Sprint Galaxy S3 Audio Hardware

jkforce

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I have been trying to get infos on US version of Galaxy S3 whether it is Wolfson DAC or not, but unable to get any confirmations from early receivers yet. So, in a hope of receiving something, Can anyone of you who received Sprint Galaxy S3 confirm its audio hardware whether it is Wolfson DAC?
 

master acehole

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Ummm which either one is the better one I think Wolfson its the same as the og epic one of the bigger reasons im getting the phone the amp chip on the s2 doesn't cut it like the epic did
 

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If you searched you would find that it does have the Wolfson dac
Actually this is not so clear cut.

I have been following this for a few weeks and apparently at the samsung launch party it was asked and reported that it did.
But no one as far as I have seen has actually confirmed this for sure (physically or by driver)
Here is another discussion with plenty of disagreement
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721807&page=7

So...If a current user of the phone has the know how to extract this info I believe it would be helpful.

I would love to help but waiting for my 32 gb ..........
 
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jkforce

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If you searched you would find that it does have the Wolfson dac
There is no confirmation as of today yet. I am hearing samsung rep said us version has it but there is no valid confirmation as of yet. If you searched and found source of confirmation please do share.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
 

nicholaaaas

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Actually this is not so clear cut.

I have been following this for a few weeks and apparently at the samsung launch party it was asked and reported that it did.
But no one as far as I have seen has actually confirmed this for sure (physically or by driver)
Here is another discussion with plenty of disagreement
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721807&page=7

So...If a current user of the phone has the know how to extract this info I believe it would be helpful.

I would love to help but waiting for my 32 gb ..........
It's in the international version and reps have said its in the us version. I'm pretty sure its in there
 

Voltage Spike

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I for one think that the GS3 sounds 2x better than my EVO3D
The tests over at GSMArena agree with you. They found lots of distortion, noise, and lack of stereo separation.

At least the U.S. Galaxy S III models have excellent frequency reproduction. I mostly ignore the dynamic range (I think it's difficult to be sensitive to the minor variations in this regard). I'm just worried that the noise will be high enough to be perceptible, and it doesn't make me happy to know my headphone channels are mixing more than they should.
 

matrixzone5

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I guess I'm just more concerned as to whether the DAC is good or not.
It all depends on how you look at it if you listen to raw "FLAC" format audio then DAC will make your phone sound beautiful but if your listening to lower quality mp3's then a compressor will defiantly do you well. All DAC is ;in a nutshell ; playing audio exactly the way it is.
 

Voltage Spike

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It all depends on how you look at it if you listen to raw "FLAC" format audio then DAC will make your phone sound beautiful but if your listening to lower quality mp3's then a compressor will defiantly do you well. All DAC is ;in a nutshell ; playing audio exactly the way it is.
The audio DAC (as people are using it here) is an electronic system that converts the digital files stored/generated on your phone and allows you to hear them on your analog devices like headphones and the speaker. If it introduces distortion and noise, then it will do so regardless of the source material. You could argue that it doesn't matter with ten-year-old, low-quality MP3s, but it does matter somewhat.

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by a "compressor" in the context of playback.

Also keep in mind that, ultimately, it doesn't matter that much. The audio quality is going to be better than anything you might have listened to twenty years ago, and most people aren't going to notice unless you have a good set of earphones or speakers and are listening at a very loud or very quiet volume. If you tend to keep your volume around the middle of the "bar", I think you'll be hard-pressed to notice anything at the differences we are discussing here.
 

firmbiz94

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According to those tests the dac in the s4 krait is a actually superior to both the gs and gs2..and I can personally tell you my evo LTE sounds great with both my beats tours and klipsch ear buds