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I had used before HTCHD2 . HTC Mozart 7. HTC Desire HD. HTC sensation XE, HTC one, HTC Droid Dna, now HTC Butterfly S
In my experience the sound quality best ever is Droid DNA, beats audio and deep bass very effective and clear.
i noticed in Butterfly S the bass not deep enough and the beats audio on and off almost same a very little different when turn off and on the beats audio in butterfly s in comparison with Droid DNA, besides when i turn on the X-Wide in jet audio making a little distortion, in Droid Dna no problem and very clear.
Usually am listen to music by connecting the phone in car audio system with amplifier and big sup woofer.
Anybody experience the Droid Dna sound Quality and the butterfly s.?
If any suggestion or solution please inform me.
Thanks
hmm, the DNA's DAC has a bit less dynamic range than the Butterfly s, so it may give a more "harder" sound. According to tests done by GSMArena the Butterfly s has a higher dynamic range and less IMD (a bit more THD though), so theoretically its sound quality should be "better." However, you're used to a more bassy sound you may not like it.
What volume are you listening at? Using the stock music app, volume levels above 11/15 can sound distorted using In-Ear headphones. See this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2423846
Using third-party players like PowerAMP can fix this at some higher volumes but there is an occasional clicking that occurs (similar to skipping on old Android Phones.)
Maybe give PowerAMP a try because when I used JetAudio on my HTC One X+, some of the enhancements distorted a bit.
If you don't want any clicking, I think stock player is the only one that works as it seems to use a different audio thread. (you can't use any equalizer app with it)
FYL21 said:
hmm, the DNA's DAC has a bit less dynamic range than the Butterfly s, so it may give a more "harder" sound. According to tests done by GSMArena the Butterfly s has a higher dynamic range and less IMD (a bit more THD though), so theoretically its sound quality should be "better." However, you're used to a more bassy sound you may not like it.
What volume are you listening at? Using the stock music app, volume levels above 11/15 can sound distorted using In-Ear headphones. See this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2423846
Using third-party players like PowerAMP can fix this at some higher volumes but there is an occasional clicking that occurs (similar to skipping on old Android Phones.)
Maybe give PowerAMP a try because when I used JetAudio on my HTC One X+, some of the enhancements distorted a bit.
If you don't want any clicking, I think stock player is the only one that works as it seems to use a different audio thread. (you can't use any equalizer app with it)
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Thanks For Reply yeh i agree with you usually i listen to music by connecting the mobile in audio system car with amplifier and sub woofer actually droid dna in jet audio is better then Butterfly s deeper bass ,but butterfly s in pwoeramp is better then droid dna.
big thanks for your advise .
Hello guys!
I want to buy this phone but the sound recording quality is importante for me. I´ll record meetings and, sometimes, from about 3 or 4 meters...
Can anyone say if the sound recording quality is good? My question is becuase it is waterproof... maybe it will make the recording quality below average?
Thanks!
luizlee86 said:
Hello guys!
I want to buy this phone but the sound recording quality is importante for me. I´ll record meetings and, sometimes, from about 3 or 4 meters...
Can anyone say if the sound recording quality is good? My question is becuase it is waterproof... maybe it will make the recording quality below average?
Thanks!
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It really depends.
I've seen some people say that it was bad (according to their opinion)
But I've also seen that said there was nothing wrong with it.
The Z3C has 3 recording settings (in terms of sound)
Silent, normal, concert (something like that) so I guess you'll have to play around with those to see which fits the occasion best.
Here are 2 random videos I found, And in my opinion the sound isn't bad. Based on my own experience it's not bad either, but I'm not you, you need to judge it by yourself.
I'd say go to a store if possible and just record some stuff. (Please note that the Z3C doesn't come with a build in sound recorder app so you'll need to get one from Play)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by1-eWLeoII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whCrfYj5vH0
My experience so far is based on two scenarios.. Concert and alarm test messages. Both are absolutely great in quality! Using sonys audio recorder to even record stereo audio.
Sent with my Sony Xperia Z3 Compact with Tapatalk Pro
I have not done extensive testing regarding sound, yet, but from what I have done I am impressed with the default sound. It has a wide sound stage, but very clear. However, I have recently purchased Sony's STM10U Stereo Microphone which works on the Z3 devices. There is also Sony's audio recorder app that works with this mic to download.
It really adds a studio type control, blocking out all external sounds, providing a more focused sound. Great for concerts. Comes with a wind cover which is handy for blustery days. This way, I have all my sound options covered.
luizlee86 said:
Hello guys!
I want to buy this phone but the sound recording quality is importante for me. I´ll record meetings and, sometimes, from about 3 or 4 meters...
Can anyone say if the sound recording quality is good? My question is becuase it is waterproof... maybe it will make the recording quality below average?
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If you record regularly I'd suggest investing in a decent mini microphone that plugs into the headphone jack. I find the built in mic no better or worse than other phones I've had, but have not done any detailed comparison.
I have found the sound quality absolutely perfect with the Z3C!!!
I play in a band and have always been jealous of how well my friends iPhones have been able to record our band practices. My z3 compact is loads, loads better than my galaxy nexus or HTC hd2 but still not as even good as the iPhone 4 I'm afraid when it comes to recording at very loud volumes.
I'm also using the Sony audio recorder. It works well but the files are massive and can only be saved on internal memory.
Hello
I would like the Z1 buy but can I read nothing about the volume in ears . I'll nähmlich from HTC One M7 and there is the output very loud , could somebodies of the device has test as it is loud about in ears .
Thank you
Mathias27 said:
Hello
I would like the Z1 buy but can I read nothing about the volume in ears . I'll nähmlich from HTC One M7 and there is the output very loud , could somebodies of the device has test as it is loud about in ears .
Thank you
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The quality is really good with good bass and it's also pretty loud.
I'm impressed.
Hi there, i have the Zuk Z1 since yesterday, I came from a Nexus 4 and I can tell the audio chip/DAC of the Z1 is really good for a phone ! Compared to my N⁴, there's a HUUUUGE difference in stereo image, dynamics and the amping is very good (nearly 2× more volume on the Z1). I wasn't waiting for so much
For information, I own a 450€ audio interface (SPL Crimson) for my music production and listening which has very good preamps and converters + an AKG Y55 headphones (and monitoring speakers for music production) so I guess you can trust me when I say that the Z1 has a really good audio chip/DAC for a phone ^^
Cheers
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Hi there, i have the Zuk Z1 since yesterday, I came from a Nexus 4 and I can tell the audio chip/DAC of the Z1 is really good for a phone ! Compared to my N⁴, there's a HUUUUGE difference in stereo image, dynamics and the amping is very good (nearly 2× more volume on the Z1). I wasn't waiting for so much
For information, I own a 450€ audio interface (SPL Crimson) for my music production and listening which has very good preamps and converters + an AKG Y55 headphones (and monitoring speakers for music production) so I guess you can trust me when I say that the Z1 has a really good audio chip/DAC for a phone ^^
Cheers
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What kind of music do you produce?
Im a producer as well. Drum n bass, crossbred, hardcore and sometimes dubstep.
@MUG3NHC Nice to meet some others music producers ^^ I would like to hear what you're doing
Personnaly, I often blend Rock elements (Guitars & Bass) with Electronic music. As now I've tried Drum'n'Bass (which I do really like), standard EDM/Dance music, Dubstep, Glitch, Dark Ambient, Progressive Rock, Metal, Funk, etc... ^^ my latest production (work still in progress) is more EDM related (I wanted to try something different, with a more mainstream approach, still it combines dance with glitch and dubstep but also one very discrete rock guitar and bass ^^)
Link here : http://picosong.com/SD8N/
Dirac power sound included according to Dirac (but not mentioned by zuk in specification plus dedicated noise cancelling earphones via usb type c will appear as aftermarket item).
The Chinese launch was accompanied by a music box gift so there seems to be some focus on the audio quality. I can't find any specific details of the DAC though (in the same way that xiaomi and letv advertise HiFi audio and dedicated processor).
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@MUG3NHC Nice to meet some others music producers ^^ I would like to hear what you're doing
Personnaly, I often blend Rock elements (Guitars & Bass) with Electronic music. As now I've tried Drum'n'Bass (which I do really like), standard EDM/Dance music, Dubstep, Glitch, Dark Ambient, Progressive Rock, Metal, Funk, etc... ^^ my latest production (work still in progress) is more EDM related (I wanted to try something different, with a more mainstream approach, still it combines dance with glitch and dubstep but also one very discrete rock guitar and bass ^^)
Link here : http://picosong.com/SD8N/
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To be honest, your tune is a little bit too dancy for me.
Matter of taste tho.
I've got a lot of tunes on my pc, but a lot of them aren't mixed, so i only have 3 on my soundcloud atm:
https://m.soundcloud.com/pur3h8
@MUG3NHC i do really like your music called Night Rain, great ambience
I told you this last song I shared was more dancy/mainstream than what I usually do ^^ Here's an old production of mine which is a more ambient track (on my YouTube channel) : http://youtu.be/gUd10n92jL8
How is the speaker audio-quality compared to something like HTC One devices?
Is the DAC & AMP somewhere near the quality of the HTC 10, LG V20 or Axon 7?
Regards Forsaked
I can only compare to the iPhone 6S.
The speaker of the P10 is a bit louder, but on the loudest setting it sounds a bit distorted or overdriven. When I set 2 steps down it sounds like the iPhone 6S in direct comparison. The loudest setting is good for ringtones and they sound really well, if you don't have songs like metal or trance as ringtone.
With headphones (Beyerdynamics DT-770) and some FLAC files I couldn't hear any differences.
Pocketnow made an audio review for the P10.
https://youtu.be/jBzEmOhfcSU
The loudness of headphone output is 1/3 of iphone 7, 40% quieter than Galaxy S7. Not very loud. Both Phonearena and GSMarena confirm this.
I can confirm that the sound in P10 is very nice in Bowers and Wilkins P5 jack.
If you run flacs and Hi-Res Audio its very nice. Blutooth in AAC is also nice.
The Sound in P10 is designed by Hardan Kardon and the DAC is made of Yamaha Commercial Audio
It is well enough loud, if you use the Huawei music app you must run DTS.
Its pros is rock, blues, vokal, acoustic, jazz, funk etc... The sound is egaging, dynamic, detailed and lively better than iphone 4S, and other mobiles ive tried. The phones strongest audio card is something called SEPARATION, between instruments, that is simply outstanding. You hear details of what drum it is, clear vokal, and all the instruments is well placed in a room.
Classical sounds nice, but is not its strongest card, it could have more clarity and focused details..
If your are a Beats head, that damage your ears with hiphop, Skrillex and tekno at high volume, maybe your not satisfyed.
I cranked House of Pain Jump around in Poweramp, and that sounded nice.
HTC 10 should on the papers have better audio sound tho.
But I want to know if the Huawei P10 is ready with drivers to connect a Dac via USB for example Dragonfly.
I ask this because alot of other people wants to know the same.
Works with ESS chipset in the B&O modular for the LG G5.
I prefer to disable DTS. Nice sound but the volume is a little lover than Htc
I just want to give my opinion on this:
I have both the Axon 7 and the P10 Plus and I must say that output is better in the P10 Plus, and I don't understand why.
I don't know what kind of sorcery does DTS mode, but it pumps the sound in a really nice way.
When you disable DTS, Axon 7 sounds better in HiFi res.
Probably is because there is no way to use the AKM DAC on the Axon 7 with a proper equalization, so even when the sound is good, it can't be used along the Dolby Atmos feature. Dolby Atmos only kicks in when using the speakers, or if you want to use it with headphones, it will automatically change to Snapdragon DAC. So far there is no way to use Atmos and the AKM dac together.
I'm using Sony XBA-H1 which I find pretty decent earbuds to test this.
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Its Confirmed by Huawei that P10 use the latest Hi6403 soundchip (typical with Kirin960) that supports Hi-Rez
Its rumoured that Harman Kardon, and Yamaha Commercial Audio group has worked on the sound in P10
It's just to bad that the amplifier is to weak. It makes the volume lower than the competitors.
ClausG76 said:
It's just to bad that the amplifier is to weak. It makes the volume lower than the competitors.
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I don't know, but this P10 Plus sounds better than my Axon 7, and is supposed that Axon 7 is the best audio phone.
Activating DTS make everything more punchier and richier.
The Audio quality is great. But the low volume might be because of some EU regulations.
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The Audio quality is great. But the low volume might be because of some EU regulations.
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Problem is that we don't have a way to equalize the output using the high quality dog, because as long as we turn on Dolby Atmos, it changes to Qualcomm one.
Is a pity we don't have a stock or default equalizer besides Dolby Atmos, because is useless if we want the best quality out of the headphone jack.
I don't know if this trick or a simualy trick works
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/guide-increase-headset-volume-t3624236
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I don't know if this trick or a simualy trick works
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/guide-increase-headset-volume-t3624236
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Is not only about the volume, but more of the equalization, and no trick can help with that.
Galaxo60 said:
Is not only about the volume, but more of the equalization, and no trick can help with that.
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Poweramp?
Just hoping that beta testing is done soon for Hi rez audio version...
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But I want to know if the Huawei P10 is ready with drivers to connect a Dac via USB for example Dragonfly.
I ask this because alot of other people wants to know the same.
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Just connect and Play... I use a dragonfly Red, and It works fine
Have no problems with volume on my Sony 100 headphones jack and Poweramp or Sony music player Hi-rez
But sad not Poweramp has Hi-Rez support for Hua yet....
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Have no problems with volume on my Sony 100 headphones jack and Poweramp or Sony music player Hi-rez
But sad not Poweramp has Hi-Rez support for Hua yet....
Using stock music player with my Trinity Master IEM (2BA drivers, 1 dynamic) and it has the best sound output so far among my existing devices (xiaomi mi3, nexus 5, oppo f1s). The sound is crisp and full. With DTS, everything sounds louder but more artificial.
Has anyone tried to check if Hi-Fi works in any of the custom ROMs released?
It is one of the deciding factors for me to buy this phone. Even if it's possible later on to include in custom ROMs, that'll be awesome.
May I ask does hifi works in another music player like poweramp..??
penglengpung said:
May I ask does hifi works in another music player like poweramp..??
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I tried it out in a friend's k20 pro [untouched MIUI Rom].
There is a difference while enabling hi-fi mode in system settings and also in Poweramp settings. Enabling both will make a noticeable difference. Won't get loud as LG v30 but the output seems to me is clear and much better than average.
Does anyone know if it works yet?
I have this phone and audio of this phone if just okayish.. my redmi note 3 was wayyyy superior than this phone's audio..
soni.durgesh0094 said:
I have this phone and audio of this phone if just okayish.. my redmi note 3 was wayyyy superior than this phone's audio..
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Maybe check your settings? Cause audio output is far better than Redmi note 3's audio output, (but still behind LG v20).
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Maybe check your settings? Cause audio output is far better than Redmi note 3's audio output, (but still behind LG v20).
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Can u please send screenshot of audio setting you are using and which earphones u r using ?? I am using budget earphones like sony ex155ap, xb450ap, audio technica ath clr100 etc and with all of them budget earphones i find that audio of redmi note 3 is wayy superior. Both in speaker and 3.5mm jack.. audio of RN3 has crisp bass vocals and tribal and background instruments details.
soni.durgesh0094 said:
Can u please send screenshot of audio setting you are using and which earphones u r using ?? I am using budget earphones like sony ex155ap, xb450ap, audio technica ath clr100 etc and with all of them budget earphones i find that audio of redmi note 3 is wayy superior. Both in speaker and 3.5mm jack.. audio of RN3 has crisp bass vocals and tribal and background instruments details.
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First of all, hope you have some quality audio files with you because no amount of good hardware can compensate for that. Check Headphones and Audio effects section in settings if hi-fi audio is enabled.
I use Poweramp as my music player. I'll be attaching screenshots audio related settings of the app (also select hi-res audio for aux input).
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First of all, hope you have some quality audio files with you because no amount of good hardware can compensate for that. Check Headphones and Audio effects section in settings if hi-fi audio is enabled.
I use Poweramp as my music player. I'll be attaching screenshots audio related settings of the app (also select hi-res audio for aux input).
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Dear i use mp3 files as i have more than 2200 songs in my phone so i cant download that much of FLAC files as mp3 is commonly used files. Moreover i have tried lgv20, iphone 6, poco f1, redmi note 3, 4, 5pro, MI A1 etc and with budget earphones and mp3 files (even retro songs of 1960s 1970s years) RN3 plays them soooooo good even with stock music players.. if you haven't tried yet please try.. i enable mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile as mi earbuds profile gives background instruments details of songs mp3 and YouTube also
And on which ROM u r on k20 pro as indian global rom has bug of broken equaliser on Google play music (please confirm if you too have)
Also on mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile and EQ in such a way that bass bars at 20% height, vocals at 30% height and tribal bars at 40% height.. my RN3, 4 and all other Xiaomi phones as i stated above give sooo loud and crisp audio with those budget earphones (sony ex155ap, xb450ap etc) that u can hardly listen it on max volume but at those same setting and files even at max volume k20 pro sounds too low.. weak in bass vocals and tribal in all department...
Please practically try Redmi note 3 if you can..
Rn3 and k20 pro both have hifi audio but rn3 do not have expressly hifi audio option as there is in k20 pro does this mean unlike rn3, k20 pro compulsory require flac or heavy files and costly earphone so enjoy audio which anyhow be enjoyed with rn3 with mp3 and budget earphones...
I am not happy with audio of k20 pro..
I can go with costly earphone but replacing and finding flac files is not possible in india for 2200 songs.
Please guide
I've used RN3 in the past. Not much to write home about in the audio front . You'll need something better than the earphones you currently own. But if your satisfied with the output, no need to buy new ones.
What I suggest is that you tinker around with the EQ as that will give you sound you desire.
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Dear i use mp3 files as i have more than 2200 songs in my phone so i cant download that much of FLAC files as mp3 is commonly used files. Moreover i have tried lgv20, iphone 6, poco f1, redmi note 3, 4, 5pro, MI A1 etc and with budget earphones and mp3 files (even retro songs of 1960s 1970s years) RN3 plays them soooooo good even with stock music players.. if you haven't tried yet please try.. i enable mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile as mi earbuds profile gives background instruments details of songs mp3 and YouTube also
And on which ROM u r on k20 pro as indian global rom has bug of broken equaliser on Google play music (please confirm if you too have)
Also on mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile and EQ in such a way that bass bars at 20% height, vocals at 30% height and tribal bars at 40% height.. my RN3, 4 and all other Xiaomi phones as i stated above give sooo loud and crisp audio with those budget earphones (sony ex155ap, xb450ap etc) that u can hardly listen it on max volume but at those same setting and files even at max volume k20 pro sounds too low.. weak in bass vocals and tribal in all department...
Please practically try Redmi note 3 if you can..
Rn3 and k20 pro both have hifi audio but rn3 do not have expressly hifi audio option as there is in k20 pro does this mean unlike rn3, k20 pro compulsory require flac or heavy files and costly earphone so enjoy audio which anyhow be enjoyed with rn3 with mp3 and budget earphones...
I am not happy with audio of k20 pro..
I can go with costly earphone but replacing and finding flac files is not possible in india for 2200 songs.
Please guide
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well i use House of Marley Smile Jamaica Earphones and i find the Audio output to be Excellent via headphone jack. I Listen a lots of indian music via Gaana app.
PS i already have Redmi Note 4 and i find this device gives better output not sure abot RN3 though.
If you really an Audio Freak then try out ViperFX it will give superior output even with Budget Earphones
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well i use House of Marley Smile Jamaica Earphones and i find the Audio output to be Excellent via headphone jack. I Listen a lots of indian music via Gaana app.
PS i already have Redmi Note 4 and i find this device gives better output not sure abot RN3 though.
If you really an Audio Freak then try out ViperFX it will give superior output even with Budget Earphones
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Yes dear .. i too have used rn4 and rn3 also but rn3 audio is on different level.. to each of my frnd i make comparisons to for both phone's audio.. everyone says that rn3 sounds better and loud.. i have sent many feedbacks and mails also to Mi.. Lets see how quick they fix it
It is great, I have some reasonably good KZ IEM and they just sound great with hi-fi mode, was surprised by the details and quality, at last listening to tracks in Tidal with hi-fi/master subscription was very noticeable, I plan to test some amps, there is some reviews talking about THD on high volumes, but in term simply of volume, honestly the phone output is strong, I cannot endure 3 seconds with 100% volume, but maybe it is just KZ, they are somewhat easy to manage.
Va2c said:
Has anyone tried to check if Hi-Fi works in any of the custom ROMs released?
It is one of the deciding factors for me to buy this phone. Even if it's possible later on to include in custom ROMs, that'll be awesome.
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The hifi DAC on the K20 Pro doesn't make a lot of difference.
I have a Pocophone and the both sound exactly the same.
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The hifi DAC on the K20 Pro doesn't make a lot of difference.
I have a Pocophone and the both sound exactly the same.
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Put on a good pair or headphones or IEMs (not $10-$20 bassy earphones) and use Tidal or Deezer and you will see the difference night and day. I have used Poco F1 as well and the audio output through the 3.5mm jack is way better on K20 pro due to the superior DAC used on it.
soni.durgesh0094 said:
Dear i use mp3 files as i have more than 2200 songs in my phone so i cant download that much of FLAC files as mp3 is commonly used files. Moreover i have tried lgv20, iphone 6, poco f1, redmi note 3, 4, 5pro, MI A1 etc and with budget earphones and mp3 files (even retro songs of 1960s 1970s years) RN3 plays them soooooo good even with stock music players.. if you haven't tried yet please try.. i enable mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile as mi earbuds profile gives background instruments details of songs mp3 and YouTube also
And on which ROM u r on k20 pro as indian global rom has bug of broken equaliser on Google play music (please confirm if you too have)
Also on mi sound enhancer with mi earbuds profile and EQ in such a way that bass bars at 20% height, vocals at 30% height and tribal bars at 40% height.. my RN3, 4 and all other Xiaomi phones as i stated above give sooo loud and crisp audio with those budget earphones (sony ex155ap, xb450ap etc) that u can hardly listen it on max volume but at those same setting and files even at max volume k20 pro sounds too low.. weak in bass vocals and tribal in all department...
Please practically try Redmi note 3 if you can..
Rn3 and k20 pro both have hifi audio but rn3 do not have expressly hifi audio option as there is in k20 pro does this mean unlike rn3, k20 pro compulsory require flac or heavy files and costly earphone so enjoy audio which anyhow be enjoyed with rn3 with mp3 and budget earphones...
I am not happy with audio of k20 pro..
I can go with costly earphone but replacing and finding flac files is not possible in india for 2200 songs.
Please guide
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You realise MP3 audios are for casual listening, not for audiophiles. You will never be able to understand the difference when using mp3 files and cheap earphones. Even if you buy an external DAC, you would still find it similar to your RN3 which uses regular/normal DAC.
Va2c said:
Has anyone tried to check if Hi-Fi works in any of the custom ROMs released?
It is one of the deciding factors for me to buy this phone. Even if it's possible later on to include in custom ROMs, that'll be awesome.
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HIFI DAC is a hardware chip and has nothing to do with software.