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[Galaxy S III General] buccaneerbob:
I have the Topping D1 Mark 2, which also works. Significantly better sounding than the on-board audio. It has coax spdif, line out and headphone amp.

http://www.tpdz.net/en/products/d1mk2.htm
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
Guys, I downloaded this equalizer and on settings checked Enable WakeLock and the cracklings seems to be reduced. I am not sure if it is placebo, maybe someone can test it.
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
using a external amp/dac , which dac will be working , onboard or external ?
[Galaxy S III General] willybilly:
SiyahKernel S3 v1.3.8 just released and can download here... http://www.gokhanmoral.com/

No more cracking sound.
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
This has probably been thought of before, but I had a great idea hit my head.

In short - Use the Galaxy S3 as a soundcard/DAC.

Think about it, we have a high quality headphone out on this phone, and we can REALLY take advantage of it if we can plug it into our computer, and have it show up as a playback device (or soundcard/DAC).

Something like this (edited in Paint, this isn't real):

So, instead of copying music from computer over to the phone, we play music FROM the computer, but have the phone do the digital to analog converting and output through the high quality headphone out!

Essentially fully bypassing the computer's soundcard, since all you're using is a USB port.

If someone can implement this as an add-on for kernels or something, then have an app available on the market to control the sound quality (Voodoo Sound Control DAC version maybe?), I'm sure it will be HUGE hit!

I don't think this has been done yet, but just wanted to share my ideas :)

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] teatime0315:
wow this would be amazing if this came true.
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
I'm glad someone else thinks so too!

I don't see why it has to only be for the SGS3. If this idea actually happens, I can see it being implemented in other Android devices as well.

One other device that can HUGELY benefit from this is the Galaxy S (yup! The first one!), because it was VERY popular with it's Voodoo Sound dev support as well as having a great headphone out :)
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
that's quite cool indeed! :)

But does a PC have an INPUT for audio? I'm just trying to get my head around how it would work?
[Galaxy S III General] Sawz:
Basically you would connect the phone to your PC via USB, and the PC would 'see' the phone as an external DAC (basically all sounds from the PC would be sent via USB to the phone) - the phone would then route these sounds to it's headphone jack.

However I'm not entirely sure this would actually work. Nice concept though :p.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
exactly - concept is nice....but I haven't heard of a PC that accepts external USB as an INPUT for audio.

3.5mm jack is the one I would think - via the mic socket.

This is the PC noob of me coming out I guess :)
[Galaxy S III General] tincmulc:
Note that most PCs (but not laptops) have a better dac than any phone. The sound quality here is superb *for a mobile device*, but not so perfect anywhere else. Trying to use it where other, better options are already present is pointless.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
true - my Asus XONAR D1 does give a nice clean sound.

but that said my wolfson is better than my on-board
[Galaxy S III General] jonathanyong:
For anyone who uses Tasker, I've created a profile so that when you connect your headphones, it will run the music player and also set Cpu Idle mode to Idle only. Then when you disconnect your headphones it will set idle mode to idle + LPA. See the xml files in the zip file if you want to import them.

The xml called "Tasker headphones profile" should be imported to the profiles tab. Everything else is a task.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqt2fruwhcomdec/Tasker Headphones CPU Idle Mode.zip
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
Oh, if you have a dedicated DAC and/or soundcard, it'll definitely be better than the SGS3's headphone out.

Although, I'm sure the SGS3 will serve as a better quality soundcard than most of the laptops and computers' onboard audio :)

It'll also be nice to have a backup soundcard (the SGS3) handy, just in case ;)
[Galaxy S III General] member68:
What difference does the Idle Only mode make?
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
Nice, does it works for stock not rooted?
[Galaxy S III General] jonathanyong:
It stops the crackling that occurs when the screen is off.

No you'll need root to use it.
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
OK, I just rooted.

I am receiving the message "Sorry, this content cannot be handled by Tasker" with the profile and the tasks. Sorry if it is a noob problem, I am using tasker for the first time.

EDIT: managed to import renaming the tasks to *.tsk.xml and the profile to *.prf.xml. It is working, thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] jonathanyong:
Ah thanks for letting me know. I'll rename the files in the zip.
[Galaxy S III General] danba:
The Samsung Galaxy S III interworks with the asynchronous USB DAC HRT Streamer II:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/608535/wolfson-dac-confirmed-for-galaxy-s3/465#post_8534856

Samsung Galaxy S III > digital audio stream >> USB OTG cable with USB Micro-A plug inserted in the S III >> asynchronous USB DAC HRT Streamer II >> cMoyBB headphone amplifier >> headphones
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
Just received mine but not used it properly and its in box until i get a case and screen protector but would like to know if the sound quality of s3 is any better or worse than that of the s2 which in my opinion was pretty poor....to date nothing has bettered Nokia n95 or 5800 in terms of sound quality..shame nok nok aren't making any decent phones now!
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
haha true , win some lose some
[Galaxy S III General] ficklecycler:
Don't be lazy, just take your phone out of the box to hear for yourself!
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
OT:

N95? Good SQ?
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
That is very cool and interesting! Thanks for sharing :)

Oh, the possibilities of a device running a Linux based OS!
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
Don't want it getting scratched!:p
[Galaxy S III General] Mike Blitz:
Are your nails like wolverines claws or something?
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
lol its not that fragile , just make you dont drop it
[Galaxy S III General] k0ekje:
Got the update to XXLFB here in the Netherlands and the crackling is still there.
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
I think i can wait a few days...
[Galaxy S III General] danba:
Samsung Galaxy S III interworks with RSA Predator:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/and...-issues-priority-with-google/150#post_8538933

"Just purchased a usb otg cable today and tried out with my RSA predator, works without any problem.

What a suprise! the sound quality actually upgraded, from iPod classic + Predator(amp only) to SIII + Predator(DAC/amp)"

Samsung Galaxy S III > digital audio stream >> USB OTG cable >> USB DAC/amp RSA Predator >> IEM
[Galaxy S III General] krishs3:
any idea or update on wen is voodoo sound for s3 is expected from supercurio ??
[Galaxy S III General] ficklecycler:
He hasn't given an ETA, but I do hope its sooner than later.
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Been using Poweramp Unlocked with my Westone 4's and loving it. Spent hours yesterday getting an EQ to make them sound as close to my Beyerdynamic T1's as possible, and have got quite close.

I did compare SQ out of the S3 to both the 4S and my Macbook Pro > Optical > Rein Audio X Dac > 02 amp.

The pro set up definitely sounds more detailed and articulate, with background sounds more prominent with better imaging and a smoother overall sound.

Compared to the 4S? Very similar. S3 is probably ever so slightly more dynamic with a bit more energy and punch, but ever so slightly thinner sounding with a smidgen less bass, but a tiny bit more detail. Overall I do prefer the S3, but there's not much in it and it's still not comparable to my main set up.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
danba

Please do resize the gigantic image or even thumbnail will do...

NaimC

Nice impression... i do agree with that "more dynamic" description of yours; 4S is rather flat... Anyway, are you the Naim that i used to know in mobile-review board?
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Thanks :)

And yes that is indeed me. Also the same Naim from AVS and Head.FI! What can I say, I'm a bit of a tech head lol.
[Galaxy S III General] zikarus:
Just like to share that the Neutron Neon 64 bit player sounds awesome with the S3. Even better imo than the Poweramp which I had used before.

GT-I9300 tapatalking
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
OT

This is "knights", if you can still remember?... Im also @ head-fi, i think i saw your SE535/530 review. Im also a frequent poster there;-) Nice to see you again... Im still active in M-R, lots of old member are returning lately...
[Galaxy S III General] studiominal:
Finally Samsung's firmware that "officially" fixes the random cracklings seems to be rolled out. Korean SGS3 with LTE just received a hotfix today and many users report the cracklings have gone away. I know it can't be directly compared but the changelist # of the SGS3 LTE was around 800k, so I guess the incoming firmware for GT-i9300 will have the same fix too.

No more headache for the crackling issue :)

Of course now I'm using a kinda workaround that fixes the cpu idle mode into IDLE ONLY mode.
[Galaxy S III General] djglenn1337:
Yeah it sounds great.... but the UI is awful....
[Galaxy S III General] Sandman83:
Hey guys, i just wanted to know, is it really comfortable to carry besides the phone itself also an usb dac/amp?
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
Depends on the person. I just hook mine to amp/DAC when im stationary and in silent places...
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Wow I do remember you indeed! Didn't realise M-R was still active. Might check it out if it has Tapatalk use.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
great news bro!

And yeah same here 0 problems with idle :)!
[Galaxy S III General] cyrax83:
crackle issue still here and becoming more frequent. DAMNIT!!

Australian XXLF2
[Galaxy S III General] RozmPierog:
I'm very happy about sound quality in my stock S3, but maybe its only because I own Optimus Me before
[Galaxy S III General] varunkumars:
I was wondering when is Voodoo sound coming to GSIII international. Is Supercurio still working ???
[Galaxy S III General] skibadee:
I know they never are perfect but does anyone find the external speaker a bit poor?

Mine sometimes sounds distorted at max volume with higher/mid frequency sounds, mainly vocals.
[Galaxy S III General] T__:
From speaking with Samsung I was lead on to believe that there should be a new update by the end of next week to resolve audio issues. (UK)

Hopefully this is the same fix that resolved Korean's S3's.

Hopefully it's sooner than end of next week, will keep checking KIES over the next few days :)
[Galaxy S III General] cyrax83:
I spoke to Samsung about the audio crackle issue and they suggested I take it to a samsung repair centre for repair? Is there any point? It seems like this doesn't affect everyone or else it would be a bigger issue?
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
read above.

But basically - people working at Samsung, don't even know their own products ;)
[Galaxy S III General] studiominal:
+1

So true that even they don't know what the problem is. Maybe it's like that because the company is too big to share all the issues rapidly and efficiently. And it's kind of impossible for a repairman who is ONLY educated how to run Odin3 to figure out this tech-related issue.

But guys don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to advocate Samsung, I still have bunches of complaints for them :)
[Galaxy S III General] Sortvind:
I got the same reply from the norwegian samsung crew, that a updated would Come soon.

Soon, such a vague word.

Just like lg would update the x2, soon.
[Galaxy S III General] nnotis:
I just want to report here a few things regarding audio:

1. I've managed to get both the iBasso D12 and Head Amp Pico to work with my S3. They sound just as they do when connected to a laptop. If you connect a DAC to your S3, the phone's speaker should go silent. If it does and you still get no sound out of the DAC, disconnect everything and try again.

2. The stock headphone jack is too noisy for use with IEMs (inner ear monitors). It sounded OK to me with full sized headphones though.

3. I'm on Blackstar, which retains USB DAC support. I'd expect other Touchwiz based ROMs to do so too. Sadly, I haven't found any AOKP ROMs that do. I seriously hope that someone ports the relevant drivers, as I want me some CM10.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I keep getting a pop-up from kies saying it downloaded the latest i9300 firmware?

I click on the bubble, and nothing shows up - and as I'm on a custom rom, I can't connect to kies to check.

I did checkfus, and nothing new.
[Galaxy S III General] Viper_21:
I too have the crackle issue. Very noticeable as I listen to audio books. I opened 2 consecutive tickets with Samsung US Support and each time they insist I call in to troubleshoot the problem or to bring it in for repair. Both times they ignored my comment that it is a widespread known issue and do not admit that is known to them.
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
1. Flash Siyah Kernel.

2. Install extweaks app from the market.

3. Select "Idle only"

4. Crackle gone for good!!!

Stock deep idle mode powers down hardware to save battery (LPA and AFTR). Its a two stage deal. LPA keeps GPS and Bluetooth chips powered. But if they are not needed then AFTR kicks in which saves around 30% battery playing music screen off.

Unfortunately some electromagnetic interference is causing a crackle on the Audio (think mobile phone buzz).

I SERIOUSLY doubt that Samsung have another solution to keep LPA deep idle active AND eliminate the crackle... Nothing short of constructing a miniature Faraday cage around the offending component is likely to properly fix it.

IMO any "fix" Samsung will offer will do exactly what the above procedure does as default in the stock kernel.

Unless they get really creative and invent a new deep idle mode to keep just the offending hardware active... one can dream :)
[Galaxy S III General] rftsilva:
I've bought the Brazillian version and mine got the cracking sound on music player too. That's so annoying. My 6-year ipod mini beats by 10-0.

Besides that, lock screen sound and unlock screen sound are also glitching on bultin speaker.

Is anybody else experiencing this?
[Galaxy S III General] Jack Barrett:
No crackling here. Tested with lossless. White sgs3 made in Vietnam (new batch i guess) + Syah
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
Remember many things like having Bluetooth enable will block deep idle so the crackle is not consistent
[Galaxy S III General] Jack Barrett:
My bluetooth is not enabled. Im just lucky for having no problems at all with the device.
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
bluetooth doesnt use the dac onboard , maybe thats why cracking is not heard

just received a email back from samsung Customer Support Center

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your email.

Your email reference no : 1107393510

Please kindly to bring the earphones and your set down to our service centre to let our technicians verify the issue.
[Galaxy S III General] mlpjunior:
I have a U.S. variant (Verizon) with the crackling. Oddly, having the screen off makes it better. When the screen is on, and the phone is under heavy load, it gets much worse. Mine is a 32gb blue, made in China.

Edit: I get plenty of crackling with bluetooth audio as well.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
A report about the crackling issue.

I sport a pair of AKG K514 MKII cans these days(pretty good for 50€-They lack a little bass and noise isolation,but they sound very clear),with which the crackling is really easily heard(sounds like scratching vinyl or something).However,I tested the phone with my main sound system(Vienna Acoustics Grand Beethoven speakers and PrimaLuna Prologue II amp) and,apart from the fact that I was impressed by how well it sounded (considering it's a device that fits in the palm of my hand),I didn't hear any crackling,even when I was listening to loud music(metalhead here ;) ).It might as well be a coincidence or something could have been keeping my device awake,but I'll test again when I get back home. :)

I also plugged my S2 to the same speakers afterwards.I almost cried and my ears almost bled.It was...Horrible.Most of you probably knew already but anyway,comparison is pointless.
[Galaxy S III General] ficklecycler:
You are more likely to notice the problem with music that has quiet sections in it. Listening to metal is probably going to make it difficult to detect.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Well,contrary to popular belief,bands that make metal music of any kind also have songs that are softer than Pantera's average song.An example is Avenged Sevenfold,they have some quieter songs(Although some may consider them alternative,not metalcore,but I don't give a crap).And yes,with these songs it's easy enough to hear it. ;)

Also,is it only me or does it occur more often with higher bitrate files?
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
It's hardware like the Bluetooth or GPS powering up or down when LPA deep idle kicks in. It's sending out ELM interference which the DAC is picking up. Like when a mobile phone rings near a sound system
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
The SGS1 had a ported deep idle mod I used, the dev integrated a way to actually see how much time was spent in each state. TOP-ON was partial shutdown of hardware and reasonably reliably worked as it should but still many things seem to block it, some unaccounted for.

TOP OFF was the proper full deep idle state and harder to achieve with many unaccountable things blocking it.

LPA likely is fickle for similar reasons but we have no way of monitoring so....

IMO if you don't have crackle problems with LPA enabled something in your setup is blocking LPA state actually engaging so no crackle. SIYAH allows you to permanently block it. Also no crackle. Many others get intermittent crackle when LPA decides to work and periods of no crackle when something blocks it....exactly what? No way to monitor so who knows for sure.

One thing is certain nobody is reporting a crackle when you 100% certain disable LPA.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
aside from those people who participated in this thread, why the hell this issue is just being ignored?
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Because most people's ears won't even be able to discern their phones from a high-end sound system quality-wise.So the chances of the average Joe hearing the crackling issue are rather miniscule...Now,as to why it's being ignored by reviewers and people who test the phone's sound...I dunno,that is strange indeed.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I highly doubt that - I'm sure even "normal people" will be able to hear a discrepancy in their music.

The crackle isn't hard to notice, with any earphones or headphones.

On an non-crackle issue related note:

I was thinking of getting custom sleeves for my Audo PFE 232's

Apparently never done before according to Audeo.

I'll be sending impressions to 1964Ears to do them for me :)!

Here's all the audio gear I got as of July 2012 - 2 missing things are the Grado GR8's which are on loan, and my XB700's which I forgot to include there lol.

FYI: The Denon's are the D2000's with D5000 cups and D7000 wire
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
I didn't say they won't be able to hear it.They just won't notice it.Or even if they notice it,they won't even care,they'll think it's normal.I'm speaking about the same kind of people who can't tell the difference between a 96kbps/16KHz MP3 and a 1mbps/48KHz FLAC.Believe me,they won't care about it. ;)

As for your gear...I think I fell in love :p Just tell me,out of curiosity...How much did all these cost you approximately?Because I'd bet they cost a healthy amount of money more than 1000 bucks...
[Galaxy S III General] noobandroid:
well i heard it also on some real quiet and slow music, so i approve this issue~
[Galaxy S III General] babasheikh:
i have the same problem and so does my friend... i tried to use the fix but after installing the syiah kernel got confused with superuser or what (i know i'm a noob to android :eek: ) so my question is when can we expect an official fix from samsung? or getting a replacement is the only solution?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Samsung have the answer not XDA .

Rumour has it that the next update fixes the problem .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Well I received quite a few of my gear for review - but if you had to buy these all, I would estimate a cost of anything between £2500-£2800

well we have a temp answer, and so far 100% confirmed by everyone who has done it.

Samsung will, as some others say mod the stock kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] TecQuality:
Isnt voodoo released yet? :p
[Galaxy S III General] Viper_21:
msteAm compar.,

Sorry for the completely noob questions and keeping to the Sound Quality thread. :o I did look around the forums, but was unable to find concrete answers to my questions and I am too nervous to continue without. So I decided to list them here:

Does flashing with the Siyah Kernel essentially mean that I am rooting my device?

For Samsung Galaxy GT-i9300, I am following this thread for the Siyah kernal? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1680851 or is there another thread specific something specific for GT-i9300?

The instructions say "you must flash the Siyah kernel with either with CWM or ODIN" Which do you recommend?

The instructions say "Download the desired ROM that you want to make it secondary..." - which do I want for GT-i9300 International and where do I get it from?

Many thanks!

-Viper21 :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General] TecQuality:
1) not only, siyah kernel gives you more optional features that the stock kernel can't

2) it's into the original development section :)

3) same, if you're with the stock rom you should use the odin method cause you haven't the cwm recovery installed yet

4) maybe is referred to the dual booting option, so when this feature is fully implemented you can use two roms into your device :)
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Trust you haha :D:D:D with your $600 Audeo PFE's..

Me likey :eek::eek::eek:
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Me likey too.But no matter how deep my hand goes in my pocket (or wallet),right now all I catch is cloth.Buying the S3 has sent my budget to hell. :p

Lemme find my balls for a sec...(Shakes head,gives the wall a headbutt)Aha,better now.

HOW MUCH?!?!?You sir are responsible for the dropping and eventual spilling of my delicious chocolate-coffee hybrid! :p

You are very lucky man.I wish I'd get to test such stuff. :)
[Galaxy S III General] style34:
Hi guys!

I've just read the last 25-30 pages. I have the same problem with crackling. As I understood the solutions are the following:

- Turning on GPS or Bluetooth while listening music

- Flashing Siyah Kernel >> Extweak >> Idle Only

- echo "0" > /sys/module/cpuidle_exynos4/parameters/enable_mask

Can someone please confirm that please? And is there any difference in the result if I do the Siyah stuff or just edit the file and set value 0 with Root Explorer?

Running Omega v9.0 and PowerAMP player.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
hehehe!

I'm gonna try and get some custom sleeves with them too :)!

Gonna go via 1964ears

hehe :D!

I suggest just the kernel + CPU idle only - nothing more bro
[Galaxy S III General] style34:
Thank you for your fast reply. Just was wondering if the other two workarounds do the trick.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
There isn't really a need for another work around.

The other, is putting the scaling to ondemand.

But why do that, when the idle mode works?
[Galaxy S III General] style34:
Only in case someone doesn't like Siyah. I already flashed it and set the CPU Idle only. Tonight will test it :)
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Well fi someone doesn't like it, then they can try the ondemand scaling.

Also idle only can be set by other means (I think)