Anyone else unhappy with the audio quality of the Galaxy S7 Edge?

[Lrfeagin]

The audio level sucks on this phone compared to past htc phone's.

 

[Malek J]

I'm pretty sure everyone has heard this before. The Exynos variant is plenty loud through wired headphones or Bluetooth.

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[ironass]

This does seem to be an issue that is peculiar to the U.S. and Chinese Snapdragon models unfortunately.

If you are on the Exynos Global or Canadian models and wish to enhance your sound to play through both speakers, you can root your phone and install Dual Sound Volume mod.

 

[Michael MCATEE]

I have had every Samsung Smartphone since the first Galaxy Epic on Sprint. All of them had had great sound quality compared to other smartphones on the market including the iphone.

Yesterday after much anticipation I got a Galaxy S7 Edge and to my surprise it sound quality is awful. I am using nice $300 headphone and the phone sounds worst than an iphone. I have tried the Samsung audio app, PowerAmp, and other third party apps and the music sounds flat and lifeless and distorts.

Is this just my particular device or are other people experiencing the same audio quality.

I "upgraded" from a Note 5 which I consider a fantastic phone.

I think it is primarily your device especially if you have Power Amp pro setup with your custom presets going.

On mine just using Google play and no EQ it is passible but not the greatest.

Streaming is a crapshoot and depending on the quality of the stream.

I do agree Samsung did better with the Note 5 implementation and DAC that you get a seamless integration for everything,but you should be able to tweak what you are getting out of the edge to compensate for your stored music.

Posted from my AT&T S7 Edge

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Yes. This phone has the worst audio of any phone I've tried since 2008. The 820 DAC isn't great, and it appears that Samsung did nothing to lessen any electrical noise from the rest of the components on the mainboard. In fact, the bad audio gets worse when the CPU is under load. This is based on personal experience as well as hooking the phone up to audio testing equipment.

The best thing you can do is to get a pair of bluetooth headphones that support Apt X and cut out the digital conversion on the phone itself.

 

[Xsie]

Try turning on uhq upscaler. It's in the sound quality and effect tab in you settings. Do you only get the noise when charging your phone while playing music? I'm also guessing that your using an AUX cable. The sound shouldn't be there with Bluetooth.

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The uhq is on. It has that sound whether I'm charging or not.
Tomorrow, I'll give it a try on Bluetooth. Thanks for the suggestions & I'll let you know if using Bluetooth works out.

 

[Michael MCATEE]

Yes. This phone has the worst audio of any phone I've tried since 2008. The 820 DAC isn't great, and it appears that Samsung did nothing to lessen any electrical noise from the rest of the components on the mainboard. In fact, the bad audio gets worse when the CPU is under load. This is based on personal experience as well as hooking the phone up to audio testing equipment.

The best thing you can do is to get a pair of bluetooth headphones that support Apt X and cut out the digital conversion on the phone itself.

Well I must have gotten a really good one then,because mine doesn't sound that bad. Mine doesn't cut out or have static,nor does it stutter... granted the speaker sounds tinny but with my wired ear buds and Bluetooth buds along with PowerAmp it actually sounds pretty good. Maybe I am just lucky....

Posted from my AT&T S7 Edge

 

[Anish56853]

Switch to Sony bro you will not be disappointed with the audio quality

 

[aha]

Coming from BlackBerry Passport, S7 Edge 's audio is a huge disappointment... but the apps, screen, speed and battery life are nice upgrades.

 

[filthy pit]

Switch to Sony bro you will not be disappointed with the audio quality

I use Sony MDR XB500's and the sound quality on my new S7 is terrible. If you've never used proper headphones (only earbuds) you might find it accetable. However w/ all the bells/whistles on this ***** you'd a thought they'd put better sound processors in them.

 

[thecomicbookandme]

I am using the "adapt sound" feature under "sound quality and effects" in the "sounds and vibration" section of the sounds setting. With the adjustments available for my individual hearing, using a good set of headphones playing Spotify, I get excellent results.

 

[Damien Wells]

I've found the opposite; the sound is fantastic from my experience.
Setting up Adapt Sound properly is a must since the standard, unaltered sound is undoubtedly awful. But with Adapt Sound and Tube Amp settings on its better than a lot of phones on the market.
Though stay away from the UHQ upscaler if you have high end headphones because all its done for me is introduced a small, irritating crackle with no noticeable increase in sound quality. And stay away from "surround," again all its done is introduce more crackles and muddy ALL sound to an unlistenable standard. Concert Hall setting is nice for acoustic music, I've found, or if reverb is just your thing then no harm done to sound quality there

 

[Mclement1964]

I encountered the same issues as you did, with headphones having impedance ratings higher than 30 Ohms.
The shortcomings glare even worse with Equalizer utilities/apse.
It turns out that the DAC ( DIGITAL ANALOG CONVERTER) on the S7 is actually pretty good. BUT the amplifier section is weak.
You can solve the problem with a portable headphone amplifier.
I use the Fiio E12 Mont Blanc amp and I couldn't be happier. That combination will BLOW AWAY ANYTHING offered by ANY stand alone smartphone.
I listen with Audiotechnica ATH 700 open backed headphones, Audiotechnica M50 closed back headphones and Sennheiser 700 open back headphones. I get 8-12 hours of amplifier time per charge, depending on what I'm listening to, volume levels, which headphones I use and how much bass I've got jacked up through the eq settings.

 

[tadpoles]

My S7e sounds quite good to me, I even started a thread about it. I'm no sound engineer but I am an audiophile. With the UHQ upscaler enabled the sound out of MY S7e is quite engaging and pleasant. No, not as nice as my Cambridge Audio DACs and Burson Audio headphone amps but still quite pleasant. My Grado GS2000e, AKG K712, and Senn HD595 sound better than expected and my lowly Bose QC25s sound downright good with excellent slam and clarity.

Audio is such a subjective thing. OP, I'm sorry you're not happy with the sound of the S7e. I can tell you that my LG V20s and V10 sounds really good to me too. If you haven't, you should take a listen, if you have the opportunity.

 

[CaribMas]

I am very happy with the audio quality of my S7 Edge.

 

[ozan irem]

I have s7e exynos version, generally it was average quality with my bose ae2w headphone but when i connect also my Huawei smart watch (connected not as a headset only notification) the sound quality decrease like hell . Does anyone have this problem ?

 

[jbjtkbw007]

I'm using a set of Zik 2.0 with the Android app. I've tuned it to how I like it for my music, so I'm not having any issues at all.

 

[Beenthere Donethat1]

I haven't used headphones with my S7 but I've watched YouTube videos and the sound coming out of that little speaker is pathetic! The iPhone speaker is about a hundred times better!

 

[sparksd]

I like the sound from my S7 Edge. I use the following for listening:

Audio-Technica ATH-M50x monitor headphones
Bose QuietComfort 15 headphones
JayBird BlueBuds X Sport Bluetooth earbuds

I use PowerAmp and the Note 4 was my previous phone.

 

[Blues Fan]

My S7e sounds quite good to me, I even started a thread about it. I'm no sound engineer but I am an audiophile. With the UHQ upscaler enabled the sound out of MY S7e is quite engaging and pleasant. No, not as nice as my Cambridge Audio DACs and Burson Audio headphone amps but still quite pleasant. My Grado GS2000e, AKG K712, and Senn HD595 sound better than expected and my lowly Bose QC25s sound downright good with excellent slam and clarity.

Audio is such a subjective thing. OP, I'm sorry you're not happy with the sound of the S7e. I can tell you that my LG V20s and V10 sounds really good to me too. If you haven't, you should take a listen, if you have the opportunity.

I agree. The v20 has a lot better audio than my S7 Edge, however I miss the AMOLED screen on my S7 edge since I use v20 as my daily driver right now. I've thought about switching to the S7 edge again for awhile. Why is it these phones can't have it all? V20 has flat screen great audio but not the best screen quality like the Galaxy S7 edge. The S7 edge has crappy audio and a beautiful display but has the big curves.