Moved to a Nexus 4, but I'm keeping my Atrix

[The.Opethian]

After the fustercluck that Motorola gave us, I decided to never again be at the end of the software update curve.

I love my Nexus 4. But, damn it, the sound sucks. I use V-Moda LP2s and it's like a 5/6 out of 10. The Atrix (with CM7.2) has louder sound, better dynamic range, and the bass is full on better! I actually realized that the Atrix is hands down the best media player I've had in a long time.

So I'm keeping it. As much as I hated to use it as a daily driver, it will serve its purpose as my music player. That is until CM10.1 is released for the Mako (Nexus 4) and I am hoping it at the very least reproduces the same sound quality as the Atrix.

Makes me wonder what the sound ship is on the Nexus 4, and on the Atrix and how they compare to each other. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Xkz]

Our Atrix has a WM9803L DAC chipset, a Wolfson model which is the same in some other nVidia T2 AP20H SoC whereas the Nexus 4 uses Qualcomm's own WCD9310 DAC chipset, also included in other S4 Pro SoC (e.g. in SGS3's US version).
I hope that it'll help you on your research.

 

[The.Opethian]

Thanks, I appreciate that a lot.

 

[cmoG530]

Moved to the Nexus a while back and came around here to see what was up. Seems pretty dead.

>-Sent From Something That's From Somewhere-<

 

[vctshim]

You mean internal DSPs on each phone? Nexus' speaker always used to suck but I heard nothing wrong about speakers.

 

[Dirtyguyy]

Following u Soon!!

 

[ccrows]

I moved forward to the SGSII a while back, but I'm still a proud Atrix owner.

Most phones I eventually sell, but my Atrix is definitely a backup keeper...

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[devize]

Do you mean through the speakers or the headphone jack?

I've moved across to the Lumia 920 (and love it) but the sound quality out of the Atrix does beat it, especially when connecting a headphone into the headphone jack. The speaker loudness are similar but the Atrix does sound better still. I'll too be using it to sit in my car as a music device.

I was going to get on a Nexus 4 but I don't want to support Google after the Atrix debacle. SG2 gets JB, while we're stuck on Gingerbread even though Google owns Motorola. What a joke. WP8 is much nicer to use anyway.

 

[The.Opethian]

Do you mean through the speakers or the headphone jack?

I've moved across to the Lumia 920 (and love it) but the sound quality out of the Atrix does beat it, especially when connecting a headphone into the headphone jack. The speaker loudness are similar but the Atrix does sound better still. I'll too be using it to sit in my car as a music device.

I was going to get on a Nexus 4 but I don't want to support Google after the Atrix debacle. SG2 gets JB, while we're stuck on Gingerbread even though Google owns Motorola. What a joke. WP8 is much nicer to use anyway.

Didn't notice I was clear. Definitely the headphone jack. Audio is just so much better, and CM7.2 just adds that extra serving of bass and dynamic range (via the DSP) that puts the audio far into the lead.

On Stock, the Atrix ties with the iPhone 4S, but the DSP on CM7.2 is fab! Hoping to recreate this experience with other devices, but from the looks of it, the Snapdragon Pro 4 Audio Chip sucks. And this chip is on a lot of new phones, it's on that new Sony Xperia Z too.

 

[pinyata]

i've always had nokia phones so the atrix was my first foray into android. i do have to say paired up with my sony mdr7506, the atrix is a pretty damn good media player, probably besting every nokia i've had.

 

[NordicMan]

I've enjoyed *most* of my timeline with this Atrix, except of course for the face slap Motorola gave it & stopped updates waaayyy too early. And my next potential phone is probably the N4.

Right now though I'm waiting in hopes the XDA developers manage success in building a stable Olympus ICS/JB kernel for the Atrix. If they succeed that'll probably keep me in Atrix heaven for quite a while longer

 

[orosen]

Atrix love

I really loved my Atrix HW wise, SW wise... not so much. Thank god for rooting and custom kernels!

BTW, a friend got the Atrix 2 a while back, and he swapped it for an Atrix 4G.

 

[facetubespam]

I've enjoyed *most* of my timeline with this Atrix, except of course for the face slap Motorola gave it & stopped updates waaayyy too early. And my next potential phone is probably the N4.

Right now though I'm waiting in hopes the XDA developers manage success in building a stable Olympus ICS/JB kernel for the Atrix. If they succeed that'll probably keep me in Atrix heaven for quite a while longer

Yeah, frustrating to see development not going as fast as initially thought. Would love to keep Atrix longer.

 

[pinaguis]

i love my atrix 4g, and thanks to eprinter to the 10.1 almost working everything,i will keep my moto until it stop working

 

[WalkerBR]

Audio is just so much better, and CM7.2 just adds that extra serving of bass and dynamic range (via the DSP) that puts the audio far into the lead.

Hi, have you tried Atrix on CM10.1? I'm just wondering if it can get any better than CM7.2...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060064

 

[The.Opethian]

Hi, have you tried Atrix on CM10.1? I'm just wondering if it can get any better than CM7.2...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060064

Sorry for the late reply. I have since moved on to a Note 3 N9005, but the audio on the Motorola Atrix running CM7.2 is still #1 for me. NONE of the CM10.1 releases replicates the audio quality of the CM7.2 release. I don't know why, but that's it in my experience. I think Ill buy another Atrix as a backup media device / phone when it really comes down in price.

 

[palmbeach05]

Sorry for the late reply. I have since moved on to a Note 3 N9005, but the audio on the Motorola Atrix running CM7.2 is still #1 for me. NONE of the CM10.1 releases replicates the audio quality of the CM7.2 release. I don't know why, but that's it in my experience. I think Ill buy another Atrix as a backup media device / phone when it really comes down in price.

50-70 bucks? What? Are we waiting for a nearly free device?

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[The.Opethian]

50-70 bucks? What? Are we waiting for a nearly free device?

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Whoah! $50-$70? Where?!

At the moment it's still going for around £130 on eBay, which is the same price as a Moto G, well at least when the last time I checked that was the price!

I'll have a closer look...

 

[palmbeach05]

Thats the cheapest price for a working A4G. I'll be picking up one myself later on this week (digitizer issues)

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[fuel426]

I picked my A4g, for around $70 with free shipping, in eBay. Running the mokee MK42 ROM. Great phone, still waiting for my sim unlock code though. Coming from a blackberry and iPhone, the sound quality is mind blowing.

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