Best Music sound quality phone?

Posted by bery_451
I know the iphone 4 gives the best sound quality when it comes to music. But i like to know which non touch screen SE phone gives the best sound quality?

Do all SE walkman phones give the same sound quality output?

what about other manufacturers such as nokia and samsung. Do their music phones offer better sound quality than SE ones?

thanks,

Posted by hihihans
A decent pair of headphones can make a huge difference.

Posted by Tsepz_GP
In SE i hear the W995 is pretty good, so is the Aino. Other manufacturers, Nokia N86 has good audio quality, cant think of others at the moment as touchscreens are all the popular choice these days.

Posted by tranquil
I find the plugs you get with the phones to be far undre averagae. It's a shame but a fact.
I use a Icemat headset with my W995. It gives a fab sound.

Not very descrete but sound is more important.

Can't say much about the Nokia or Smasung phones. Never tried them...

Posted by TTT
According to gsmarena the best sound is in the order:
1. Yari
2. Aino
3. W995
The iPhone is just a little bit better but the w995 has loads of modded acoustics, the aino a few less. I would go for the aino because it has 16:9 screen and better camera.

Posted by rikken
Great sound from the w995

Using iem`s Beyerdynamic DTX 80, Monster Lilè Jamz and Denon AH-C 551

Can also recommend Sennheiser PX-100 II

Posted by bery_451
what about when it comes to bluetooth a2dp?

does it change?

Posted by hihihans
I can only speak for Aino. . . Great!!!

Posted by Bonovox

995 but I heard the Aino is better so I am unsure but I never knew Yari was the best

Posted by rikken
The Aino and Yari may have better sound but to me it is not a proper musicphone unless it has a 3.5 jack

Posted by jplacson

On 2010-09-25 16:26:14, bery_451 wrote:
I know the iphone 4 gives the best sound quality when it comes to music. But i like to know which non touch screen SE phone gives the best sound quality?

Do all SE walkman phones give the same sound quality output?

what about other manufacturers such as nokia and samsung. Do their music phones offer better sound quality than SE ones?

thanks,

In terms for neutrality and accuracy... They're all pretty much equal. Theyre all good. I never use their built in eqs so I can't compare.

The electronics themselves have gotten decent enough throughout the years that they all pretty much fall within 3-5% of each other

Any bit rate lower than 192kbps and your file will make any phone sound kinda crappy... Apple earbuds? Makes them sound even worse...

Upgrade your headset... And make sure all your files are 160kbps or higher (192 Kbps vbr is better)... And do NOT just re-encode your existing files... You have to re-rip them from your CDs.

If you can live with the sound that comes out of the Apple earbuds, then you can probably stand Bluetooth audio... Personally, I can't stand either. Bluetooth audio is more of a gimmick right now. Sounds closer to radio quality.

I'm partial to AKG headphones since they're not as expensive as Sennheiser but offer the same quality. If you're on a budget, I personally like their 518DJ (aka K81) set.

Posted by bery_451

On 2010-09-26 04:22:56, jplacson wrote:

so what you saying is that if you use bluetooth a2dp the sound quality will be the same regardless of which phone you using?

what about FLAC? Does bluetooth support FLAC?

which phones have built in fm or dab antenna so you can listen to radio without connecting anything to it? can this type of radio be a2dp as well?

thanks,

Posted by mode

Bluetooth audio is more of a gimmick right now. Sounds closer to radio quality.

You obviously haven't used the MW-600. I've used much more expensive wired headsets that don't sound as great as this bluetooth headset which happens to have fm stereo on board, listening to radio wirelessly is a non-issue. Pure genius if you ask me.

Posted by jplacson
@mode, Yes, I have tried the MW-600. I wanted to get one when it first came out. They are probably are the best sounding BT headsets out today.

@bery, Bluetooth compresses and transmits the audio, so your FLAC won't really be FLAC anymore... it will be using the BT Audio format which is compressed to a max of about 400kbps. And the phone transmission rate, and the decoder on the BT headset will play a part in over-all quality. As mode pointed out, check out the MW600, if you're happy with BT Audio, it's one of the best BT headsets out so far. With regards to dab radios, I don't know which phones have that.

**edited my post since audio quality is very relative to what the person is used to listening to... so I'll stop here..because the surest way to go broke is to start nitpicking audio quality... hahahahaha...

[ This Message was edited by: jplacson on 2010-09-27 16:26 ]

Posted by bery_451
so the mw600 is the best sound quality bluetooth headset? better sound quality than the ds200 bluetooth headset?

so w995 is the best mp3 sound quality non touch screen phone?

what about other walkman phones such as the w890, w910, zylo etc? Do all walkman phones have the same sound quality?

if not then what about updating firmware of w890 for example. if i do this will it have same sound quality as w995?

Posted by idumbakumar
i use mw600 BT headset with w995. its way better... i love the audio quality... its better than ds200
i prefer mw600 than the wired headset... but wired headset has more volume ouput...
with modded acoustics w995 is ultimate for me... always recommended

Posted by bery_451

On 2010-09-29 17:16:42, idumbakumar wrote:
i use mw600 BT headset with w995. its way better... i love the audio quality... its better than ds200
i prefer mw600 than the wired headset... but wired headset has more volume ouput...
with modded acoustics w995 is ultimate for me... always recommended

modded acoustics?

how do you do that? only the w995 can do it?

Posted by mriley
I didn't know the Yari had better sound quality than the W995 and Aino

I would still choose the W995 over them though, it's a better all-round phone

I would get the W995 and mod the acoustics like idumkumar said.

modded acoustics?
how do you do that? only the w995 can do it?

Modded acoustics are, acoustics that have been developed by a modder to make the sound quality better than the original acoustic drivers installed on the phone by

You can upload the acoustics to your phone with a program called A2 Uploader. It's basic, easy modding

It can be done on most basic

phones, it's not just W995

Posted by bery_451

On 2010-09-29 22:49:36, mriley wrote:
I didn't know the Yari had better sound quality than the W995 and Aino

I would still choose the W995 over them though, it's a better all-round phone

I would get the W995 and mod the acoustics like idumkumar said.

modded acoustics?
how do you do that? only the w995 can do it?

Modded acoustics are, acoustics that have been developed by a modder to make the sound quality better than the original acoustic drivers installed on the phone by

You can upload the acoustics to your phone with a program called A2 Uploader. It's basic, easy modding

It can be done on most basic

phones, it's not just W995

i got a c510 and w890i. if i mod the acoustics of them then will they have the same sound quality as w995?

Dont all walkman phones have the same sound quality? They basically all run the same walkman software right?

Posted by idumbakumar

On 2010-09-29 21:37:12, bery_451 wrote:

modded acoustics?

how do you do that? only the w995 can do it?

here's my acoustic mix..
http://forums.se-nse.net/topi[....]-acoustics-for-w995-specially/
it has modded acoustics from me and other modders... if u've anybody's mobile just try...

Posted by mriley

i got a c510 and w890i. if i mod the acoustics of them then will they have the same sound quality as w995?

No, unfortunately not

but they will sound a bit better than before.

Dont all walkman phones have the same sound quality? They basically all run the same walkman software right?

No, the W995 will have the best sound out of the A2 Walkman range from

The drivers are different and they all have different speaker quality

Posted by bery_451

On 2010-09-30 17:25:30, mriley wrote:

i got a c510 and w890i. if i mod the acoustics of them then will they have the same sound quality as w995?

No, unfortunately not

but they will sound a bit better than before.

Dont all walkman phones have the same sound quality? They basically all run the same walkman software right?

No, the W995 will have the best sound out of the A2 Walkman range from

The drivers are different and they all have different speaker quality

the drivers are software right? not hardware?

im not talking speaker sound quality. what i mean is using same headphones with each walkman.

Posted by mriley
I think it's both that will be different

So, I would recommend W995

[ This Message was edited by: mriley on 2010-09-30 23:34 ]

Posted by Bonovox
Yes very good solid meaty sound that phone

Posted by Luhccas-U1a
Tested a Aino today with HPM-77,Jesus it's sounds awesome

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I'm seriously considering a purchase...

Posted by Junz
Have tested yari, but i don't feel it great. May be because no manual eq there...

Posted by Bonovox
I would like to hear the Aino for sound

Posted by bery_451
what about the new zylo walkman? does that same audio quality as w995?

to end this thread what are the top 10 sony ericsson phones in terms of audio quality?

Posted by fairen
So far I can only speak for the SE W995 because it's the only Walkman phone I got from timtechs. My nect SE phone after that was the Satio then now I have the Xperia X10. SO far, w995 still remains on the top for me