HTC's flagship phone is getting audio help from Harman Kardon

[ShipWreck]

I bet the sound is really good.

HTC's flagship phone is getting audio help from Harman Kardon

 

[Jeff Harris]

Dang, and I just left sprint for Verizon.... I wonder if it would be an update for other carriers?

Posted via Android Central App on my HTC One M8

 

[TriBeard92]

I don't think it will officially come to other carriers, but as of right now it just looks like a software eq, and some of the custom roms already have it integrated.

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[kg4icg]

Sprints version of the M8's are the only ones with the appropriate hardware in them for it.

 

[Skyway]

Sprints version of the M8's are the only ones with the appropriate hardware in them for it.

I'm pretty sure theres nothing hardware about it, it's software based from all the reports so far

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[raziel]

Would have been more beneficial if they did that from the start and didn't play into this carrier exclusive nonsense.

 

[kg4icg]

I'm pretty sure theres nothing hardware about it, it's software based from all the reports so far

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There is definitely different hardware in Sprints version as in speakers and audio chip for the decompression of the stream.

 

[Skyway]

There is definitely different hardware in Sprints version as in speakers and audio chip for the decompression of the stream.

Watch the video android central just posted, they talk to Jeff Gordon who tells us all about it. The speakers are the same, it's a software addition.

The only hardware difference are the Harmon Kardon ear buds

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[rahxephon]

There is definitely different hardware in Sprints version as in speakers and audio chip for the decompression of the stream.

Do you have a source for that? In the articles I've read so far, I've only seen mention of 'Clari-fi' software EQ. This is good news for current owners as they may be able to add via roms etc.

 

[Skyway]

Do you have a source for that? In the articles I've read so far, I've only seen mention of 'Clari-fi' software EQ. This is good news for current owners as they may be able to add via roms etc.

It's more than a software eq, it has algorithms that will fill in the highs and lows of audio lost by compression. They say it will deliver music reproduction that holds six times the amount of data than a standard CD. It also has the ability to play lossless and flac files.

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[ChrisGonzales90]

Isn't this software already on existing handsets?

xda-developers - View Single Post - Sprint Special Edition Harman/Kardon M8

Sprint Special Edition Harman/Kardon M8 - xda-developers

 

[Skyway]

Isn't this software already on existing handsets?

xda-developers - View Single Post - Sprint Special Edition Harman/Kardon M8

Sprint Special Edition Harman/Kardon M8 - xda-developers

Yup

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[ChrisGonzales90]

Yup

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So we should see an update? I heard it may be hardware do? Unless the current ones have the same hardware and htc never mentioned it when the originals went out

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[maverick96]

So we should see an update? I heard it may be hardware do? Unless the current ones have the same hardware and htc never mentioned it when the originals went out

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You certainly won't see an update. If it was just an update Sprint/HTC wouldn't have made the big deal they did with this new version showing off a new colored hardware.

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[ChrisGonzales90]

Strange it's already on existing devices.. At least the software part.... Few rooted users already got it. Just wondering if an official update would be made.

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[kg4icg]

Sprint Enhances Framily Offer with Unrivaled Sound Experience on Exclusive Handset, Exclusive Music Offerings, Free Spotify | Sprint Newsroom

Read the link. There is a 24bit/192khz dac in Sprints version that you will not find in anyone else's phone. So if you think it is just a software update. It isn't going to work.

 

[whitelunchbag]

Sprint Enhances Framily Offer with Unrivaled Sound Experience on Exclusive Handset, Exclusive Music Offerings, Free Spotify | Sprint Newsroom

Read the link. There is a 24bit/192khz dac in Sprints version that you will not find in anyone else's phone. So if you think it is just a software update. It isn't going to work.

It doesn't say that you won't find it in other phones, it just says that it has a 24/192 dac

Posted by my Nexus 7 (2013)

 

[kg4icg]

It doesn't say that you won't find it in other phones, it just says that it has a 24/192 dac

Posted by my Nexus 7 (2013)

That is the problem you are not getting? Do you know what a DAC is and why without it the software you want on the other phones is worthless. DAC- digital to analog converter . Remember the chip I mentioned.

 

[ChrisGonzales90]

Sprint Enhances Framily Offer with Unrivaled Sound Experience on Exclusive Handset, Exclusive Music Offerings, Free Spotify | Sprint Newsroom

Read the link. There is a 24bit/192khz dac in Sprints version that you will not find in anyone else's phone. So if you think it is just a software update. It isn't going to work.

 

[whitelunchbag]

That is the problem you are not getting? Do you know what a DAC is and why without it the software you want on the other phones is worthless. DAC- digital to analog converter . Remember the chip I mentioned.

Yes, I know very well what a DAC is.

That link you gave says nothing about the DAC being any different in the Harmon Kardon edition, because it isn't

Posted by my Nexus 7 (2013)