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Is it just me or is the speaker really crappy?

I was wondering if anyone else noticed, but when I put a call on speaker the sound that comes out of it is really really crappy...
Is there *any* way this could somehow be improved, without changing the speaker itself?
The voices sound totally metallic and screeching like this
Turning down the volume doesn't really help, cause then I can't hear the voices at all....
What is your experience with this?

So it's just me...?

I read here on Xda some similar opinions.....

Ildefonse said:
So it's just me...?
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Nope mine is the same, it really does suck..sounds far too tinny...

me too and I was pretty disappointed when I listened to music via the headset too, no bass and low volume, at least with the Windows Media Player, maybe TCPMP does better.

webvan said:
me too and I was pretty disappointed when I listened to music via the headset too, no bass and low volume, at least with the Windows Media Player, maybe TCPMP does better.
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This is definitely a bug, in the middle of playing a song, switch the Audio Booster OFF, then unplug and replug the headphones, then switch the Audio Booster back on. Problem solved.
On another note, the supplied headphones aren't that great anyway. I'm waiting for a USB to 3.5mm audio adapter in the mail, and then I will test the bass with some proper headphones. But do try my suggestion above as it does fix the bass issue. Only problem is you will find yourself doing that fix a lot! The problem will reoccur eventually.

Thanks, actually I hadn't even thought of trying the "Audio Booster", why the heck do you need that anyway ?! SRS Wow I can understand being optional, but that ?
I have a 3.5" adapter handing around from my Kaiser will try it with better headphones, but the Touch Dual had decent sound with the supplied headset. I think it was a different player though, HTC Player ? Where did that go !

f'course the speakers suck big time. It ain't a Sony Ericsson though!
using an MP3/WAV as ring tone is a disaster, so better stick to the on-board electronic high treble midi tones.
HTC had only 1 device made in the last years with good sound: Atom life with double stereo speakers if I am not mistaken.
my Tytn II sounds better in all aspects and that was neither a glory.

I am starting to think that mine sucks more than average now. Even the regular tones that come with the phone really really suck.
And putting a conversation on speaker, well that just sounds like talking through 2 cans with a wire in between them.

"Is it just me or is the speaker really crappy?"
What do u expect from something this small?

webvan said:
me too and I was pretty disappointed when I listened to music via the headset too, no bass and low volume, at least with the Windows Media Player, maybe TCPMP does better.
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Thats because Diamond has a low-pass filter that effectively cuts low frequencies from sound output.
To what purpose, I have no idea. But thats a sad fact.
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(frequency response graph courtesy of gsmarena.com)

if you want to play music
get a ipod
if you want a phone...get a diamond

adesonic said:
What do u expect from something this small?
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I expect the speakerphone to at least be useable. It's so bad that the option shouldn't even be there on the phone. If I'd known it was this bad I wouldn't have bought the phone in the first place as this feature is quite important to me.
I expect the speakerphone (and general call quality) to at least be as good as other phones of similar size (Nokia, Sony Ericsson etc).
I expect the battery to last more than 12 hours with direct push turned on.
I expect to be flamed for writing this by people who are happy with their phone because they don't need this and that function.
I expect I'll be replacing my phone with something that works well as soon as I can afford to.

wow thats a lot of expectations!
most people use forums like these to determine what is good & what is crap BEFORE they make the big commitment.

Headphones! which to buy?

Hello, I have HTC HD2 with Android MIUI on board. And I wanted to get new headphones, because the only headphones, that i have alive, are my old Phillips (5 years)
So can someone help me ?
1. i need them to be in-ear
2. they have to work with my phone
3. they must have flat wire
4. them must have L-shaped plug
I found only 2 headphones, that are OK with me, but i never head about 1 of them.
What i found: Beats Tour and a-Jays, but Beats don't have L-shaped plug, so i am sure, that they will die after month of using.
a-Jays have several versions, from one to four.Four was designed to fit iPhone, but it has all i need, so will it work with my HTC HD2?
Here are a-Jays four:
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And here are Beats Tour:

I'd try to find answers at : headfi.org . But don't forget to bring back your conclusions about your pick !

Get the aJays, I'm getting myself one soon.
Although they hinted that the headphones will work with the HD2 along with the buttons, they weren't direct. Here is their reply:
>Dear Faris,
Sorry for the lateness of our reply, it is vacation time in Sweden.
The product is design specifically for Apple’s own products and that is what we recommend you use it for. However, whilst some of the features (like answer calls / pause and play music etc.) might work with other devices, we have decided not to market it in this way.
Hope it answer your question.
Kind regards,
JAYS Support
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Ämne: Will the a-Jays Four work with other smartphones?
Hello,
I'm contacting you regarding your product, a-JAYS Four. It says it was designed to fit and work with the iPhone, iPod and the iPad. Could it work with other phones like the HTC HD2 ?
And How will the buttons be functioning?
Thanks in advance.
looking forward to hearing from you.

Get these, them satisfy all your requirements except the flat cable and they have awesome SQ and are very well made.
http://www.amazon.com/Brainwavz-ProAlpha-Ear-Headphones-Lovers/dp/B004JHVJ5A

Can I buy anywhere BOSE on a good price?

Hands down the Astro A*Stars. These are what I use on a daily basis, they're built for gaming, and work well on my PS3 as well (with their amplifier it does amazing surround sound), but they really pump on the HD2. I should note that I get my best performance from MIUI Music as well (I switch ROMs frequently), even though I love CM7, the MIUI music player (or try Uber Music) is noticeably clearer with these headphones and a few other I've tried. The in-line controls work well for play/pause on any ROM, volume controls are excellent, and I have literally stood in front of a fan and used them to make phone calls with total clarity. The mic is wind-shielded. My only wish for the product would be a skip button as well.

spark75 said:
Can I buy anywhere BOSE on a good price?
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The lowest price on a BOSE headset is $80 at Sam's Club. Check this link out
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=prod2090595&pid=CSE_Froogle&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=sku2017636

i got my in-ears from deal-extreme, they come for $1.80 so even if they break its no big deal..
Quality really isnt bad at all.

I have the Shure SE 215. For me they are really perfect and sound awesome.
But it depends on what kind of music you like. Do you want much bass or is the clarity important.
On head-fi.org forum you can get some really good advice for in-ear monitors. They helped me to.

Dear, I have these headphones:Sennheiser HD 201
Good Sound!

Hello,
I would go for beats.

I use "Sony MDR-XB40EX" head set.
It's in ear, flat cable, L shape 3.5mm jack.
I love extra bass

I've got myself an AKG K370 and the sound is amazin... mic is perfect... Beats by Dre mb the brand but AKG is quality!

genuinecrazy said:
I've got myself an AKG K370 and the sound is amazin... mic is perfect... Beats by Dre mb the brand but AKG is quality!
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Does the remote functions work ?

It haz no volume controls only a mic button, i control volume by phone...
And yes mic button picks up phone and the mic quality is darn good!

genuinecrazy said:
It haz no volume controls only a mic button, i control volume by phone...
And yes mic button picks up phone and the mic quality is darn good!
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I saw k370 on sale with play/skip/pause remote along with mic/mic-button !

Sennheiser MM 550 ! Ownage

Skull candy for sure is what I use.
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Anything Shure and you're making a great choice IMO
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htc hd2 fits good with beats mod active with cx300-II

Nexus 7 sound fix does work

Hi I have bought a nexus 7 32GB and was disgusted at the distortion on the speaker not just with music but it also distorted with voice on some you tube videos. I googled the problem and found it was common. someone mentioned a fix using a free equalizer download on the play store as its just a case of too much low frequency being put through the speaker and this can be adjusted using the equalizer.
Just search and download equalizer from the play store once installed follow the instructions to set it as your default audio setting. Below is how I set my equalizer bars to remove the distortion ...
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I tryed this fix and it works perfectly now at full volume. I hope this helps someone
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Which equalizer did you go for. There are lots of them.

michaelkenward said:
Which equalizer did you go for. There are lots of them.
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If you looked for it on the Play Store, rather than being lazy. You would see its the FIRST result...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS5zbWFydGFuZHJvaWRhcHBzLmVxdWFsaXplciJd
Look at this screenshot, then look at theirs... was that hard?
Sheesh.

i had a simillar issue and sent the nexus back from repair, the repair report said the speaker module was goosed so they fitted a new one and its perfect now at all volumes..

micks_address said:
i had a simillar issue and sent the nexus back from repair, the repair report said the speaker module was goosed so they fitted a new one and its perfect now at all volumes..
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I wish they'd send them out for self-repair, it'd take 5 minutes to swap it. Meh.

Mine doesn't distort - it's simply just not loud enough.

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Mine doesn't distort - it's simply just not loud enough.
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Same here no distortion just very under powered

The thing with equalizer is that it doesn't solves the problem, you just stop using frequencies which are causing the distortion. The solution is to return faulty N7 and get new one.
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Btw. I can hear significant distortion even by playing stock notification sound
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d.-.k said:
The thing with equalizer is that it doesn't solves the problem, you just stop using frequencies which are causing the distortion. The solution is to return faulty N7 and get new one.
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Btw. I can hear significant distortion even by playing stock notification sound
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I doubt it's a QA/assembly problem, rather just really daft design on the speakers. ie: A return is unlikely to fix it, unless the problem with the design has been fixed.
This workaround might work... but i don't want Yet Another App running. It'd be nice if Android had one built in, but IMO it's not useful if I can't switch automatically when I plug in headphones or such, as I don't want to switch back and forth. Perhaps there's another app like this one that will do it, but didn't see anything in the market that obviously did it anyway.

It is only a workaround and its best to send your nexus back and have it properly repaired or replaced but it does solve the problem in the short term but with a slight loss of volume. The nexus we have here is my girlfriends and she uses it more for shopping then anything else so sounds not a major issue.
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ynrozturk said:
Mine doesn't distort - it's simply just not loud enough.
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Ditto.
I was fortunate enough to receive a Nexus 7 as a gift from a rep, but was shocked at how quiet the max volume was in comparison to my Tab 2 7". It's literally about half the volume (probably not even that really.) Not good for a device that's ideal for all sorts of multimedia applications. I use my Tab all the time for movie watching, background music while working on a project and as an alarm clock. I'm scared to trust the Nexus with alarm duties as I might not even hear it!
I'm past my rooting/rom'ing years (don't have the time nor want to fiddle with that anymore) and it looks like the volume booster apps that used to work for the Nexus 7 no longer work since 4.2. Has the sound always been this quiet (and relied on volume boosting apps or rooting as a fix?) Just trying to decide if I'm going to keep this thing.

[Q] recording with external Microphone to enable stereo sound , is it possible ?

Hello ,
i need to get HD stereo sound for my recorded videos
i was thinking about using external camera mic like this one
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this one used for the digital cameras as you know
anyone tested it yet ?
is it working with the camera to get some HD sound as the videos ?
help please

Anyone help ?

I'm not sure what you're asking here, stock roms already have stereo audio recordings in them (although last time I checked the left and right channels were swapped). Plugging in an external Mic should use the external Mic for recording but it won't be stereo, as far as I know.
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i don't think it's the needed quality .. i mean HD sound like the digital cams
i already tried the vid recording with my note 2
i found it's almost same as Galaxy s 2 .. not very good sound quality

MamomaN said:
i don't think it's the needed quality .. i mean HD sound like the digital cams
i already tried the vid recording with my note 2
i found it's almost same as Galaxy s 2 .. not very good sound quality
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external mics should perform better but I don't think you'll be able to record stereo audio with them. Maybe if the external Mic is a stereo one, but I'm not sure.
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I guess mic records with stereo not mono sound
Any digital cam do that with the external mic
Anyone have external mic test it for us ?
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any help ?

no one having stereo camera mic can test it for us please ?

I can't offer any answers to the original question, but what are you trying to acomplish? To record stereo audio, you need two microphones with some seperation. Even if the external mics have two microphones in one package you are not going to achieve much in the way of stereo sound. You need physical seperation off the microphones in order to record in "stereo". Too close together and you get basically the same signal on both mics which would give you basically the same results as a mono mic.
Good Luck!
Jason

simply , i need HD sound same as the digital cameras
because the sound of the vid record with the mobile is very bad sound while there's a good image
no need to get a digital camera if i got this quality of the sound " in my case "
can i do it with a normal external camera stereo mic like the one i posted the photo above ?

I'm not sure how the phone deals with external mics which aren't part of a headset as I've never used them, but plugging in my headset makes it use the external mic on the headset when recording video/audio.
Also the galaxy camera is fine using external mics, so I'd imagine the note 2 works with them too.
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D3_ said:
I'm not sure how the phone deals with external mics which aren't part of a headset as I've never used them, but plugging in my headset makes it use the external mic on the headset when recording video/audio.
Also the galaxy camera is fine using external mics, so I'd imagine the note 2 works with them too.
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Yes i tried the stock headset that comes with the note 2 and it records
but i found the recorded sound is mono not stereo

maybe a usb mic or mic plus a usb dac would enable this, like other posters said if you want quality you probably want two mono mics

Hmmm .. Anyone having usb mic can test it
If sure it can record stereo tell me i will buy it
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Yes It's Possible, use the "Musereo Mono to Stereo Converter" software. i am provide to you a torrent

manish.t92 said:
Yes It's Possible, use the "Musereo Mono to Stereo Converter" software. i am provide to you a torrent
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Explain more please dear
What is this software ?
Is it editing tool to edit the sound after recording ?
And what kind of mic i could use to record at first ?
Explain more please
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anyone ?

it is converted your recorded mono sound to stereo sound...
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Explain more please dear
What is this software ?
Is it editing tool to edit the sound after recording ?
And what kind of mic i could use to record at first ?
Explain more please
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This app works with the audio files only
besides i need to know first can i record with the mic ?
We still waiting for anyone tested mic and works
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Just buy a cheap mic and find out.

[Q] Headphone & BT Sound Quality

Most threads here and across the 'net seem obsessed (probably correctly) with the Z3+ thermal issues. I cannot find any real analysis of the sound quality, either via headphones or BT.
I have three broad questions:
1. What is the impact of the new automatic headphone calibration system? Does it do anything useful?
2. How is the BT performance with apt-x headphones?
3. Anyone used LDAC with Sony headphones? If so, does it work well and does it sound demonstrably different with hires files?
I'm asking all these questions as I've recently 'upgraded' from a Z3 Compact to a LG G4. Found the sound quality from the Z3C pretty good, though had the occasional BT connection glitch. Not too fond so far of the LG G4's audio, and BT seems to have a weird issue with performance - a digital 'haze' when also connected with a Smartwatch. Just wanted to know what the Z3+ is like in audio terms, as I have only a few days left with my carrier to swap phones, and Z3+ is all I'm realistically considered. Not a fan of Samsung phones at all, and a removable SD card is key for me, so that rules out the S6 anyway.

academicbarzo said:
1. What is the impact of the new automatic headphone calibration system? Does it do anything useful?
2. How is the BT performance with apt-x headphones?
3. Anyone used LDAC with Sony headphones? If so, does it work well and does it sound demonstrably different with hires files?
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Now I am not an audiophile by any stretch of the word, but I do like my music to sound good.
That said, I can tell you that the apt-x headphones I used with my Z4 (Panasonic Backbeat Pro) sound absolutely amazing.
I have not given LDAC a try, but I know very little about it. It is for FLAC files over wireless, right?

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Now I am not an audiophile by any stretch of the word, but I do like my music to sound good.
That said, I can tell you that the apt-x headphones I used with my Z4 (Panasonic Backbeat Pro) sound absolutely amazing.
I have not given LDAC a try, but I know very little about it. It is for FLAC files over wireless, right?
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Its for HiRes fies, not just FLAC. Anything recorded beyond CD quality. Thanks for the comments.
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I'm a bit of an audiophile, but only when it comes to music production (metal music in particular).
That being said, the sound quality through headphones is amazing. I've been using either the Bose Noise Comfort 15, and the Quadbeats that my LG G4 came with, and I must say - I love the sound quality when ClearAudio+ is enabled.
The only downside to the audio aspect of the Z3+ is the fact that the speakers are horribly low. At their highest volume, they're not loud, and the phone vibrates a lot because of the sound. It's clear, but just very quiet. I'd be a bit hesitant with raising the max volume via root (not sure if that can be accomplished with this phone, but I did it with my G3) because the phone really does shake a lot.

I can only comment on the headphone output of the phone, I do not use speakerphone for anything but the occasional call and YT video. I wouldn't expect them to be anything decent, though I've found them to be adequate for my use. I'm coming from a Moto X (2013) for reference.
I'm no expert so take as you will. My brief listening experience with the phone has all been done with these suckers:
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Those are Alclair Reference CIEMs. Yea, they're badass. No, I do not have an amp between them and the phone, they are wired directly.
I've played 320kbps MP3s and Flac files. They all sound good, I notice no difference between this and the Moto X. I did however notice a slight difference when I enabled the Xperia smart sound (I think that's what it was called), it made the image stage a bit wider. Otherwise I found the sound to be as accurate as my previous phone, though I attribute that mostly to the headphones.