Anyone coming from M8, M9 or Note 4?

[Cool Jeff]

Truthfully... It's just OK... and a lot of people wouldn't hear a difference, but if you know what you are supposed to hear and don't hear it, yes it's not real good.

What can help is some good monitors that aren't real bright sounding on the highs and can produce clean crisp bass that doesn't overdrive the mids on vocals with good equalization. The thing to remember is that it's not all about being loud but clean and clear. Being able to go as low as possible without any audible hiss is every bit as important for quality reproduction of music.

Posted from my Samsung S6 Active

Well bad earphones will be bad on whatever smartphone you use, my Hifiman RE-272 and 262 are wonderful on my M9 but the bundled earphones that came with the BT Sony SBH-50 (equivalent of EX12) are awful even with equalizer tricks in V4A, so I am using the Hifiman on the SBH-50 and the sound quality is delicious, though volume is much lower than wired.
It was pretty much the same with the S6 I had but I had to use more tweaks in V4A to get better quality.
Do you think V4A can boost the audio quality on G4?

 

[MDMcAtee]

Well bad earphones will be bad on whatever smartphone you use, my Hifiman RE-272 and 262 are wonderful on my M9 but the bundled earphones that came with the BT Sony SBH-50 (equivalent of EX12) are awful even with equalizer tricks in V4A, so I am using the Hifiman on the SBH-50 and the sound quality is delicious, though volume is much lower than wired.
It was pretty much the same with the S6 I had but I had to use more tweaks in V4A to get better quality.
Do you think V4A can boost the audio quality on G4?

Bad earphones will sound better on some than on others too...

Do I think Viper 4 will help... truthfully I don't know, but I can assume that it shouldn't hurt if it is tweaked for it. There is only so much that can be done if the Dacs don't support it.

I find it odd that you had to resort to the Viper mods on your s6. My Active isn't rooted and I am just using Power Amp pro with it and the sound quality is superb. It's always possible your Wolfson Dacs had a issue and mine don't too.

I do know that the volume on mine is exceedingly loud compared to every normal s6 I have listened to and it is always possible that what they put in the Active is different.

If music is vital to you then I would certainly try to root it and see if V4A helps. I am sorry to say that it will never match the output of the m8 or m9 with the additional amplifiers they have in them though... but if the rumors are true LG may be doing something with the next one.

Posted from my Samsung S6 Active

 

[Cool Jeff]

I saw the G4 in a shop today very quickly, this phone is really well done!
You can easily use it one handed (but not the Note 4), it's lighter than I thought and the leather gives it a Wow look!
The seller didn't let me start he phone though.
I will try to pass by LG showroom next week and try it on the sticky pad of my car, if it sticks as good as the M9 metal back and hard plastic cover then it's a huge positive point.
Xpirt said the HTC Car app he's working on (port) is working well, so I am waiting for his full Sense 7 + htc apps port pack.
G4 + HTC Sense will be the best phone ever