Hey y'all,
I've had my note 4 for a couple of weeks now and am decently satisfied with the phone (don't get me started on how laggy touchwiz is - waiting on L update). Anyway I'm having an issue with bluetooth that is driving me insane. My previous phone was a nexus 5 that I always paired with my car and my sony bluetooth headset. I had no audio quality issues and the sound was clean enough for bluetooth. I only play decently high quality music and have the ears to hear the difference in sound so after paring my note 4 to the same devices, the highs are very crackly and come through with ear piercing noise and the lows are mostly gone as I cannot hear the punchy bass anymore in songs. I then proceeded to turn off bluetooth then plugged in the device with an aux cable and to no surprise the sound quality increased tremendously. The bass of the song came through and the highs were perfectly clear.
I tried various songs of various quality, various music players (current is poweramp - always have had best quality music from it), but to no avail. Sound is still really bad quality. Other issues I've had is my plantronics bluetooth headset randomly transmitting white noise to my ears and to the person on the other end. This does not happen with an LG G3. And also my LG G watch tends to randomly disconnect for a minute or two when the phone is playing audio in the car over bluetooth (this doesn't change sound quality).
I've done some research about this issue and I've found some forums and people talking about the Note 3 having bad quality audio and that switching to an aosp rom fixed it since that switched the bluetooth stack from samsung to android/google. I've also seen someone noticing that the bitpool on the note 3 dropped significantly when playing music and having another device connected, however with or without my watch I still get low quality sound. So I've come to you guys. My phone is not rooted, knox counter is at 0x0 and I don't know what to do. I feel like this is a universal issue with the note 4 and the samsung bluetooth stack and am not sure how to tackle this problem. Let me know what you guys think or if you have a similar experience!
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I bought a pair of Sennheiser CX300 headphones for my HD2 and I started noticing an annoying background noise in every audio application (including games). The noise volume is constant so if the audio is below a certain level it starts becoming very noticeable. It is also strange that the noise continues for about a second even after stopping the audio. I tested the headphones with other devices and they work fine.
I wonder if anyone else has this problem with other headphones? Does this have anything to do with the impedance of the headphones (16 Ohm for the CX300)?
Hi, I also baught in-ear-headphones the day before yesterday, stood infront of the sennheiser ones you baught but took the Sony MDR-EX76LP instead.
When I tested them I didn't hear a background noise but was not really impressed by the sound.
I was used the in-ear headphones that came as headset of my Sony Ericsson W800i cellphone and they sound much better and also isolate the outer noise (much better in airplanes and so on). Also others can't hear what I'm listening to which is also nicer in the metro... Seems to be a feature for the new Sony headsets but is rather a bug for me...
So I build myself a new headset using the HTC headset with remote and mic and soldering the old sony ericsson in-ear headphones onto the remote. Works really nice... I also took pictures to write a HowTo and will upload them maybe later... Similar description...
There's a hissing/static noise whenever audio starts. If I pause it'll stop after a few seconds. Anyone know the cause of this?
I'm also interested in this. When I tried playing in my car, firstly I thought it could be software or some equalization problem. But, even deactivating all, that hiss continued so maybe it could be the quality of audio cable (quite poor).
Trying at home with a quite decent pair of earphones: Sennheiser IE8, I still can hear the hiss. It is much less hearable (suppose less amplification of sound, I've been listening music at maximum level to detect it), but also here.
I think there are only 2 possibilities: bad software/ROM implementation or defective/bad hardware. The defective hardware is rare, I've read some opinions and all say more or less the same... I expected some more quality of sound, and more if it comes from Sony...
Hi there!
TL\DR - Stock Nexus 6 Headphone jack produces noise\unclean audio when playing at low volume . A bit annoyed and wonder if i can do something about it.
First poster and a new user of Android in general, and I got myself a Nexus 6 as a first android phone. Love it so far.
Except for one minor issue.
My audio quality with the headphone jack is a bit strange.
It has background static when audio is playing low, or if there is a low audio portion of a song or video the headphones.
My old Iphone 4[yes, I used that crap for four years] had no problems with this.
I've tried a couple different headphones, but they both have the issue.
My main ones are a pair of Shure SE425 inear. So I hear everything crystal clear, including this annoying static.
I have very sensitive ears when it comes to audio and usually listen to music with "one bar" volume, sometimes two when watching something.
Is this a common issue?
My thoughts are that either the WiFi antenna or something similar is interfering, because the jack isn't shielded or something.
Might be some kind of decoding issue?
The phone is untuched with it comes to rooting or installing apps.
It's basically as stock as it can be.
Kind regards.
Despite my tinnitus (not caused by listening to loud events, etc.), I have sensitive ears, as well.
I have a Nexus 6 64GB running stock 5.1.1. My Sennheiser headphones (both portable and heavier monitoring types) don't exhibit this static you described, even at lowest audible level. This is for playing high quality MP3 files using PowerAmp, as a quick test.
What audio source are you using, please?
- ooofest
I have the same issue, after the recent update on 6.0.1
Audio Player used: Google Play Music and Blackplayer
Video Player: MX Player, VLC and Youtube.
The issue is same as the above since the recent update.
Been using jaybird bluebud X's on my S6 Edge for a while now, love them for the high audio quality. Then I picked up a Gear 2 Neo, connected it, and noticed my jaybirds were no longer producing the crisp clear sound they used too (highs are crackly and lows are muddy). I rebooted everything a few times, reconnected everything in different order, etc. Nothing really seemed to correct the issue reliably. A few times I got it all hooked up and it sounded good, but I couldn't reproduce it.
If I connect JUST the jaybirds, they sound just as good as ever. But as soon as I connect the watch, the headphones temporarily disconnect, then reconnect (sometimes they need a button push to reconnect), and the audio quality is poop.
Anyone have any ideas? Are there bluetooth settings on the devices that would allow me to force the high quality audio reliably? My assumption is the neo is pulling the audio quality of the jaybirds down since it has such a low quality speaker in it OR a second bluetooth device is stressing the antenna in the phone forcing it to not transmit at a high quality rate, but those are just my generally uneducated guesses.
:crying: PLEASE help this is such a deal breaker for the neo 2 as an every day wearable!
+1 on this. I have the same issue with a Neo 2. It happens with all bluetooth audio devices. My car bluetooth is choppy just transmitting voice. So much so that I can no longer talk hands free. I have Android wear on the watch now, but I also had the same issue with Tizen if I remember correctly. I may need to go back to Tizen to test.
Interesting. I've never had this happen to me. I have sometimes had issues connecting to other Bluetooth devices when I have my Gear 2 Neo connected, but never bad sound quality.
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+1 on this. I have the same issue with a Neo 2. It happens with all bluetooth audio devices. My car bluetooth is choppy just transmitting voice. So much so that I can no longer talk hands free. I have Android wear on the watch now, but I also had the same issue with Tizen if I remember correctly. I may need to go back to Tizen to test.
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I also had the same issue with Tizen. I was hoping going native android MIGHT fix it (i didn't have high hopes) but it didn't really impact this issue at all.
How are more people not talking about this though? Can people really just not tell the difference of the audio?
Not everyone has a android wear watch. I am noticing the same thing too. My audio will cut in and out through all songs and this only happens when my phone screen is off and I have both my Wear and headphones connected over bluetooth.
I'm wondering if the minimum CPU state isn't enough to push the audio and wear info. (I have V4A installed as well, and wondering if this is eating up cpu)
I can deal with the cutting in and out, that only happens to me when I connect/disconnect one of the two manually.
But this seems to impact the audio quality specifically, which is driving me nuts. The other day it was I a state where I actually heard the quality dip down for about 20s then back up. The highs get crackly and the mid get muddy.
This watch is about to be shelved so I can utilize my ear buds.
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Picked these up on Amazon for £70, main reason was level app gives all the function and tuning sound to suit plus the two speaker per earpiece design.
Cut to the chase stunning sound. I am picky with around 10 pairs of headphones ranging from Sony, Beats to AT. Also an ex audiophile coming from full on active Naim Audio system. Reason for mentioning that was the way Naim exerts grip, control, detail and ease rarely phased.
This sums up the headphones, never experienced this sort of deep controlled taut bass on headphones coupled with a clear midrange- normally one ruins the other.
The sound level when you attach the right size buds is shockingly loud - at max phone and headset zero distortion.
Plus you get all the notifications and crap s voice. Can take calls not tried says has two microphones.
Negatives, neck surround it very hard and stiff, ear buds do not totally seal and on my set BT occasionally disconnects but worst of all an ongoing BT skip every 15 - 30 seconds.
Hope I can solve the connectivity as even my cheap mpow have zero BT issues.
All that said an awesome headset.
Update: Reset the level U and unpaired, then repaired - all sorted NO BT connectivity issues, also have my Gear S2 and Car BT connected this morning.
Wore it to work, forgot I had it on as it was just hanging on my shoulders, realised when it vibrated (notifications).
Tried a few call, very good, I prefer to use it with 1 earpiece, mic quality (has 2) seems very good to the other party.
What about battery life?
Not really timed it but on a full charge 6 days ago have had 5hrs use in the app still shows more than half.
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i am experiencing the stuttering issues you were talking about instead i have samsung level pro how did you reset yours?
I have a problem. i have samsung s6 and level u, and while i'm talking some times i can't hear the other side the same him.
if i turn off bluetooth and the on everything is ok. it doesn;t lose the connection. do you know what problem is this??
with music listening i have no problem
pls help
As mentioned I had a skip issue but that was with my s2 watch and headphones after unpairing and repairing never been an issue.
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Hi
I have the samsumg level u pro anc . In my opinion i can say the sound is not the best
is normal like any other device .The anc version sorry to say this but it's garbage and the Uhd I don't see a big difference when is on or off . I had many bluetooth headsets and i can say for my the best bt headset was the motorola s9 a real HD sound after that the s10 and s11 they didn't have a sweet sound
btw. I have stuttering too I don't know if it's the headset or the samsung s7 .
I hope samsung gives a fix for this.
Bought the Level U Pro today
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I have the samsumg level u pro anc . In my opinion i can say the sound is not the best
is normal like any other device .The anc version sorry to say this but it's garbage and the Uhd I don't see a big difference when is on or off . I had many bluetooth headsets and i can say for my the best bt headset was the motorola s9 a real HD sound after that the s10 and s11 they didn't have a sweet sound
btw. I have stuttering too I don't know if it's the headset or the samsung s7 .
I hope samsung gives a fix for this.
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Bought this unit today and paired with Axon 7 Mini and instantly hated the sound and volume level.....of course i was driving away from the store and just had to try it. I immediately put the headset on my center console in my car and left it till i finished up my other activities and didn't touch it till i got home and downloaded the Level app from the play store. Pulled up reviews on amazon,and Headfi and saw people raving about the sound quality,put my laptop down and started going through my settings on the phone players(Neutron,Poweramp beta,and built in ZTE hi res player)......then setup Samsung Level app and changed the silicone tips to a set that fit my ears perfectly and then .....DAMN ! These things DO sound amazing. The quality of the drivers is beyond what i expected and the volume is just perfect....I love to crank it up,but my ears have been damaged through playing in live bands and crazy loud car stereos,and the volume was loud but not painfully so....These are keepers and sound great with the Dolby Atmos turned on. My two cents .....great deal when you find these now for $39.99