tedg65 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I never believed it when I had an Ipod but now that I use Poweramp on my Samsung/Android phone I definitely notice a difference in sound quality from FLAC files, especially on headphones... Anyone else agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaubär Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 9 hours ago, tedg65 said: I never believed it when I had an Ipod but now that I use Poweramp on my Samsung/Android phone I definitely notice a difference in sound quality from FLAC files, especially on headphones... Anyone else agree? Compared to what ? 128 kbps mp3 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedg65 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Yes....even 320kbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaubär Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 hour ago, tedg65 said: Yes....even 320kbps. Then either your 320 kbps mp3 files have been badly encoded, or you hear extraordinarily well. There are few humans who can hear the difference between lossless and best mp3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3wilkes Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 If you think you can hear the difference I would suggest you take this challenge and report back on your results http://archimago.blogspot.com/2013/02/high-bitrate-mp3-internet-blind-test.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdpvk Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I don't know if this make different opinion I tried a flac and mp3 320kbps of kda popstars instrumental in power amp on my lg g7+ Now few things i noticed Simply playing with inbuilt amp on on 1more quad drivers i was not able to find any difference, output at 24 bit192khz But switching on dts in flac gives a fuller sound with mild nuances that make the music feel powerful. Mp3 lacked those small low frequency kicks at end of instruments. Again may be my mp3 encode is bad but definitely a difference to the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaubär Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 38 minutes ago, Gdpvk said: But switching on dts in flac gives a fuller sound with mild nuances that make the music feel powerful. What does that mean , "switch on dts in flac" ? Convert from dts to flac ? Dts is a lossless format, as is flac. Converting one into the other shouldn't change the sound at all, that's what lossless is for. So I guess you activated some sort of what's sometimes called "sound improvement". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdpvk Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 7 hours ago, blaubär said: What does that mean , "switch on dts in flac" ? Convert from dts to flac ? Dts is a lossless format, as is flac. Converting one into the other shouldn't change the sound at all, that's what lossless is for. So I guess you activated some sort of what's sometimes called "sound improvement". There is a dts processing option in my and when switched it definitely increases sound stage feel. Not like the ones in pc like auditorium or the one in power amp. This processing somehow makes music sound some instrument played separately as in a different driver all together. When this separation happens in a 48khz output the spacing is less and gradually increases with output sampling till some level. Directly using 384kz output will loose many instrument nuances. Activating dts brings them back with a gain. Condition is u must have a flac. Mp3 320kbps doesn't cut it at this much processing. Just playing file ni difference but after dts processing is turned on with the hi res 24bit atleast 192khz u wull definitely feel difference. The delta in spacing feels close to sitting in front of 2.1 to properly placed 5.1 Again the change is as much i am nit saying uts 5.1 equivalent. I use this especially when trying to notice all possible different sounds used at any point in a song. Its like when you get the music ost of game doesnt sound when hearing it in game. And this flac file with the dts processing and lg amp brings 80% of that back. Other example like dragon age Inquisition main menu theme etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaubär Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Gdpvk said: There is a dts processing option in my and when switched it definitely increases sound stage feel. This option, where do you find it ? "In my ..." ? I guess that you use another player which has some nice sound processing options. From what you describe, perhaps you'll like stereo expansion and reverb in Poweramp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdpvk Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 In my phone, and there is a definite difference in processing while using mp3 and flac On 3/23/2019 at 7:34 PM, blaubär said: What does that mean , "switch on dts in flac" ? Convert from dts to flac ? Dts is a lossless format, as is flac. Converting one into the other shouldn't change the sound at all, that's what lossless is for. So I guess you activated some sort of what's sometimes called "sound improvement". There is a dts processing option in my and when switched it definitely increases sound stage feel. Not like the ones in pc like auditorium or the one in power amp. This processing somehow makes music sound some instrument played separately as in a different driver all together. When this separation happens in a 48khz output the spacing is less and gradually increases with output sampling till some level. Directly using 384kz output will loose many instrument nuances. Activating dts brings them back with a gain. Condition is u must have a flac. Mp3 320kbps doesn't cut it at this much processing. Just playing file ni difference but after dts processing is turned on with the hi res 24bit atleast 192khz u wull definitely feel difference. The delta in spacing feels close to sitting in front of 2.1 to properly placed 5.1 Again the change is as much i am nit saying uts 5.1 equivalent. I use this especially when trying to notice all possible different sounds used at any point in a song. Its like when you get the music ost of game doesnt sound when hearing it in game. And this flac file with the dts processing and lg amp brings 80% of that back. Other example like dragon age Inquisition main menu theme etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaubär Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 So DTS is a new audio format. Are your flac-files especially made for DTS ? I found the following description : https://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g7-dts-x-virtual-surround-sound-861225/ In a nutshell, DTS:X is a relatively new surround sound audio codec that’s designed to compete with the popular Dolby Atmos standard. DTS:X offers up a number of features to improve your smartphone listening experience. First up, phones sporting the tech will be able to play video and audio files that support the format. DTS:X is an object-based audio standard, which means that sound sources are tagged with a location in a 3D space, rather than being pre-mixed into 5.1 or 7.1 channels. This includes new height or z-axis data. These objects are then mixed down by the audio receiver on the device for the given speaker setup, or in this case, a smartphone, to give a surround sound output. However, in a phone we’re looking at virtual surround sound over stereo speakers or preferably headphones. DTS:X is also fully backward compatible with other DTS formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterstranger Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Seriously... It's so so old topic... check Head-Fi for that, there's a ton of info about the matter. It's just a waste of space. The main difference is that sometimes different versions have different masterings of recordings (ie. standard CD vs SACD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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