NZtechfreak
Headphoneus Supremus
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Thanks for that Nnotis, I will try again this evening (although I did try connecting and re-connecting a number of times the other night to no avail).
Will the S3 be banned in the USA following the recent judgment?
I also briefly compared the Pico DAC and the i9300 DAC using the Pico amp for both. The difference is small enough to be irrelevant for some. The Pico DAC offers a little bit more detail which is mostly noticeable with spacial cues. The S3 sounds a little warmer. The difference is reminiscent of that between my old iMod and the Pico. The gap might shrink further yet when using the Siyah kernel. I’ll have to compare the two again once Siyah works on Touchwiz based Jelly Bean ROMs.
So NZ can you tell us which of the two phones sounds better to you now?
I've ordered an amp from Leckerton (these get rave reviews):
http://www.leckertonaudio.com/products/uha-6s-mkii/
I believe it has the same TI USB controller as the E7 so there's a reasonable chance it will work as a DAC with the SGS3.
Listening right now with the D600 and the S3 and while the D600 goes extremely deep in the bass, the S3 does not, so its limited there. Also I think the sound is noticeably flatter and with lower resolution than my desktop system. The iPhone 4 sounded identical to the desktop so that just proves the S3, even with the wolfson DAC, cannot match.
Also the EU output limit of the international version pisses me off
Hey man,
I strongly reccomend you root your phone and flash Siyah kernel, its pretty much what Voodoo sound is for the S1, it will also bypass that annoying EU volume cap, I have it powering my DT770´s absolutly fine which arent easy to drive!
You're hitting on a contentious topic right there. It's true that there are some bits of code from Voodoo from the S1 added to the Siyah kernel, but it's not comparable to having a Voodoo Sound implementation. Siyah will add some volume, but I'm sceptical of any major improvements beyond that. The Voodoo code from S1 can't be copy-pasted to a device with completely different hardware and be expected to have the same effect. This is the reason Supercurio got upset with the references to 'Voodoo' in relation to the kernel.
Gokhan works very hard and offers everything to the community for free, so kudos to him, but I've found the kernel to be a little overrated (and sometimes unstable). He's also not really a sound expert, so we'll need to see what the real difference is if/when Supercurio ever finally releases a 'proper' Voodoo implementation for the SGS3.
I've experienced nothing from the Siyah kernel but improvement over the stock one. I can't wait to get a new version working with my Touchwiz JB ROM.