Does our note 9 has built-in DAC for improving music quality?
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Not sure about a h/w chip, but there are plenty of s/w settings incl. Dolby Atmos and UHD upscaling.
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All phones with a headphone jack have a DAC as it's required (DAC = Digital to Analog Converter). The DAC in the S9+ isn't the same as the ones LG is using in their high-end phones but it's not bad either. As mentioned, there are software adjustments as well.
The DAC in the Note 9 isn't that bad however it is not the same as the DAC found in other phones that are designed to have high sound quality.
what are the Note9 DAC specs?
j3hans said:
Does our note 9 has built-in DAC for improving music quality?
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Yes, it does (as all phone with 3.5mm jack). It also has AMP. The DACs in the US sd845 variant and the exynos 9810 variant are different tho and the exynos 9810 one is better. The only thing that this SOC is better compared to sd845. :laugh:
The DAC used in the Note 9 is manufactured by Wolfson.
Wolfson was purchased by Cirrus Logic. Wolfson Make some of the most accomplished DAC's available. I am deliberately avoiding the term 'best' as its highly subjective and sound reproduction is personal taste.
I am able to assure the reader that Wolfson DAC's are highly sought after and industry respected. The Wolfson DAC is found only in the Note 9 with the Exynos chip though. Its is not part of the PCB as is the case in the SD variant.
Use an external amp or amp DAC combo and the Note 9 is a superb reproducer of sound.
Samsung have, with the 9 series of smart phones, at last reached top quality industry sound reproduction-sound stage requisites, took them long enough lol.
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I answer too, even if this thread is quite old. I'm really impressed by the sound of my Note 9 exynos. I've plugged in a planar magnetic headphone (Verum one), which usually requires a powerful amp for driving, and I can get a very good volume. So sad that newer smartphones haven't the 3,5 jack anymore.
gabripranzo said:
I answer too, even if this thread is quite old. I'm really impressed by the sound of my Note 9 exynos. I've plugged in a planar magnetic headphone (Verum one), which usually requires a powerful amp for driving, and I can get a very good volume. So sad that newer smartphones haven't the 3,5 jack anymore.
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Those fascist NPCs, who tell us we don't need a headphone jack and we should accept the Brave New World, they will never understand!
Just bought the Nokia 9 and i'm overall very happy with it. I have two issue tho..
First, i had the Nokia 8.1 before and the Snapchat video and photo quality was a lot better on that one compare to the 9.. Does anyone know why? Software related?
And second, does anyone experience that the audio quality from the USB-C port is poor? Again, comparing it to the 8.1 where it was very good! Might be that the dongle drives the quality down?
Hi,
I had to sell my month-old Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S due to annoying bugs, like random wifi disconnections with the screen off and very low volume with bluetooth audio devices.
So, I'm looking for a new phone (not Xiaomi for obvious reasons, I think most bugs are because MIUI implementation), and the Realme X2 Pro is one of my candidates -the one I like the most-, but i'm concerned about some issues. I've read that the cameras aren't good in low light conditions and there are some lags in the UI. There are still present to this date? I'm not worried about some lag, my interest is to have stable wifi connection, good bluetooth audio (I have Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones) and good battery backup. Is there any known issue?
Do you recommend Realme X2 Pro?
Thanks!
Don't buy this phone sound output is so terrible and the camera isn't good enough!
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Hi,
I had to sell my month-old Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S due to annoying bugs, like random wifi disconnections with the screen off and very low volume with bluetooth audio devices.
So, I'm looking for a new phone (not Xiaomi for obvious reasons, I think most bugs are because MIUI implementation), and the Realme X2 Pro is one of my candidates -the one I like the most-, but i'm concerned about some issues. I've read that the cameras aren't good in low light conditions and there are some lags in the UI. There are still present to this date? I'm not worried about some lag, my interest is to have stable wifi connection, good bluetooth audio (I have Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones) and good battery backup. Is there any known issue?
Do you recommend Realme X2 Pro?
Thanks!
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Battery is great and there are no lags in UI, it's pretty smooth. Also 90Hz display is a bliss and you can instantly notice the difference when you see a 60Hz display after using 90Hz for a while. Cameras are not perfect (mostly true for low light), but with GCam it's very good all around. It's just that the stock app is REALLY bad.
There are reviews of audio in detail, the audio via headphones and external amp is good, the speakers are amazing and with V4A you can get the one thing that they are missing: BASS.
I would recommend this phone as it's the best you can get for the money in my opinion. If you want best of the best of course there are options out there like the S20, Huawei P40, Mi 10 Pro, but is it worth it?
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Don't buy this phone sound output is so terrible and the camera isn't good enough!
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So please tell me what's better for the same money?
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Battery is great and there are no lags in UI, it's pretty smooth. Also 90Hz display is a bliss and you can instantly notice the difference when you see a 60Hz display after using 90Hz for a while. Cameras are not perfect (mostly true for low light), but with GCam it's very good all around. It's just that the stock app is REALLY bad.
There are reviews of audio in detail, the audio via headphones and external amp is good, the speakers are amazing and with V4A you can get the one thing that they are missing: BASS.
I would recommend this phone as it's the best you can get for the money in my opinion. If you want best of the best of course there are options out there like the S20, Huawei P40, Mi 10 Pro, but is it worth it?
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So please tell me what's better for the same money?
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Really I'm not expet at phones enough but as an ex xiaomian, I believe that xiaomi phones is better in overall, MIUI is better hardware is better, customization is more better except for the signals thing I would recommend you Mi or K series!!
Don't listen to this guy.
I went from mi9t pro to this phone, and man: better performance, better signal and wifi, better video recording, much better screen, incredible speakers. Yes 3.5mm output is low, but i use bluetooth headseat anyway.
Would recommend this phone to just anyone.
The X2 pro is an affordable beast with A++ specs and RealmeUI is butterfly smooth,
90 Hz,dual speakers,quad Cera,UFS 3.0 storage,50 watt charging,
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Obviously way better than the likes of the 9T pro or pretty much any phone from last year for the price,
Still holds up well this year as the SD 855+ is close to the 865,
IMO, everything is great with this phone, cameras are good too, particularly with gcam which I use now all the time,sound output is really good too but I don't use earphones
Agree...moved from K20 pro. I can say realme ui is much better than miui. No issue so far. Best phone compare by price
My wife has the Mi 9T (K20), and even if it was better in almost all specs (camera, SoC, speakers...) than the X2 Pro (which it's not) I still wouldn't take it because of the 90Hz display. Also what I forgot to mention in my first post is that the charging speed is just mind blowing.
But there's no contest, the X2 Pro is a better phone than the Mi 9T Pro (K20 Pro), period.
If there is something better than the X2 Pro in the same price range I would like to hear it.
Hi all, OIS or Eis not working while video recording over whatsapp, any way to enable it ? Thanks.
First of all there is no ois for Rog phone 2, then coming to eis, it's of no use. So you won't feel any difference even though there is eis. If you have shaky hands it's better buy some OnePlus phones. They have ois in almost all phones.
Hi Everyone. I am planning to buy one of these devices.
Talking about GT2, saw multiple reviews saying that there is issue with mic quality while recording video in GT2. I also saw a review video, where it sounded muffled. Some are also mentioning about display quality issue. Good thing is Natural colours in Photos, and OIS in 4K recording.
NEO 3 cons, as per my research have been, heating while recording video, and High saturation in photos. Also no OIS in 4K video recording.
Please suggest your opinion. Both are coming at approx same prices in my country.
I would say better to go with GT 2 because of the 3 year update cycle, unless video mic recording is a major concern for u.
Also ther is the Snapdragon in the GT 2. Even if dimensity is said to be better , I think apps are more optimized for Snapdragon due to there market share.
And there are like intel on PC. It's always the safest choice