[Galaxy Note 4 General] jazzmachine:
Wait now hold on just a minute here... my post is quoted then immediately after you refer to someone "having sense"...? Now I've been accused of a lot of things, but that... ;)

Thanks man and may I say that your posts have presented a very clear, concise, and reasonable argument supporting your point. Also I forgot to mention my appreciation for addressing my sound-system confusion. After just a bit more research I sort of have a grasp on what each does (not well enough to explain, or else I would), but regardless, I feel like my strategy of just switching Viper on when I listen to music works out quite well for me. I definitely agree that *if* digging into several layers of system settings was necessary to do this, it likely wouldn't be worth the trouble. I alluded to my method previously but didn't really explain. One feature of Nova (Prime? not sure if this is possible with regs), if you create a shortcut then select Nova Actions... it'll take a sec to load because it gives you SO many options. You can create shortcuts not just to apps, but various actions / activities within every single app you have installed (except stock spyware, apologies to those who prefer to leave that installed... :angel: that was fun :) now just two steps to go... 2. ???????? 3. Profit!) Anyway, so directly on my homepage, on top of my music player (have I mentioned my fondness for Nova?) I have one shortcut that takes me directly to sound settings. Then all that's involved is a quick thumbswipe to the last option (music effects), tap that, tap viper, (sometimes plug in USB DAC), and well, I suppose that's pretty significant profit in my book! I often charge around my Viper settings depending on various variables, but anyway, my mixer's changed from Sound Alive to v4a in just three taps and a swipe :) I actually have a shortcut to Viper settings right next to my sound settings shortcut, also right on top of my music widget (I'll post a screen to show how this looks / works. I replaced the icons with a couple of the really small transparent widgets from the Velur icon pack (my all time fav, but not what I'm using on my phone right now. The icons in the screenshot are Devo (aided by what's IMO the #1 UI consistency app: Unicon!)

Last point on debloating, as I feel like it's been quite well covered. As [MENTION=6389809]fundaprob[/MENTION] mentioned, there are apps on your phone that serve absolutely no purpose. They may "work" on phones from other regions, but they are simply not compatible with the services available in North America. Why on Earth would one not uninstall at least these from their phone. I mean does anyone here just download every random app from the Play store without even glancing at the permissions? I'll just assume a universal "no", since I highly doubt anyone is so reckless with their user apps and think nothing of installing apps requesting access to highly sensitive data despite permissions of that nature that clearly have no need for it for the app to function? The system apps preloaded on your phone don't "request" any permissions because they don't need to; these apps, which you may or may not use / want already have full reign over your system. This is one of the main reasons that I will NEVER buy any kind of computing device that actively disallows me from administering my own system (read: root). If I can't at least see / access the entire filesystem, I interpret that as a message from the manufacturer that I'm not capable of handling administrative tasks (when was the last time Samsung offered to clear your Dalvik and cache?) on my own device, or the filesystem is inaccessible because there are files on it that act "maliciously" (by definition of the user) and it's intentionally hidden from user.

I'm not even "suggesting" that anyone do anything whatsoever - I'm sure that most xda members are just as capable of administering their own system as I am. I personally find threads such as this to be a valuable resource, and have the potential to significantly improve one's "administrative capability" by filling in the gaps in my knowledge of what certain system apps do enabling me to make an educated decision regarding whether a particular app is "deserving" of an installation on my phone or if by not uninstalling it, I'm doing more harm than good. Annnnd... PROFIT!

There's quite a bit going on on my homescreen, what with multiple layers of fully overlapping widgets (ex. the top third of my screen shows a sweet slideshow via Animated Photo Frame Widget + (digital clock is part of that and is hide-able), but I have 6 other widgets in total straight up on top of that widget. In the top middle is the above widget on the bottom, then a cool / abstract analog clock type deal called Holo clock, and directly on top of that is Battery Widget Reborn... Anyway, here's my setup; optimized for productivity, access, and pimpalicousness.