & Voodoo sound setting here.

Hi,
I'm interested on everyone's DSP Manager & Voodoo sound setting. As we know, Nexus S is one of the Galaxy S member and our devices are using the best sound chips among PC, Tablets and smartphone a.k.a Wolfson.
Please post your setting here.
Thanks,
Melvinchng.
Here are my configurations (listen via earphone that provided in the box),
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When i figure out how to put up pics ill post.
my setup is very similar to yours with the exception of poweramp with some more tweaks.Just bought some klipsch earbuds and its the best sounding combo hands down,super base with crisp treble,even found a cool app that turns the iphone controls (made for) to work like stock earbuds work.My buddy found a cool app called music fx but not sure ill have too much tweaking the same stuff so i held off on downloading it but he had me listen to 2pac heavy in the game and he made the stock earbuds beat like we had 4, 12s in a hatch back.Check out that app and give me your opinion on if its a negative or positive great post for us music freaks with the best audio chip made for cell phones
mike216 said:
When i figure out how to put up pics ill post.
my setup is very similar to yours with the exception of poweramp with some more tweaks.Just bought some klipsch earbuds and its the best sounding combo hands down,super base with crisp treble,even found a cool app that turns the iphone controls (made for) to work like stock earbuds work.My buddy found a cool app called music fx but not sure ill have too much tweaking the same stuff so i held off on downloading it but he had me listen to 2pac heavy in the game and he made the stock earbuds beat like we had 4, 12s in a hatch back.Check out that app and give me your opinion on if its a negative or positive great post for us music freaks with the best audio chip made for cell phones
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Music fx is for stock music player only... if you want to listen a better quality of music, get Google music. You will feel the music sounds better than other music player.
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Thanks i use poweramp didn't know that's foe stock music player only
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sound & camera performance.

What do you think of this phone's sound sounds like, especially with headphones or external speaker playing music or videos?
Im still on lg optimus 2x. Is there any1 in here coming from the same phone could do the comparison for me?
Camera and video recorder too, please.
Thanks.
Stock camera app is terrible, as I noticed after I installed "HDR camera+". The difference in quality is hugely significant.
The sound is very fine on the headphones, especially with poweramp installed (320KBPs 44.1KHz). I think the phone speaker sounds very 'tinny', as in low quality. It does go very loud though.
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Thanks.
I mostly listen to music and looking at the clock with cellphones.
iKlutz said:
Stock camera app is terrible, as I noticed after I installed "HDR camera+". The difference in quality is hugely significant.
The sound is very fine on the headphones, especially with poweramp installed (320KBPs 44.1KHz). I think the phone speaker sounds very 'tinny', as in low quality. It does go very loud though.
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agreed on that... the stock camera quality is bad...sound however considerably god for me....
Thanks for replying.

App for good live music recordings?

The htc voice recorder app distorts with live band sound levels. The video camera records beautiful clear undistorted audio of the same band. It seems htc didn't put the same brains into the voice recorder app... It'd be nice not to have to waste storage on video just to get good live music audio recordings. Anybody know how to fix this? There don't seem to be any gain settings in the app...
You could always record the video, go home and extract the audio with a PC application then delete the video.
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youkosnake said:
You could always record the video, go home and extract the audio with a PC application then delete the video.
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thanks for the suggestion, i did end up using the video app to record, then found an app called "Android Audio Editor" that could actually transcode mp3 audio from the mp4 video right on the phone. It's a 3 day trial of the app, but it did a nice job. Here's a sloppy rehearsal of a live recording in a small room with live drums. Pretty impressive for a phone!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pnofre3ep3a9kv1/Bruce_Matthews-Run_On_Rehearsal_Live.mp3
tmuka said:
The htc voice recorder app distorts with live band sound levels. The video camera records beautiful clear undistorted audio of the same band. It seems htc didn't put the same brains into the vice recorder app... It'd be nice not to have to waste storage on video I don't want to get good live music recordings. Anybody know how to fix this? There don't seem to be any gain settings in the app...
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There's an update being released for audio and camera.
For sounding like garbage, that mp3 you posted sounds pretty damn good. If that makes since.
I tried to record Joe Walsh on my 3d evo at the Rose Garden ( Portland Oregon). It sounds really bad...Distortin' Mortin.
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phillip1953 said:
There's an update being released for audio and camera.
For sounding like garbage, that mp3 you posted sounds pretty damn good. If that makes since.
I tried to record Joe Walsh on my 3d evo at the Rose Garden ( Portland Oregon). It sounds really bad...Distortin' Mortin.
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thanks! i'm very happy with the camera video and audio quality now, i'm blown away by how good it sounds and looks! it's great that HTC wen't above and beyond to create such an amazing multimedia experience with this device...
didn't mean to confuse my question... the mp3 i posted was the audio extracted from a video camera recording, not the bad one from the voice recorder app... for comparison, here's the bad distorted audio from the voice recorder app https://www.dropbox.com/s/d8nksirjxneivkg/Voice0002.aac )
I've gotten some decent "live" recordings using the earbud mic filter. Just plug in the beats earbuds and record with the system app.
elrey75 said:
I've gotten some decent "live" recordings using the earbud mic filter. Just plug in the beats earbuds and record with the system app.
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Interesting, I haven't tried that, I assumed that was a mono Mic. (Maybe better for covert bootlegs?)
I'm really excited about the great stereo dual membrane mics on the One, they sound impressive for music taken from video, we just need to find an audio only app that can take advantage of the great mics correctly.
Irig seems to be decent. If you register you can optimize the audio some.
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[Q] Beats audio sound quality question

I'm considering picking up this phone and I've seen quite a few claims that if you disabling Beats will "replace the beats profile with one that reduces audio quality" instead.
Anyone confirm/deny this? If it's true, does it make a large difference? Are there any ways (Custom ROM, kernel, etc..) that fixes this problem?
PLEASE NOTE: I do not want comments on how the beats audio sounds better than anything else - I want comments on if turning it OFF will degrade the sound quality as some people claim.
It sounds better with beats audio but it sounds great with it off as well.
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There's no need to turn it off the quality of audio with beats is amazing!
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bornotty said:
There's no need to turn it off the quality of audio with beats is amazing!
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jdgreat4 said:
It sounds better with beats audio but it sounds great with it off as well.
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Sounds better is subjective. WHY does it sound better? Explain!
With my taste in music I want a "bright" sound with pretty controlled and laid back bass. I do consider myself quite enthusiastic about good sound quality and honestly, afaik Beats sounds, to me, the entire opposite of what I think is good sound quality.
Anyone can explain to me how the sound quality compares to any other phone they've used?
imho, it seems just making the volume louder, but cannot hear much difference... would anyone advise me if there is some kind of settings/ EQ etc? I can't find that... thanks
Timmyfoxeh said:
Sounds better is subjective. WHY does it sound better? Explain!
With my taste in music I want a "bright" sound with pretty controlled and laid back bass. I do consider myself quite enthusiastic about good sound quality and honestly, afaik Beats sounds, to me, the entire opposite of what I think is good sound quality.
Anyone can explain to me how the sound quality compares to any other phone they've used?
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AFAIK Beat is an active equaliser, meaning that it adjusts to the audio input so that the output isn't distorted and sounds as good as it can on a software level, sure you can create sound like this with an EQ, but then you may have to create sound profiles for ever genre rather than just playing it, but for the record it creates better sound quality which is consistent with all music types that i've tried it with. (magic )
Bass is stronger, delivering a crisper yet softer bass as opposed to a punchy crackle which you'll find on other handsets, trebles are fair and i've heard much louder but in terms of actual clarity it's right up there with the best, mid levels are decent too, so if you want a treble sounding phone then this isn't for you, but for everything else and for the whole package this is where it's at.
I'm referring to the sound that the phone itself delivers, if you were to couple this with a decent set of headphones (i got a pair of solo beats for free with my phone from carphone warehouse, i think they've sold out now) the sound is phenomenal, for picking up and playing a song it is second to none, not the galaxy s4 nor any of the other top of the range handsets can compare to it, the reason for this is because HTC has obviously done it's homework for the audio part of the system and used it as a major selling point.
I'm by no means a music enthusiast but i love them and several of my friends who are music enthusiasts (some producers and DJ's) have said that the sound is superb, obviously not as good as a studio but lets not forget that this is a phone that we're talking about here and for what it is it won't be beaten.
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AFAIK Beat is an active equaliser
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Yep, thus meaning the sound signature should be rather inconsistent as it changes from song to song, right?
dladz said:
Bass is stronger
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That's exactly what I do not want when using my Sennheiser headphones.
Boosting the bass gives a sound signature I really do not like too much. I want it to be balanced and rather a bit laid back as opposed to strong and, imo, overpowering. Bright and detailed with a wide soundstage is more my cup of tea.
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Can I remind you all that my question isn't about how the beats profile sounds like but just if the sound quality does noticeably degrade (even compared to other phones) when you DISABLE it?
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Yep, thus meaning the sound signature should be rather inconsistent as it changes from song to song, right?
That's exactly what I do not want when using my Sennheiser headphones.
Boosting the bass gives a sound signature I really do not like too much. I want it to be balanced and rather a bit laid back as opposed to strong and, imo, overpowering. Bright and detailed with a wide soundstage is more my cup of tea.
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Can I remind you all that my question isn't about how the beats profile sounds like but just if the sound quality does noticeably degrade (even compared to other phones) when you DISABLE it?
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Sounds like your already dead set against it, why don't you go down to a shop with your headphones and try it out, sorry but I'm not going to delve Into how I feel about the sound quality anymore, this thread and your responses are about as predantic as it gets. I tried to give you a detailed explanation and my experience of the sound on top of other people whom I know.
You don't appear to want to hear that so get one and try it for yourself.
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dladz said:
Sounds like your already dead set against it, why don't you go down to a shop with your headphones and try it out, sorry but I'm not going to delve Into how I feel about the sound quality anymore, this thread and your responses are about as predantic as it gets. I tried to give you a detailed explanation and my experience of the sound on top of other people whom I know.
You don't appear to want to hear that so get one and try it for yourself.
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None of these replies have answered my question about it though. so let me rephase:
I've seen several reviews claim that this phone use 2 different profiles for Beats audio;
1. The ON profile which activates the "enhancement"
2. The OFF profile which, rather than just deactivating beats audio, will reduce the sound quality below that of what the DAC is capable of.
Now may I have any comments relevant to this question (rather than just saying the sound quality of this phone is good or bad).
Also, not all stores here allow you to try out the phones like so unfortunately.
EDIT: Thanks to the LinusTechTips forum I found this video which pretty much explains what I've been saying: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdbn_pmxFic
Timmyfoxeh said:
Sounds better is subjective. WHY does it sound better? Explain!
With my taste in music I want a "bright" sound with pretty controlled and laid back bass. I do consider myself quite enthusiastic about good sound quality and honestly, afaik Beats sounds, to me, the entire opposite of what I think is good sound quality.
Anyone can explain to me how the sound quality compares to any other phone they've used?
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I think it's much clearer, and s bit louder. But clearer. I used to have an HTC sensation, where in the middle of your video or music you had a toggle to turn off Beats. And trust me, there is a difference. I even record university lectures on it, and beats tunes out the background noise and boosts that of the speaker. It does wonders . But you can always get the phone and turn off Beats and download an equalizer from the pay store.
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We're missing a critical piece of information from you : do you primarily listen through the phone's speakers or use headphones? Given that you don't seem to have a One yet (and thus have normal phone speakers which are pretty terrible ) you probably use headphones. The reason this is critical (and why the whole situation is kind of irrelevant) is because when using the phone speakers turning the enhancement off does make it sound worse IMO. However, if you're using headphones, turning it off makes it sound better assuming you have a decent pair of course. I don't know if you're like me and prefer a natural base level over an artificially high one, but if you are then you can just turn off beats and let the headphones do the work and it will sound just as good as using any other portable audio player out there. See why it's all irrelevant now? You can turn it on to use it when it's good and off when it's not, and if you personally feel that it's never good, then you can just turn it off and rely only on the hardware which is just as good as any other portable source.
So take home points (I'll keep them simple and clear) :
1. Yes it sounds worse if you turn off beats when using the phone's speakers.
2. It does sound better to those looking for a more natural sound profile to turn off beats when using a pair of quality headphones.
3. Turning off beats does not seem to activate an "intentionally low quality profile." That wouldn't make any sense, it's just a tweaked equalizer...
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Xerro-Five said:
We're missing a critical piece of information from you : do you primarily listen through the phone's speakers or use headphones? Given that you don't seem to have a One yet (and thus have normal phone speakers which are pretty terrible ) you probably use headphones (you mention in passing a pair of sens). The reason this is critical (and why the whole situation is kind of irrelevant) is because when using the phone speakers turning the enhancement off does make it sound worse IMO. However, if you're using headphones, turning it off makes it sound better assuming you have a decent pair of course. I don't know if you're like me and prefer a natural base level over an artificially high one, but if you are then you can just turn off beats and let the headphones do the work and it will sound just as good as using any other portable audio player out there. See why it's all irrelevant now? You can turn it on to use it when it's good and off when it's not, and if you personally feel that it's never good, then you can just turn it off and rely only on the hardware which is just as good as any other portable source.
So take home points (I'll keep them simple and clear) :
1. Yes it sounds worse if you turn off beats when using the phone's speakers.
2. It does sound better to those looking for a more natural sound profile to turn off beats when using a pair of quality headphones.
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Thanks for a good and detailed response - This is the kind of reply I was looking for!
Also. good to see an opinion from someone that seemingly have a similar taste in sound signature as I do.
Yep I'm thinking of the headphone performance indeed, speakers I usually don't care too much about, I can see why they seemingly optimized the speakers for use with the beats turned on.
Another thing to mention, I'm coming from the Galaxy Nexus which has a rather decent DAC. Nothing spectacular but decent enough. If you have any comments on the SQ difference between the One and the Gnex or any similar devices, do post them.
Timmyfoxeh said:
Thanks for a good and detailed response - This is the kind of reply I was looking for!
Also. good to see an opinion from someone that seemingly have a similar taste in sound signature as I do.
Yep I'm thinking of the headphone performance indeed, speakers I usually don't care too much about, I can see why they seemingly optimized the speakers for use with the beats turned on.
Another thing to mention, I'm coming from the Galaxy Nexus which has a rather decent DAC. Nothing spectacular but decent enough. If you have any comments on the SQ difference between the One and the Gnex or any similar devices, do post them.
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Happy to help!
For practicality reasons I too usually use headphones. I'm sorry I've never had a galaxy line phone to compare to. But if you think about it theoretically, you're going to be playing mp3 files in all likelihood. Hopefully they're 320kbps at least, but still mp3s. At this level of listening comparing one source to another is pretty difficult I think; there's just too much compression already. Which is why I think contrasting portable audio source quality is a moot point, it depends more on the headphones. But fortunately you need to get up into the thousands of dollars in equipment to decern the finer details anyway.
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Xerro-Five said:
Happy to help!
For practicality reasons I too usually use headphones. I'm sorry I've never had a galaxy line phone to compare to. But if you think about it theoretically, you're going to be playing mp3 files in all likelihood. Hopefully they're 320kbps at least, but still mp3s. At this level of listening comparing one source to another is pretty difficult I think; there's just too much compression already. Which is why I think contrasting portable audio source quality is a moot point, it depends more on the headphones. But fortunately you need to get up into the thousands of dollars in equipment to decern the finer details anyway.
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Actually most of my collection is ripped in flac ^^
My setup at home is a far better source than any phone can produce, not super high end but still a good setup.
Nonetheless, I care for having a decent enough audio source from my phone as a large portion of my music listening is when away from home and I don't want to carry a ton of portable equipment and media players when I can have it all done from my phone.
Timmyfoxeh said:
Actually most of my collection is ripped in flac ^^
My setup at home is a far better source than any phone can produce, not super high end but still a good setup.
Nonetheless, I care for having a decent enough audio source from my phone as a large portion of my music listening is when away from home and I don't want to carry a ton of portable equipment and media players when I can have it all done from my phone.
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Oh nice, that's excellent! The thought of re-ripping all of mine is just to daunting...
From what I've read elsewhere on xda the One handles flac pretty well.
There's a lot of neat information here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/655952/htc-one
Page 2 will be especially interesting to you as someone had the Galaxy s and htc One.
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Xerro-Five said:
Oh nice, that's excellent! The thought of re-ripping all of mine is just to daunting...
From what I've read elsewhere on xda the One handles flac pretty well.
There's a lot of neat information here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/655952/htc-one
Page 2 will be especially interesting to you as someone had the Galaxy s and htc One.
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Sorry meant galaxy nexus

This app can enhance Mate 9 audio quality

and increase sound volume by 20%
NO ROOT NEEDED
Thanks for sharing.
Regards.
Really works, thanks.
Bought 16 ohm earphones just for this phone - lot better now
Thanks for this @qianw - where is this apk from? Can't find much information about it
A couple of good headphones and good music, makes this app useless
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I just remove the app from my mate cause I can't find any information about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRS_Labs
albertobom said:
I just remove the app from my mate cause I can't find any information about it.
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This app, well, at least for also enables the stereo function whilst in portrait mode which is really nice imo.
Thanks, there!
Excellent sound mod, just what I was looking for. Not only is the sound 20% louder, you are able to adjust bass & treble.
It affects all sound whether playing music, games or YouTube. Recommended!
Great work dude?
I can't hear any difference
Dunno if anyone has tried this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.javeo.android.neutralizer
Follow the instructions. Does work, and in combination with the op sound app.
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To be honest I think useing this mod makes the audio worse an to loud.Thats just my opinion ...
GBPackerFanForLife said:
To be honest I think useing this mod makes the audio worse an to loud.Thats just my opinion ...
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I used it mostly with just earphones. I feel it makes a good difference, especially as the inbuilt equaliser is next to useless.
Everyone allowed their opinion though.
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This mod works fine combined with PlayerPro
It makes the difference ...
moonryder said:
This mod works fine combined with PlayerPro
It makes the difference ...
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For me too... I was so sad because the default audio quality of my Huawei mate 9 was terrible compared to my old Sony. With poweramp player I've managed to repair it a bit but this mod did better job...
Wow.
What a difference it makes to my headphones and playback quality.
Even non headphone usages..
Night and Day differences with further tweaking.
Greatly appreciated!!!

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