How to improve sound quality and increase volume on Android
How to improve sound quality and increase volume on Android - Not all smartphones are blessed with
speaker quality or volume levels to make your stereo envious.
These two
issues – along with poor speaker placement – are the biggest factors
getting in the way of you enjoying the sound coming from your
smartphone. Here are a few tips to help you improve sound quality and
increase volume on Android.
1. Know your speaker placement
It may seem silly, but the first thing
you need to know is where the sound is coming from on your smartphone.
Lots of phones have twin speaker grills, but often only one of them
produces any sound.
Other phones, such as the newer Xperias,
have such microscopic speaker grills you may not have even noticed
them. So play some tunes and cover the various holes on your phone until
you know exactly where the audio is coming from.
Once you know whether your speakers are
front-facing, bottom-mounted or on the back, you can make more
intelligent decisions about how to position your smartphone to give the
speakers the best chance to shine.
Don’t block the speakers when holding
your phone (a common mistake when gaming with bottom-mounted speakers)
and point the speakers towards you, not away from you.
2. Take off your case
If your phone has a protective case or
cover, that will affect the quality of the sound you get from the
speakers. All those vibrations going inside your phone will be muffled
by the additional layer of plastic or rubber. which the manufacturer
won’t have taken into account in its audio design.
3. Get an EQ
The default audio controls on most
phones, with the exception of Sony phones and the OnePlus 2, are not
exactly comprehensive. Some include a basic EQ but it often only works
within the default music app and provides no control over any audio not
produced within the music player.
So hit the Play Store and get yourself a decent EQ. We can recommend both Music Volume EQ and Bass Booster.
4. Get a better music app
You also have the option of replacing
the stock music app with one that includes more audio control. We
recommend Poweramp or Equalizer+. Both are jam-packed with audio tweaks,
presets, bass boost, and more.
Equalizer+ provides a five-band EQ, while Poweramp offers a 10-band EQ
for serious tuning. You’ll have to pay a couple of bucks to access all
the best features but once you do, you’ll never look back.
A rooted phone gives you much more control over audio – search the site for guides on how to root various Android phones.
6. Use headphones
The simple fact is that most speakers on
most smartphones (with the exception of HTC’s) are simply not good
enough to get decent sound quality out of, even with a fancy music app
or EQ. This is where a decent pair of headphones can help (some audio
settings in your phone won’t even work without headphones plugged in).
Check out our list of the best
headphones and see how much of a difference a serious set of ‘phones can
make to your smartphone audio.
7. Boost speaker volume
Again, if you are rooted there are
plenty of app options out there that can bypass the max volume of the
Android system with a few simple tweaks.
If you don’t want to root your phone or
simply aren’t convinced by the distortions that most volume-booster apps
in the Play Store promise, then there’s still a few things you can do.
First, know a little about sound waves.
If you position your phone in a corner and fire the speaker output
towards it, you’ll get a louder, bassier reverberation that if it was
just shooting out into the room.
The same logic applies to any object:
put your phone in a box, against a bowl or in a glass (empty, of course)
and you might be amazed to hear how much louder your speaker suddenly
is. Source:TechnoMeda
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