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[HTC Sensation] mafiasx:
i use both for too long i even have the sensetion xe (demo press device) and i have buy the big beats headphoess.

so my results are:

beats is very good in 10

house 10/10

club 9-10/10

electro 8/10

pop 7-8/10

rap 8-9/10

clasic depense

with the small headphones you got preti mach nothing but with the big is a different story <the best for me (clear audio ,and noise cancel )>

in software you get not a big diferent but i has a litlei wasn't able to understand the difference but wen i plug it to a stereo with controll panel (a big stereo like studio streo)i see the difference is more cleare in every part of the song and it was auto adjust in the rith miment in the rithe sec....
[HTC Sensation] dazzlet:
If there a way to increase the media speaker volume on this device?
[HTC Sensation] Virtue94:
To each his own. I personally find that beats in general drown out all the minute details that I love with untamed bass. Poweramp is definitely the best.
[HTC Sensation] sinisin:
After much searching I cant find V8 and only a book on protools. Where can I find them? I would love to try them as the most used app on my phone is music(Poweramp). Always looking to up my quality!
[HTC Sensation] kmmxracer:
I wouldn't listen to half of what that guy said. First off he said he is a professional audio engineer, yet stated that PowerAMP is complicated??? Pro Tool is an audio engineering music/audio editig software. Its pretty pricy and only for Mac computers, you would need pro tools if you where recording music in a studio or a live situation where you needed to edit the tracks for better post production sound quality.

As far as monitor speakers go, I wouldn't go as far as calling them "the real speakers". Monitors are nothing more then powered speakers, which are usually 8" - 15" speakers with an amplifier built into the same casing, for portability. They are generally used to help musicians "monitor" their levels and sound of their voice or instruments during live production or recording.

I think if you search for "powered speakers" you might have better luck then "V8" or "monitor". Powered speakers do sound great because of the fact the are amplified, very similar to what you find in good car stereo systems. The better the quality the higher the price as with anything else.

Sorry for the long answer, I guess hearing monitors referred to as the real speakers bugged me a little. I didn't go to school for audio or any thing like that, but I work in the live production side of the industry and only know of monitor speakers being referred to as what I said earlier. If you want to hear or learn about real speakers, look up nice line array systems.

Maybe I'm just not up to date with all the studio terms and what not. Im just tired of all the short worthless answers like "Beats sux" or "Beats is the best". Every one has their own tast in music and audio quality. The best part about our phone and these awesome developers is you can try Beats out for yourself(for free) and see what you think. The nicer audio players on the Android market do cost a few bucks but you can always try them out for free.
[HTC Sensation] jjdeveau:
But how do I make spotify sound better.

We need a DSP app like the one in cm7 for the xe based roms
[HTC Sensation] sinisin:
There are a couple roms besides CM7 with DSP on them. Like CoreDroid and Synergy(I think). CoreDroid has Beats as well(2.4).
[HTC Sensation] sinisin:
I have heard in a few different places about a V8 supercharger for Androids. A script possibly? It didnt sound like anything that upped sound quality or volume.
[HTC Sensation] jamiee6610:
I been using power amp for quite a while, its a great bit of kit no complaints appart from it needs optimizing for sensation like on my desire hd.
[HTC Sensation] apatch:
System wide beats can damage your system, in my case internet.apk stopped to work and recovering it was very painful. So far PowerAMP sounds good, but it would be nice to have system wide function for louder and better sound, maybe this is not directly related to topic but mic recordings quality is worse than I ever heard, especially recording some video/audio concerts.
[HTC Sensation] luan87us:
I haven't tried Beats mod yet but my Senheisser headphone sounds alright on my HTC with SRS (It sounds better on iphone). Probably going to try Poweramp now that I heard about it. Been pretty disappointed with the music quality on my HTC but didn't care much.
[HTC Sensation] dedepene:
Yeah, really - do i have a crappy encode or the HTC player simply won't play FLAC?
[HTC Sensation] newter55:
No flac support in htc player. Poweramp is your best option imo.
[HTC Sensation] kmmxracer:
Just read about FLAC. Sounds interesting, where can I get audio in flac format? I read you can rip CDs in to flac format, is the quality way better then ripped or download mp3?
[HTC Sensation] Virtue94:
You'll be hard pressed to find any differences between a high quality 320kbps mp3 and a flac. Flacs are humongous too, usually in the 30-40 mb range per file. If you need to save space, go for the mp3.
[HTC Sensation] b0dge:
Having come from a Nexus 1, I have to say the audio on my XE sounds awesome, whether I use my Sennheiser CX-300s (Great headphones), the Beats plugs that came with the phone (really good headphones) or a 3.5mm-3.5mm lead on my car stereo. It's not unbelievably good, but it's a metric ****load better than the nexus.

I'll let you know what the sound's like when I put a non-beats ROM on it... :)
[HTC Sensation] 4G Reaper:
To be honest, beats combined with the free app equalizer overpowers power amp for those of us who don't have a thorough understanding of which tweak does what. But power amp definitely beats anything on a stock ROM.
[HTC Sensation] HigherSensation:
Poweramp is nice but beats is free and sounds great as a alternative especially paired with other free sound mods it can sound just as great at poweramp..conclusion beats
[HTC Sensation] Iceananas:
I use the DSP Manager with Beats and its just perfect.
[HTC Sensation] ENRout3:
As much as I hate to say it, since i bought Poweramp, Beats actually to me sounds a lot better. Poweramp by far has a better layout overall though over the stock player.
[HTC Sensation] mierov:
would you guys recomend to buy the sensation xe if i have beats studio ?

the most important thing for me in the phone is the sound.

which phone has the best sound quiality without changing a rom and using the build in music player ?
[HTC Sensation] Virtue94:
The sensation and the sensation xe are identical in every way except for software and exterior looks. If I were you, I'd simply get a sensation and load arhd or some other rom onto it. That's just my opinion though since you said you didn't want to switch roms.
[HTC Sensation] mierov:
what about the sound ? has anyone tried it here with beats studios or solos ? i have studio headphones.

is the sound on the xe is better than on the iphone or galaxy s2 ?
[HTC Sensation] lyericwang:
I mainly use poweramp, sounds good. But I think a pair of high qulity headphones is important
[HTC Sensation] i900frenchaddict:
For me, Beats is just a joke, pure marketing to get new teenage customers (what seems to be the new HTC politics)

It's just an equalizer + a shinny hearplug

I had volume+ and poweramp installed on my Sensation when Beats came out. I decided to try Beats and was just so disappointed!

For me, the Beats thing was just raising the volume a little like volume+, and mainly raising medium frequencies only. It was like loosing all bass for me, my sound was just not powerful at all.

The hardware of the Sensation is a real **** concerning audio, there's no way someone really enjoying music can use a Sensation as a daily MP3 player!

Just teenagers who never had something else as poor MP3 players including volume limitations and never heard a real CD on a really good CD player from 1990/2000 will like Beats

As for me, I still use a Sony minidisc player when I want real good sound outside home ^^ (yeah, I know, old school, but huge sound)

PS: when I read all the previous posts here, I'm happy to see most of the guys here are not these teens who think Beats is great!
[HTC Sensation] Wanhao:
i prefer Poweramp...htc player can only play mp3 & wma , its sucks:(
[HTC Sensation] zoro_op:
At least beats is much better than stock srs!
[HTC Sensation] nrvnqsrxk:
Seriously, someone thinks that beats equalizer is superior to PowerAMP's? Just curious, what headphones are you using?

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Sensation] mbangia630:
and what drugs are u on?

seriously i hate beats that are on here. I actually dont like the output at all from the sensation but beats makes is far worse, all they do is make it lower and raise a couple Dbs. That is not enhancement sorry.

i like poweramp :D
[HTC Sensation] llontop.m:
Honestly I think the beats headphones aren't that bad at all. The build quality is kind of bad though but they served their purpose lol. definitely over priced. I had the first over the ear beats headphones when I blew out my Bose quiet comfort 2's. What made these headphones rock was my x-fi card on my desktop and laptop. Turning on that 24 bit crystalyzer made music come to life. I guess the beats phones couldn't handle it and blew as well after a week. They were good while they lasted :(

Anywho I do prefer poweramp
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
Well, I'm not gonna say "Beats sux" or "Beats is DA SH*T" ;)

None of these arguments would be true.

However, for the kind of music I listen to (mostly metal), I just don't find Beats to be a good alternative to even SRS. Voices sound kind of nice with it, but nice guitar riffs just go to sh*t with beats. And what's metal without powerful guitar sound ;)

On a sidenote, I find it hard to compare Beats to SRS, because the second Beats kicks in, overall sound is louder. That makes is very hard to compare it directly.
[HTC Sensation] nrvnqsrxk:
lol, you will absolutely say Beats is garbage after you listen to metal through any pair of Grados SR-60 and up. I challenge you to go try it.

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I think the question is what score you got on the reading comprehension on your SAT, if you even took it. Did you read what I wrote? If you read it again, you'll see that the meaning of my message clearly states that I like PowerAMP better.
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
Haha, I was just trying to be diplomatic :D But you are probably right.
[HTC Sensation] vincepg13:
NOONE should criticise beats if your not using an xe rom.

beats on the 3.5 roms are utterly **** and sounds disgusting, noone wants to listen to me when i say beats on 3.5 isnt working properly

so if your one of the people saying beats is **** please try it on an xe rom such as arhd 3.6.x before you comment. honestly believe me you will see the difference

maybe its because i use beat studios and beats solo hd's but its amazing, tested it against everything and it comes out on top all the time. maybe its the type of music i listen to aswell, im heavy on bass, poweramps bass is just isnt that good

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yep i have solo hd's (red) and studios, tested them against an iphone and a gs2, that was the first thing i tried :P

blows them both out the water. throw on arhd 3.6.x and give it a try for yourself....your beats will thank you!!

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dude dont use that ported stuff it doesnt work properly. the only way to experience how beats is suppose to be is to throw on a sensation xe rom where beats is native. trust me bro
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
I actually DID test it on an XE Rom. Still worthless to me.
[HTC Sensation] lianw:
Wanting to experience Beats is like saying that you want to experience shoving a pineapple up your ass.
[HTC Sensation] sinisin:
I've tried Beats on every rom I've been on, with the exception of CM7. It's pretty terrible. Doesn't matter what kind of music you listen to. I did notice that there are a couple different Beats MODS and they aren't created equal. But even the good ones are still lacking any real sound options.

Sent from where ever I was when I posted this
[HTC Sensation] H0n24x:
I am using Neutron Music Player on a stock rom and it sounds awesome. Better than PowerAmp and everything I've tried so far ;)

BTW: Stock Player < PowerAmp < Neutron Music Player
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
I didn't know that player, yet. Thanks for pointing it out, mate!
[HTC Sensation] nrvnqsrxk:
I just gave it a shot, and don't see a compelling reason to use it..what do you like about it?

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Sensation] sinisin:
PowerAMP 2.0 Beta. Sweet!

Sent from where ever I was when I posted this
[HTC Sensation] Azru:
Zeng ! I have to go on that beta. Thx for the info
[HTC Sensation] SensationalAdrian:
I have to say, I am definitely a PowerAmp man.

I tried ARHD 3.6.1 with the beats and can say it sounded beautiful with hip hop, rap, and R&B. But, PowerAmp is just as good. I've noticed that I don't even have to tweak any EQ settings on PA, just crank up the bass and treble to about halfway and it sounds just as good. After cranking that, I slid the Preamp up a bit and it sounded even better.

I tried PlayerPro after reading someone's post in here and actually compared it to PA and it wasn't as good.

Btw, I tested both on my stock earphones, which happen to be very good at delivering bass if you have them in your ears the correct way. I also use SkullCandy SkullCrushers which sound nice with the right tweaking.

PowerAmp has my vote although beats are good. :)
[HTC Sensation] Tetsuo75:
Hi there, I just lost my Beats Audio, for some reasons after upgrading to ICS in ARHD 6.2.1. but now trying other alternatives "music enhancements". PowerAmp is something I'd try, but in all honesty, Beats sounds great on a Soul SL100 headsets. Not much of a preset requirement as it is somewhat "tuned" to sound good on most genres of music, e.g. hip hop, R&B, slow rock, sentimental..etc. I think the right pair of headset with the Beats Audio will give just the right music sounds but I am keeping my fingers crossed on what PowerAmp can give me. brb :P
[HTC Sensation] kpjimmy:
Well the beta has beats in it as well. So the best of both worlds. :D
[HTC Sensation] donwhann:
lol at all the guys slating beats as if its the worst thing ever......... i happen to think beats sounds pretty good on my xe, and no i aint a teenager, blowing someones stupid theory from an earlier post out of the water.

for me its beats when im running stock and player pro when running a different launcher.......
[HTC Sensation] the_scotsman:
I went from Poweramp to Playerpro...SO MUCH BETTER! Especially with the DSP pack download ;)
[HTC Sensation] tigger69:
Beats is poo imo, i tried it and it sounds tinny and aweful to me, but then again, i listen to my Cowon D2 with senn px100 phones, playing FLAC a lot.
[HTC Sensation] a4ol:
I tried Beats ROM and just like the headphone brand, the sound quality is TERRIBLE. It's just base overload. Poweramp on the other hand is great and worth the few $ for such amazing audio, make sure to have good headphones.
[HTC Sensation] amm009uk:
Remove Beats

+1 for Poweramp and I doooooooooooo like the Beats headphones.

Now then how about a mod to

remove

Beats its useless IMO and the alternatives are plenty and better:D
[HTC Sensation] Babydollll:
PowerAmp.....
[HTC Sensation] kpjimmy:
I tried playerpro and compared to poweramp. I paid for poweramp. I chose PowerAmp because it sounded great with my V-moda Crossfades LP and SOL Republic AMPS HD. I have the HTC Rezound iBeats and they do sound good, but on the bass-y side, I prefer a clearer sound. With PowerAmp, and with the cans I use, it sounds just a tad better. And I have to say I am running the poweramp beta as well...that has the the beats/srs incorporated in the beta.
[HTC Sensation] Shadow_Assassin:
you should try TTPod it's free and the audio quality is better than Poweramp in my opinion :D
[HTC Sensation] freesky0616:
Beats sounds nice on my xe.And tne original HTC player is not that bad~
[HTC Sensation] waltthizzney:
poweramp destroys your battery tho
[HTC Sensation] kpjimmy:
Really? I ran it for a good hour and it didn't seem any worse than running the cm9 or htc stock app. I'll keep an eye on it again just to be sure.
[HTC Sensation] kpjimmy:
Just tried it, it's good for free, but I like the poweramp's options a bit more. For me, TTPOD>PowerPlayer>PowerAMP (beta). For now anyways:D.
[HTC Sensation] FiddleGoose:
I love Power Amp, my friend showed it to me a while ago and he only had the trial but it sold me immediately.

I proceeded to buying it from the Market as quickly as possible. It kills Beats by far.

It's the only music app I use.
[HTC Sensation] Svartsyn333:
I loved Beats Audio, but now I use SoundBest Player. You have to go through an ear test in the beginning, which fits the equalizer to your personal ability to hear. This gives great sound, even on low budget earphones.
[HTC Sensation] ptit developer:
I use PowerAMP since a long time, and after six hours of listen music, i lose just few pourcents of my battery. In addition of it, we can customise everything, it is just a awesome tool in audio for android.

After if you prefere "TTPod Music Player" or "Neutron Music Player", it is your opinion, but i hope like me, you have read comments and especially try other to compare.

Beats audio is really nice, but when your try to find on internet and official site, you can not find real informations about it, so it is very funny to listen people who say : "Beats audio is the best thing in audio", or "Buy the headset beats audio, it it the best one".

Like in shops, we can buy the last Beats headset for 400 euros, but it just a standard headset with nice quality.

For exemple, the "SteelSeries 7H" or the "Razer Megalodon" are really two of best headset for listen music and playing, and we can see all awesome Specifications and Medals on internet.

And the price it is just 110 euro and 150 euros, so just open your eyes and realise your are abused by marketing.

I personally tried this three headsets, and my favorite is the "Razer Megalodon", even if the "SteelSeries 7H" is also a awesome headset, and the "Beats Studio" is just nice, but in no case it can explain the exessive price of 400 euros.

So, it is just a marketing fact who use huge artists to justify itself, and it will be end a day, even if during this periode Roms and shops have to include it, in order to they will be outside the buiness.

Official links

Beats : http://beatsbydre.com/about/about.aspx

SteelSeries 7H : http://steelseries.com/products/audio/steelseries-7h

Razer Megalodon : http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.169420200

PowerAMP Trial : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer

PowerAMP Unlocker : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer.unlock

Neutron Music Player : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.neutroncode.mpeval

TTPod Music Player : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sds.android.ttpod.international
[HTC Sensation] xXmystuffXx:
I've used allot of android music apps and I keep coming back to poweramp. Just like it allot better
[HTC Sensation] mouloudia007:
I have the ROM XE ( so not the real beats i presume ) anyway, i love PowerAMP, you can customise everything, like said before, and i love this ^^
[HTC Sensation] dalubs:
I like poweramp better. It's more flexible and you have total control over the sound compared to the beats audio which you can't touch.
[HTC Sensation] halleycool:
Poweramp pawned beats...
[HTC Sensation] ffh2303:
Sorry man,but every audiophile on head-fi wouldn't agree with you there except for one thing,the Monster Beats line of headphones are from the best.There are much better headphones (and earphones) for listening to music such as the Audio Technica ATH-M50 (rather flat sound,doesn't emphasize part of the spectrum over another) or the Sony MDR-XB500 (lots and lots of bass).Both of these cost around 150USD or so only too.Give 'em a try some day and you'll be impressed :D
[HTC Sensation] TomP190:
From my experience cheap Senheiser innear headphones sound just as good as the innear beats ones (tried both on same phone), perhaps beats just have a tad more bass, but less clarity.

Is PowerAmp the only player to utilise beats mod (appart from stock)?
[HTC Sensation] khangozzy:
I personally prefered GoneMAD music player (EQ disabled) with Sens CX300 ear-bud to play lossless file (flac, ape) and happy with this combo. :)
[HTC Sensation] GTR24:
Does beats make any difference on other headphones(not beats by dre)?
[HTC Sensation] adolfo778:
cool story bro
[HTC Sensation] kotakpensil:
Well, I'm not an audiophile, but for me Beats feature on Sensation XE is just a bass overload (tried this on my friend's XE). I'm using PowerAMP since when I was still using Legend (because I want to load FLAC files on my SD card, and the stock HTC player doesn't support it). Tried the trial, liked it, I bought the full version straightaway. And now I'm using it at my (normal) Sensation.

For me, there is a HUGE difference between lossy MP3 files and lossless FLAC file. Using Sennheiser IE8i. I prefer a neutral sounding rather than "overload" on either bass or treble ;) If I do need to crank up the bass / treble, I just activate the available presets on PowerAMP (usually Bass & Treble preset).

Eventhough PowerAMP support SRS enhancement, I prefer to keep it OFF. When activated, everything just sound tiny and shallow.

That's just me tho :)
[HTC Sensation] krazy_about_technology:
PowerAmp....period. The best sound I can get on my Sensation with my Nokia BH-503 bluetooth headset :)
[HTC Sensation] drivexcore:
Out of the box, my sensation XE with the included iBeats gave me the best sound I have ever heard from earphones, but after only 3 months of having the phone the earphone quality has degraded so much that I can barely hear the music, they are going back to HTC on monday and they will be sending me a new pair, which i think i will promptly sell to some unsuspecting gimboid!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tevil:
Im on stock rooted 2.3.4

My phone is trying to go 2.3.6

I currently have no interest in this and as of 10pm tonight i am leaving on vaca for 4 days. directly after work (3pm) i am going to dmv where i will prob rot for about 3 hours.

My main question is at least this. If i just take the update to stop the constant nagging its doing to me (like i am doing to this forum right now) will i lose my root? I CANT lose root right now because without tethering I will be FORCED to actually talk with my girlfreind while away instead of tethering her phone and letting her play on the web. This to me is like having my nuts squeezed in a vice!

If I take the update and my phone screws up I will have NO time to redo it until I get back. If it wasnt of this kind of importance I would have already tried the update and just restored if it didnt work. I have an image of my phone in CMR BUUUUUUUUUUUUT I have had CMR break down on me before trying to restore and cant risk it. Dont want to have to press later for 4 days lol.

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
If you want to be on 2.3.6 save yourself the trouble and flash a rooted version.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tevil:
i just want to stop the nagger
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
Its simple. Either take the update and then flash superuser from cwm to gain root again or just flash the update in cwm.

Ether way your bootloader will not be changed neither will your recovery.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tevil:
if i flash it in CWR will it remove the root or does it stay there. also i have been looking for the update somewhere and havent had luck.

I see one 2.3.6 rom that was pulled for the 9020a and one update for i think the 9023

if you have a 9020a update link i can install from CWM i would appreciate it. Tried using search funtion.

thanks