Music playback sucks on the nexus

[Muscle Master#AC]

As the title states.. its nice and loud but it has no bass what's so ever.. is there a fix for this

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[splmonster]

Welcome to every single mobile device I have never owned one that had any bass. Your talking with external speaker or headphones?

 

[Muscle Master#AC]

Headphones.. not like this, when I had CM7 on my shift... bass was more than adequate

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[splmonster]

Headphones.. not like this, when I had CM7 on my shift... bass was more than adequate

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CM7 also has a built in EQ if i'm not mistaken. Try using a music player with an EQ like preamp.

 

[logicalform]

The Nexus S / Galaxy S phones are actually held in extremely high esteem with regards to sound quality due to the Wolfson DAC inside. With the proper adjustments, most people seem to prefer them over iPhones/iPods and 90% of mainstream DAPs. The problem, though, is that Samsung's drivers do not take full advantage of the Wolfson they decided to use (which seems completely counterintuitive to what they were trying to accomplish by going with a better DAC). The solution is to use Supercurio's voodoo hacks, which allow the Nexus' full sound quality to be heard. You'll need to root, flash a kernel with the voodoo enhancements (such as Netarchy), and install the voodoo control app. After that you'll probably want to purchase Poweramp or any other music app with an EQ. After that you should be golden (assuming you're using decent headphones).

 

[FocusFreak]

Preamp is awesome. The bass is almost too much in the car and its not even turned up that much.

 

[AndroidOne]

The Nexus S / Galaxy S phones are actually held in extremely high esteem with regards to sound quality due to the Wolfson DAC inside. With the proper adjustments, most people seem to prefer them over iPhones/iPods and 90% of mainstream DAPs. The problem, though, is that Samsung's drivers do not take full advantage of the Wolfson they decided to use (which seems completely counterintuitive to what they were trying to accomplish by going with a better DAC). The solution is to use Supercurio's voodoo hacks, which allow the Nexus' full sound quality to be heard. You'll need to root, flash a kernel with the voodoo enhancements (such as Netarchy), and install the voodoo control app. After that you'll probably want to purchase Poweramp or any other music app with an EQ. After that you should be golden (assuming you're using decent headphones).

Agree.

But if you don't want to root, then get Equalizer (Smart Android Apps, LLC) free from the market. It integrates with the stock android player and offers music presets, bass boost and a manual equalizer for you to tweak sound to your liking.

 

[gabbott]

You don't necessarily need a custom kernel if you purchase voodoo control plus, you just need to be rooted.

Voodoo Control Plus | AppBrain Android Market

 

[vansmack]

The Nexus S / Galaxy S phones are actually held in extremely high esteem with regards to sound quality due to the Wolfson DAC inside. With the proper adjustments, most people seem to prefer them over iPhones/iPods and 90% of mainstream DAPs. The problem, though, is that Samsung's drivers do not take full advantage of the Wolfson they decided to use (which seems completely counterintuitive to what they were trying to accomplish by going with a better DAC). The solution is to use Supercurio's voodoo hacks, which allow the Nexus' full sound quality to be heard. You'll need to root, flash a kernel with the voodoo enhancements (such as Netarchy), and install the voodoo control app. After that you'll probably want to purchase Poweramp or any other music app with an EQ. After that you should be golden (assuming you're using decent headphones).

Thank you for this explanation. Very clear...

 

[gabbott]

You don't necessarily need a custom kernel if you purchase voodoo control plus, you just need to be rooted.

Voodoo Control Plus | AppBrain Android Market

Wow. So I finally got around to rooting my NS4G and using Voodoo control and with wired headphones it makes a huge difference, IMO. Voodoo Control paired with Poweramp is an amazing pair. For that alone, it was worth rooting my phone.