Most modern android smartphones have great sound quality out of the box. However, sometimes there are certain limitations and restrictions that are placed that limited the full potential of the audio chip inside the device. This will reduce the amount of clarity in the sound quality and the output power of the internal amplifier to power up your headphones. If you are strongly concerned about the poor sound quality on you android phone, there are many ways that you can consider to improve it to a higher audiophile level.
1) Its all about the headphones. If you using cheap ones you going to get poor sound quality its as simple as that. In general, the more money you spend on cans the more sound quality you are going to gain from them. Look out for online reviews before purchasing a high end set and always ensure you look for the best deal going.
2) Connect an headphone amplifier. This is a small compact device which you can connect to your device and allow more power to be sent to your earphones. This will make them sound louder and will allow the midbass to hit harder. I would recommend the fiio e5, e6, e11 and e12 as well as the digizoid zo2.
3) Connect an external DAC. Most modern android phones comes with a decent DAC such as the Samsung Galaxy S3 with the wolfson WM1811 audio chip and the HTC one M8 with the unique boomspeakers beats feature. Sometimes if your phone is not designed for dedicated music playback, the manufacturer just puts in a generic cheap audio chip.
With that configuration, you are bound to get lots of hissing, distortion and clipping levels. If your phone supports USB audio, you can connect an external DAC such as the fiio e17 or the newer e18 and bypass the internal chip. This will provide you far better sound quality and you will certainly notice an day and night improvement.
4) Try a aftermarket music application with a equalizer. The standard music player gets the job done nicely its easy to use thanks to the simple user interface. However, if you want to achieve audiophile hifi grade sound you can upgrade to poweramp, N7 player or Neutron. Check them out they are available to trial out and purchase on the Google Play store!
5) Use lossless files don't compress music. If your creating mp3 files from your CD music, you are compressing them down to a much more small file size. During this process, you are chopping out the sound information from the soundtrack, getting rid of important detail. So to avoid this, please use a lossless file format such as FLAC to convert. You may notice that the audio files are much larger, so consider upgrading your memory with a 64GB micro sd card.
6) Root your device and install upgraded sound mods from online developers on the XDA website. There are many enthusiasms out there that have experimented different tweaks with operating software to gain the best sound. There are lots of mods such as Mega Bass Beats, Viper4Andriod, Voodoo sound plus and Music FX for you to install.
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