[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom ROM Development] holy_cross09:
Hi, i just wanna share a little for all of you in this community especially those who use Atom Life. This trick can be applied for other phone too. Feedback are always needed. So here's the Tips & Trick :

Music & PDA :D Let's mix it! :cool:

There's two audio output component in your PDA, headset jack and speaker. Most of all time to reach a good SQ (Sound Quality) many of PDA user apply different setting for each output. Example : if you use the earphone then u change the EQ, SRSWow setting even the player setting itself to reach the quality you want. But after u switch to speaker (in case your friend want to know what are you hear), the sound is disaster and you have to switch it again to match the quality for the speaker.

So how about if i can give you a little trick to set the optimum setting for both speaker and earphone? It would be great...

I have do some research and of course testing to find the perfect optimum set for both.

1st Rule in music : A good music need a good player to show it's potential sound. And what player do you use? WMP is bad and suck we all know that, so what the other choice that good? I recommended you to use Nitrogen check it here. Why? Coz it's deliver a superd audio quality and better than core player. It's only use minimum ram than core player (tested on mine running Nitrogen on standby use only bout 65% while Core suck 75%). There's plugin for FLAC playback (audio lover like it :D). Also it's support skin too. Make your phone more music friendly. For qvga device you view here.

2nd Rule : You have a good music, and a good player. What's next? An optimized setting for your audio output both speaker/earphone. Where it can be done? Check out your equalizer panel (Atom life O2 Software). Disable the build in equalizer, turn it off. Now move to the WOW HD Settings (enable this). Set this :

SRS 3D Effect : 50%

SRS Center Effect : 80% (on earphone if you feel that it's not balanced you can adjust it. set it as you like 50% or more, coz everyone ear is different and unique)

SRS Focus Level : 80%

SRS Definition Level : 20%

SRS TruBass : 80%

On nitrogen set EQ to flat (or don't turn on).

This setting combined with nitrogen will give you a great audio quality gain. With large frequency range to hear more through speaker/earphone. And also a superb bass quality deep but not overpress other sound channel. Making your music more great (feel the difference test it with your favorite song).

3rd Rule and the important once if you use earphone : Buy yourself a good quality jack converter from 2,5 to 3,5mm.

So you can use a good quality earphone to listen your music.

Here's what i use MD E945 BY MDISK

Impedance : 32ohm

Speaker : 13,5mm

Sensitivity : 106db @ 1Khz

Frequency range : 10 - 25.000Hz

WHAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHEN SELECTING A EARPHONE IS THE CAPABILITY OF THIS PHONE TO DRIVE THE SIGNAL. (Example : you bought a high end set or earphone but it have a high impedance and therefor your phone cannot drive it signal coz there's not enought power. So it's useless.)

Another way to increase is to buy an small earphone amplifier for your phone (but it's not practical, so don't suggest it).

Also when you have a nice set of earphone, don't forget to burn in before to optimize the quality of the speaker. All About Burn in view here. And if you want to burn in your earphone download burn in wave here and view my burn in playlist.

That's all i can share, waiting for your feedback. Perhaps you can share your setting too here or audio player you use. Thanks.