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It's not a main selling point of the tablet but the sound quality coming out the 3.5mm jack is not up to snuff.
Using the same headphones in my GNex, the sound is much more full and bass thumps a bit more.
push the headphone jack all the way into the socket?
It's been mentioned a few times in other threads already....ram the jack in hardddddddd until you hear a loud click. Then it's fully seated.
If it's not fully seated, it sounds tinny and mono instead of stereo.
The jack is ridiculously tight but it's not low quality....
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It's been mentioned a few times in other threads already....ram the jack in hardddddddd until you hear a loud click. Then it's fully seated.
If it's not fully seated, it sounds tinny and mono instead of stereo.
The jack is ridiculously tight but it's not low quality....
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Is it weird that the way you wrote this excited me? But seriously Op, Kenyee is right. I almost thought it was 2.5mm jack and I would break it if I forced it in. After quickly checking the official specs, I just went for broke and thrust it in there. Works great now!
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If you want better highs and lows get the app Equalizer and set it to rock.
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Great....another thing I'll obsessively check every minute :/ Even though with my skull candy earbuds the sound is crisp and clear, and loud even at a low volume.
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No offence but.. anyone saying its good has worse hearing than my 88yo grandmother.
Audio quality is appalling.
Its a tegra 3 problem.
Yes my phones are all the way in..
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The sound on mine is great from the 3.5mm jack, perhaps your device has a manufacturing defect if you are pushing it hard all the way into the correct position, I know my jack is pretty tight with most of my headsets except for one that fits perfectly, but that one is a little lose in other jacks.
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No offence but.. anyone saying its good has worse hearing than my 88yo grandmother.
Audio quality is appalling.
Its a tegra 3 problem.
Yes my phones are all the way in..
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*shrugs* No offense taken, but....maybe your N7 has a defect. I'd hate to think at 39 yrs old I'm already going deaf But seriously, mine sounds awesome with my earbuds.
I've been using it in my car to play music and IMO it sounds better then my EVO Lte with "Beats" (ooohhh ahh).
Nah its a tegra 3 issue.
Honestly most people wouldn't notice it, but im a little bit of an audiophile, and the sound quality is really lacking. Sounds like listening to a 128kbps mp3 vs a 320..
Same song, same headphones, both streaming from Google music, I would say the nexus is 70% (if that..) as good as my optimus 2x.
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Mine sounds great for a tablet. Yes, it is no where my $2000 DAC and amp setup but good enough considering it's price. First thing some of you need is a high quality earphone. Don't use cheap ass iPod ear buds and then complain about the quality of the sound. The speakers on the nexus 7 on the other hand do kind of suck.
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sounds fine to me. and if you put your hand behind the external speaker it makes it a littler better lol. but seriously sounds perfectly fine to me. maybe i'm just easily impressed.
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Mine sounds great for a tablet. Yes, it is no where my $2000 DAC and amp setup but good enough considering it's price. First thing some of you need is a high quality earphone. Don't use cheap ass iPod ear buds and then complain about the quality of the sound. The speakers on the nexus 7 on the other hand do kind of suck.
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I concur....speaker quality isn't that great. I got "volume + "(volume booster) from meltus in the play store and it's soooo much better, by 50%. Very minimal distortion when you increase the volume in the app setting to the recommended number, which is 10 I believe.
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I concur....speaker quality isn't that great. I got "volume + "(volume booster) from meltus in the play store and it's soooo much better, by 50%. Very minimal distortion when you increase the volume in the app setting to the recommended number, which is 10 I believe.
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As true as your post is, this topic is focused on the quality of the sound coming out of the headphone Jack, not the Nexus 7's speaker
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I'm 100% well aware of that. Pretty sure it's still on topic. I was replying to "noobandroid" comment on the speaker.
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I'm 100% well aware of that. Pretty sure it's still on topic.
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Not really, sorry.
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i actually think its pretty good and i think it provides a relatively flat output.
maybe some of you who are complaining have other phones/tablets that EQ up the bass, so you think that the nexus 7 is missing bass? just a thought.
im also a casual audiophile who uses $300-400 headphones (yes i have several, and no they are not beats by dr dre)..
Mungulz said:
No offence but.. anyone saying its good has worse hearing than my 88yo grandmother.
Audio quality is appalling.
Its a tegra 3 problem.
Yes my phones are all the way in..
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Not offended either. In just had my hearing tested and it is way above average for my age of 41. My N7 sounds great and I'm using some ear buds I picked up at the dollar store. Sounds as good as my iPod Nano 5th Gen.
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I don't listen to a lot of music so it's fine for me.
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Wait for kernel devs to bake in USB DAC support.
But seriously, you should know better than to expect audiophile quality from a SOC that costs $20.
Got my Nexus 4 today, for those in the UK, i bought it on PAYG from o2 (£399)
Been running FLAC files through PowerAMP with my Sennheiser IE7's and they sound as good, if not better than my Cowon J3 DAP.
The Cowon J3 is a high-end DAP so i'm really impressed this phone can compete.
No yellow screen issues so far either, but i've not been benchmarking yet, gonna give it a week before i stress it out.
Yeah I was really surprised with the audio when I first plugged in my XB-1000's. I was expecting mediocre-bad audio quality that you typically get with phones but this seems really great. It's a really well rounded phone.
Wow, surprising, and good to hear. My GS2 really has dead lifeless sound through my ety's. I've taken to using my Pre for MP3's as it sounds infinitely better. I hope others post their impressions here as this may be one thing that pushes me over to this handset once it arrives here. Damn shame they only put max 16g in it if it really is a musical media player. Did supercurio weigh in on it yet?
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Yeah I was really surprised with the audio when I first plugged in my XB-1000's. I was expecting mediocre-bad audio quality that you typically get with phones but this seems really great. It's a really well rounded phone.
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Wow! Can you please compare it with iphone 4/4s? I used to listen to xb-500 with iphone 4s and it sounds pretty good. Interesting to compare nexus to iphone by sound quality. Thanks in advance!
Is it better than Galaxy Nexus? I got budget Sennheiser earphones so I doubt I'll hear much of a difference, but I'm thinking of getting a good pair.
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Is it better than Galaxy Nexus? I got budget Sennheiser earphones so I doubt I'll hear much of a difference, but I'm thinking of getting a good pair.
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YES!, id put the nexus 4 up there with the SGS3 tbh.
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YES!, id put the nexus 4 up there with the SGS3 tbh.
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Thats amazing! I am back on my gnexus after selling my sgs3 and the audio of the gnexus is terrible, I miss my sgs3. Hope my N4 arrives soon
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YES!, id put the nexus 4 up there with the SGS3 tbh.
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I think the Nexus 4 has the same DAP as the GSIII (US). There is a noticeable sound difference although the amp volume is lower. It still sound much better than the GalaxyNexus + Sound Tweaks.
Actually now I've tried headphones, incredible on stock audio settings with Poweramp.
I have one issue, using the headphone jack with the line input on my car suggests the output is quite low (I used to have an Atrix, I had to turn that down one from full because it distorts!). I now have to turn my car up quite high to be able to hear anything. One thing I am appalled about is the fact the device doesn't seem to play nice with my car charger... i get serious background noise when that is plugged in (no issues on the Atrix)
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Actually now I've tried headphones, incredible on stock audio settings with Poweramp.
I have one issue, using the headphone jack with the line input on my car suggests the output is quite low (I used to have an Atrix, I had to turn that down one from full because it distorts!). I now have to turn my car up quite high to be able to hear anything. One thing I am appalled about is the fact the device doesn't seem to play nice with my car charger... i get serious background noise when that is plugged in (no issues on the Atrix)
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Same here. Low output to car...
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I think the Nexus 4 has the same DAP as the GSIII (US). There is a noticeable sound difference although the amp volume is lower. It still sound much better than the GalaxyNexus + Sound Tweaks.
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i had an international SGS3 with the voodoo sound implementation from siyah, while the Nexus 4 does sound worse its not a whole lot worse.
the main differences fell with the bass they are not quite as deep and the highs are a bit rolled off compared to the SGS3 but not enough to cause an unpleasant listening experience; im sure with time perhaps with DSP manager it will be even closer.
but the bottom line is its not that much worse that id go back to the SGS3 and audio quality was my main concern with the keeping either handset (i've only just put the SGS3 on ebay )
for the comparisons i used Shure SE535;s IEM's
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Wow! Can you please compare it with iphone 4/4s? I used to listen to xb-500 with iphone 4s and it sounds pretty good. Interesting to compare nexus to iphone by sound quality. Thanks in advance!
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I don't have any Apple devices so I can't compare, but I can tell you it sounds really good with my older XB-500's too in comparison to my PC soundcard & especially previous phone (Xperia X10).
It's not head-thumpingly bassy and loud like you'd get with a proper amp, but there is still some good bass and just overall the sound is very pleasant. :good: I think you will be quite happy with how it sounds if you're not overly audiophilic.
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Wow! Can you please compare it with iphone 4/4s? I used to listen to xb-500 with iphone 4s and it sounds pretty good. Interesting to compare nexus to iphone by sound quality. Thanks in advance!
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cant speak for the iphone but!, i have a cowon S9 and as many know sound ALOT better than apple devices and the Nexus 4 is not far off of the Cowon S9 once again not quite as deep bass, or as crisp highs but pretty damn close. (for reference tho SGS3(int) with siyah kernal sounds the same as Cowon S9 + J3)
I noticed a much better audio then I had on my inspire through Bluetooth.
But then again my phone was 2 years old. So I was expecting as much.:laugh:
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Wow! Can you please compare it with iphone 4/4s? I used to listen to xb-500 with iphone 4s and it sounds pretty good. Interesting to compare nexus to iphone by sound quality. Thanks in advance!
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I was using an iPhone 4 while I waited for my nexus, I can say the nexus sounds a thousand times better.
Testing now through Sennheiser HD 280s. Sound quality is excellent to my ears. No hiss, pops. Much better than the GS2, the DAC on that is a pile. Volume could probably be a touch louder, I'm between two and three clicks down from max volume in Google Music for regular listening volume. That may explain the low volumes with car stereos. I'll compare with an iPhone 5 later.
Ah so it wasn't just me! I did notice a difference when switching from my gs2. I use the new xb600. It sounded like crap on my gs2.
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Thank you, guys! I'm very impressed with the results! Waiting for the further comparision with other devices
loving the nexus 4 but music hooked up to car stereo sounds like crap compared to the iphone 4s/5.
Output level is extremely low on the nexus as well. What needs to be at a level 20 on my wifes iphone is like a 32 on the nexus 4. Ill experiment w/ the equalizer tonight but as it stands it doesnt compare. (sorry for being unbiased)
I thought the GS3 had better sound output. My n4 just doesnt get as loud. Is there anything I can do to fix this? btw i use google music
Just bought a TAB S2 t815, kinda disappointed by the speaker volume and bass compare to my iPad air 2. Do anyone else have share the same disappointment or am I just SPOIL?
You're not the only one
This is probably the only thing I don't like about the tablet so far. Granted I don't use the speakers much, it's just nice to have decent speakers in a premium tablet. The nexus 9 blows this away in the audio department.
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This is probably the only thing I don't like about the tablet so far. Granted I don't use the speakers much, it's just nice to have decent speakers in a premium tablet. The nexus 9 blows this away in the audio department.
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The Nexus 9 blows basically anything away in the audio department
I'm coming from a Oneplus One a much better phone for music than my poor old Galaxy S2. How does the Oneplus 3 do compared to its predecessor's? Is it loud, undistorted, have a good range in its built-in DAC for the 3.5mm Jack?
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I haven't got mine yet although from all the reviews i've seen they say the earphone quality is good
It sound really good in my opinion. Even better than my Samsung GT I9000
Yes, with sony headphone the quality is very good
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It sound really good in my optionion. Even better than my Samsung GT I9000
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No wonder it's gonna be better than a 6 year old phone.
Loving the sound from my Xiaomi Mi Piston 3 on my Oneplus 3..!
It easily tops the quality and power of the Nexus 6. My completely stock OP3 sounds just as good and loud as my rooted N6 using Viper4Android.
Not bad at all, much better than my Nexus 5X.
Sound quality is good and I was a bit worried when I got mine. Coming from a Huawei P8, which I found to be great, I have been very happy with OP3.
I use Neutron player and after I took time to disable some features and enable others, I am very pleased. Output is loud and clear makes my earbuds boom nicely. Overall, no complaints at all. Speaker volume on the other hand... not as good as I'd like.
But, headphone, for me anyway, is most important.
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No wonder it's gonna be better than a 6 year old phone.
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Thats exactly what i was thinking
R3Lax1 said:
No wonder it's gonna be better than a 6 year old phone.
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Mulayan said:
Thats exactly what i was thinking
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Right, so you clearly have no idea :laugh:
Maybe you should look up the Wolfson WM8994
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Right, so you clearly have no idea :laugh:
Maybe you should look up the Wolfson WM8994
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We are talking about normal Android devices and not some piece of sh*t you found somewhere on the Internet...
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We are talking about normal Android devices and not some piece of sh*t you found somewhere on the Internet...
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Ahem... I think that the Wolfson WM8994 is the audio chipset of the first Samsung galaxy ( am i right ? ) not a phone...
It has the generic Snapdragon converter. Nothing special but sound quality is decent through the h/phone out. When I had the phone I used it a couple of times with both Grado and Sennheiser cans. No real complaints, not amazing. Good enough imho.
We see here again in this thread that many people mean "loud" when they say "good quality".
Yes, the signal level on the headphone jack is quite high. This has the advantage that high-impedance headphones (i.e. "those big ones for audiophiles") work without problems with the OP3 and are loud enough; on many smartphones, this is not the case.
Furthermore, the dynamic range is really good. I.e., the difference between the quietest and the loudest parts of a recording is reproduced quite faithfully. This is also not a given on smartphones.
The actual sound quality (!) is absolutely OK but of course not on the level of more advanced DACs.
The non-audiophile listener with his usual MP3s of pop music will be completely content.
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Ahem... I think that the Wolfson WM8994 is the audio chipset of the first Samsung galaxy ( am i right ? ) not a phone...
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I never said it's a phone. Do I?
The Wolfson is actually the DAC which is used in The Galaxy S and there was an App called Voodoo Controller by Supercurio which enabled really undistorted and clear output.
Wolfson DACs where also used in some BMW and Mercedes by the way...
Finally mines arrived been using it for a day listening with inateck Aries earphones and I'm very impressed good amount of bass and undistorted Highs. Using viper on oxygenos. Way better than my s2 and not massively better than my oneplus one.
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We see here again in this thread that many people mean "loud" when they say "good quality".
Yes, the signal level on the headphone jack is quite high. This has the advantage that high-impedance headphones (i.e. "those big ones for audiophiles") work without problems with the OP3 and are loud enough; on many smartphones, this is not the case.
Furthermore, the dynamic range is really good. I.e., the difference between the quietest and the loudest parts of a recording is reproduced quite faithfully. This is also not a given on smartphones.
The actual sound quality (!) is absolutely OK but of course not on the level of more advanced DACs.
The non-audiophile listener with his usual MP3s of pop music will be completely content.
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So the sound quality is average as for the phone? So probably big difference compared to good quality mp3 player? I was thinking if zte axon 7 has really better sound quality or just dolby, useless for music 32bit. People say it's noticeably better, but just because it has more bass or whatever, or with dolby on when it can get only worse for music.
Maybe you or anyone else knows something about sound quality, has a good headphones to check it, has some comparison to good portable audio player or decent phone.
I'm not an audiophile but I can appreciate sound quality more than others, I'm using old Cowon j3 player and it sounds really well. Have also OPO which I'm using with Spotify, but can hear sound degradation over Cowon
When it's loud, or has a lot of bass or hurting ears high tones says nothing about sound quality. I would like to know how is the soundstage, if the instruments are separate, if they are heard well not mixed up with other sounds, if the sound is flat or not, you said the dynamic range is fine, that's good.
Do anyone know what sound chip is inside OP3?
Music audio quality via Aux and Bluetooth are key for me. I need to know if it's true that the new Note 7 with the 820 supports the same quality that is in the HTC 10. I was reading some posts elsewhere that the Note 7 has some new drivers that are different than the S7 and should be the same quality as the HTC 10. I currently own the 10 and love it, but mostly because of the Boomsound/Audio quality when listening to music. But I really love Sammy's OLED display and Camera.
I'm by no means an audiophile, and I've never owned an HTC. But I do have a decent set of medium-priced Shure in ear headphones that sounded great on my Note 4, GS5, and continue to sound great on my Note 7. If you're really picky about sound quality I highly recommend going to your nearest T-Mobile or Best Buy and try out a display model with your headphones of choice.
Flawless.
Unless a test is released, I will continue to assume it is nothing special and an average performer.
It is very close to the same sound quality as the Note5. Can't compare it to the HTC but from the articles I read, I am not sure if compares or not. It sounds good but it still could benefit a lot from Viper4Android.
I have jump on demand and came from the HTC 10. The screen and s-pen are amazing. Blow the HTC away.
The audio is garbage on the note 7 compared to the 10. It is exactly the same hardware as the S7. Speaker gets decently loud but there is no crispness like on the 10. And the headphone jacks are no comparison.
In fact I ended up buying a Fiio Q1 dac/amp to make up for it.
Lg v20 releasing tonight with quad dac.
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I'm no audiophile either but my Note 7 sounds pretty good with Beats Solo Wireless phones, particularly if I plug it in. The Samsung Level Pro U I have which is supposed to tap into the UHD feature could use some more bass but is otherwise okay.
Samsung has a protocol called UHQ. It only works with three audio devices from, of course, Samsung. The level On Pro, the Level on U Pro and a bluetooth speaker. Coupled with Poweramp beta, it will either up convert everything to 24\192, or most importantly,stream native 24\192 wired or .......WIRELESSLY (emphasis mine).
As the proud owner of countless bluetooth stereo devices, going back to 2005, this is the highest bar achieved, I've heard from a mobile device, without an external DAC. As with all unqualified statements of excellence, I am sure others will have opinions on this. I will be listening to Music.
The sound quality I get from the Note 7 without modifying (all flat) it is fine. I like the "Tube Amp Pro" (simulates soft timbre of tube amplifier). Not perfect by any means. And not the same high quality of an high end audio system. But impressive.
You are never ever going to get the high end wired audio quality sound from Bluetooth. Bluetooth will be much better than any "smartphone" builtin speakers by a large margin. Only wired high end full range full sized headphones will you get true high end quality audio sound.
What surprises me is how many people don't care about sound quality. They rather have the convince of the builtin speakers or Bluetooth. It is the Thing now days to play all audio through your builtin speakers. No matter where you are and who is around you. Convince is over ruling quality.
So I am very surprised to see someone asking about audio quality.
It also surprises me to see how many people think "okay" quality sound is high quality.
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So,......................if you are as convinced as you are that no protocol will improve Bluetooth, who am I to change your mind as it already made up. With the advent of the loss of the jack on the Iphone, there will some increased urgency to make bigger strides to improve wireless audio devices.
Not to sound too much like a fanboy but this tech is different. I am pretty sure this isn't a case of cognitive dissonance but I hear a great deal of difference between using these below with and without UHQ turned on.
http://www.samsung.com/us/audio/hea...wireless-pro-headphones-black-eo-pn920cbegus/
I am currently using the above, the VModa wireless and the Dash with the Note 7. This is better and compares well to the KEF wired headphones.
If any of you own the recent samsung phones, get a set of these and if they don't change your mind about bluetooth, I'll pay your return shipping (limited to 5 of you)
Please be sure to use the UHQ app and Poweramp beta with the experimental 24\192 streaam.
Im having note 5 and note 7 right now.. Got better sound quality on note 5. It might be just up to my phone because I also have problems with wifi signal, so bad
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Im having note 5 and note 7 right now.. Got better sound quality on note 5. It might be just up to my phone because I also have problems with wifi signal, so bad
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I used to have the Note 5 and definitely was louder. The thing is, the Note 7 has IP68 rating for water resistance, so the phone is pretty sealed up and the sound is weak because of it.
My audio through bluetooth was great for being bluetooth then all of a sudden I noticed a loss in volume and quality past few days. I haven't changed any settings or installed any apps that should interfere
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My audio through bluetooth was great for being bluetooth then all of a sudden I noticed a loss in volume and quality past few days. I haven't changed any settings or installed any apps that should interfere
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Clean out your ears lol.
But seriously, have tried un-pairing and re-pairing?
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Clean out your ears lol.
But seriously, have tried un-pairing and re-pairing?
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Haha yea I tried that first but my ears just won't stay clean. They are automatically creating a natural ear plug for when my phone explodes I think.
I'll try to un-pair and re-pair, can't remember the last time I did that actually
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