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Help how is your Inc's music sound / headphone output quality?

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Labcoat

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I've recently come to the conclusion that the sound quality on the Droid Incredible is sub-par. I'm talking about the headphone output when playing music MP3's or Pandora streaming ... not call/reception quality. The sound is just not as clear, bass is very muddy, and treble is compressed.

Anyone else make these observations? Maybe it's just my phone? Fwiw, I compared the Inc against a Creative Xen Micro MP3 player and a Nu Force USB DAC on my PC. Headphones I tested were with decent Westone UM2 and Grado SR80. Most of my audio sources were electronic / trance MP3's at high bit rate, which tend to have a very full range of bass & treble.

I'm assuming this is just HTC's electronic design ... choice of DAC's, opamps, etc.

Thanks in advance for your shared experiences about audio quality.
 
sorry but i can not complain... i think the music sounds great... this is a phone not a dedicated media playing device
 
I will have to agree with Labcoat. While I hated EVERYTHING else about my Blackberry Storm, the sound quality while listening to my music, Slacker, Pandora, etc was much better than my Dinc. The Dinc's sound quality is a bit sub-par, as is the volume. Just my opinion.
 
The sound on mine is great. I personally believe the quality issue is due to headphones. I was using a pair of in the ear Klipsch and it was pretty good. I recently upgraded to the beats tour in ear headphones and the sound is outstanding. I highly recommend them.

One other thing to check is the recording quality of your MP3's and itunes. It makes a big difference in sound quality. I either convert at 256K or 192K. Never have a sound quality issue.
 
The sound on mine is great. I personally believe the quality issue is due to headphones. I was using a pair of in the ear Klipsch and it was pretty good. I recently upgraded to the beats tour in ear headphones and the sound is outstanding. I highly recommend them.

One other thing to check is the recording quality of your MP3's and itunes. It makes a big difference in sound quality. I either convert at 256K or 192K. Never have a sound quality issue.
 
I want the max volume to be louder.....seems like we got shorted and the Dinc music player does not pump music loud enough. Anyone got any suggestions....?
 
Labcoat said:
Anyone else make these observations?
I'm assuming this is just HTC's electronic design ... choice of DAC's, opamps, etc.
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I didn't think much of it until I had a Galaxy S. Side-by-side comparison, the Incredible's audio output is very appalling.

It is all in the DAC.The Galaxy S uses a Wolfson Audio processor. Hence, it sounds so good. I have no idea what HTC uses. It must be something very cheap or generic; possibly something that comes with the snapdragon chipset.
 
I use the 3.5mm jack for Pandora in my car all the time. Decent OEM aux input setup. No complaints about quality, but I have adjusted the equalizer on my stereo to compensate.

I think Android just needs some good EQ options.

Also, FWIW, I use earbuds to Pandora at the gym and have no complaints there.
 
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