yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
First off all, WAV, AIFF, FLAC and ALAC will give you the same sound quality. These formats are either uncompressed (WAV/AIFF) or compressed in a way that does not affaect the sound quality (FLAC ELAC). A compression not so dissimilar to how zip or other archivers work is used. Perfect reconstruction is guaranteed .

It's unfortunate there aren't a whole lot of choices out there for stores that carry proper big databases of music that isn't compressed. It appears for now more a market with smaller dedicated stores for specific music styles. Some do streaming.

* Beatport - Techno, House, Trance, EdM,..

* HD tracks - pop rock jazz metal - going back decades

* Qobuz - pop rock balad soul R&B jazz electro classical - streaming, even in High Res

* ONKYO - quite varied selection

There is a space in the market for a store that would offer a vastely large catalogue of different music styles to the user in whichever format carries their interest. I for one am looking out to such a day.

For now though ,there are douzens of big services with nearly the same content (Spotify, Apple music, Tidal, and many more) but all essentially allowing you to stream or listen to compressed files of varying quality.
[Galaxy Note5 General] rlsroufe:
Awesome tips! Good place to start. Yes I wish there were more options for listening to uncompressed audio, for purchase and streaming. Once you listen to high quality uncompressed audio, its hard to go back to Spotify.
[Galaxy Note5 General] tmorterlaing:
I'm so grateful for this post - for some reason manufacturers don't seem to care to mention any of this stuff, and for some consumers it makes a big difference! I know for one going from the HTC One M* to the LG G4 gave me quite a shock (the LGG4 is audibly a lot worse - and that aint no placebo!).
[Galaxy Note5 General] billykxda:
My previous phone was the LG G2 that has a Wolfson DAC and extraordinary sonic characteristics. I am just becoming familiar with my N5's capabilities.

I am quite impressed so far.

Also, I agree with the previous posters. This thread is awesome!
[Galaxy Note5 General] fchowd0696:
Anyone have experience with the Audio Technica IM-70s? I'm thinking of picking them up.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
I've not heard this particular model, but I've never been impressed by dual moving coil driver earphones. You're better off with a larger single unit (13.5 - 16mm). Or... the superb Sennheiser IE800, if your wallet can stomach it :D

Some great moving coil in-ears:

HIGH COST

Sony EX1000

Sennheiser IE800

--> these two are the best moving coil earphones I've heard yet.

MEDIUM COST

Philips Fidelio S2

Audio Technica ATH-CKM55

VALUE FOR MONEY

Sound Magic E10 (not heard the newer model, but for sure it will be great too)

Philips TX2
[Galaxy Note5 General] saj2001ind:
Thanks buddy.... What will I loose if I buy the sound magic e10 over Sennheiser highend as per your suggestion.... I also see sound magic e18 is out which maybe an upgrade over e10?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
All of the models I mentioned are well balanced and don't have exaggerated elements in the frequency specturm (e.g. all Beats have unnaturally boosted bass...). Things which are better with the high level models are spaciousness and details. Spaciousness relates to how wide the sound is and how clearly you can identify different elements in the 3D sound stage :eek:
[Galaxy Note5 General] saj2001ind:
Okay I am interested in sound magic one, is the e18 latest one on that range?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
Get the newer E10. The E10S.
[Galaxy Note5 General] saj2001ind:
Thanks both e80s and e10 s is in my budget... I am just wondering is e80s the newer upgrade to e10 s? Or these 2 models are different

Sorry I mean e50 and e80 are also available apart from e10s
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
The E80 uses a new driver, but I've not heard it yet. The E10 series is great. If you want to make a purchase purely based on my advise, get the E10. You will surely not be dissappointes.
[Galaxy Note5 General] saj2001ind:
Sa w some reviews of Fidelio s2 now and they seems quite impressive... Does the larger driver on it makes a lot of difference also how does Fidelio compares with high end of your recommendation
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
Yeah, the large driver in the that one is great. As is the multilayer diaphragm. Very nice details.

Doesn't need to be a large diaphragm for good performance though. E.g. the IE800 is only 7mm and is among the best.

Your last question: the EX1000 and IE800 are better, sure. But they're also many times the price of the Fidelio. You should be able to pick them up relatively cheaply now.

One little warning though. If you have small ears, the fit might be a problem. It's a large driver after all.
[Galaxy Note5 General] saj2001ind:
Also I see the Fidelio s2 is open back does that mean it will have much better sound stage and airyness
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
It's nice and open sounding, yes. If strong isolation is your thing, this might out you off though.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
Wow, my thread gets linked in the official XDA review of the Note 5 ?

Thanks Mario!
[Galaxy Note5 General] saj2001ind:
Can you suggest any other brand like Sennheiser etc which is similar to Fidelio s2
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
Sony EX600 is good. The EX1000 is great (but expensive and quite unwieldy).
[Galaxy Note5 General] billykxda:
Regarding UHQ, does anyone know why certain FLACS in my collection, when viewed in the Samsung Music app, have the "UHQ" tag at the end of the file name and others don't? I put 3 albums of FLAC files on my phone so far just to try out the audio quality. I verified in Adobe Audition that all files are truly hi-res, but only one album of the three have tracks tagged with UHQ.

Do ALL of the FLACS on your phone have the little blue "UHQ" tags at the end of the file names when viewing tracks in the album?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
If they are more than 44.1kHz 16 bit they will be labelled as UHQ. It's like Samsung's way of saying they're High Res. Even a 44.1kHz 24bit file is labelled UHQ.

To be honest the whole UHQ thing is a joke.

Edit: sorry, I misread your post. For me so far all tracks I've put on there that are higher than 44/16 are labeled UHQ. Not sure what's going on with your files. You didn't perhaps accidentally convert them in Windows when you copied them over?
[Galaxy Note5 General] saj2001ind:
I saw an on ear fidelio m2bt it's wireless bluetooth and can also attach cable.... How good will these sound both wireless and wired pls
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
Hey man, I don't mind giving advice about headphones, but this thread is not really about that. Just pm me your questions. If I find time I will answer them.
[Galaxy Note5 General] billykxda:
Thanks Willy.
[Galaxy Note5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
Not to add a wrench into this, but I thought I would mention a heavily underrated pair of headphones. The Polk Audio UltraFocus 8000. They are so unpopular, that you can get them under $100 brand new on ebay at this point.

For $100 or under, they are easily the best headphones I have heard. They sound better than some that are much more expensive, but they are a no brainer for under $100.

They are noise cancelling, so a possible negative is you have to use batteries. But the pros heavily outweigh the cons. Keep in mind they have punchy low end too, but not sloppy at all. It's an awesome pair of headphones.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Mostafa Wael:
A quick question

How does the Note5's audio quality compares to that of the S6 & the HTC One M9 ?!

Thanks :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
I can't comment on those as I don't have them available to listen too. The M9 will be a louder phone though as can be seen from the PhoneArena measurment database (http://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks). But louder does not relate to sound quality. All phones sold in Europe are limited anyway.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Chord_Hugo87:
Note 5 and S6 using the same Wolfson Dac...I believe it embedded into the exynos processor (could be wrong, not sure if its a seperate module). I dont remember what the M9 has....

---------- Post added at 08:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:59 AM ----------

If you guys really want quality music get the JDS Lab C5D, it has a DAC and AMP, relatively small size, sound very good for it price and can power an orthodynamic headphone gracefully. if you want something smaller than that, get the pico slim amp, It wont power any ortho but for regular dynamic headphone it should be ok.
[Galaxy Note5 General] saj2001ind:
well, OP has explained quite technbically that note 5 sounds similar to a dedicated player and DAC or its combo...and we dont want to carry extra audio device hence this discussion on note 5 sound quality

I think OP has proved that Note 5 can really replace a dedicated music player and or DAC which is amazing to know :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Chord_Hugo87:
LOL let's not carry ourselves that far. There is a simply a world of difference between my chord Hugo and my phone dac. Hell even my meridian Explorer sound better. Headphone jack from a phone is always my last resort. To each his own.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
haha, yeah. I don't think he knows quite what level we're talking about with the Chord Hugo. Regardless though, I stand by my assessment made. The Note 5 sounds damn good and when compared to the AMP/DAC combos I had on hand, it could hold it's own.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hykhleif:
what dac is in the note 5 and does it support high res
[Galaxy Note5 General] osmosizzz:
Has a Wolfson dac. All exynos devices hace a Wolfson dac. And yes, high res is supported
[Galaxy Note5 General] hykhleif:
so does it support 192/24 bit
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
yes.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hykhleif:
so whats all the hype then about the lg v10 in regards to sound quality if we have the wolfson dac that supports high res

as far as i know the wolfson has a warmer and more beautiful sound

does the high res support files only thru the stock music player or does it extend to third party players like neutron
[Galaxy Note5 General] Derpling:
V10 hype created because the G4 audio quality is one of the worst, i had this device so i know, Note 5 runs around it and laughing all the way to your ears :D
[Galaxy Note5 General] afaquekhaja:
I guess the audio volume is a bit low via the headphones.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hykhleif:
but the lg v10 outputs high res compared to note 5

did u have a chance to compare the audio on both devices and how do they compare
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
The LG V10 has a DAC and AMP combo from the company ESS: SABRE 9018 DAC and SABRE 9602 amp. The SABRE 9018 DAC is a very well respected part and used in some very high end audio products. I have not heard the LG V10, but it's safe to say it will sound great. Better than the Note 5? Possibly... hard to say without a hands on.

I will say that other products that I have heard with a well implemented SABRE 9018 sounded significantly better than my Note 5, but it all comes down to how well LG (and ESS) did their job.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hykhleif:
i did not have the chance to comapre the audio of note 5 vs lg v10 and i see on head-fi thread of lg v10 were they totally disgrace the sound quality of the note 5 bs lg v10, since that thread is driven by lg v10 owners i was wondering whats your take on this

now my question is does the note 5 playback 192/24 bit without down sampling
[Galaxy Note5 General] Willyman:
Mate, I've already answered this question several time. The note 5 played 192/24 without down sampling. You can readily see this in the measurements I posted, showing a frequency response up to 96kHz.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hykhleif:
thanks forgive my newbie question and understanding of graphs, I wanted the answer in simple english :)

so then its only a matter then that the v10 has a great amp while the note 5 amp is weaker than the v10 for files 192/24 bits, I know the v10 supports 32 bits but i do not own 32 bits music anyway, and in general the wolfson dac is supposed to be a good dac

I wish someone can compare sound quality between the v10 and note 5
[Galaxy Note5 General] pmredulla:
Tried my Sony MDR-10RC headphones (40-ohm impedance) with the Note5 and G4. Both phones seem to have difficulty driving the headphones, had to buy a cheap amplifier.
[Galaxy Note5 General] nirudha:
Looks like UHQ is not just upscaling but dithering as explained here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpWIQw7HWU&list=RDzWpWIQw7HWU#t=101

Basing this on the noise you observed but I could be wrong. I remember the PC audio player Foobar2000 and a few others had an option to add dither.
[Galaxy Note5 General] dtaylorr:
Thanks for the info. This was not something I was thinking about, but greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy Note5 General] liveDehTmaI:
MQA should prove itself very soon. Unfortunately, it will not be in the Note 5.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Fatherboard:
My Note 5 seems to be able to drive my ATH-M50x but it's still on the low side IMO. However, my friend's HTC M9 is rather perfect when hooked with the M50x.

I think of attaching the Fiio E6 to the Note 5, I hope it will perform fine.
[Galaxy Note5 General] pmredulla:
You can try, Fiio E6 is quite cheap. Been using it with my Note5 and Sony-MDR10RC (40-ohm). My Note5 has no problem driving the ATH-Pro500MK2 (38-ohm).
[Galaxy Note5 General] diogob057:
This is a very detail review. Thank you for the hard work. I can never know these without you.
[Galaxy Note5 General] JellyTooth:
Hey i want to ask if connecting fiio e18 or dragonfly dac to note 5 , well it makes it sound better ? I dont care about amplification though i use low impedance earphones.

Cuz my note 5 sound quality compares badly with my cheap motherboard realtek built in audio even when the UHQ upscaler is enabled. Please help
[Galaxy Note5 General] JellyTooth:
Supporting 192khz seems like a gimmick crap now cuz android only caps the output to 48khz , so no way you will ever be able to play 192khz file with their real potential unless u have a usb dac
[Galaxy Note5 General] AllTogether4All:
I'm having hearing difficulies - and need to replace my Samsung Note 3 device (not hearing people on max volume on speaker and on ear to phone listening. I need to replace note 3. Can anyone tell me if the volume capacity is higher/louder in the Note 4? In the Note 5? And of the "Blackphone 1 "
[Galaxy Note5 General] klaberte:
Links to graphs on first post are not working. Can they be re-posted?
[Galaxy Note5 General] sarshar:
It's been a year I am using a Chinese Bluetooth earphone called QCY-QY11 which is astonishing specially in the genre I used to listen, metal generally.

And for sure I'm not gonna get back to wired era of my life dealing with knots and popped out earbuds hence there is no significance in headphone jack of my N920C since BT earphones are as sophisticated as wired HiFi headphones are.

But there is just an importance about 3mm jack I emphasize, which is to use your Note5 as music gear like Electric Guitar Effect as well as sound effect gear over voice and so on. Here I worship this topic and would be cheerful to hear more about it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] bdumaguina:
Thank you for sharing all the great info on the headphone jack out of Note 5. I just want to add, I'm using Note 5 for composing music (Caustic 3) and synth sound design (DRC). Initially just used stock headphone out with stock Samsung earphones and then also with SoundMagic ES18 with good results. Playing back compositions on Caustic 3 translated quite well when played back on proper studio monitors.

Currently though I've switched to headphones (Grado SR80e), earphones are quite fatiguing especially for sound design (might get a SoundMagic E10 though). Grado is just a 32 ohm impedance headphone but I was wondering if anyone has experience adding a portable headphone amp? I've no experience with portable headphone amps used with smartphones. If they indeed do improve SQ, what headphone amp is recommended for Note 5? Maybe a reco when you're on a budget and when sky's the limit. Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diamondkayyy:
can someone help me...

i did a recovery for the samsung sgh-s730m

and now it just turns off...

when i plug it in, its in a loop reboot

cantg enter download mode or safe mode..

please help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diamondkayyy:
help pleaseÉ anyoneÉ
[Xiaomi Mi 4] :
Q&A for [Q&A] Windows 10 on MI4

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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [Q&A] Windows 10 on MI4. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[Xiaomi Mi 4] romerxzh:
In china , the microsoft have already tested the win10 on mi4 , chinese can got to the microsoft to flash the win10 , but it only the beta test . I think the win4 will be flashed in a short time
[Xposed Framework Development] itandy:
In my module, I need to replace the method (onReceive) of an inner class (Receiver). Inside that method, I'm using XposedHelpers.getSurroundingThis to reference the instance object of the outer class (SeekBarVolumizer). In short, the method getSurroundingThis always returns the instance object of the class SeekBarVolumizer. The situation is similar to figure 1.

It all works fine except for some Xperia devices on Android 5.1 that the class SeekBarVolumizer is also used in another class SomcExpandedVolumeSliders as in figure 2. This time, I found that the method getSurroundingThis returns the instance object of the class VolumeSliderInfo instead. In this case, the replaced method will never be able to reference the correct object and its variable and method.

Is this an Xposed issue or just that I program incorrectly?

Figure 1:

public class SeekBarVolumizer {
...
private final class Receiver {
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
/* codes here to be replaced */
}
}
}

Figure 2:

public class SomcExpandedVolumeSliders {
...
private static class VolumeSliderInfo {
private SeekBarVolumizer mSeekBarVolumizer;
...
}
}
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjbn:
Hi everyone,

I have this weird glitch on my phone. When I'm using Google Maps, it would randomly open the "Recent Apps" and sometimes even the "Back" button would activate on its own. I initially thought it might have to do with the wireless charging but when I use Waze, I no longer see the phone glitching. Is it a hardware failure? Is it an Android software/Google Maps bug? Does this happen to anyone else?

I'm on stock T-Mobile with Developers Options enabled, and not rooted. According to this thread (http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...random-phantom-settings-button-presses-3.html) it's the GPU rendering.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D4rk_nVidia:
Hello

I got the 920F with the newest ROM which is available in France.

Normal:

Open dialer, press a few numbers, one of your contacts will be shown, press on it and call.

Now when I press on my contact, it shows me the same number twice and I need to choose between them every time before I can call him.

Anyone with the same problem?

It happens with every contact and they all have one number.

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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zincsnow:
I have this problem too, i'm thinking some numbers are being copied to the device memory
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D4rk_nVidia:
Its even if i only show Google contacts. Flashed a ROM and problem was gone til restart

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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathrania:
I have the same issue, plus the worst part is that, if i edit the contact, i cannot find that number twice.... All fcuked up by Samsung
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D4rk_nVidia:
It's a problem by Samsung or maybe WhatsApp. After deleting WhatsApp the problem was gone

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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jim16127:
Does anyone know how a rooted fire TV could fix this problem? With a xposed framework mod? Or manipulating a system file? I have yet to see a fix other than downgrading. Any ideas?

Here's Elias Saba's article from AFTVNews about this topic. http://www.aftvnews.com/recent-fire-tv-software-updates-causing-blank-screen-issues-related-to-hdcp/

Since update 51.1.6.3 this issue is resolved...here's [MENTION=3991724]rbox[/MENTION] prerooted stock roms for the FireTV...

http://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/development/prerooted-stock-images-t2882337

And [MENTION=5957312]AFTVnews.com[/MENTION] roms download page...

http://www.aftvnews.com/roms/
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] doctorjei:
This is not yet entirely resolved even in 51.1.6.3, unfortunately. I am using an Onkyo receiver and could only get things working again by reverting to 51.1.6.0. For me, at least, going to 1.6.0 did the trick.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] santamanga:
I have just spent half a day figuring out why retroarch goes black when trying to play a game. The reason is this hdcp protection that is still present in 5.2.1.1.

I had my aftv connected to a dvi monitor with a hdmi -> dvi connector. Everything worked fine, except retroarch to play games. By chance I plugged it into another monitor with a propper hdmi port, then everything works.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Not sure if this option will help. Should be part of the newest update that began to rollout this week.

http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire...able-hdmi-cec-in-new-5-2-4-0-software-update/

Also, maybe there is a system app or service that handles this that you might be able to disable.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eassson:
Pls forgive my bad English

i rooted my f500k 10p with this post http://xdaforums.com/g4/general/f500s-l-k-lg-g4-korean-variant-rooted-t3170550

it works but i forgot backup my original system.img

now i can't ota to update my phone even if use SuperSU to unroot

may i ask someone can send me a original system.img of f500k 10p please

Thx Very Much
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locko90:
k so my htc one m8x was in my wet pants pocket on the bathroom floor over night, the next day when I found the phone it was off and wouldn't turn on, I figured it was flat so pluged in to charger and nothing happened, no charging light came on. so I read a heap of stuff on the net about letting the phoine dry out and so on.

today its been sitting on my computer desk for about a week I decided to plug it in to the laptop and see if it would charge... and to my surprise a little orange light came on and was blinking... phone wouldn't turn on, after about 20 mins on charge I felt that the phone was getting slightly warm I decided to pull it off the charger for a bit then I put it on the wall charger nothing happened for a sec then the orange light appeared then the screen came on with a battery symbol then the screen turned off after a second and the orange light seemed to be blinking faster then it was blinking before on the laptop, I thought maybe it needs time to charge up because it is completely flat.

well its been on the charge for about an hour now still blinking and not turning on, also when I put my ear on the back of the phone and listen I can hear a quite little clicking sound don't know what this means..

can anyone help with this problem, it would be most helpful, I loved this phone I really hope it can come back to life :(
[X Play Accessories] ari197:
since I got a vanila version of the play (bought it from clove UK) .. is there a way I could get the custom back cover ?
[X Play Accessories] eXelero:
at this moment, all I've found are 3 color options over at the guys on aliexpress :)
[X Play Accessories] pplux:
Could yo share the link?

Thanks:good::good: