joseph0042
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Has anyone compared the S4 to the htc one? I was wondering what you guys felt about the music they produced from first hand experience.
i have both .ive ab them back and forth for hours.the sound the same.htc 1 is 3 times as loud.and has no crackle in certian iems.s4 amp issue.the one has louder backround hiss.neither of them sound good tbh
Test | Frequency response | Noise level | Dynamic range | THD | IMD + Noise | Stereo crosstalk |
Samsung Galaxy S4 | +0.03, -0.08 | -95.9 | 93.2 | 0.0030 | 0.0092 | -96.4 |
Samsung Galaxy S4 (headphones attached) | +0.03, -0.08 | -96.0 | 93.3 | 0.0031 | 0.089 | -95.5 |
HTC One | +0.11, -0.20 | -82.7 | 82.7 | 0.0023 | 0.026 | -80.9 |
HTC One (headphones attached) | +0.02, -0.32 | -82.4 | 82.3 | 0.0045 | 0.057 | -68.3 |
Sony Xperia Z | +0.11, -0.10 | -81.9 | 82.1 | 0.043 | 0.041 | -81.3 |
Sony Xperia Z (headphones attached) | +0.62, -0.09 | -81.7 | 81.5 | 0.204 | 0.249 | -56.4 |
HTC Butterfly | +0.13, -0.29 | -82.5 | 82.3 | 0.0090 | 0.022 | -80.8 |
HTC Butterfly (headphones attached) | +0.16, -0.24 | -82.3 | 82.1 | 0.0094 | 0.042 | -59.7 |
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III | +0.03, -0.05 | -90.3 | 90.3 | 0.012 | 0.018 | -92.6 |
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (headphones attached) | +0.11, -0.04 | -90.2 | 90.2 | 0.0092 | 0.090 | -53.1 |
Test | Frequency response | Noise level | Dynamic range | THD | IMD + Noise | Stereo crosstalk |
Apple iPhone 5 | +0.06, -0.51 | -91.3 | 91.3 | 0.0015 | 0.0093 | -76.5 |
Apple iPhone 5 (headphones attached) | +0.00, -0.26 | -90.6 | 90.6 | 0.0035 | 0.111 | -56.2 |
Apple iPhone 4S | +0.02, -0.11 | -91.2 | 91.2 | 0.0020 | 0.012 | -93.0 |
Apple iPhone 4S (headphones attached) | +0.05, -0.10 | -91.3 | 91.3 | 0.0068 | 0.071 | -66.7 |
Apple iPhone 4 | +0.01, -0.07 | -90.1 | 90.0 | 0.0068 | 0.012 | -89.6 |
Apple iPhone 4 (headphones attached) | +0.01, -0.07 | -90.4 | 90.4 | 0.0036 | 0.092 | -68.4 |
As I found myself, the S3 was weak with headphones being noticeably worse that an iPhone where the S4 is as good as a 4S and better than an iP5 from technical data. To me both the S4 & iphone sound good but maybe not to dedicated source quality. The only recent dedicated player I had was a Sony X series which had awful background hiss with my SE535's leading me to purchase a high quality 75Ohm attenuator from Japan to tolerate using it! I've worked my way through many Android devices and this is the first one that I like as much as the iPhone for Sound Quality. |
Not to mention, the S4 crackles with low impedance loads.
If you can and not worried about LTE, get the I9500(Octa-core) Galaxy S4, it has the best audio compared to both HTC One and iPhones, it comes with a high end Wolfson WM5102 and the audio has much better substance, from my personal experience, there is no distortion, crackles or any pops with this phone. You can get from http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-i9500-galaxy-s-iv-16-gb-lta-unlocked-white-frost-open-box.html#.UYvb9LWG3To and http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-galaxy-s-4-smartphone-black-mist-16gb-unlocked-247538/