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post #1 of 10
11/27/11 at 11:13pm
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I just received my incredible Galaxy S II a few days back, and have been enjoying it immensely. Upon fooling around with the native Samsung music app, I came across the Sound effect menu, within the settings. The effect that's most noteworthy is the Music clarity effect, which brings the entire listening experience to a MUCH more enjoyable one in my experience. Make no mistake about it, once the effect is switched on, the difference it makes is anything but subtle. Words really can't express the difference one perceives with the effect enabled. Even my meelec CC51P's sound unbelievably clear and transparent after the setting is applied. The same holds true for many other in-ears I've tested the very same setting under. In all honestly, It's hard to resort back to listening without the Music clarity effect enabled. It's really something. So to all fellow Galaxy S owners, what do you make of this mysterious effect, and what area(s) of the frequency response do you believe it manipulates, in order to deliver a MUCH more transparent sound altogether? blink.gif

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post #2 of 10
11/27/11 at 11:16pm

*rushes off to SGS2 and look for the EQ settings*

 

I'll get back to you. :)

 

EDIT: Yes, it actually improves the SQ!! But I still prefer the sound coming out of my ipod. rolleyes.gif


Edited by nikp - 11/27/11 at 11:18pm
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post #3 of 10
11/27/11 at 11:22pm
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Please do! I really can't put into words how much of a difference/improvement I hear after applying the effect. Experiment with it a bit, and listen to a few tracks before forming any conclusions, and you'll know just what I mean.

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post #4 of 10
11/27/11 at 11:39pm
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Originally Posted by nikp View Post

EDIT: Yes, it actually improves the SQ!! But I still prefer the sound coming out of my ipod. rolleyes.gif


I've spent the last few hours listening to deadmau5, and at first I wasn't too fond of the CC51, not with my EX600/ClarityOne around. Upon discovering this setting however, I'm having trouble resorting back to any of my other earphones, when I've managed to get just as much enjoyment out of these, for a fraction of the cost. Gotta' love budget-fi, and I urge all SGS2 owners to give it a go. You won't regret it! wink.gif

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post #5 of 10
11/27/11 at 11:45pm

Something deep down tells me that rooting the SGS2 could improve the SQ even more. 

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post #6 of 10
11/27/11 at 11:47pm
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Originally Posted by nikp View Post

Something deep down tells me that rooting the SGS2 could improve the SQ even more. 


You're absolutely right. Had a long discussion about it with a cousin of mine, and supposedly there are custom roms dedicated for that very purpose, but that's a different story, for a different day. smile.gif

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post #7 of 10
12/26/11 at 12:10pm

Does anyone know, can the Music Clarity be replicated in PowerAMP?

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post #8 of 10
12/26/11 at 1:17pm

The Galaxy series of phones has that setting. I personally hate the stock music player...but the EQ setting are good to play around with. I'm afraid you cannot replicate the setting in PowerAmp or any other music player app for that matter (But setting in the middle preset on Power Amp might get you close). Coming to custom ROMs- CM7 or Cyanogen is one ROM I have enjoyed sound on.  They have an ibuilt app called DSP Manager which gives you a lot fo wonderful sound settings. Look for a custom ROM with DSP manager installed and the stock player app if you like it so much ;) 

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post #9 of 10
12/26/11 at 1:40pm
Damnit, I just switched to winamp. I was thoroughly unimpressed by 'SGS2's 5.1 feature.
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post #10 of 10
12/26/11 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by Arbite View Post

Damnit, I just switched to winamp. I was thoroughly unimpressed by 'SGS2's 5.1 feature.


Oh God, that setting is absolutely horrendous!

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