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Headphoneus Supremus
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would this work for an S1?
would this work for an S1?
Thanks guys - good to know. In your opinon would it still be worth getting the external amp then (Fiio E11)? If all its adding is extra volume, and its not improving the sound due to a bad signal, then I think it might be a waste...
Also, I found that Google post this morning and voted so at least doing my bit there...
EDIT: I just realized you're talking about the HTC. In that case its possible that signal is bad.
That is not true, anyone who says that is clearly talking without ever trying it on their own. If you connect your headphones directly to a smartphone with a good DAC, you will be getting a pure signal from the DAC, but the amplifier in smartphone will be so weak that it wont be able to run the headphones properly, therefore that GOOD signal from DAC will sound bad, because drivers in headphones will not have efficient power fed to them in order to make full use of those signals. BUT, when you use an amp, then internal amp in phone doesn't have to power the headphones, all it does is it acts like a preamp, sort of, and just sends trough a signal from the DAC. That way, your external amp receives a clean signal, just as it would from a normal standalone DAC or soundcard.
I still can't believe how good my Galaxy S1 sounds when used in pair with an amp, its just so crisp, clean, sound stage is very big and sound is very airy, it sounds like there's a lot of space between sounds. Really good stuff. Wouldn't mind if my desktop setup sounded that way.
There are various hacks already out if your rooted...many are incorporated into kernels like Siyah, it can make volume output ridiculously loud, it has DAC direct feature too!
Voodoo pre release is apparently on the horizon though so if your not rooted already then just wait for that IMO
I just got an I9300 S3 last night. I'm happy to report that the iBasso D12 works via USB. I'm very sad to report that I can't get my Pico to. I know that someone several pages back got it to work, so I'm hoping it's a matter of getting the right cable adapter.
The stock headphone jack is pretty disappointing. I expected a flat soundstage. But there's a pretty loud noise floor too. The iPhone 4S sounds considerably better. Perhaps Supercurio can remedy this to some extent. Regardless, a good USB DAC will play in a different league to ANY stock jack. Getting at least one of them to work on the S3 is a dream come true.
So does the SGS3 have a line out? I can't really read through all the pages. Seems like there's no need for an aftermarket dac if the wolfson really is that great. I'd still like to have an aftermarket amp. How many mw output does the hp jack have? I'm sure it's like 32/16 ohm output yea?