SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 Sound Test on JVC M70C

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Cpl-Chronic

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Hey peeps. Did a lot of reading over reviews of different smartphones & a lot of people gave good feedback on the S4 sound but wasn't sure if it was the headphones that made them stand out or just that it's a good playback platform.

So I hooked it up to my JVC M70C to try out & here are the results with one of my fav. tracks from the 'Strong Persuader'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1iS43VYHdc

I do like the sound overall & very clean mids/highs

Cpl
 
k2j

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Hmm interesting. I know there is a HUGE difference with my WAAAAY better sounding older HTC one X with beats audio and my wifes new SUCKY sounding samsung S6. Its a night and day difference and this is using the audio out to boombox input. I wouldn't figure it would make such a difference but its huge. Way better sound from my old phone.
 
MyOhMy

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WOW, I love that song and the music, it's made my night! :thumbsup:



I now know I've lived a sheltered life..............................
 
trippy1313

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k2j said:
Hmm interesting. I know there is a HUGE difference with my WAAAAY better sounding older HTC one X with beats audio and my wifes new SUCKY sounding samsung S6. Its a night and day difference and this is using the audio out to boombox input. I wouldn't figure it would make such a difference but its huge. Way better sound from my old phone.
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I have the S5. I every once in a while use Pandora to a boombox... it's not bad, but I have to have it on full blast to get the input on the box about right.

Where as I use an iPhone 5 for all my music storage and Pandora over wifi. It sounds much better, and I only have to have it at 3/4 volume.
 
k2j

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Exactly trippy!! That is something else I forgot, we have to crank the S6 for sound and it has a very weak dynamic range in comparison. Very upsetting but I'm glad to find out before I upgrade my old HTC. The pictures taken with the S6 are incredible though
 
Cpl-Chronic

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trippy1313 said:
I have the S5. I every once in a while use Pandora to a boombox... it's not bad, but I have to have it on full blast to get the input on the box about right.

Where as I use an iPhone 5 for all my music storage and Pandora over wifi. It sounds much better, and I only have to have it at 3/4 volume.
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Can't stand anything Apple. As you can tell from the vid, no issues on the S4 for dynamic range or clarity so I'm happy.

Cpl
 
toshik

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I stream web radio from my laptop, both Note 4 and Note 5 give a bit less sound quality doing the same streaming.
 
trippy1313

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Cpl-Chronic said:
Can't stand anything Apple. As you can tell from the vid, no issues on the S4 for dynamic range or clarity so I'm happy.

Cpl
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Yeah, I got the iPhone out of an auction car my dad bought that was packed full of power tools, and this was in there. Ive never had a service on it, but with wifi I can use pandora, and loaded it with my music. Free music player.
 
Cpl-Chronic

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toshik said:
I stream web radio from my laptop, both Note 4 and Note 5 give a bit less sound quality doing the same streaming.
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cool...don't forget this is a live recording of my M70C playing from my S4....
 
mellymelsr

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If you want to get the best sound from your boombox with a portable source nothing beats a hi res audio player. The sound completely blows away any cell phone. I have an LG G4 which has excellent sound when using the Neutron music player but my Fiio X3 destroys it in power and sound. It has a true audio out and sounds fantastic connected to a boombox.
 
Cpl-Chronic

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Well, discovered a curious thing about the S4 & it's dynamic range. If you go above 10, the loudness boost is cut by a few db & the signal is more compressed compared to the original material's dynamic range. If you crank it to max(15), you will get a much dirtier signal....video coming soon.

I was using 12 for volume on last video so I'm now testing at volume 9. 8 sounded like the gain was too weak in the bass notes to effectively drive the blaster's pre-amp stage.
 
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