[Totally Dubbed]

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Ew, why would you mention Beats audio? Are you trying to make SURE they don't take our Androids seriously?
 
I just want to see a graph of the SGS or any Tegra 2 phone (all of which have the Wolfson chip) using voodoo. I have a feeling, given the ratings of the SGSII without the voodoo mod, and considering its outright inferiority to the Wolfson-bearing phones with OR without the Voodoo mod, that the phones with Wolfson WM8994 DAC + Voodoo mod would at the very least come close to matching the iPhone 4 LOD performance in terms of overall perception of audio quality.
 

Well apparently the beats audio cleans the signal up a lil - check out the HTC threads on it - iv'e yet to try it though. Should be a  simple CWM flash.
 

 
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http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_4-review-490p7.php
 
Scroll down 3/4's of the way to the bottom.

ah cool
I always thought that old ipods were better than newer ones...
 
 

 

[Gilly87]

I appreciate the ingenuous comparison. However again this is obviously with stock software as no mention of Voodoo is made; still curious to see what happens when Voodoo enters the equation on a WM8994-equipped device.
 
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http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_4-review-490p7.php
 
Scroll down 3/4's of the way to the bottom.

 

 

[Gilly87]

Really now? Every review I've read says it's merely a software bass boost, ie added compression + EQ
 
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Well apparently the beats audio cleans the signal up a lil - check out the HTC threads on it - iv'e yet to try it though. Should be a  simple CWM flash.
 

 

ah cool
I always thought that old ipods were better than newer ones...
 
 

 

 

[Totally Dubbed]

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Really now? Every review I've read says it's merely a software bass boost, ie added compression + EQ

Well I read that about the PC's, but the HTC was something else - at least what I've read - wasn't totally sure about it due to it being...beats lol
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/beats-audio-now-available-on-any-gingerbread-rom/
 
That said...:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525106

 

[Gilly87]

Not seeing anything there about improved signal... o.O

 

[Gilly87]

I think we may be threadjacking...maybe a mod could split this into a separate topic?
 
This seems a good candidate for the first post of a splitoff thread:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/478568/multi-iem-review-231-iems-compared-velodyne-vpulse-tfta-1v-added-03-18-12/6315#post_8243841
 
Maybe it could be titled "iPhone 4 vs. Wolfson Android phones"

 

[eke2k6]

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http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_4-review-490p7.php
 
Scroll down 3/4's of the way to the bottom.

Wow, look at that graph! It's no wonder that there's 0 improvement with amps.

 

[Gilly87]

Well I mean amps are only ever going to improve volume for anything that has its juice requirements met by the source initially, right?
 
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Wow, look at that graph! It's no wonder that there's 0 improvement with amps.

 

 

[eke2k6]

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Well I mean amps are only ever going to improve volume for anything that has its juice requirements met by the source initially, right?
 

I know. But some people talk of amps as the second coming, so naturally, I expected improvements when I got my hands on some. Nope...
 

 

[Gilly87]

I will never buy another portable amp. FiiO E5 actually made all of my headphones sound worse. My G2x can pump way more volume than I will ever be physically capable of hearing, at least with every IEM I've tested it with so far. I use the Voodoo amp at between -36 to -28 dB; setting it at -20 DB and full volume on the phone would probably begin to have noticeably adverse affects on my hearing within a relatively short period of time. For some unknown reason, one time it reset automatically to -18 when I plugged my phones in and I had to rip them out hastily for fear of going deaf.
 
...and to think it goes all the way up to +5dB... +2 is the stated limit for the 3.5mm jack.

 
Amp? Sweet Jesus no. Not as long as I want my skull in one piece.
 
 
I'm actually really curious if the G2x could do something like the RE262, which appears to need tons of juice, real justice. Does volume = power in this sense? If so I'm not sure what phones this thing COULDN'T drive properly 

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I know. But some people talk of amps as the second coming, so naturally, I expected improvements when I got my hands on some. Nope...
 

 

 

[jarrett]

Portable amps are a waste of money. IEM + Source is really all you need

 

[vwinter]

I feel like there's more to it than just volume... Not that I own or really want an amp.

 

[Gilly87]

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[Gilly87]

I had assumed so, but my G2x goes so freaking loud that I wonder how more of anything could ever be of benefit
 
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I feel like there's more to it than just volume... Not that I own or really want an amp.

 

 

[vwinter]

I had assumed so, but my G2x goes so freaking loud that I wonder how more of anything could ever be of benefit
 


 

I meant more like finding the best match between electronic components more than just how loud something can be driven. Stuff that's way over my head.