Headphones Recommendation

**gTen** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-28-2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TexasAggie97

Not bad, not bad at all. The sound is very clear but I haven't tried them out at the gym. Will do so soon.

Did you get Voodoo sound?

TexasAggie97 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-31-2011, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by gTen

Did you get Voodoo sound?

What is "voodoo" sound?

**gTen** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-31-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TexasAggie97

What is "voodoo" sound?

Its a custom driver to take advantage of the true potential of the sound DAC in the epic.

https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result

to take full advantage of it, it requires root and custom kernel. There is a none-custom kernal version (paid) which while doesn't have the full potential the custom kernal version does still makes things better:

https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result

garage_man · #4 (**permalink**) 12-05-2011, 08:51 PM

From my personal experience I just used the stock OEM ones that came with the epic 4g. I listened to the skull candy ones and they just didn't have the drive the OEM ones do. They are not nearly as clear and to tell you the truth they are even better than the "beats" earphones. For the price you can't go wrong to try them out.

I have NO experience with other phones so I cannot comment on the performance on them. I found voodoo not very good experience. I found it to kill the sound, leave out entire parts. It just wasn't as clear as I thought it would be. I wouldn't root just for that because it isn't worth it.

Here is the link for them...get them and you will be impressed for 5 bucks.

Amazon.com: Samsung 3.5 mm Premium Stereo Headset Bulk Packaging - Black: Cell Phones & Accessories

Thanks,
Mike

**gTen** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-06-2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by garage_man

From my personal experience I just used the stock OEM ones that came with the epic 4g. I listened to the skull candy ones and they just didn't have the drive the OEM ones do. They are not nearly as clear and to tell you the truth they are even better than the "beats" earphones. For the price you can't go wrong to try them out.

I have NO experience with other phones so I cannot comment on the performance on them. I found voodoo not very good experience. I found it to kill the sound, leave out entire parts. It just wasn't as clear as I thought it would be. I wouldn't root just for that because it isn't worth it.

Here is the link for them...get them and you will be impressed for 5 bucks.

Amazon.com: Samsung 3.5 mm Premium Stereo Headset Bulk Packaging - Black: Cell Phones & Accessories

Thanks,
Mike

If your using voodoo sound, you need to have media that is high bitrate and top end headphones that have good bass. Simply because if the quality of the headphones or the media your playing is of lower quality, you will end up hearing those imperfections.

Think of it like when you have a 4k super HD TV, they showed an example of it and ironically the quality of the TV was so good it showed minor imperfections in an artists makeup very clearly lol

garage_man · #6 (**permalink**) 12-06-2011, 02:32 PM

Well I rip all my own music. I can tell you right now I use MP3 @ 320kbps on my phones and such, otherwise I use WMA Lossless to my PS3 and receivers and all that stuff. Trust me I am aware of how these things are supposed to sound from the studio. The stock headphones have plenty of bass. There really clear to. Highs and lows are shocking pretty accurate. I just didn't find voodoo that amazing to the sound. If you have a good quality recording you are going to hear the parts anyway its just how it works. Not trying to be rude to anyone here but its the truth.

Thanks,
Mike

**gTen** · #7 (**permalink**) 12-06-2011, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by garage_man

Well I rip all my own music. I can tell you right now I use MP3 @ 320kbps on my phones and such, otherwise I use WMA Lossless to my PS3 and receivers and all that stuff. Trust me I am aware of how these things are supposed to sound from the studio. The stock headphones have plenty of bass. There really clear to. Highs and lows are shocking pretty accurate. I just didn't find voodoo that amazing to the sound. If you have a good quality recording you are going to hear the parts anyway its just how it works. Not trying to be rude to anyone here but its the truth.

Thanks,
Mike

I didn't take it as being rude don't worry, this is what forums are for, discussing different opinions/viewpoints and etc.

I personally use full size headsets as I don't like in-ears too much and to me the sound seems awesome with voodoo sound. As far as in ear headsets, I found the ones that came with the epic to be pretty good for a free pair.

But you an definitely notice a huge difference between say my friends Klipsch headsets and the stock ones.

We tried both with voodoo sound and it seems amazing to me that a cellphone can output like that. But I will admit that when I ran songs things that were of lower quality you can hear the little distortions.

And I can't exactly say we are alone on this as reading most audiophile forums most seem to recommend voodoo sound.

Hmm..I wonder what settings are you using in the voodoo sound app?

garage_man · #8 (**permalink**) 12-06-2011, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by gTen

I didn't take it as being rude don't worry, this is what forums are for, discussing different opinions/viewpoints and etc.

I personally use full size headsets as I don't like in-ears too much and to me the sound seems awesome with voodoo sound. As far as in ear headsets, I found the ones that came with the epic to be pretty good for a free pair.

But you an definitely notice a huge difference between say my friends Klipsch headsets and the stock ones.

We tried both with voodoo sound and it seems amazing to me that a cellphone can output like that. But I will admit that when I ran songs things that were of lower quality you can hear the little distortions.

And I can't exactly say we are alone on this as reading most audiophile forums most seem to recommend voodoo sound.

Hmm..I wonder what settings are you using in the voodoo sound app?

Okay so I just did a test. These are the songs and the bitrate. These are all in lossless WAV format.

Talking Heads-Once In a Lifetime @1411kbps
Talking Heads-And She Was @1411kbps

Pink Floyd: The Wall-Goodbye Blue Sky@1411
Pink Floyd: The Wall-The Show Must Go On@1411

For fun I threw in Kid Cudi Pursuit of Happiness and a few others. THESE ARE MP3's @ 320.

Okay so I did the test fair. I used the phone with voodoo and my computer with just windows media player 12. I DIDN'T USE HEADPHONES CAUSE THAT'S NOT A FAIR TEST. There was NO modification to the equalizer settings. I run everything at normal period.

Okay so the results are very simple. This voodoo program doesn't improve the sound at all. The computer was far far clearer. (I RAN THE SAME RCA CABLE FOR BOTH DEVICES TOO) I mean there were parts on the phone that were just...missing?? lol. The voodoo did make it louder but as far as improving the quality I found it did subtract but not improve.

My test receiver was a Denon and I use new Cerwin Vega speakers all with the equalizer at 0,0 for everything. That is the true test of stereo equipment, if you have to even touch a equalizer it isn't good. Anyway onto the settings of the voodoo...

Headphone Amp: 0db
Volume Limit: 3db
Bass Boost: OFF!!!!!!
Anti-jitter:Checked
Hi-Fi play: Checked
DAC: Checked

If you feel I might be mistaken let me know but with this I found the sound quality not that great. It seems to be a amplifier at best and a killer of sound at worst.