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SAmsung galaxy s vs nokia (nokia gets edge)

Hi guys...
I recently bought the samaung galaxy s and I am very disappointed about the music quality (basically the very poor bass or bassless audio) ..
Being suspicious of wether it's the stock headset performing bad or it's the galaxy itself which sucks I decided to conduct an experiment..
I connected the stock headset of samaung galaxy to nokia's 5230 and I was very shocked believe me the music quality..the bass was rich and exactly what I wanted...
Now I connected the stock headphones to my Sony NWZ-E443 Walkman...and violaaa...even better music and bass....
Now I've installed the vodoo sound kernel, but it doesn't do much with the bass..heard people suggestions for buying senhisser or sony's headphones..but I am worried about one fact is that why isn't the same stock headphones performing good in my galaxy S...
Has it got something to do with impedance, sensitivity and other technical stuff..or simply it's not the galaxy cup of tea..
I don't understand why you need to buy $50 headphones from third-party after buying a $650 phone..still being un assured of getting good sound..feels pissed nokia 5230 being $110 performs better
WHATS THE CATCH ?????

My view is the opposite of yours .
Bass is a sound distortion not normal sound .
Measurement should be at neutral as the sound came .
How much the extra bass sounds is also measured with the treble to give the dynamic range .
jje

I use Poweramp from the market, it is a music player but with a built in equaliser with a lot of presets to choose from, you can hit the bass up on that and notice the difference, I know its not a free app, try the 12day trial, better than spending X amount on headphones
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Is it not the galaxy S, that suppose to have one of the best sound chip integrated? (Wolfram something something). Even better than Ipod.

I personally have found the sound on the Galaxy S to be excellent...so much so I have stopped carrying around a separate MP3 player (Zune HD for tha win) when I don't need my full collection with me.
However i would definitely recommend installing a kernel with VooDoo sound to make the most of the hardware. I also use PowerAMP (great, great software with a very useful EQ) and move back and forth between the stock Samsung earbuds when I want to be able to take calls easily while listening, and Etymotic HF5s when I just want to focus on the music.
With a little software/hardware attention, the Galaxy S is a first class music player, without doubt.

From what I've read, it's one of the best sound chips but the drivers suck atm, supercurio seems to be releasing Voodoo drivers up to date as they are released and Voodoo control app updates every other day you can especially notice the difference with the fm radio, make sure your headphone amplifier is on maximum in Voodoo control app and you should see a difference
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The audio is Clear Crisp and loud Enuff !....but as i said vodoo sound kernel, but it doesn't do much with the bass
The audio just lacks the Bass throbs , pumps beats.... somehow i think badly designed equilizer from samsung is the culprit !....

Never say Nokia is better than any Android phone, no matter what!
That said, I enjoy the sound of my Galaxy S but even if some hardcore nerd proves that a Nokia phone -- any one among the lots -- is good in music than SGS, I will still remain too much happy with SGS (aka the best android phone in India).
BTW, try various equalizers in the PowerAMP, you should be good. One more thing though, I think N8 us better in Camera than SGS. But still, if I'm to rate SGS and N8, it would be:
SGS - 8/10
N8 - 4/10 (anyone who doesn't know why, is just lame, or trying to be one)
Android is Future! And you'll hear some newly appointed (other than Elops) nokia chief making an announcement of Android Adoption by Nokia in 2013-14. Sooner, if Nokia's lucky.

Stock head phones will almost always suck. You need to spend a fair bit of money to get accurate sound reproduction. I use a quality set of sealed ear buds with my sgs, and base reproduction is excellent.
A phone company is never going to include the $100+ headphones required for an audiophile with a phone... Most people would never use them, so it would be a waste.
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Chill guys any nokia phone stand nowhere in front of our Galaxy S
just talking about the audio part which bothered me
How about trying these headphones
http://www.sony.co.in/product/mdr-xb20ex
Or any tested suggestions ? Senhiesser may be ?

Problem solved !!! Awesome Music
Solution
Sony MDR-XB40LP
Sony MDR-XB20LP
Sony MDR-XB300
Sony MDR-EX50LP

Consider using Voodoo Sound

Try rock eq in official music player is very amazing mixed with voodoo kernel ... Too Loud and so clean sound, better then any expensive limited mp3 device!
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I had also this "bad" experience with combination of voodoo and poweramp and then I found this thread which solved everything... if you do this with poweramp, remember to disable the eq from PA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921736
Cheers
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[Q] Incredible S Audio Quality ?

I was aiming for the Sensation but the price is out of range for me so I figured I'd have to settle for the solution right below it (Nope, not the Desire HD)
Incredible S - A phone with all my needs, a perfect screen size, great camera, great-looking (I'm probably the only one who thinks so lol) .. Even if the bootloader's currently locked i'm not the type who won't use a device unless root, we got WidgetLocker, Go Launcher and other stuff not to mention the original Sense UI is awesome
But one thing i'm concerned about -- the sound quality, I read that GSMArena review and they said it was bad .. I'll basically use the phone I buy as my music player so that matters to me a lot, and earphones sound is more important than speaker sound for me
What's your experiences with the sound quality ? If it's great, i'll head out and buy this phone since it's perfect besides that, if it isn't i'll buy the Desire S which means i'll have to settle for an average camera .. I need positive clarification before I get the S.

I use PowerAmp as my musicplayer, and with the build in equalizer and SRS Enhancement and a good pair of earplugs, i think the sound is just fine.

jkolner said:
I use PowerAmp as my musicplayer, and with the build in equalizer and SRS Enhancement and a good pair of earplugs, i think the sound is just fine.
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Thanks, what do you think of the speaker sound, then ?

a good pair of earphones will get u going in no time, as for the loudspeaker, they're quite soft and there'll be static noise n distortion if turned to the max. it's htc, it's normal x

IMO ...use custom earphones and a good sound manager like poweramp...the sound is quite good for a phone.
But yeah the speakers are just average! dont expect too much from them.
but overall u wont regret buying this phone

Ok, thanks guys ! I have my eyes set on it now.

I had an iphone before my IS, and the sound on the IS is a lot better than iphone using Poweramp

The quality of the phone/sound is nice, will try with my stereo nokia bt hedest at home, and chk beck to tell.
Also htc makes awfull earphones, its literally hurt my ears, so one need to change that!

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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Techno lovers?

I dabbled with sound modifications on my Atrix 4G back in the day to maximize bass without all of the distortion to provide clear sound with incredible bass. Since we still haven't gotten a custom recovery and do not have a fully deodexed ROM, this thread will provide a simple way to create similar sound quality and will be updated once development gets going for our devices.
I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY HARM THIS COULD DO TO YOUR SPEAKERS / HEADPHONES.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND USING THESE SETTINGS FOR ANYTHING BUT DIFFERENT VARIANTS OF TECHNO
NOTE: This is meant for high-end studio headphones and a really good sound system. Plugging in other headphones or low quality speakers could potentially ruin them. (Blew a couple of speakers in my old surround sound system.)
For headphones, this has only been extensively tested with a pair of Sony MDR-XB500's and these setting are meant specifically for them.
--this will change over time--
Required apps/mods:
PowerAmp
Step 1: Enter settings, sound, then wired stereo devices under audio effects and change it to Bass Punch.
Step 2a: in PowerAmp, go to the equalizer section. Make sure Equal, Tone, and Limit are turned on. (Limit helps remove distortion.)
Step 2b: Change the preset to techno and raise the preamp (furthest left bar) slightly. Then raise 62 to a bit above 31.
Step3: Under Tone, turn treble up all the way and bass a little over half. Stereo x should be turned up about 1/8.
The above steps should be somewhat okay for lower-end headphones and sound systems. To fully maximize the quality and bass for high-end sound systems and headphones, mimic what I did in the posted screenshots.
Screenshots coming soon. Won't let me upload them for some reason..
I'm also taking requests on different genres and music players to better suit those that aren't all about Techno like myself and the other shufflers here on XDA.
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Nice thread,dude.. I'm not an audiophile but your tricks attracts me to try it.
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I'm a freak when it comes to music lol. I've done similar things on a couple f friend's GS2's and whatnot. It'll be much better once we get development for our devices going. I'm hoping the old zip I made for my Atrix 4G will work for the HD once we get CWM or something. Lots of tweaks to Beats Audio and XLoud alongside DSP Manager. I still prefer using my 4G for music over the HD for now. Sound quality is absolutely amazing.
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Neroga said:
I'm a freak when it comes to music lol. I've done similar things on a couple f friend's GS2's and whatnot. It'll be much better once we get development for our devices going. I'm hoping the old zip I made for my Atrix 4G will work for the HD once we get CWM or something. Lots of tweaks to Beats Audio and XLoud alongside DSP Manager. I still prefer using my 4G for music over the HD for now. Sound quality is absolutely amazing.
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Yeah..Atrix has an amazing sound output. Still miss my Atrix audio quality. Droid 4 is the only phone I feel slightly better than Atrix.
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Favorite music players?

I've been out of the loop for a long time. The last music player I used has seemingly been abandoned (Mort Player), so I'm curious about what everyone uses (and why).
I'd love something with decent widget support (something with cover artwork). All (or at least the vast majority) of my albums have a folder.jpg.
flac fupport would be HUGE, but I don't know of many that support it (Neutron does, I think). EQ would be helpful. m4b (audiobook) support would be awesome, but that will probably need to be a separate player, plus I have an old iPhone that I use in my car for audiobooks.
I guess this is a combination post. Looking for what people use, as well as recommendations for me.

Poweramp
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Poweramp
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That's one I'm considering. That or Neutron are leading the pack in my mind.

google search "android music app" and there are a ton of threads, but IMO neutron player has by far the best sound quality. I tried a lot of apps and even though it doesn't have the best interface you can without a doubt hear the difference in sound when using Neutron over any other player. Sure, I guess poweramp or any other player could use eq settings to sound better but neutron doesn't need anything.

Poweramp will be the bone pretty much everyone goes with.

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google search "android music app" and there are a ton of threads, but IMO neutron player has by far the best sound quality. I tried a lot of apps and even though it doesn't have the best interface you can without a doubt hear the difference in sound when using Neutron over any other player. Sure, I guess poweramp or any other player could use eq settings to sound better but neutron doesn't need anything.
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That's what I remember of Neutron when it first came out. I admit I'm curious to hear music from my phone through my good cans through multiple music players.
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Poweramp will be the bone pretty much everyone goes with.
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That or Neutron. Neutron gets a lot of recommendations, even though it doesn't have the pretty interface that Poweramp does.

+1 Neutron

Poweramp is the best right there. Been using it since 2k11.
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Eleven. Or the dark version. Google it.

If you're looking for something different, check out N7 player

Not to break with the pack but I'm using Gone mad music player. It's paid but has a great eq and processor. It supports crossfading and gap less playback.
For me it's been fantastic.
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I'm using Sony Music now. It's so nice to use compared to other apps.
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Long time poweramp. Since a few month Shuttle

for me it's Poweramp. since i have a Macbook and use iTunes as my primary player, i have to use Apple Lossless (alac) instead of flac. Poweramp seems to be one of the only players to support this format. if you're using regular flac files, Shuttle (better visuals) or GoneMAD (more customization) should do the trick since they use the same audio engine that supports lossless.

ffchampmt said:
Not to break with the pack but I'm using Gone mad music player. It's paid but has a great eq and processor. It supports crossfading and gap less playback.
For me it's been fantastic.
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I looked up this one since you mentioned it and found out that I have already purchased the full version...
I'll install the trial on my Nexus and see how it sounds through my DT770s. I'd desperately love for one of these players to sound good enough with them that I don't have to bring my headphone amp with me when I travel. So far, Poweramp is sounding the best through those headphones to me. Not as full as with the amp, but better than my stock iPhone for sure.
The fact that it supports m4b is icing on the cake.

liquidzoo said:
I looked up this one since you mentioned it and found out that I have already purchased the full version...
I'll install the trial on my Nexus and see how it sounds through my DT770s. I'd desperately love for one of these players to sound good enough with them that I don't have to bring my headphone amp with me when I travel. So far, Poweramp is sounding the best through those headphones to me. Not as full as with the amp, but better than my stock iPhone for sure.
The fact that it supports m4b is icing on the cake.
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Have you tried viper4android yet? It requires root but is a great amp and even has custom headphone profiles that are adjusted for a wide selection of headphones for different manufacturers. I have Sennheiser Momentums and it makes the music sound amazing.
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ffchampmt said:
Have you tried viper4android yet? It requires root but is a great amp and even has custom headphone profiles that are adjusted for a wide selection of headphones for different manufacturers. I have Sennheiser Momentums and it makes the music sound amazing.
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Looked at it, but since I'm rooted stock I wasn't sure if it would work.
I have to say that of the 4 that I've tried (Play Music, Neutron, Poweramp, and Gone Mad (the latter 3 all trials)), GMMP has so far yeilded the closest sound to my desktop rig using the same headphones, albeit not as loud or with quite the note separation.
I would have sworn that Neutron would do that.
The headphones I have really do need an amp to help bring out the full potential, but I'm pretty impressed with how everything sounds out of the N6. Better than out of my old iPhone without an amp.

liquidzoo said:
Looked at it, but since I'm rooted stock I wasn't sure if it would work.
I have to say that of the 4 that I've tried (Play Music, Neutron, Poweramp, and Gone Mad (the latter 3 all trials)), GMMP has so far yeilded the closest sound to my desktop rig using the same headphones, albeit not as loud or with quite the note separation.
I would have sworn that Neutron would do that.
The headphones I have really do need an amp to help bring out the full potential, but I'm pretty impressed with how everything sounds out of the N6. Better than out of my old iPhone without an amp.
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Stock rooted w/custom recovery? If so it's really just a matter of flashing a zip and opening the app, installing a driver, and reboot. (edit) You also have to flash a permissive zip for SElinux.
There are configurations for headset, phone speaker, Bluetooth, and aux output.
On the gmmp , I've really enjoyed it tbh. I pay for apps rarely but I've been happy with this purchase. My only issue is it not sending album art to my car stereo very well but otherwise worth it.
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Stock rooted w/custom recovery? If so it's really just a matter of flashing a zip and opening the app, installing a driver, and reboot. (edit) You also have to flash a permissive zip for SElinux.
There are configurations for headset, phone speaker, Bluetooth, and aux output.
On the gmmp , I've really enjoyed it tbh. I pay for apps rarely but I've been happy with this purchase. My only issue is it not sending album art to my car stereo very well but otherwise worth it.
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Good to know. I didn't know if it would work with the stock kernel (yes I have TWRP installed).
I will have to give it a try. I plugged my E6 into my phone and headphones and was very impressed. I gave up on the E6 shortly after getting a proper headphone amp/dac, but the sound was the closest yet to my desktop rig which is a huge plus to me.
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I like Rocket Player. The free version has a 5-band equalizer and the premium version a 10-band one, so you can get a lot of the functionality of Viper4Android there.