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[Galaxy S III General] -NT:
I'm having the same issue with the loudspeaker, all the ringtones and alarms sound horribly distorted. Is this a standard for the S3 or do we have some sort of rare defect? All the reviews I read prior to buying said the S3 had great sound.
[Galaxy S III General] roylee01:
with apple (cough, cough...) headset and others it doesn't give conflicted sound.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
even with custom Kernel, do you still have this crackling issues?
[Galaxy S III General] goody_23:
yes the audio quality is no doubt very good its the occasional crackling sound that gets to me... guys try jet audio music player it sounds better to me than poweramp
[Galaxy S III General] git131269:
Hi guys, new to the forum..

I got an S3 about 3 weeks ago and for the first time I feel like I have a replacement for my old I-River H340 Rockboxed DAP.

I'm currently using stock player with Sennheiser S300II headphones and I have to say that I'm really happy with the quality of the player. The one gripe I have is with the maximum volume, which I find lacking. No doubt Voodoo will sort this, and finally give me a reason to root.

When I got the phone, I thought I would drop a few .flac albums (Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace and DJ Food - Blech) in to it to see if they were supported. I was totally shocked to find out that they are and that they both (for different reasons) sound amazing. Now for a larger card to drop more flac goodness in...

Thats my tuppence anyway...
[Galaxy S III General] mrdo:
i completely agree - the current maximum volume is extremely low. increasing the volume is the reason i'm going to root as well.
[Galaxy S III General] Amos91:
Well until a Voodoo mod is released it is possible to increase the sound. Works well with my headphones :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1722136
[Galaxy S III General] cb_jimmy:
Been occasionally hearing cracking noise when screen off. Then I bumped the audio buffer in poweramp to large (+250ms) and the noise seems to be gone.

Will do more testing when I have the time.
[Galaxy S III General] mustafa.millwala:
Much better compared to the S2
[Galaxy S III General] simonk83:
Right. I've upgraded all my music to FLAC, bought a new set of swanky headphones.... all I need now is Voodoo! Any idea how far off SuperCurio is?
[Galaxy S III General] rabatinova:
here is the video recorded with S3 from Sting's concert in Prague yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKlISbXGCQ
[Galaxy S III General] morpheus9394:
I have tried all the major music player apps and the only one that doesn't give the crackling is Winamp.

I will try increasing the audio buffer on Poweramp like cb_jimmy suggested.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Honestly....haven't heard it for a while on LF6 & ondemand.
[Galaxy S III General] nayyarsheikh:
i am slightly confused because its getting too technical and i am still not getting it cant we speak something in english which can be much more suitable for most of the lame people visiting like me so we can understand the terms it will be great help
[Galaxy S III General] Ulukita:
Wolfson confirms the GS3 has it's audio chip

Just saw this on Engadget and remembered this posting asking about it.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/wolfson-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Some users say the SGS3 audio is not loud enough .

Reasons why are

Poor Audio output from SGS3 .

Or poorly encoded music files .

Or poor headphones .

Or deafness .

Or of course the old old story that A all hardware is not equal and B what sound good to one may not to another .

Solutions are many to raise the audio output of the phone .

Voodoo Sound Control when it arrives may give a better overall sound output and quality .

Note on SGS2 some of the phone mods call recording etc dropped the sound level by 30% . Does that apply to SG3 and same mods ???

jje
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
S3 is capped via EU law - if I'm not mistaken.

-It is a little weaker, in output than my SGS i9000.

-Audio quality is very good (take away those crackling issues) -> quite a nice transparent source, whereas the i9000 was a little warmer.

---------- Post added at 01:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:15 PM ----------

this isn't any new news...no idea what it is just "confirmed" - considering we have already data from curio, which himself went to wolfson for a visit lol.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I've become deaf enough, 4years ago, using my crapple to have the limit passed lol.

So I know the max on the i9000 is louder than the S3's one.

Still very loud, don't get me wrong - but it is very easy to test the difference using headphones, like the Denon D2000's
[Galaxy S III General] jb8986:
When you have nice 320 music files the sound is fine

not so good means not so good quality of course

I would still say its too low

The audio hacks in the dev forum give a guide to moving the .conf file - has anyone tried this?

I tried this but it said unable to move but am rooted but also running Omega perhaps that is issue
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
you need to mod them - you can flash the CWM zips, but remember that's for the speakers.

As for quality wise, mine are mostly out of 256, and that's plenty enough of quality ;)
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
I tested on |Omega but dropped it in the rom and reflashed .

The original default - gain file was to loud so i replaced with stock ..

You can use Android Commander to swop files on the firmware .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] cb_jimmy:
After some more testing, bumping up audio buffer in poweramp doesn't get rid of the cracking issue.

Will try other options.
[Galaxy S III General] varunkumars:
Wait for the Voodooo sound, Francios is still working on it. It will fix all the problems.

http://twitter.com/#!/supercurio
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Supercurio tweeted that he was looking at the bass problem in video recording and could sort it out. The man is a legend! :D

https://mobile.twitter.com/supercurio/status/217389913178509313
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Any recommendations for a decent set of earphones under €50?

Soundmagic E30's are getting excellent reviews so they're def an option.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
50€ exactly = Sony EX510

63€ = CKS77 (if you like loads of bass)
[Galaxy S III General] WayneHarris:
Hi Everybody

i got my Samsung S3 about 6 days ago and did a few video recordings at my bands concerts, the Audio is Tinny and has no bass at all, slightly distorted, will Samsung be fixing this problem? i have T Mobile sending me a bag to send my S3 back and cancel my contract, i dont want to as the phone is Great!! :(

what is this Voodoo fix i hear about?

will it be easy to install? i dont know how to Root my phone!

also, is the audio quality with expensive headphones better Audio quality when listening to MP3`s than my current iPhone 4S?

i hear the S3 has Wolfson Audio chip :good:
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I can confirm being on Slim ICS - the problem still persists (base CM) - I'm back on peg governor - and thus why the crackling is starting up again.

Need to change kernel to one that has ondemand.
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Brilliant sound quality for me. Slightly cleaner than my 4S. No real need even for my portable amp.

It even powers my Beyerdynamic T1s pretty well, though I use the phone mainly with my Westone 4's. Shame the phone doesn't play Apple lossless. Anyone know if it'll play Flac?
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Sennheiser hd202's on expansys.ie for 35 quid.

Great value for solid cans.
[Galaxy S III General] Cdjones187:
Already purchased VooDoo Sound + knowing supercurio will be able to 'improve' on the features. I <3 Siyah kernal, hopefully it will support voodoo sound.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Hey buddy.. Would they be as good as the Soundmagic e30's? I'll be using them mainly for watching movies and a bit of music while on night shift. Balls out thumpy bass isn't what I'm looking for. More clarity

http://www.trustedreviews.com/soundmagic-e30_Headphones_review
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
are you looking for headphones or earphones?

Senns are usually quite good in mids (clarity)

PS.

I love how "trusted reviews" puts HEADPHONES, when they are earphones..."trusted" - I don't think so.

Here is a review I would trust (pun intended):

http://anythingbutipod.com/2011/11/soundmagic-e30-review/
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Ahh hang on a second, I thought twas headphones you were after, not IEM's.

In that case I always use sennheiser cx300's.

Love them, great sound quality and well able to handle bass if you want them to. (I don't like too much but I like that they can handle it so I don't have to worry about them "farting" in my ear when a slightly bassy song comes on if I'm listening at high volume.)

They're relatively cheap too, around 30 euro depending where you get them.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
The CX300, 400II, 500's stand no chance vs the EX510's....
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
what songs are you listening to ? on closed-back headphones ?
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
€$¥£ <---- there's the difference between cx300's and ex510's.

30 euro vs like 85 for the ex510's.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Haha cheers TD... I read that too.

Ya I was talking about IEM's matey. Pref noise cancelling but it's not a deal breaker. I know my sound as I'm the singer in a band and I wear Shure IEM's singing too.

However, I'm not as fussy in this case. I'm looking for comfort and clarity. I bought a €20 over the ear pair in argos and they're complete ****e... Not at all comfortable. Over the ear like soundmagic ones or in ear it doesn't really matter once they're comfortable. As I mentioned earlier they're for when I'm working night shift in a noisy factory.
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Well the sennheiser cx300's are in ear and they have great sound insulation.

They are comfortable, silicon.

And very clear.

You won't be disappointed.

Nothing worse than cheap headphones!!!
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Exactly - the CX range for some reason has been bumped up in price -> CX400II's are around £40:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-...WO5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340787398&sr=8-1

I bought them at £18 -> and I wouldn't may a penny more for them.

Now for the EX510's:

I bought them EUR 48,07

Now the price has rocketed up to 110€ - but I think if I was able to buy it at around 50€ 5 months ago...you can find it for the same price, somewhere else.

Either way, good luck.

Be warned, there are A LOT of fake sennheiser's - the whole range.

Also just a thing, if you're coming from the shure's wouldn't you want to stay in the shure range?

I also would consider the:

-Denon C260: http://www.totallydubbed.net/2011/08/08/unxboxing-the-denon-ah-c260/

-Monoprice 8320: http://www.totallydubbed.net/2012/03/31/monoprice-8320-review/

And FYI:

-Here's my review of the CX500's: http://www.totallydubbed.net/2011/08/08/review-of-the-sennheiser-cx500-titanium/

-400ii's: http://www.totallydubbed.net/2012/03/29/sennheiser-cx-400-ii-review/
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Thanks for this mate. The ex510's are a little out of my budget for the moment especially when ill only be using them while at work. Comfort and clarity are important to me.

While the Shures are what I use while gigging, The Shures are also OTT for what I'm looking for here. I'm not a guy who listens to my MP3 player 8 hours a day.

I appreciate the comments and reviews sincerely though. Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
No problem mate!

Good luck on your hunt :)!
[Galaxy S III General] chong81:
PowerAmp plays alac files just fine
[Galaxy S III General] nageshv24:
Actually S3 supports flac natively. No problem playing these in any players.
[Galaxy S III General] chong81:
alac != flac
[Galaxy S III General] TYA.:
Don't say that after you try using Neutron Mp app, a superb audio files player!

Trust on me!

If some one love clarity of .dts , and like to keep 6 chanels (not to downmix stereo), convert it to .tta format.

It keeps all quality and vol. and 5.1 . I cant realize what is dts what is tta when listenning via sgs3, dakvoice tube amp through se535
[Galaxy S III General] Devtodi:
If I purchased voodoo for the GS1, will it work for GS3? Or do I need to wait for updated version?
[Galaxy S III General] TYA.:
At least you need a kenel that support. Wait for it
[Galaxy S III General] @home:
I hope it supports 64gb micro sd card - poor if not
[Galaxy S III General] Haunther:
Yeh it does, picked up a 64GB class 10 off Amazon for about £50
[Galaxy S III General] @home:
I meant voodoo, not the S3, I know that does.
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Lol, wut?

You hope voodoo supports 64gb sdcards???? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] @home:
Well after installing a kernel that broke my 64gb card, I'm just being cautious about what I install.

Sorry if you thought I was being stupid
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
ROFL :D:D:D
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Depending on how its implemented voodoo is present in one of two ways.

The voodoo patch is put in to custom kernels (there is no voodoo kernel)

And compiled with supercurios code.

Or

The paid app from the play store let's you use voodoo without the need for a patched kernel.

Voodoo has nothing to do with a kernels compatibility with SD cards.
[Galaxy S III General] danba:
"Android 4.1 for Developers

New Media Capabilities

USB Audio

USB audio output support allows hardware vendors to build hardware such as audio docks that interface with Android devices."

http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html#media
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
sounds good :)
[Galaxy S III General] teatime0315:
pun intended? lol
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
possibly - No idea if that would "cancel" people's claims about USB functionalities :p
[Galaxy S III General] gandalf027:
I can confirm that with winamp the crackling is gone .. poweramp even with the tweak has the crack present.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Well I received my Soundmagic E30's today and to be honest I'm impressed. In Comparison to the stock Samsung earphones, there's a noticeable difference in clarity.

Although they don't look it by their shape, they are very comfortable. They come with over the ear hooks too and can be used with or without these.

All in all, for €39.99 including free delivery from headphonehub. Ie.

Thoroughly recommended.

www.headphonehub.ie/shop/soundmagic-e30-pro-fit-earphones-black/

Thanks to TotallydubbedHD and nodstuff for their recommendations.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
nice one :)!
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
It really whips the Llama's ass

have you tried the wireless sync to your pc ?
[Galaxy S III General] Erahgon:
I was watching this discussion silently, while contemplating other IEMs. My budget is kinda low (what with buying the S3 soon) so I was considering something in the Rs1500 - 2000 range (that would be approx $30-$40). However - you, TotallydubbedHD, and the review here, just may have made up my mind to break the bank and get these here (in India) for around Rs.2350 (~$50).

Any other advise you could give me before I do this? Would be highly appreciated!

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
They are very clear definitely but they seem to lack a little bass. Now I've only just had them on for a few minutes with a few movie clips playing and I've a head cold with one of my ears blocked so prob not a fair judgement.

I'll test them properly tomor with some Foo Fighters though. I read that with a few hours "burn in" they improve a lot but I'm not sure I believe in this theory being in the music business mysslf.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I can't advise you personally, as I don't own them, all I was pointing out was that I wouldn't trust reviews from a site like trustedreviews (they did a review on the S3, before it even got released, and just got announced - and even got the MGpxl on the FRONT CAM WRONG) - that's just saying something.

Thus ABI is a great place to find info.

Personally if it's recommended and very much liked by DFTK aka: Martin on ABI (admin) - I would buy it without a shadow of a doubt.

Martin is one heck of a reviewer, and one that doesn't scream about "crap" unlike people on head-fi ;)

Long story short - try looking around for more info, but I wouldn't hesitate buying it over sennheisers and denon's :)
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
I couldn't bring myself to buy sennheiser's as I've had a few pairs for the band in the past and didn't like them. I would have bought the EX510's if they were a little cheaper but for me the Soundmagic were a good compromise.
[Galaxy S III General] adithyav:
Spotify

Just like Winamp...I don't get any of the crackling in Spotify either, music in extreme quality from that works like a charm...from what I reckon, its entirely down to the battery when they screen switches off, the other players go into the "deep idle" mode as I think its called while these two probably don't allow that (greater battery drain maybe?)
[Galaxy S III General] danba:
The USB DAC recommended by Google is a new type of device. It is not compatible with PC or Mac.

http://developer.android.com/tools/adk/aoa2.html#audio-support

http://developer.android.com/tools/adk/adk2.html#play-audio

A legacy USB DAC compatible with PC / Mac acts as a USB device, and a PC / Mac acts as a USB host.

A USB DAC recommended by Google acts as a USB host, and a Android smartphone / tablet acts as a USB device.

Personally, I prefer the legacy USB audio feature implemented by Samsung on Galaxy S III, which can interwork with a legacy USB DAC like FiiO E7 or ODAC.

The legacy USB audio feature is still specified in the Android specs:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/index.html

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/host.html

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html

"USB_CLASS_AUDIO USB class for audio devices"
[Galaxy S III General] LoneReaction:
I do hope they fix this soon.. I like the simplicity of using the stock player! :silly:

Trying out Winamp at the moment. The crackling drives me mad.
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
just checking those who install poweramp, I did a force shut on it but it kept coming back, do I need to freeze it or other settings I can do?
[Galaxy S III General] Mike Blitz:
So unfortunate the E17 Fiio wont work as a USB device/host on this phone. :(
[Galaxy S III General] aegeuss:
Koss PostaPro

Hi Guys,

I am following this thread closely and looking at the beautiful headphones; what I am using right now may surprise you, is a Koss PortaPro which you can see it's details on http://www.amazon.com/Koss-PortaPro-Headphones-with-Case/dp/B00001P4ZH

I have bought it last year upon a twitter advice of Supercurio and am quite happy with it. The main reason is I am not a big fan of ear isolation headphones since it tears you apart from the real world and can lead to dangerous situations sometimes. Koss PortaPro does not separate me from outer world, has a great sound and bass quality and does not give outside so much sound. I also kind of like it's retro outlook too.

So, sound experts, can I have your views on this headphone and/or I should start looking some new alternatives as well. What do you think?

Regards.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/478568/mul...00-monster-miles-davis-trumpet-added-06-19-12

useful site re ear/phones/head phones .

also .

http://anythingbutipod.com/archives/headphones/

jje
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
Initial impression of Gokhan's Voodoo implementation on Siyah is quite good:)
[Galaxy S III General] jakenz:
@ MA10 re S3 & ODAC

(and cheers DanBa for pointing me across here from headfi)

Great that you've confirmed these two work together. I'm seriously considering getting the ODAC to use with the S3 and a portable amp, so am interested in your experiences a few weeks on using this unpowered DAC with the S3.

How do you find battery life / drain on the S3 with the ODAC connected? Also how is the dynamics of the sound of this combo, particularly in the bass frequencies? I ask as in the ODAC impressions thread there is some commentary re power draw by the ODAC and concern by one or two posters about limitations in the power available via USB bus of a computer (let alone a low power phone), and another poster's anecdotal improvements in sound dynamics where additional power is provided to the ODAC via a USB hub/external power supply. My concern is although the two "work" together, the ODAC's output might be compromised a little by the S3's limited power supply...

Most importantly are you still enjoying this setup - would you recommend your S3 + ODAC + O2 amp combo?

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] nativestranger:
Bad news. I have been reading about the audio crackling that everyone was complaining here for the past 2 weeks but not really encountered the issue before. Today I updated to XXLAF6 firmware and noticed it straight away! I was on XXALE8 before. Is there a way to flash back to previous version?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Yes using the flash method .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969

jje
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
maybe you can try flash custom kernel. Lots to choose from, Siyah, Franco, Neak, Pheno, and Andre's build
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
As I said before, no matter what rom, be it custom or stock - the governor of the CPU has a huge impact on the crackling issue.

If one changes it to ondemand, the crackling issue is near impossible to hear/encounter.

I listen to my PFE232's and I can hear the crackling very often on the stock "pegasus" governor, whereas with ondemand - hardly ever hear it, or haven't heard it as a matter of fact.

---------- Post added at 12:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 PM ----------

Remember I was telling you about not trusting a place like "trustedreviews"?

Well this is the type of rubbish I meant:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/iphone-5-vs-samsung-galaxy-s3
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
Well, finger cross i never had/have such issue on mine... HONESTLY...
[Galaxy S III General] pachi72:
Its like when you use the 30pin connector for the iphone...it sounds alot better.
[Galaxy S III General] Slick_JayD:
No.

You certainly are not the only one!!! :D :D

Wolfson WM1181 (on the Galaxy SIII)

View attachment 1043196

Wolfson WM8994 (on the Galaxy S)

View attachment 1043197

The digital MIC channel is the only difference I could find. So it could be 1x ADC instead of 2x.

The only thing I can think of (small brain n all :p) is that the 2 extra MIC channels were used for the noise cancellation mic.
[Galaxy S III General] Becoming:
Phew, and here I thought I was the only one that spotted (and cared) that there are definitely Two mic holes on the phone. One on top and one on the bottom.

I always felt that speakerphone and voice command performance suffered on the S2 due to no noise cancellation with only one mic.
[Galaxy S III General] Slick_JayD:
AFAIK the SGS2 also has two MICs as well, one them for noise-cancelling.
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
Is there any word on whether the SIII supports stereo audio when recording video? I'm fairly sure the SII does not.
[Galaxy S III General] Becoming:
Oops, I should have been more specific that I have the Sprint version, which only has one mic.
[Galaxy S III General] ziggazee:
I've never used voodoo, what does it do? does it make it more bassy? Or just clear? I like good bass though.
[Galaxy S III General] eksasol:
If you like big bass than maybe HTC with Beats Audio is good for you, but Wolfson DAC are known to produce sounds with good clarity and dynamic. Voodoo is an app to control the sound settings for various Galaxy devices that can improve the sound quality of the devices, to use the app, the phone need to be flashed with a kernel with Voodoo sound patch integrated.