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[Galaxy S III General] bigr1979:
I have to say that the hissing is a bit of an annoyance for me too (on cm10 with siyah 1.5beta1)

The hissing doesn't seem to increase with volume it seems to be at a constant level so with music and all that its fine for me, the only time it annoys me is if I want to listen to a podcast on low volume in bed and then it can be picked up a lot more easily

[if I turn down the amp level in stweaks it reduces the hissing]
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
could be down to the "amping".

Like my ZO2 has hiss with it, especially on sensitive earphones.

I haven't tested yet, but will do soon enough
[Galaxy S III General] zodiaxe66:
Hi M8, i know u test a lot of headphones. Could u give some advice on what to purchase,I've been looking at AKG K430 and I've seen some pretty awesome test results(for the price) but also seen the Marshall major they look cool and the materials used is top notch and great reviews(when "broken" in).i know the price is almost double of the akg and I'm leaning towards akg. Do u got an alternative. I want a deep but fast bass and quick clean(accurate) trible.if it's possible to that price. Max 100€,preferably 80..
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Hey man!

Well I'm not the best to ask for headphones; earphones however is something I can help with.

I have to say the Marshalls weren't bad...but for 90€, if I remember correctly, they were a rip off.

The mids are very laid back and very much rolled off.

I presume you are looking for something portable.

I would look into Fischer Audio, Sennheiser and the AT-50's.

Again I'm sorry I couldn't help, but I don't want to advise you something that I haven't heard myself.
[Galaxy S III General] willybilly:
You may want to have a look at this HiFi forum site. They have very good discussion and review in there. Do a search on the unit that you intent to purchase.

http://www.head-fi.org/f/
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
What, you mean ban-fi?

lol.

About the hissing sound - I couldn't hear it :/
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Sorry for off-topic man but **** happens,you know.Get over it(if you haven't already).When money gets in the way,more than 90% of this planet's population will go where the money is.They can screw friends and sometimes even family.Yep,I too feel ashamed of being human sometimes...

Anyway,about the hissing sound.I can't hear it either.What rom are you on?Stock LG8 I suppose?
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Nop - I'm on JB 4.1.1 now :)

And yeah I know, but that was my point of ban-fi - it wasn't even money related, just power and "I've had enough of this guy". Anyway, just thought to mention that about that place ;)!
[Galaxy S III General] willybilly:
Sorry man. With due respect to you if I knew you are ban there I wouldn't have posted the URL.

Ignorant me. My apologies.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
no no no!

Don't be sorry man lol.
[Galaxy S III General] liquidz3r0:
Has the music static/crackle been fixed? I can't play music through any music player other then Poweramp so it really sucks :/ with or without headphones
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Quick.... Modz... Somebody ban this guy.. I've had enough of him... :D
[Galaxy S III General] gyromuff:
I had an s1 and can tell you this sounds as good or better. I have the louder volume hack on mine. Need to get voodoo on here and play around
[Galaxy S III General] bufosp:
sorry for some verrrry noob questions: :D

1. what is DAC?

2. is the VooDoo sound on Play Store compatible for the SGSIII I9300?

3. any recommendation what kernel I should use for maximum sound experience? tried some custom kernels, some of em reduce the sound quality

4. anybody know the maximum bitrates of an mp3 file our SGSIII I9300 can play?

thx
[Galaxy S III General] Joergner:
1. Digital to Analog converter

2. No not yet

3. I would have to say Siyah 1.5 beta1 or Stock LG8.

4. Maximun bitrate for MP3 is 320 kbps, but use FLAC if you want reference sound.
[Galaxy S III General] bufosp:
wow, thx for the quick reply. pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by the "reference sound"?

thx again :D
[Galaxy S III General] buddha2012:
"reference sound" means the technically best quality, lossless, which is FLAC for example

If you hear a difference between a well encoded 320 kbps mp3 and a FLAC it is either an illusion or you are a real champ ;)
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
I am looking forwards to the result of your amping-testing!
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
So I assume this "popping" comes for free with the hissing? Especially when you listen to your speaker, you hear the hiss after playing e.g. a notification sound, and at then end of a hiss you hear this "plop" and it disappears. Is this plopping due to turning off the amp, resulting in a "plop" from the speaker? And is it a normal thing to hear?
[Galaxy S III General] JAMJAMAL:
With touchsounds on i get a pop then a hiss for 3 seconds then another pop after touching the screen or capacitive buttons, with the volume down! to stop it i have to turn touchsounds off, i have been hoping roms or kernels would fix this but nothing yet.

I will also get a pop if say my phone is going to play a youtube vid etc... or anything with a bit of silence at the beginning to make it noticable.

This is the exact problem below only not many S3 owners get it its more of a Gnex thing, also alot of other brands can suffer from this its something google really need to sort out, perhaps ramping the power up to the speaker less aggresive or something?

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22307
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
You're description is exactly identical to mine! My SGS 3 is produced somewhere late June (battery says june 22th), so I'd say I am not the owner of one of the first devices. However, apparently there are SGS3 devices around which don't have this problem. I don't know whether mine is from a filthy batch or something and or whether it will be fixed with a future software update. I think I'm going back to the shop tomorrow, let them hear the problem and ask for a replacement...
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
haahahaha someone give this guy a medal :p <3

i heard no hissing :/
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
And also no "pops"? Lucky you! I am now running on stock XXLFB but I don't think it's going to be fixed in a software update. Think it's time for an exchange then... Unfortunatley. :(
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
You need LG6 or LG8 to remove the pops.

FYI:

No pops on JB! :)
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
Is our definition of "pops"the same? I'm aware of the crackling/noise issue, with which most of this thread is filled. That one is solved indeed. But I

think

that's another problem than the one I am having. My definition of "pops": Listen to your speaker, without having plugged antyhing into your jack, and pause the music. You'll hear noise for about 3 seconds, and then a pop. Also when the music starts again you'll hear this pop.

If we're talking about the same "pops" (;)) I can't wait to get these updates!

Here you'll find more information, only for the Nexus (thanks JAMJAMAL): http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22307
[Galaxy S III General] Joergner:
I also have some hissing and quiet pop. But I think thats just how it is supposed to sound.
[Galaxy S III General] anesthetic:
can someone please let me know if t-mobile version supports usb dac? i asked @t-mobile forum but nobody cares......
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Right well that pop, the SPEAKER pop, I think is normal.

The speaker has power fed to it, and whilst it stops playing, it is on "standby" for 3 seconds.

That's my take on it.

More so, I cannot hear it, unless I stick my ear on it, with it at MAX volume. So this isn't really an issue, and really shouldn't be that "tragic" of an issue.

The CRACKLING issue on the HEADPHONE JACK was a serious issue.
[Galaxy S III General] Joergner:
I totally agree...
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
I agree as well, a small popping sound is explainable and normal. Only, I can hear this hissing and popping quite easily at about 30 centimeters from my phone. In other words: it is quite loud and can be easily heard without having to push the speaker against your ear. And that's why I have my doubts about the issue...
[Galaxy S III General] djglenn1337:
Damn... I am normally a very patient person, but I find myself checking supercurio's tweets every day in the hope of a Voodoo Sound mention. Loved his work on the S1...and can't wait to experience it on the S3
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
just flash Siyah kernel its as good ;)

I'm done with waiting and asking.

From an avid fanboy of supercurio, I've become a person that possibly won't even buy the app, if it ever came out separately.

And that to me, says a lot about my feelings
[Galaxy S III General] Joergner:
Same here. And its also in the headphones when I plug them in, but i still dont think its an issue.

I am sure that Supercurio get many hits on Twitter and Play store, because I feel the same way as you guys.
[Galaxy S III General] djglenn1337:
Thanks man, will give it a try. Any reports on how it's running on CM10?
[Galaxy S III General] Itadakiimasu:
Is wolfson that any good? I have the Galaxy SIII but I'm still clueless over the detailed specifications of the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] willybilly:
I am also contented with Siyah kernel.

I've lost hope and won't buy too. And I've uninstall Voodoo Louder from my old S2. Wouldn't want to have anything with Voodoo.

He can say no big deal after all only one guy doing it only.

This guy gave false promises and sulk like a spoilt kid.

You guy should know the reason for him not releasing it for S3. Its all about $$$$$$.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
+1 ... So much about this guy, lets move on... I wonder if crackling issue with headphone is gone with Siyah 1.4 or 1.5b3... Im still @ 1.3.9c as its giving me batt life, performance and off course SQ (cant still afford to flash each of released betas since im on travel and stability/batt is all i need for now on my phone)... Your contribution on this thread is highly appreciated;) Thank you.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Why do people keep asking me about CM10 lol

I haven't tried it - no idea

Wolfson is very good indeed. Matches/rivals the ipod quality of sound.

Well yeah, that's what I believe now as well. Sorry to say, but it all resulted in a dispute, and people waiting for months on end.

I mean the S3 has been released for what, over 3months?

I have yet to hear (literally) of anything voodoo sound related, apart from twitter feeds that said "working on #voodoosound" type things.

I know its not easy, and I do appreciate francois is the BEST man for the job, but it does come to a point, when you wait, ask and wait more, and then realise the goods will probably never be delivered, until you break your phone.

I thus, cba to wait any more, nor really care about it.

My S3, would supposedly sound "better" with the "new" voodoo sound app, (if it ever does come out), however, for the time being, I'm very much happy, with the STOCK sound of the S3, let alone the awesome "port" that gok did, based on old scoobydoo sound.

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no problem my man!

Well supposedly 1.5+ solves the crackling on siyah - however I'm travelling in literally 12hrs (i better get some sleep) to the states, so don't want to flash something that will negatively affect my sound.

If anyone can confirm again, in 8hrs, then I'll flash it on JB 4.1.1 (I presume it works on there too?)
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
i guess i have to bet for it and try;)
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
all are messed up... flashing 1.5b3 on MIUI doesnt give me the option to adjust volume.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
fresh clean install of MIUI + 1.5b3 is all good now;)
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
No crackling 1.5b3... Though im on MIUI.
[Galaxy S III General] yoshx05:
speaker problem

Hi !

I have a rooted . Voodoo unlocked S3 from vodafone. I was using skype on low battery with earpice. Then i plugged out the cable. And all of a suden my loud speaker stopped working. I am only guessing but some serrius interfernce coused this problem.

So this is what i did: restart phone ! - not good

Factory reset from phone- not working

Factory reset -from cwm boot loader - cleared dalvik ... -not working

I used *#0#* service code to cheak speaker- no sound came out.

I did some searches - and i found an advcice try to plug in out my earpice agressivley - i did that too:)

Didnt fix it.

So i went back to skype and started to make calls and in call i was switching back and fourt from speaker while i was plugging in and out my earpice headset. I nearly got an orgasm .it did not fix it. But then some crackling noises started comming out of the speaker for about 2secconds. And thats it . Can anyone give some ideas about fixing this issue? I am using stock rom stock kernel. Perharps trying some custo.stuff would fix it?

Although the phone functions very well . I can make calls in normal way but cant use the speaker on the back.

Please help!!!

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] JAMJAMAL:
Trust me if you have the issue its annoying and far from normal!! i will try and do a video of it over the next few days if i can capture it :)
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
ok mate thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
Please read this thread: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22307

That's the same problem, but for a Galaxy Nexus. There is also a (poor) audio sample...
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Thought to chime in about audio:

1.5 b3 -> Had it, without the screen ON, playing music -> thus was in (deep)sleep (whilst I took a shower)

After around 30-45mins (packing as well, don't worry :p)

And then listening to my S3 with JB 4.1.1, and 1.5b3, no crackling issues.

I can safely say the crackling is NON-EXISTENT in 1.5b3

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Makes sense now:

"I offer some clarity:

There are two sounds being discussed here: (1) "touch sounds" and (2) the anomalous popping/clicking sound.

If your "touch sounds" are enabled (which they are by default), but your phone is on silent or vibrate, you will nevertheless hear a popping/clicking sound that comes from the rear speaker when you click certain buttons on the phone -- e.g., "back." It appears to only happen when you click buttons that would have otherwise given you the "touch sound" had your phone been set to max volume, for example.

If you disable "touch sounds," then you get no "touch sounds" (of course), nor do you get a popping/clicking sound.

The assumption is that when "touch sounds" are enabled the rear speaker will turn off and on with certain button presses, regardless of whether your phone is on silent, vibrate, or otherwise.

It's annoying as hell, so I disabled "touch sounds" and I'm good to go."

Source:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus/448875-galaxy-nexus-clicking-noise-2.html

I never have the touch sounds enabled, as they annoy me lol

I'll test it in a little bit

EDIT:

Tested it, and I can see where you are coming from, but yet again, i have to stick my ear by the speaker.
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
Good explanation, and a clear source! However, this popping/clicking sound is heard after every piece of music that is played when listening to the speaker (so not using any headphones, your jack is free). E.g. after playing a notification sound, or when pausing a song. Each time the music is stopped, this popping/clicking can be heard after 3 seconds when the speaker is turned off. I agree on you that you won't hear it any mory when pushing buttons if you disable the touch sounds, but then it will still be there with all the other sounds played. And that's more or less the thing that bothers me and some others...
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
understood bro!

Yeah there should hopefully be a fix, or possibly just getting rid of the POP sound.

As the "pink noise" shall we call it, or the static, could be normal.
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
Indeed. :)

I'll visit my retailer soon and ask him about it. I've so far tried one other device, who has this sound, although lower in volume. I've heard from a friend who heard mine, that his SGS3 does not have this sound. So apparently there are devices which are okay.

As far as I think this popping is due to the on/off switching of the speaker/amp. I however don't know if the resulting popping should be this loud.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I doubt your retailer will be able to do much - it should come from sammy, or google
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
True, but I think it's a hardware problem (http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...axy-nexus-clicking-noise-3.html#post3990552):

"I have this problem also. This clicking sound is the sound of speaker turning off, powering off. It's not just related to touch sounds, but to all speaker activity.

Everytime speaker produce sounds it gets voltage, 3 seconds after last sound produced, speaker turns off and that clicking sound is the sound of speaker voltage supply cut off.

This is hardware problem, not software. I know some about electronics...and this is same thing when you turn off speakers in car which has amplifier. Speakers also POP much loudly because od capacitors emptying.

Conclusion: This *POP*, *CLICK* sound is the sound of capacitor inside suddenly emptying when voltage supply to speaker is deactivated."

This issue being due to hardware is being supported by the fact that there are SGS3 with exactly the same firmware, not producing this popping sound. I therefore don't think it will be fixed by a firmware update.

The only thing my retailer can do in my opinion is to replace the device.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
ah fair enough - although the crackling we heard, some people assumed hardware too
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
Yep... But that raises the question: how can it be that there are devices with the same software which don't have this clicking/popping?

Perhaps it can be fixed to some degree (using a filter?) with software. Perhaps it is even fixed with the newest firmware... But if I'm not mistaken you're running the newest firmware, and still hear this issue?
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I'm on JB 4.1.1 which isn't official - but a port from nexus -> but yes
[Galaxy S III General] ZunRob:
Have you tried the official ones? I thought they were LG10 and 8 or something? Anyone having this firmware, who can confirm the speaker popping/clicking?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
After testing the latest roms kernels etc and finding that the same music on LF2 rom has no hiss and no pop i have reverted back in time . LF2 also eliminates the lost WiFi sleep problem .

Found i can reproduce the hiss and pop even on LF2 by turning on DSP Manager .

Reproduce as in its now a sound i hear distinctly .

Bit more testing stock LF2 can not hear the problem so maybe at a very low level .

Flash Darky rom LG8 same sound level and the hiss and pop is back though at a level that can be ignored .

So i went from no problem to problem once i moved up from LF2 to later custom and stock roms .

Am i using stock music player sound level 4 to test all .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] UXELLR:
crackle,popping,static

Hi! I wondered...Can someone with Nordic firmware tell if they experience sound issue via headphone out has been fixed? For me with firmware I9300XXBLG3 it is still there on some ocassions. Its worse when travelling bus or flight so it also could be a radio iterference issue. And last..have anybody done an RMAA with their latest rom? Wonder if rom change freq response graphs. Don't want to see beats audio freq slopes in normal settings ;)

Stock rom.

CF root.

Norway
[Galaxy S III General] Moogle Stiltzkin:
Sound quality is nice but wish there was a way to boost the volume.
[Galaxy S III General] kaltan:
You can use dsp manager to boost the volume. You will find the thread on xda for this app.

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I'm using the omega rom version 11 and the sound issu better with my phone. No more crackle since the last firmware by Samsung.

But i've got a problem with notification sounds wich are cuted when they work.

Any solution?
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
Where have you been? Scan through pages back. If your @ stock (ROM and Kernel), then maybe its not good enough for you... With Siyah Kernel, your ears will bleed with loudness...
[Galaxy S III General] kaltan:
And for stock rom or kernel its true that the volume is poor with the s3.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
not Poor either... Lets just its only average...
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Try Siyah kernel. It has headset and speaker amplification with customised settinhs.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
siyah + eqing = winning

on jb
[Galaxy S III General] eiraku:
Wanam's BLG8 customised stock kernel also has boosted volume, albeit a non-customizable one.

Sounds fine for me, unless you're trying to drive a 100ohm monster.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
And on ICS too :D

100W monster maybe? Lol :D
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
I feel the sound quality of s3 is better than s2..not sure by how much but just get the feeling it's better...

Anybody else agree?
[Galaxy S III General] thaBuzzed:
I sure hope supercurio is still working on voodoo for the s3. I could live with the stock audio quality so far -at least as good as my old galaxy s to my ears. It can only get better with more voodoo goodness!
[Galaxy S III General] blueseeker:
:laugh::D:laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
Of course... S2 have that not so good Yamaha DAC...
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
nahhhh

only do so if your motto is "i can wait forever, if you say you'll be there too..."

:laugh::victory:
[Galaxy S III General] Mike Blitz:
Voodoo sound isn't even on my mind anymore, it's ready but just not being released, if it comes it comes, dont lose sleep over it.
[Galaxy S III General] eiraku:
I dunno. It might just be a placebo effect of buying a new device.

:rolleyes:

I kid, lol.

Yes the S3 actually has better hardware thus better SQ.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Siyah kernel enhances the sound of the S3 greatly. Try it
[Galaxy S III General] @home:
But does it support a 64Gb Micro sd cards?

I tried on of Franco Kernels & it broke my 64Gb Micro sd card.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
Yes. Actually the first CK to support it afair.
[Galaxy S III General] frost_icewind:
Siyah kernel + DSP Manager = Eargasm.
[Galaxy S III General] gattari:
Anyone has a link to download siyah kernel in tar format to use it with mobile odin?

Thx

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] Joergner:
Here is a link for the latest beta, which works perfectly.

http://www.gokhanmoral.com/public/files/siyahkernel-s3/v1/Siyah-s3-v1.5beta4.tar
[Galaxy S III General] lpy:
Without a Galaxy S3 to test with, yet, I can only go by the solution to the Galaxy S1 with the same problem.

There's a lot of talk about the ondemand CPU governor being the solution.

Using an app such as SetCPU with the S1, ondemand with the default "up threshold" of 95 changed to something like 50 solved the crackling. And also upping the "sampling rate" further decreased the chances of crackling.

Not sure if this is relevant to the S3 at all.
[Galaxy S III General] krishs3:
U can find it here

http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/07/30/siyahkernel-s3-v1-5/

Tapatalked from my monster s3
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
Crackling is just a thing of the past since LG6/LG8... Not an issue anymore... Siyah 1.4 and later also solves the issue even using FW before LG6/LG8.