What's inside this baby!

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Now that we have a early dump of the ROM we can see what internals this baby will be housing.

DAC: Samsung have parted with Wolfson and now incorporate a Yamaha DAC as seen below:

#
# Copyright(c) 2010 Yamaha Corporation
#

# ----------------------------------------
# PCM Interface
#

pcm.hifi {
type plug
slave.pcm {
type hw
card 0
device 0
format S16_LE
channels 2
rate 44100
}
}

pcm.voice {
type plug
slave.pcm {
type hw
card 0
device 1
format S16_LE
channels 1
rate 8000
}
}

pcm.bluetooth {
type plug
slave.pcm {
type hw
card 0
device 2
format S16_LE
channels 1
rate 8000
}
}

# ----------------------------------------
# Mixer Interface
#

ctl.mc1n2 {
type hw
card 0
}

# ----------------------------------------
# Hardware Dependant Interface
#

hwdep.mc1n2 {
type hw
card 0
}

Wifi:

Broadcom BCM4330

http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wir...utions/BCM4330

Originally Posted by nikzDHD

Now that we have a early dump of the ROM we can see what internals this baby will be housing.

DAC: Samsung have parted with Wolfson and now incorporate a Yamaha DAC as seen below:

Sorry for being a total noob in this matter (and android in general as the SGSII will be my 1st android phone lol ) but I have to ask:

Is this good news?

Originally Posted by Master05

Sorry for being a total noob in this matter (and android in general as the SGSII will be my 1st android phone lol ) but I have to ask:

Is this good news?

The Wolfson with the voodoo produced one of the best audio quality on a mobile phone, this Yamaha DAC is not really well known yet, the 2 at the end of it may suggest it's a version 2? Seems to be housing a YMU818B DAC, we won't know until someone actually compares both phones!

so I dont get it.. it has bluetooth 4? o-o

Originally Posted by OHDUSER

so I dont get it.. it has bluetooth 4? o-o

It has bluetooth 3 =)

Here's an excerpt from supercurio's twitter account:

supercurio François Simond
Well, I'm kind of depressed here, I'll take a pause and think about something else, maybe figure out another plan.
20 Apr

François Simond
supercurio François Simond
I'm not sure I'll invest in #GalaxySII. Maybe save for a tablet with interesting audio hardware?
20 Apr

François Simond
supercurio François Simond
My only hope here is that they changed the audio hardware between prototype I dumped infos from. Or that the driver name was misleading
20 Apr

François Simond
supercurio François Simond
Translation, its likely hiss will be higher, and likely it won't be possible to reduce it by much.
20 Apr

François Simond
supercurio François Simond
#GalaxySII Yamaha YMU818B / MC-1N audio codec headphone amplifier volume range is only 30dB compared to 57dB in @wolfsonmicro WM8994
20 Apr

François Simond
supercurio François Simond
Also #GalaxySII headphone amplifier alone is rated to 0.055% / -65dB THD+N, compared to WM8994 DAC+HP amp 0.01% / -80dB THD+N
20 Apr

François Simond
supercurio François Simond
Just #GalaxySII DAC is rated to a 93dB SNR in 24bit, when I measure 96dB SNR on 16bit files on actual devices with Voodoo sound.
20 Apr

François Simond
supercurio François Simond
#GalaxySII Yamaha codec has lower specs than @wolfsonmicro WM8994 present in #GalaxyS, #GalaxyTab and #NexusS

WOW! This is like... a worst case scenario!
I BOUGHT and LOVED the SGS because of it's outstanding audio quality (which even became better with supercurio's work). Now I'm really thinking about not getting the SGS II. o.O Thanks a lot Samsung, that's your own mistake...

Guess I'll be dusting off my cowon s9 again when I get the gs2.

Originally Posted by ryude

Here's an excerpt from supercurio's twitter account:

He added this in his twitter after those comments, so hopefully this is true:

http://twitter.com/#!/supercurio/sta...58411373056000

Originally Posted by erahk64

He added this in his twitter after those comments, so hopefully this is true:

http://twitter.com/#!/supercurio/sta...58411373056000

It's possible that the pre-retail hardware is different than retail. We just have to wait and see. We need a ROM dump of the 2.3.3 version.