Is their anyway to install a audio apk to make the speakers louder on the G2
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cbdubz said:
Is their anyway to install a audio apk to make the speakers louder on the G2
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There are many EQs for android and some DSP software like beats audio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
Using an EQ can boast the volume of some music.
Lets go through a few things first however.
2 main things determine how loud something will sound.
The hardware, the speakers, the pre amp, the DAC and such.
You can't change this with any software
The volume of the audio file.
An audio file is at it's loudest when it's ~0dB. Most music is mastered to come close to this, although some aren't.
The best way to make all your audio as loud as it can be without sacrificing quality, is to use replay gain.
Most music players for android have replay gain as a function, how you use it is very much dependant on the player app, so you'd have to read a guide specific to your player.
The aim of replay gain is simple, it scans an audio file, finds it's highest volume and brings it up to 0. So that's the file as loud as it can be,
Now, onto using some other app to boast volume. One can use eq to increase volume by boasting the whole frequency range beyond 0. The drawback to this is that it creates a distortion, however you may not be able to hear this so it's up to you.
My favourite eq for android is music volume eq
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.podlanica&hl=en
Play around with that and you might find you can boast your volume a little.
To summary a little.
Look into replay gain, this is your best option for getting correct loudness. If it still doesn't sound loud enough, get some speakers
try viper4android..you can search for it here in xda..
i've been using it for about 4months now and its working great..boosts the overall volume of my neo v.. you will be amazed by the tweaks included..just play with the tweaks to your liking and you'll never look for other sound mods again..
note:i'm using a cheap soundmagic earphones(es18) and viper4android made it sound like a highend earphones.
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neng24 said:
try viper4android..you can search for it here in xda..
i've been using it for about 4months now and its working great..boosts the overall volume of my neo v.. you will be amazed by the tweaks included..just play with the tweaks to your liking and you'll never look for other sound mods again..
note:i'm using a cheap soundmagic earphones(es18) and viper4android made it sound like a highend earphones.
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+1 , IMHO its the best, made me rediscover my music :highfive:
sandm4n said:
+1 , IMHO its the best, made me rediscover my music :highfive:
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it really is the best..i was using ac!d sound mod before but its very hard to make it work..with viper everything is so easy to tweak and tweaks are endless..a very beautiful app.
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wason92 said:
There are many EQs for android and some DSP software like beats audio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
Using an EQ can boast the volume of some music.
Lets go through a few things first however.
2 main things determine how loud something will sound.
The hardware, the speakers, the pre amp, the DAC and such.
You can't change this with any software
The volume of the audio file.
An audio file is at it's loudest when it's ~0dB. Most music is mastered to come close to this, although some aren't.
The best way to make all your audio as loud as it can be without sacrificing quality, is to use replay gain.
Most music players for android have replay gain as a function, how you use it is very much dependant on the player app, so you'd have to read a guide specific to your player.
The aim of replay gain is simple, it scans an audio file, finds it's highest volume and brings it up to 0. So that's the file as loud as it can be,
Now, onto using some other app to boast volume. One can use eq to increase volume by boasting the whole frequency range beyond 0. The drawback to this is that it creates a distortion, however you may not be able to hear this so it's up to you.
My favourite eq for android is music volume eq
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.podlanica&hl=en
Play around with that and you might find you can boast your volume a little.
To summary a little.
Look into replay gain, this is your best option for getting correct loudness. If it still doesn't sound loud enough, get some speakers
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If your g2 is rooted.... Google, speaker mod for lg g2 download.
Follow the instructions,( pretty simple ) and enjoy a world of difference!
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Hey everyone,
I just installed the lastest Affinity and I must say I love it. One thing I was wondering was is there a way to increase the overall volume output to the headphones? It seems that the volume is quite a bit lower than other roms I've used. Any ideas?
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did u try an equalizer?
i have power AMP, it has a built in equalizer that it good!
maybe try it?
Well the Rom come with a build in eq. I'll try power amp to see if that helps.
Thanks.
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Power amp is really great.
You can have a pre-lockscreen to change tracks without unlocking and a lot of usefull options.
You can do a search on here for DSP Manager and flash it. But I never got it to flash properly (but other folks here have). Or you can download Volume+ from the Market (paid app), or free at the dev's website.
http://androidaudiohacks.com/?page_id=16
I believe DSP Manager is just an equalizer. Where Volume+ is an equalizer, but also boosts total volume. Its not a huge boost, but I found it helpful for Affinity.
Dsp manager is perfect for anything not miui. Not all sense roms will allow according to some peoples posts. Its always worked for me but I stopped using sense after siulmagics coredroid so that wouldn't be something to go off of.
Best advice is flash dsp manager and see if it works after busting a nandroid backup
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- music player with an equalizer (power amp, mixzing, player pro). use the preamp slider to boost the volume
- app volume+, but in my case the sound was worst. More noise in my music...
- Good head phones with low impedance? Since the audio card on this phone isnt that bad, it worth it.
- Audiophile forums suggest you to add en amplifier if you have good headphone.
You can find some cheap one on newegg . com
oVeRdOsE. said:
- app volume+, but in my case the sound was worst. More noise in my music...
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Interesting, I didn't notice significant increase in noise. But I also play music in my car much more frequently than headphones. Or if its headphones, its usually doing something like running or doing yardwork. So it might just be I haven't noticed.
Of course, any sound amplification or equalization is going to also amplify noise as well, since its pretty much impossible to really isolate noise from music. Cutting some equalizer bands, while boosting others can help reduce noise.
Nice summary of options for the OP, too BTW.
Power amp pro
-Tyler Debel
Since voodoo isn't compatible with the N4 how do I boost the volume?
Is there something similar to voodoo sound?
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asphantix said:
Since voodoo isn't compatible with the N4 how do I boost the volume?
Is there something similar to voodoo sound?
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here
makes my volume considerably louder. It works great.
ADJack said:
here
makes my volume considerably louder. It works great.
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The nexus louder audio mod shown in that thread doesn't work. It just adds an app and changes some equaliser settings and generally makes the sound quality a lot worse.
What we need is something at kernel level to simply increase the volume of the phone like they did on the sgs3.
I wish kernel and ROM Devs would focus on this issue a.little bit because speed and battery life and other placebos aren't the only things people care about. The audio on this phone is Far far too quiet although it is good quality.
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The nexus louder audio mod shown in that thread doesn't work. It just adds an app and changes some equaliser settings and generally makes the sound quality a lot worse.
What we need is something at kernel level to simply increase the volume of the phone like they did on the sgs3.
I wish kernel and ROM Devs would focus on this issue a.little bit because speed and battery life and other placebos aren't the only things people care about. The audio on this phone is Far far too quiet although it is good quality.
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I feel that the audio coming out on the N4 is much quieter than on any of my previous devices. If you have an N7, you can test this out by setting both devices to the loudest volume setting, setting them to play the same song, and then play the first song while plugged in to your car, then unplug the first device and plug in the second device and play the same song. I have to crank up my car volume double do get the same sound quality. Its really annoying. Is there a fix somewhere that just lets you boost the volume like changing something in the system? I like the native equalizer fine, but the sound is so quiet when plugged into a headphone jack!!
Does anybody knows which settings i need to use in Volume+ for awesome audio quality? (Speakers and headphones please, bluetooth isn't needed.) Thanks +1 for the one that can help me! :good:
This is always a person taste. That's why they let you set it. Just keep in mind that setting the bass boost will distort the sound. Plat some music and make small changes as it plays until it sounds good to you. This app isn't going to magically make the sound hardware in the nexus good though. It can only do so much.
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Thats true! Thanks!
Actually, Volume+ lowers my sound instead increasing it!
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Actually, Volume+ lowers my sound instead increasing it!
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Volume + still does not work properly with Jelly Bean. I use NexusLouder V6 beta2. It installs DSP Manager as well asNoozxoide and Noozy Equalizers. And gives a big boost to volume.
I vote Noozxoide too. No root required either. I found that if you don't mess with the volume boost settings in volume+ it doesn't lower volume, at least not as much. Higher you boost volume, the quieter it actually gets.. But bass boosting settings on any eq will distort the sound to some degree.
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So I've recently been using my tablet to play music onto my nice dj style headphones. But output volume and quality is absolutely horrendous. I have to be at full volume to get and reasonably level sound, and then when I'm at that level, everything is very distorted. On my one X which has some beats eq thing, sound is wonderful and much louder. Maybe this is just a problem with stock Android, but I need to find some way to get much higher quality and more importantly louder music. I've tried a few mods available here but they don't seem to do much.
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What mods have you tried. I use awesome beats on my galaxy nexus. If not that trickster mod app has a setting to make the volume high. (Correct me if I'm wrong) I have my galaxy nexus stock and rooted.
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I have tried awesome beats and it doesn't seem to do much. I also tried AC!D mod and for some reason, whenever I started to play audio, my tablet would freeze up
mikel.canovas said:
So I've recently been using my tablet to play music onto my nice dj style headphones. But output volume and quality is absolutely horrendous. I have to be at full volume to get and reasonably level sound, and then when I'm at that level, everything is very distorted. On my one X which has some beats eq thing, sound is wonderful and much louder. Maybe this is just a problem with stock Android, but I need to find some way to get much higher quality and more importantly louder music. I've tried a few mods available here but they don't seem to do much.
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I haven't used much except for DSP, but the audio is just difficult to have it loud. I've found external speakers BT or through audio jack is the only way to go.
Be careful what you try because I've read about people blowing their speaker trying to increase volume. That being said volume+ from the play store worked when it wasn't fighting the other sound mods I had installed. Pimp my ROM app. has some flashable zips that helped. Bottom line its one of the sacrifices that kept the price of the N7 low. Better the speaker to be mediocre rather than the screen. I bought some ear buds and if I want to play it loud for the neighbors I jack in to a stereo. Also a set of desktop computer speakers (sub and two bookshelf) work great with tablets
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I use my N7 speaker to listen to music and get quite surprised and how loud it gets and don't notice any distortion. So I'm not experiencing what you are. Maybe I'm just easily pleased and aren't as passionate about audio quality as others
Sorry to say this but, it will never sound good. Not even with sound mods. The sound chip inside the N7 is just really, really bad. I've tried it with a pair of $900 Shure headphones and nothing can save this thing.
Having some issues regarding audio quality. over 92% of my phone's use goes to listening to music through headphones. ALL my past phones have all been HTC running PowerAmp and i have been happy. Unfortunately the audio quality in my Samsung is whack. i changed my mixer settings to get it to be a bit louder at least but when it comes to applying any sort of EQ, the quality is severely damaged. I can't really touch the PowerAmp EQ without bass distortion. i Also tried applying the MusicFX tweak but that only worked once upon enabling. Disabling broke it. and it didn't really work great anyway.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there a mod for KitKat that is worth checking out?
billybag said:
Having some issues regarding audio quality. over 92% of my phone's use goes to listening to music through headphones. ALL my past phones have all been HTC running PowerAmp and i have been happy. Unfortunately the audio quality in my Samsung is whack. i changed my mixer settings to get it to be a bit louder at least but when it comes to applying any sort of EQ, the quality is severely damaged. I can't really touch the PowerAmp EQ without bass distortion. i Also tried applying the MusicFX tweak but that only worked once upon enabling. Disabling broke it. and it didn't really work great anyway.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there a mod for KitKat that is worth checking out?
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My opinion on this:
if you use ANY equalizer, your headphones are crap. Buy some better headphones.
billybag said:
Having some issues regarding audio quality. over 92% of my phone's use goes to listening to music through headphones. ALL my past phones have all been HTC running PowerAmp and i have been happy. Unfortunately the audio quality in my Samsung is whack. i changed my mixer settings to get it to be a bit louder at least but when it comes to applying any sort of EQ, the quality is severely damaged. I can't really touch the PowerAmp EQ without bass distortion. i Also tried applying the MusicFX tweak but that only worked once upon enabling. Disabling broke it. and it didn't really work great anyway.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there a mod for KitKat that is worth checking out?
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Try Viper4Android :good:
I owned a HTC One and that's my regret… HTC is the best for music…
Now, I use PlayerPro with DSP Pack but sound not equal the HTC…
JacK_Sparr0W said:
Try Viper4Android :good:
I owned a HTC One and that's my regret… HTC is the best for music…
Now, I use PlayerPro with DSP Pack but sound not equal the HTC…
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Thanks i am looking into Viper now actually.
billybag said:
Thanks i am looking into Viper now actually.
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Ok but äon is right. If your headphones are crap, any app or mod make your headphones magical… :angel:
I use viper4android right now on my galaxy note 3 and it works amazingly with my "unbranded" beats headphones that came with my HTC One
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I have used Neutronmp music player on all phones over the last year, including HTC One, Nexus 5 and Note 3.
If you're looking to get better audio quality then try flac files rather than mp3.
If you want very high quality audio then use flac files via usb otg cable to external dac / headphone amp such as Fiio E17 provided you have good quality headphones (not iem ear buds irrespective of who makes them )
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speedyjay said:
I use viper4android right now on my galaxy note 3 and it works amazingly with my "unbranded" beats headphones that came with my HTC One
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+1
Same combination as me pretty much, also I use Faux sound and set to quality audio depending on what kernel I am using