Hi guys I just bought my Note 4....I thought it would be a beast device...but it kinda sucks at Music department. Volume is too low vs. My LG G3. kinda disappointed.
I actually have the opposite effect. The music is too loud to stand when near full volume. Much louder than my S4
hatyrei said:
Hi guys I just bought my Note 4....I thought it would be a beast device...but it kinda sucks at Music department. Volume is too low vs. My LG G3. kinda disappointed.
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My current phone is a LG G3 and it is probably the best Android phone for music. I had the M8 prior to this and I feel the G3 is ever so slightly better for sound, and as well it is a much better phone. The only phone I have heard that was better than the LG G3 was the IPhone 6+, I owned one briefly but I ended up having to return it.
I am considering a Note 4 but I am beginning to think it is not enough of an upgrade over the G3 to make me happy. I will just have to wait until I can see it in person and judge then.
30Seconds said:
My current phone is a LG G3 and it is probably the best Android phone for music. I had the M8 prior to this and I feel the G3 is ever so slightly better for sound, and as well it is a much better phone. The only phone I have heard that was better than the LG G3 was the IPhone 6+, I owned one briefly but I ended up having to return it.
I am considering a Note 4 but I am beginning to think it is not enough of an upgrade over the G3 to make me happy. I will just have to wait until I can see it in person and judge then.
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My wife has a G3. Its a nice phone for sure and right for her but I prefer the power user phone. Not to say one is better than the other, its all in personal taste. Thus far I am really enjoying my Note 4. the G3 is a top of the line phone but just not versatile enough for me.
I'm finding the music from the loudspeaker seems to be loud enough. My ringtone however isn't loud enough when getting a call. When I change the volume through the settings however it's louder than when I get an actual call. It's very strange and quite annoying as I can't figure out how to fix the ringtone volume
I've just been changing the notification sounds and they are louder than when they go off as notifications.
30Seconds said:
My current phone is a LG G3 and it is probably the best Android phone for music. I had the M8 prior to this and I feel the G3 is ever so slightly better for sound, and as well it is a much better phone. The only phone I have heard that was better than the LG G3 was the IPhone 6+, I owned one briefly but I ended up having to return it.
I am considering a Note 4 but I am beginning to think it is not enough of an upgrade over the G3 to make me happy. I will just have to wait until I can see it in person and judge then.
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Did you think the LG G3 is better than the M8 audio-wise? Interesting - how does the LG audio compare to the Note 4 please?
Is it still ok when watching you-tube videos as well for instance?
Thanks
I hate the G3 screen. That makes it a no go for me. The Note 4 is a beautiful beast!
hatyrei said:
Hi guys I just bought my Note 4....I thought it would be a beast device...but it kinda sucks at Music department. Volume is too low vs. My LG G3. kinda disappointed.
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JCM800 said:
Did you think the LG G3 is better than the M8 audio-wise? Interesting - how does the LG audio compare to the Note 4 please?
Is it still ok when watching you-tube videos as well for instance?
Thanks
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Just to be clear I am talking about music playback through attached headphones: Sennheiser IE8, B&W C5 etc. The G3 has extremely good music playback especially through poweramp. It is the only phone I know of that can play native hi res files 24/96 etc. without downsampling. You can check the GSM Arena review for further info on its sound quality: http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g3-review-1086p7.php . They measure it as the cleanest for sound output.
So in my case I am looking for something that is comparable to the LG G3 sound wise, but also brings other improvements to the table. I'm interested in the Note 4 because of the display, but if the sound quality is a step back then I know I would not be happy with it. I don't know what the Note 4 sounds like as I have still not seen a demo, but as soon as a local store gets one I will take my headphones in and do a little side by side comparison.
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I hate the G3 screen. That makes it a no go for me. The Note 4 is a beautiful beast!
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The way they have it set out of the box is rather dull. I suppose they have set it like this for the sake of battery life. If you do the contrast fix and up the brightness slightly you can get that same sort of contrasty pop other phones have, but it is not going to be as saturated as amoled.
My LG G3 sounded better vs. my Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Using the native built-In speaker. LG G3 is much louder , fuller ,bass-ER{LOL), clearer than my Note 4. I always listen to my music just playing it through the built in speaker. Aside from that I love my Note 4. I'm still trying to use my warranty on my G3 , the screen has obvious vertical lines in high brightness setting, it looks like a digitizer or something...but it sucks.... I hope they can replace the screen or fix it.
I have both M7, G3 and Note 4, and I reckon the best sound quality is M7, the loudest is G3, in the middle range is Note 4. And both phones have been tuned with Viper4.
Sound is quite loud on my N910U, but thats for my standard.
Please go check out 'Permanent red tint on screen' i posted in general section. Let me know please if anyone having similar issue.
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I played with my note 4 vs a LG G3 vs HTC M8 vs Z3 in store same song.
I set N4, G3 and Z3 equalizer scales all to zero and just turned the bass to full in custom mode.
HTC M8 doesnt have this so I just turned on bass mode.
The M8 is clearly the loudest by a far distance, the note 4 is next with the g3 not far behind then the z3 behind that.
I think the note 4 is very loud and GSM arena agrees
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 performance in our audio quality test was almost identical to that of its predecessor - the Galaxy Note 3.
The phablet aced the first part of our test, where it had to show how it works with an active external amplifier. The Galaxy Note 4 achieved excellent scores top to bottom and garnished them with nicely high volume levels - not HTC high, but good enough to keep pace with the rest.
Plug in a pair of headphones and some stereo crosstalk creeps in - it's not too bad, but notably worse than some competitors, once again, from the HTC lineup. Take those out however and the Galaxy Note 4 can match or beat just about every smartphone out there.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 +0.01, -0.04 -96.6 93.4 0.0015 0.0086 -94.2
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (headphones attached) +0.03, -0.02 -96.8 93.5 0.011 0.035 -55.2
Note 4 speakers sucks to be honest, after 10 the loudspeaker was pretty bad
gpvlog said:
I actually have the opposite effect. The music is too loud to stand when near full volume. Much louder than my S4
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Same here and I have a LG. Update - depends on the headphones
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JCM800 said:
Did you think the LG G3 is better than the M8 audio-wise? Interesting - how does the LG audio compare to the Note 4 please?
Is it still ok when watching you-tube videos as well for instance?
Thanks
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On quality headphones using the Power Amp app the Note 4 has the best sound reproduction including when playing back HD music. Compared to M8 and LG G3
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30Seconds said:
Just to be clear I am talking about music playback through attached headphones: Sennheiser IE8, B&W C5 etc. The G3 has extremely good music playback especially through poweramp. It is the only phone I know of that can play native hi res files 24/96 etc. without downsampling. You can check the GSM Arena review for further info on its sound quality: http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g3-review-1086p7.php . They measure it as the cleanest for sound output.
So in my case I am looking for something that is comparable to the LG G3 sound wise, but also brings other improvements to the table. I'm interested in the Note 4 because of the display, but if the sound quality is a step back then I know I would not be happy with it. I don't know what the Note 4 sounds like as I have still not seen a demo, but as soon as a local store gets one I will take my headphones in and do a little side by side comparison.
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The way they have it set out of the box is rather dull. I suppose they have set it like this for the sake of battery life. If you do the contrast fix and up the brightness slightly you can get that same sort of contrasty pop other phones have, but it is not going to be as saturated as amoled.
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See my views above
The company who has the loudest sounding speaker on their phone probably doesn't care about the safety of it's users. Taming a speaker down has nothing to do with being "premium" or "non-premium". Also, remember the Note 4 is supposed to be a somewhat professional, business tool, not a boom box. Although, I think that the volume should be regulated when headphones are being used, I think that the device should at least put out acceptable volume for when you're watching a video using the speaker on the back.
Fwiw, audio quality is very good using spotify extreme settings and a trusty pair of klipsch s4i's. While not quite as loud as my iphone 5, the audio is certainly extremely clean and good definition.
What the m8 is the king of sound once you flash Harmon kardon adsp
My sprint version using headphones is loud as hell without any root or audio tweaks
I think Note 4 sound a bit tinny compared to my old Note 2.
Sound through headphones is amazing using exynos model
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can it be so? according to
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_i_xt890-review-828p6.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_i_xt890-review-828p7.php
thought the audio chip and camera nternals would be the same
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can it be so? according to
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_i_xt890-review-828p6.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_i_xt890-review-828p7.php
thought the audio chip and camera nternals would be the same
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Different SoC's have different DAC's (Digital-to-Analog-Converters [Audio Chips]). Exynos, for example, has the awesome Wolfson DAC, which you can use the Voodoo Audio mod with. The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 has a different, but still very good one. So yeah, it makes sense that this Intel one [probably] has a different DAC considering you're talking about an entire system on a chip. The camera, however is independent and has nothing to do with the SoC. So if Motorola decided to use a lesser quality camera on the i than the M, that was an independent decision.
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can it be so? according to
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_i_xt890-review-828p6.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_i_xt890-review-828p7.php
thought the audio chip and camera nternals would be the same
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Personal experience is that the i has a better camera than the M, but that both are mediocre. Kind of hilarious that the i had a dedicated camera button for a shoddy camera.
-Sent from my Razr i on AT&T.-
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Different SoC's have different DAC's (Digital-to-Analog-Converters [Audio Chips]). Exynos, for example, has the awesome Wolfson DAC, which you can use the Voodoo Audio mod with. The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 has a different, but still very good one. So yeah, it makes sense that this Intel one [probably] has a different DAC considering you're talking about an entire system on a chip. The camera, however is independent and has nothing to do with the SoC. So if Motorola decided to use a lesser quality camera on the i than the M, that was an independent decision.
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You're talking about Exynos 4412.
Don't confuse it with 4210 which has the worst audio chips ever made in mankind. (Yamaha)
Livebyte said:
You're talking about Exynos 4412.
Don't confuse it with 4210 which has the worst audio chips ever made in mankind. (Yamaha)
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I'm talking about the current-gen model. I've had the Epic 4G Touch when I was on Sprint (it had the Exynos 4210) and yes it was really bad (flat-sounding). I was trying to illustrate a point though.
maybe not quite as techincal as the gsmarena review but certainly not a 'poor' camera here
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/smartphones/1294792/motorola-razr-i
Can anyone that owns the Razr i please comment on the audio quality? I'm planning on buying this phone, but I listen to music on my phone for hours every day and am buying a new phone, because the audio connector on my Desire is bust. I'm only interested in the sound quality through headphones.
i've just compared it to the gnex. not great i'm afraid. quite a bit of 'hiss'. a few seconds after play comes to a stop, you'll hear a nasty 'clicking off' sound. not quite sure what it is but it is not there on the gnex. i really wanted to love this phone but audio quality is a let down. for that reason alone, i'll be sticking with my gnex and returning the i tomorrow
You've got to be kidding me, how hard can it be to get this right.
I disagree. I am not an audiophile but I find the sound pretty much as good as any other device I have had. There is hiss when not listening to anything but it seems to go away when I am listening to something.
Anyway, I really think its ok.
The Jones said:
There is hiss when not listening to anything but it seems to go away when I am listening to something
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that is true, you'll only notice it on quiet areas of songs. but those same areas have no hiss at all on the gnex. i'm not trying to big up the gnex here but quality of audio output via headphones is pretty important to me and the hiss i find is unacceptable
Honestly I haven't noticed a hiss when listening to things. I mainly listen to podcasts which have lots of quiet sections and little music. I will turn my ears to the potential hiss next time my headphones are plugged in.
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Just got my new XT890. Excellent phone. Have played some MP3s and haven't noticed any problem till now. This phone has much better sound quality than my previous Huawei. Also the results of sound measurement in gsmarena review are similar to those of HTC One X review:
I think the methods of sound quality measurements aren't very accurate and strongly depends on the environment, measuring equipment and event on the specific phone unit (I think such type of benchmarks should be repeated on several units to control convergence of results).
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Just got my new XT890. Excellent phone. Have played some MP3s and haven't noticed any problem till now. This phone has much better sound quality than my previous Huawei. Also the results of sound measurement in gsmarena review are similar to those of HTC One X review:
I think the methods of sound quality measurements aren't very accurate and strongly depends on the environment, measuring equipment and event on the specific phone unit (I think such type of benchmarks should be repeated on several units to control convergence of results).
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I'm not scientific with my sound reviews but from my personal experience my XT912 RAZR sounded "meh" quality.
My HTC One S sounded great, probably because of the whole Beats thing.
My RAZR i is on par with my HTC One S for sound quality.
This is all done from me driving around in my '97 Olds with a Cassette to MP3 adapter so take it with a grain of salt... but I am happy with the quality
Nice name by the way
Could it be, that only some handsets are affected? Because a few people complain about the quality, and a few say it's completely fine. And only one reviewer mentioned the problem. I had the obnoxious clicking sound when a track stopped on the Desire aswell, and I would really love, if the Razr i wouldn't have that problem. Could a beter set of headphones help? Me buying this phone is riding on this, because I really love it so far, a compact all-rounder, that has a lovely design, and is something special.
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i've just compared it to the gnex. not great i'm afraid. quite a bit of 'hiss'. a few seconds after play comes to a stop, you'll hear a nasty 'clicking off' sound. not quite sure what it is but it is not there on the gnex. i really wanted to love this phone but audio quality is a let down. for that reason alone, i'll be sticking with my gnex and returning the i tomorrow
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update: the tables have turned! i had a 2nd razr i delivered over the weekend. this unit has no noticeable 'hiss' as described above. not sure if the 1st unit was defective or something moto have amended in newer batches? either way i'm more than happy with the audio quality now on the replacement razr i and can fully recommend it to others. i'll be keeping the razr and returning the gnex yes the gnex is still marginally ahead audio quality wise. but the trade off with having a device that can store my entire music collection on removeable sd vs slightly lesser audio performance is well worth it imo.
both units were from reputable online retailers.
Oh dreaded Moto! Defy speaker problem repeats itself? Can you check serial numbers (and other info) on the stickers on both boxes? Perhaps they've different manufacturing dates.
it is not the loudspeaker. i'm talking about listening with headphones. i'll look at the boxes later at post back
Yeah, Defy problem wasn't exactly this one, but it was massive and annoying and moto had to admit the issue later.
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it is not the loudspeaker. i'm talking about listening with headphones. i'll look at the boxes later at post back
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& what serial number it has?
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?
OverTheBelow said:
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...
GchildT said:
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
I've tried several headphones with my LG G2 (T-Mobile) and people say they can barely hear me.
Can anyone recommend a good wired headset that is also good quality for music?
Thanks!
I ordered a Brainwavz R1 in-ear-headset with microphone last week from Amazon, I should be getting it today or the following days. I was told they are good quality with great sounding. I shall write a little review here after I used it for some days.
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Try Sennheiser, had few models of past 4 years and every single one of them was top notch. Way better than what comes with G2 without any doubts.
Tons of IEM reviews
Stock G2 IEM review
PlanBJZ said:
I've tried several headphones with my LG G2 (T-Mobile) and people say they can barely hear me.
Can anyone recommend a good wired headset that is also good quality for music?
Thanks!
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I have these and find them quite enjoyable. Voice quality on the other side has never been a problem, even in light to moderate wind. Furthermore - the Klipsch application from the play store gives you a fair bit of customization for controlling button actions, opening apps, etc. I also know it works/is compatible on the LG G2 VS980.
http://www.klipsch.com/image-S4A-headphones/details
I use Rocket Player and found the sound to be balanced on the Flat EQ preset. If you crank the bass, I've noticed the low end won't distort even at high volumes, but that's not how I like to listen to music. It was fun to test it though.
Anyway, these get a 9.7 / 10 on my scale, especially considering the price.
These are excellent as well, but I didn't care for how they fit. http://www.headphone.com/headphones/etymotic-mc2.php
Hope it helps.
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Looks like they're on sale too. That's a lot less than I paid.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1630083502&pf_rd_i=507846
For new owners:
I had the Note 3 and was fine with headphone volume and quality. It was just fine with my Etymotic ER4P and Westone W40s. When the Note 5 was confirmed to not have battery/sd-card bladda bladda I got a LG G4.
The LG G4 is a step backwards in volume and perhaps quality (but that's harder to discern). I rooted the G4 and used Viper4Android, but I have to push it pretty hard to match what my Note 3 was able to do.
How does the Note 5 compare to say the S6 or your previous notes ?
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For new owners:
I had the Note 3 and was fine with headphone volume and quality. It was just fine with my Etymotic ER4P and Westone W40s. When the Note 5 was confirmed to not have battery/sd-card bladda bladda I got a LG G4.
The LG G4 is a step backwards in volume and perhaps quality (but that's harder to discern). I rooted the G4 and used Viper4Android, but I have to push it pretty hard to match what my Note 3 was able to do.
How does the Note 5 compare to say the S6 or your previous notes ?
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The volume is a tad higher than the s6 and of course the g4. There is a nice UHQ upscalling toggle that upsamples the audio. While the amount of upsampling is probably overkill it does actually improve the audio quality substantially. Overall I am very impressed with the audio out.
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The volume is a tad higher than the s6 and of course the g4. There is a nice UHQ upscalling toggle that up-samples the audio. While the amount of up-sampling is probably overkill it does actually improve the audio quality substantially. Overall I am very impressed with the audio out.
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Thanks for the help. Did you have an S6 to compare against ? Also, does the up-sampling work in all players or just Samsung's ?
On a side note (pun intended):
I don't really buy into the NEED for this type of up-sampling. Lossy compression if done at decent bitrates should be almost transparent to the user, even on nice speakers/headphones/earbuds. It might change the sound and make it nicer, but it would be a departure from the original lossless source.
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Thanks for the help. Did you have an S6 to compare against ? Also, does the up-sampling work in all players or just Samsung's ?
On a side note (pun intended):
I don't really buy into the NEED for this type of up-sampling. Lossy compression if done at decent bitrates should be almost transparent to the user, even on nice speakers/headphones/earbuds. It might change the sound and make it nicer, but it would be a departure from the original lossless source.
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I have an S6 (also had a G4). Also, I agree with you on not NEEDing to upsample, what I think is happening is that it is processing the audio on a better daq when you flip the switch, but I could be wrong. It certainly sounds more separated and the soundstage improves, that sounds like something you can get with any quality daq even with lossy compression.
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The volume is a tad higher than the s6 and of course the g4. There is a nice UHQ upscalling toggle that upsamples the audio. While the amount of upsampling is probably overkill it does actually improve the audio quality substantially. Overall I am very impressed with the audio out.
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I have and S6. Also, I agree with you on not NEEDing to upsample, what I think is happening is that it is processing the audio on a better daq when you flip the switch, but I could be wrong. It certainly sounds more separated and the soundstage improves, that sounds like something you can get with any quality daq even with lossy compression.
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Awesome ! It looks like I'll be throwing a bunch of money at Verizon this Friday. Now to find a buyer for my G4.......
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the LG V20's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
So far for me I find it to be OK. Coming from having Samsung Note phones, I find it to be a big improvement. It could still use work IMHO, but I find it to be much louder and just as clear than any of the past Note series speakers.
I would say that listening to music coming from the speaker, is better than average. Its no Axon 7 or HTC 10 but your average consumer will be satisfied with the volume and clarity imo.
Can you compare it to LG G5 speaker?
I am completely deaf in one ear and partially in the other ( thank you drunk driver head on hit and run ) and I love the speaker quality. I have actually had to turn down the notification volume cause it is to loud for me. So far I really like this phone and I was a Note 1, 2, 3 and 4 user. My favorite part is when it goes to "sleep" and I am going to use it I pick it up and it reads my fingerprint and TADA it is ready. I am very grateful for the second screen. Overall I am extremely pleased with this one.
The loudness and clarity is not a Gimmick, at least for mine . I usually hear music on Pandora and Spotify, and believe me, as someone who hear music daily on spotify and pandora, im experiencing something very different than other devices i have owned.
This is great to hear as I wear hearing aids and the speakers on the Note 7 and S7 Edge sucked for speaker calls....
is it better than a iphone 5s? XD like ^ mention note 7 kinda suck when i was testing music through it
Let me know
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This is great to hear as I wear hearing aids and the speakers on the Note 7 and S7 Edge sucked for speaker calls....
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I want to hear ( duh , no pun intended ) your thoughts once you get it also. Granted I keep it relatively close to me but I am pleased with the sound so far.
Bulldog44 said:
I want to hear ( duh , no pun intended ) your thoughts once you get it also. Granted I keep it relatively close to me but I am pleased with the sound so far.
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I am on Sprint so it looks like I won't have it till the end of the week but I will certainly check back in and let you know.
I was inside a AT&T store playing with the phone and was listening to Youtube. The store was packed and I could hear the speaker very clearly. It wasnt bad at all for one speaker.
Can anyone compare the speaker quality to V10? (I have V10 and sound from the build in speaker is a nightmare! Simply worse than from the worst cheap crap)
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I want to hear ( duh , no pun intended ) your thoughts once you get it also. Granted I keep it relatively close to me but I am pleased with the sound so far.
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So, I have had the phone for a day now and I will say that the bottom speaker for calls, You Tube, etc for my ears ( I wear BTE hearing aids) is the best I have ever experienced in a phone and totally blows away my experience with previous Samsung notes.
The earpiece speaker is also the best I have experienced for my particular hearing loss, especially when set to the setting that gives clear sounding voices during calls.
This is exactly what I hope for every time I get a new phone and I seem to have finally found it.
For some reason I thought the V20 will come with dolby atmos or some audio enhancement software by B&O Play. I have seen the Korean version with the B&O logo on the back of the V20.
So I am guessing that the US models don't have any added audio enhancements. Correct?
My V10 audio gets a powerful boost when dolby atmos switches on. The volume level will be around 15% and its pretty loud.
On my V20, the volume has to be increase up to 50 -60% for comfortable "loudness".
Let's hope soon there will be some sort of root for the V20, so I can install the dolby atmos zip file.
joseguillen1994 said:
The loudness and clarity is not a Gimmick, at least for mine . I usually hear music on Pandora and Spotify, and believe me, as someone who hear music daily on spotify and pandora, im experiencing something very different than other devices i have owned.
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I can agree with you on that. I have had the note 7 , moto x pure and Bluetooth is unnaturally clearer in my cars sound system. Have not tried it with head phones yet but I can only image the improvement.
royale192 said:
I can agree with you on that. I have had the note 7 , moto x pure and Bluetooth is unnaturally clearer in my cars sound system. Have not tried it with head phones yet but I can only image the improvement.
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When i pair my V20 to the Fm transmitter on the car, it sounds higher than the when i connect other smartphones. Also, for some reason, i can hear things in the song i didn't even know where there. I'm not joking. It is like it amplifies the gain on the background as well making you hear what you are missing from the song. But my bluetooth wont take the hi-fi though. Maybe is because it is not one of the new types of Fm transmitters
Still - is there any former owner of V10? Can anyone compare the speaker quality to V20?
NowKris said:
Still - is there any former owner of V10? Can anyone compare the speaker quality to V20?
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I can tell you from having the V10 to v20 the speaker is lot better, and its way better than than the S7 edge and the Note 7 I had, louder and crisper.:good:
jfenton57 said:
So, I have had the phone for a day now and I will say that the bottom speaker for calls, You Tube, etc for my ears ( I wear BTE hearing aids) is the best I have ever experienced in a phone and totally blows away my experience with previous Samsung notes.
The earpiece speaker is also the best I have experienced for my particular hearing loss, especially when set to the setting that gives clear sounding voices during calls.
This is exactly what I hope for every time I get a new phone and I seem to have finally found it.
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:good: Good for you sir.
I posted about this in the V20 Q&A section, but this is the same topic so I thought I'd drop my two cents in here. The speaker on my LG G5 blows my V20's speaker out of the water and it's kind of disappointing because I love everything else about the phone over the G5 (both phones are the T-Mobile variants btw). Watching videos is fine on the V20, but music is a no-go. I could fill the room with surprisingly clear and deep sound with my G5, but the V20's speaker when it comes to music playback sounds like it's being filtered through a dense mesh