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sound quality of samsung galaxy s2

post #1 of 6
1/6/12 at 6:23pm
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hi,

 

how is the sound quality of the galaxy s2 phone (i use RE0 earphones)?

especially how it compares to ipod touch 1g.

 

i got a new s2 and wanted to use it instead of my ipod,  but after listening to it a little bit felt it's much worst the my old ipod.

is the sound quality of the s2 bad or it's just in my mind or maybe me being used to the sound of the ipod?

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post #2 of 6
1/6/12 at 8:17pm

you can give rockbox a try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279764

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post #3 of 6
1/7/12 at 4:51am
Thread Starter 

should there be a big difference between the ipod touch 1g and the s2 in terms of SQ?

 

i dont use an amp and dont really use EQ also...

 

 

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post #4 of 6
1/7/12 at 9:05am

The Samsung Galaxy S II no longe features the great Wolfson chip of the S. Samsung went to a less good Yamaha DAC. It might be ok for many, but it's not a revelation. That said, even the great Wolfson (and its builtin headphone amp with no or very little hiss) isn't properly used by the old S. That's why there is the Voodoo project. It provides an app in the marked to access the Wolfson chips capabilities, but that requires either root on the phone, so the app can make the kernel load the necessariy drivers (which doesn't seem to work on all phones), or a custom kernel, with the driver already compiled in. Without that, the App can't do anything. But once you use the Wolfsons amping etc, soundquality is actually really good. That's why I suggest you might to look for a phone with the Wolfson chip. I bought myself an LG Optimus 2x for that purpose ... more modern, than the old S, with e Tegra 2, like the Galaxy II, but also with a Wolfson DAC.

 

Without the Wolfson support, the iPod will probably sound quite a bit better, since I only hear good things about the soundquality in recent apple products.

 

You might be able to improve the sound with apps like the PowerAmp player, the Nuetron player and the EQualizer app, though.

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post #5 of 6
1/7/12 at 9:56am
Thread Starter 

thanks for the comprehensive answer.

 

a few things:

after looking around the web i saw that the SGS is better in SQ then the SGS2, but i can't get a different phone right now. i'll stick with the S2. the question is should i buy a sd card and use the s2 as my primary music player, or should i keep using my ipod 1g as my player.

 

my ipod is not that recent: it's a 1st gen. ipod touch (about 3 years old). it's SQ should still better then the S2?

 

does apps such as power amp require rooting? 

 

thanks a lot
 

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Originally Posted by voon View Post

The Samsung Galaxy S II no longe features the great Wolfson chip of the S. Samsung went to a less good Yamaha DAC. It might be ok for many, but it's not a revelation. That said, even the great Wolfson (and its builtin headphone amp with no or very little hiss) isn't properly used by the old S. That's why there is the Voodoo project. It provides an app in the marked to access the Wolfson chips capabilities, but that requires either root on the phone, so the app can make the kernel load the necessariy drivers (which doesn't seem to work on all phones), or a custom kernel, with the driver already compiled in. Without that, the App can't do anything. But once you use the Wolfsons amping etc, soundquality is actually really good. That's why I suggest you might to look for a phone with the Wolfson chip. I bought myself an LG Optimus 2x for that purpose ... more modern, than the old S, with e Tegra 2, like the Galaxy II, but also with a Wolfson DAC.

 

Without the Wolfson support, the iPod will probably sound quite a bit better, since I only hear good things about the soundquality in recent apple products.

 

You might be able to improve the sound with apps like the PowerAmp player, the Nuetron player and the EQualizer app, though.



 

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post #6 of 6
1/22/12 at 7:05pm

I have the Tmobile version of the Samsung Galaxy S II. I use the PowerAmp App you can download a 1 week trial free on the Market and if you like it it's 4.99 I think. I noticed enough of an improvement to buy the App and I think I'm going to buy a 32 GB MicroSD card and use my phone for now. I have a new pair of headphones on the way so I plan to use them and see how that goes and then decide. Also no root is required for PowerAmp.

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