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What do you think about the low sound on Galaxy Note!

I've had this mobile like 2 months now. and im starting too realize how bad the sound on this device is. I have 3 set of Headphones like Bose Quietcomfort, Beats by dre, and the sound is so much better and higher if you try the same headphones on my old iphone 4. Why do samsung have so low sound? any suggestion? ive tried the most of volumeboosters out there like Voodoo or Volume plus etc, it gets a litle better but far away from the old iphone?

I have had no problems with the sound on my Note. Maybe yours is defective?
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yentlequible said:
I have had no problems with the sound on my Note. Maybe yours is defective?
i dont have any problems either, exept that the device plays too low,its not defect cuz i have to different notes too test with. All im sayin is if u put this phone against
any other smartphone, this phone will have the lowest sound!
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AleksLenin said:
yentlequible said:
I have had no problems with the sound on my Note. Maybe yours is defective?
i dont have any problems either, exept that the device plays too low,its not defect cuz i have to different notes too test with. All im sayin is if u put this phone against
any other smartphone, this phone will have the lowest sound!
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Low as in volume or quality? When I have compared my phone to my old galaxy s, an iphone, and an HTC sensation, my Note far surpassed them all in terms of volume and quality.
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yentlequible said:
Low as in volume or quality? When I have compared my phone to my old galaxy s, an iphone, and an HTC sensation, my Note far surpassed them all in terms of volume and quality.
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I have to agree, haven't noticed any problems with music or video sound quality/volume through stock and big AKG headphones. Maximum is always a little too much for normal listening.

yentlequible said:
AleksLenin said:
Low as in volume or quality? When I have compared my phone to my old galaxy s, an iphone, and an HTC sensation, my Note far surpassed them all in terms of volume and quality.
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thats impossible, try again with headphones that cost over 200 dollars... i mean its a reason for programs like audioboost for SGII, or vodoo louder for note has been released!!
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After repairing my broken display, there is room for another speaker. I don't have problems listening to music through headphones over barking dogs(work). Im not disappointed but I did have high expectations for the speaker on the back.
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Sorry to hear your having problems. Subjectively, I'm having no problems with the sound. In fact though this phone is similar to the S2, i have noticed much improvement with the note's sound quality in-call.

AleksLenin said:
I've had this mobile like 2 months now. and im starting too realize how bad the sound on this device is. I have 3 set of Headphones like Bose Quietcomfort, Beats by dre, and the sound is so much better and higher if you try the same headphones on my old iphone 4. Why do samsung have so low sound? any suggestion? ive tried the most of volumeboosters out there like Voodoo or Volume plus etc, it gets a litle better but far away from the old iphone?
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I experienced the same thing as you, as I had an iPhone 4 previously and the sound quality from the iPhone was much more full and overall louder.
The fix for my Note was to get Voodoo Louder from the market (paid app), and it does wonders for obtaining higher volume levels, as well as giving the Note a more full bodied sound (though only through your headphone jack).
Give it a try and see!

for me galaxy note produce high quality sounds and sound volume can be realy high. I had sgs2 and listening within music was pain in the ass

Try removing dirt from your ears LOLJK...just buy voodoo louder or poweramp.

I fixed the low sound volume in the stock music player by going to> menu> more> settings> equalizer> custom> and r
move the levers all the way up, all of them, than go to sound effects and choose> Bass Enhancement, and be careful not to damage your ears, the internal streakers will be louder too.

Instead of bass enhancement, try this http://knowmydroid.com/blog/enable-megabass-android-phone

I recently purchased a Galaxy Note (GT-N7000). And I noticed that when I use the AUX port in my car to play Google Music through - I have to turn up my volume much higher than I did with my iPhone 3G. I have the "Media Volume" all the way up on my Note. Problem is that if I switch to the radio - which is rare but might happen - it will be far louder than using my phone. Any way to level this out?

Oh please just read my post one post above yours, my car's speakers will blow off while using the GNote.

I get better sound quality on my note with stock headphones than used to on my iPhone 3g(stock headphones), maybe was something faulty with the iPhone... Also i don't need to raise the volume over the middle level sound bar. That's loud enough!
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orificium said:
I recently purchased a Galaxy Note (GT-N7000). And I noticed that when I use the AUX port in my car to play Google Music through - I have to turn up my volume much higher than I did with my iPhone 3G. I have the "Media Volume" all the way up on my Note. Problem is that if I switch to the radio - which is rare but might happen - it will be far louder than using my phone. Any way to level this out?
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That also happens with my pioneer car unit. With the iPhone i used level 20 plugged with the phone port rather than the headphone out(wich bypassed the iOS volume), with the note i have to use something like vol 40! What i do is set the Multimedia volume to the MAX that seems to "fix" the problem! ...

There's little benefit from software here. Like sgs2 note has inferior DAC( yamaha) compared to SGS or iphone. It's hardware limitation here.
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uncommonaman said:
Instead of bass enhancement, try this http://knowmydroid.com/blog/enable-megabass-android-phone
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This is made for sony ericcson headphones...Sooo........
Its true that the stock headphones are better Vs iphone Stock headphones. But iphone stock headphones aint all that if you try the sound On good headphones, iphone will win!
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I have beyerdynamic DT990 600ohm. It is not bad with note compared to my x fi titanium HD + external headphone amp e9.
It is a little bit loud at maximum volume. So I guess normal headphone should work fine without volume issue.
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choikugi said:
I have beyerdynamic DT990 600ohm. It is not bad with note compared to my x fi titanium HD + external headphone amp e9.
It is a little bit loud at maximum volume. So I guess normal headphone should work fine without volume issue.
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LOL, thats the most geeekest thing i think ive heard too day I like it
but anyways if u try them in an iphone you will hear clearly a difference! And I do not even consider myself any good at hearing stuff like that,,,

Sound quality?

How's the sound quality (through headphones)? As noisy and awful as the Galaxy S II is supposed to be? As "clean" as the output in the HTC One S? Or more likely somewhere in-between?
And it's obviously subjective but how's the sound stage? Is it "flat" like some users of the US S4 Galaxy S III claim, compared to the Wolfson Galaxy S III's?

I like the hd sound best compared to rhe one x s3 and nexus stock bc the eq works really well. The stock eq even adjusts apps output like rdio as well. I wish it had an am/fm radio. I saw nothing special in the sound of my intl s3. The nexus rooted w franco kernel and sound enhancement is the highest quality u can hope for w android. JB helps as well.
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i think sound quality is great!! only thing that bugs me is, since the speaker grill is in the bottom next to camera, whenever i put it on the table it kinda sounds small since the speaker grill is blocked but otherwise when you are holding it on hand, it sounds really good and loud!!

hotrod010 said:
i think sound quality is great!! only thing that bugs me is, since the speaker grill is in the bottom next to camera, whenever i put it on the table it kinda sounds small since the speaker grill is blocked but otherwise when you are holding it on hand, it sounds really good and loud!!
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I have no issues with the clarity of the sound. I honestly feel that loudness isn't a great indicator of sound quality .. loud =! good quality

auveeb said:
I have no issues with the clarity of the sound. I honestly feel that loudness isn't a great indicator of sound quality .. loud =! good quality
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well i didnt mean loud= good but big sounding speaker is always a plus when u have a lot of noise goin on!!! but i get your point too.. :silly:

What about the quality through BT or headphones? I rarely use the speaker on the phone, but not a day goes by that I link my phones media player to my car stereo or listen through good headphones while doing various tasks...
I've read people saying that connecting to BT in a car gets screwy when you have the Smart Actions enabled... anyone have any insights?

Comparing to one x tgis doesnt do as good. Choppy is right but i have smart actions enabled so i will try without smart actions and get back with it
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Sound quality is really nice! Good for you Techno/Dubstep fans!
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HTC ONE microphone problems

I bought my ONE from amazon.de and,after 2 months, I cracked the screen:crying: .I called htc and they sent me to the official service in my country(Romania). The guys there replaced my htc one (to my big and pleasant surprise) with a new one.I updated it to 4.2.2, but I got some complaints about my voice not being heard loud enough on this new phone.I don't seem to rememeber to have had this on the original one.....
Is it the mic?Or something to do with the network?Anyone elese having similar problems with the microphone during calls?
P.S. By the way,does anybody know how to enable/disable noise cancelation on this phone?

What I've noticed is that my calls aren't as clear as on my Galaxy S3, not sure if noise cancellation is doing too much, but my calls are definitely more "muffled", in fact I almost always have to use my headset to hear people loud and clear. Loudspeaker mode works fine though

It's probably related to this:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/02/htc-hdr-mic-dropped/

mr.r9 said:
It's probably related to this:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/02/htc-hdr-mic-dropped/
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Yes, I know about that,that is why I wanted to buy the phone as quick as possible, probably the first one,which I bought in april,was from the first batches,with that mic in it,and this one is not.But,stil,this doesn't explain the low volume....
I mean,I did a test: I put on a song on my ipad3 in a quiet room at about a quarter of the full volume and opened shazam on my htc one and got at about 1-1,5 meters away from the tablet. To my surprise,the mic recorded the sound and shazam recognized the song!!After this little experiment,my conclusion is that the mic is working ok,but,during the calls something is a little wrong!

Galactus said:
What I've noticed is that my calls aren't as clear as on my Galaxy S3, not sure if noise cancellation is doing too much, but my calls are definitely more "muffled", in fact I almost always have to use my headset to hear people loud and clear. Loudspeaker mode works fine though
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In regard of hearing the other persons voice,everything is ok for me,the sound is loud and clear,i don't have problems.

lev04 said:
In regard of hearing the other persons voice,everything is ok for me,the sound is loud and clear,i don't have problems.
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Same here in fact I never heard anything better when talking.
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Shan89 said:
Same here in fact I never heard anything better when talking.
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yeah,you're right,it's like the person on the other phone is there,speaking in your ear!
But what about your voice,do you have problems making yourself heard to the other person?!

Speaker distortion/resonance and buzzing

Hello,
I picked up my att note 3 on Friday. I believe I have a defective loudspeaker. When at max or near max volume when talking on speaker phone the audio is distorted/resonant similar to a buzzing. I tried removing the back cover which had no affect.
Being as others have modified the android OS to increase volume with success it seems likely to be a defective phone.
Please let me know if any one else hears poor speaker phone audio quality.
I will likely try to swap my phone out for a new one at att.
Daniel
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dachness said:
Hello,
I picked up my att note 3 on Friday. I believe I have a defective loudspeaker. When at max or near max volume when talking on speaker phone the audio is distorted/resonant similar to a buzzing. I tried removing the back cover which had no affect.
Being as others have modified the android OS to increase volume with success it seems likely to be a defective phone.
Please let me know if any one else hears poor speaker phone audio quality.
I will likely try to swap my phone out for a new one at att.
Daniel
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Maybe yours is normal. As when I listen to folks on speakerphoneI can hardly hear them compared to my S4 and its quiet perhaps they reduced it on my build for this very reason ( cheap speaker ).

I originally thought something was wrong with my device because i kept hearing the audio drop down and raise again when listening to music. But I noticed it never did that with anything else besides the app, Spotify. I decided to try another music app and I cannot replicate the issue. I think it's the Spotify app. Maybe a compatiblity issue with 4.3, not sure. Either way sounds comes out normal except in that app.
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Any one else experiencing this problem?

Hello Everyone,
I exchanged my phone this past Friday. The new phone may be slightly better than my previous one but it still distorts at full volume when on speakerphone.
Daniel

dachness said:
Hello Everyone,
I exchanged my phone this past Friday. The new phone may be slightly better than my previous one but it still distorts at full volume when on speakerphone.
Daniel
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Ran some more tests on both my wife's and my unit. If you listen carefully on full volume you can occasionally hear it clip
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Mine is pretty bad. I have a hard time hearing people on speakerphone unless it is all the way up, then it is pretty distorted.

Low call volume?

I tried a phone call and the volume seems really low even at max volume. Anyone else have that issue?
Also, what about using simultaneous voice and data - does it require an update to work?

I seen some other people say that voice and data didn't work together. Are u kidding me? My old Note 2, Droid 4 and HTC One Max all had data while talking on the phone.

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I tried a phone call and the volume seems really low even at max volume. Anyone else have that issue?
Also, what about using simultaneous voice and data - does it require an update to work?
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I too noticed low call volume. Boss got the phone same time I did and he says the same. Tried the trick of holding down volume to all the way low and then raising it and that still didnt fix it.
Loving the phone, but if I cant hear people unless its dead quiet, thats no good.

Speaker problems
I just picked up the 64gb! I love the phone...a lot! I notice the low volume on calls as well, but I think there is something more going on.
The speaker sounds absolutely horrible. There is no way this thing isn't defective. It sounds like an old speaker with a busted cone that makes the "tingy" noise. :crying: Just curious if anyone else is having this problem. I listened to the one in the store, but it was very noisy in there. I couldn't get a good gauge. I am going to go back and see what is up. These things happen, I just hope that is what it is. I powered up my Razr Maxx again and listened to see. It sounded great. Please be defective!!!

Xfvalveking said:
I just picked up the 64gb! I love the phone...a lot! I notice the low volume on calls as well, but I think there is something more going on.
The speaker sounds absolutely horrible. There is no way this thing isn't defective. It sounds like an old speaker with a busted cone that makes the "tingy" noise. :crying: Just curious if anyone else is having this problem. I listened to the one in the store, but it was very noisy in there. I couldn't get a good gauge. I am going to go back and see what is up. These things happen, I just hope that is what it is. I powered up my Razr Maxx again and listened to see. It sounded great. Please be defective!!!
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I noticed this too, my speaker sounded pretty "fuzzy". Haven't had much time to listen to the speaker.

I didn't call anyone yet but I tested a movie and it sounded great coming from an s4

I fixed my problem. Turn off the stupid equalizer for the phone speaker. Much louder for everything.
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jrcbandit said:
I fixed my problem. Turn off the stupid equalizer for the phone speaker. Much louder for everything.
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And how to do this?

droidkevlar said:
And how to do this?
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It's somewhere under the sound settings.

Yeah in the sound settings under Audio Effects.

It seems the call sound is coming from the upper right speaker not the whole speaker strip. I find it a bit loader with my ear closer to the top right corner. Seems a bit silly and i could be wrong but feels this way for me.
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I agree - I think the sound is very low.
This is compared to a Galaxy S5 which I could basically set down, not use speakerphone, and still hear.

I'm also experiencing low volume in calls. It's bad enough that I'm tempted to return the phone. I've owned many smart phones and have never experienced this.
The only "workaround" that I've found is to hold the phone in an unnatural position slightly away from my ear and with my ear at the top corner of the phone, and even then the volume is still too low. Totally unacceptable. Did they never make a phone call during testing?? I hope this can somehow be addresses via a software update asap.
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I'm thinking this can be solved by a software update. I agree though, the volume is quite concerning.

LeoLopezDO said:
I'm thinking this can be solved by a software update. I agree though, the volume is quite concerning.
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If we had root it would probably just be a build.prop edit... Oh well.

I'll be waiting for one or the other

So if I'm on BT and switch to speaker on phone instead of talking through the car, the speaker on the phone is super loud, nor van be turned down. Anyone else notice this?

theexec777 said:
It seems the call sound is coming from the upper right speaker not the whole speaker strip. I find it a bit loader with my ear closer to the top right corner. Seems a bit silly and i could be wrong but feels this way for me.
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You're right. Seems weird that its not in the middle but its fine if you put your ear to that corner

There are little notches on the left and right side of the grill, my suspicion is that there are "stereo" speakers with one located above each notch. They may also have the audio configured to split volume between the two speakers.

Each call I have had was on speaker phone, and the call quality for me was MUCH better than my G2 and much louder. I took a call today and did not use speaker, I too noticed at first that the call volume was extremely low, I was clicking the volume up constantly and no change. Finally I moved the phone around a bit on my ear until I found the sweet spot.
It seems the call comes from the side, possibly one of the stereo speakers, I believe I remember having to hold the phone on the right side to my ear to get the best volume. It is plenty loud though, just move it around a bit and you will figure it out! Hope this helps!