Yes he has the advantage of using a Samsung S Ultra phone which is quite a bit better than an iPhone.
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I was not aware of that, but I’m just commenting on the glimpse we get of the high system quality through the YouTube video.
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I doubt that audio recording quality is significantly different across various Smartphones models. People care about photo and video quality, but I never see much discussion about audio recording quality. I would bet that most manufacturers probably use the same micropohones and ADC chips. I could be wrong.
Setting aside phones, do you perceive differences between Tima's and your videos?
Someone once posted a comparison of the same music on the same system recorded with a Samsung and an iPhone. It sounded like two different systems.
With apologies for an off topic post, which phone had the preferred sound quality, if there was one?
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Tom
I think I preferred the Samsung for its richer midrange, if my memory still serves me well. But it was a long time ago.
Yes. I perceive even differences between Tim‘s videos and your videos. This is to be expected. All of our systems sound different in our rooms and those differences are more or less reflected in these system videos.
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Al, what do you think is more important? Which telephone presentation you prefer with the richer mid range or the one that does a better job at recording the sound in the room?
Personally, I want the one that does a more accurate job of recording the presentation in the room.
How would I know what the original sound was, Peter? All I can go by is the video itself, and all I can say is I liked the recording with the richer midrange more because it was a more musically believable presentation.
You introduced an old post where someone recorded his system with two different phones. I presume the person who wrote that post and made the recordings has an opinion on which phone more accurately portrayed the presentation in the room.
I’m simply asking you if he said phone A is more accurate but you prefer phone B because it has a richer tone, which one is more important to you. It’s a theoretical question.
A quick Google search came up with this site:
https://www.dxomark.com/smartphones/custom-ranking#/?criteriasChecked=0&criteriaScores={}&criteriaSubScores={%22audiorecording%22:3}
My Google Pixel 6a ranks 59 out of about 200 in terms of audio recording quality. I once compared it to my girlfriend's fairly recent iPhone and could not really notice a difference - iPhones rank better on that site. If you compared all those phones to a professional portable recording device, the differences between phones would probably seem fairly small.
Here is how they evaluate recording quality:
How we test smartphone audio recording
People are using their smartphones to create ever more video content. Smartphone camera image quality has greatly improved over the years, but what about the sound quality of the microphones? DXOMARK has developed a unique set of rigorous test protocols that mirrors the experience of people who...
www.dxomark.com
Tang and I did these compares and both as well others preferred the iPhone, it had a bit more emotion. That was some models ago so I don’t know what has changed. There were no other points of note
A quick Google search came up with this site:
https://www.dxomark.com/smartphones/custom-ranking#/?criteriasChecked=0&criteriaScores={}&criteriaSubScores={%22audiorecording%22:3}
My Google Pixel 6a ranks 59 out of about 200 in terms of audio recording quality. I once compared it to my girlfriend's fairly recent iPhone and could not really notice a difference - iPhones rank better on that site. If you compared all those phones to a professional portable recording device, the differences between phones would probably seem fairly small.
Here is how they evaluate recording quality:
How we test smartphone audio recording
People are using their smartphones to create ever more video content. Smartphone camera image quality has greatly improved over the years, but what about the sound quality of the microphones? DXOMARK has developed a unique set of rigorous test protocols that mirrors the experience of people who...
That's fine. The differences presented at the time were stark.
It will also depend on how the phone was held, the recorded volume etc. Too many variables.
Good lawd, gentlemen. It was just a simple question. Nothing more, nothing less. Al answered my query on this thread. If you want to debate this? Start another thread.
Tom
Tom
They were all simple answers. I don't think anyone views phone models as worth arguing over.
Sounds flat and colorless in the mid and upper registers...has grunt in the low end but that is about it.
I remember your comparison, but I thought the Samsung sounded better than the iPhone every time? Recollections vary I guess.
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