[markito331]

hi, i have a sony xperia l1, and it doesn't quite drive my ATH COR150iS IEM's ($20, 103 db sensitivity) [they don't get enough loudness], listening to classical music wich is recorded very quietly.

i was thinking of getting and amp, like fiio a1, but i discovered that there exist volume booster apps in the android app store, and i'm trying a few of them.



what do you think of those apps? do they distort as hell? how do they function? (i read that maybe they unblock the max volume output set by the manufacturer by law, but that the phone can actually go louder)



should i get a physical amp?



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[Kalavere]

The best thing I ever got for my phone was the Audioquest Dragonfly Black, cheap (£80), and it works excellently with USB Audio Player PRO, the best app for lossless audio on Android.

You'll never have to worry about quiet audio on your phone again.

 

[markito331]

The best thing I ever got for my phone was the Audioquest Dragonfly Black, cheap (£80), and it works excellently with USB Audio Player PRO, the best app for lossless audio on Android.

You'll never have to worry about quiet audio on your phone again.

thanks for your reply.

that DAc/amp is $171 in my country, not worth it, and i already got a fiio e10k for my sennheiser's HD 598 SR.

i wos wondering if android app amplification was good/bad/decent, or if it would be worth to get a real AMP, i can get a fiio a1 for $55.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

hi, i have a sony xperia l1, and it doesn't quite drive my ATH COR150iS IEM's ($20, 103 db sensitivity) [they don't get enough loudness], listening to classical music wich is recorded very quietly.

i was thinking of getting and amp, like fiio a1, but i discovered that there exist volume booster apps in the android app store, and i'm trying a few of them.

TO figure out if this is indeed software and can be circumbvented by software, download a free app with Replay Gain, like Neutron Music Player. Load some similar music into the phone and have Neutron apply Replay Gain to draft it into the Loudness Wars (ie raise the gain and quash the dynamic range by making it as loud as pop music). If that works, then look for any global Replay Gain apps that work at the OS level to apply to any media player app.