Equalizer problem after lollipop update

[ville672]

Hi. I just noticed that equalizer is only working with walkman app. It worked just fine in kitkat.

[GuidoVerseveld]

My equalizer doesn't change a single thing. The bass in the songs is just gone.

[DeGraaff]

It is not the responsibility of the consumers to contact app developers about this; SonyMobile themselves should reach out to the developers of the major apps, to make said necessery adjustments to their apps.

But since Android is open-source, SonyMobile, if they actually care, should just be able to tweak the sound engine so that the sound enhancements will work in all apps again.

On the other hand, since SonyMobile now partnered with Spotify, and Spotify being the only third party app where the sound enhancements still work, SonyMobile's excuse of "third party app developers need to enable global equalizers" could be nothing more than a cover-up for them actually trying to keep us away from competitor's music apps and have us all use Spotify, from which SonyMobile now likely generates additional income.

Their is no doubt that, if they wanted to, SonyMobile's developers could make the sound enhancements work globally again. They have the Android source code, so they have no legit excuse for why it would not be possible.

[Uliwooly]

@DeGraaff

I understand your frustration but perhaps you can contact Sony directly or Music app developers. 

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Music/Walkman-Beta-Test/m-p/953659#U953659

[Bunyamin1]

Hello.. before im have at my phone walkman. But new my z3 phone have music programe. But not have volume. We what are doning. Not caming volume

[Uliwooly]

@Bunyamin1

The Music app it's the latest update to the walkman app 

[wclj2010]

SONY.... You had one job.....  Why does my equalizer only work in Google Music and Walkman but nothing else after the Lollipop update and then try to blame it on the app developer like Pandora and so on.  It worked flawlessly before Lollipop but now we have to just deal with it....  The only reason I got this phone over the G3 and other phones was for the sound quality, equalizer settings for the speakers on the phone, headphones, and Bluetooth which worked 100% of the time before.…  I thought that feature was amazing as no other phone has such feature and the sound quality was amazing.  I love CLEARBASS but at this point I'll be upgrading to Samsung as SONY’s equalizer was the only reason for keeping this phone for almost a year now.  BOSE would never put an update out to effect sound quality as that is what they are known for…  Apparently SONY doesn’t care anymore….  #FeelingDisappointed #Done

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[xperiaSPuser37]

The teardown on some sites show the phone uses qualcomm wcd9320 DAC which support 24bit/192khz, so why playback is only upto 24bit/96khz?

[Uliwooly]

@Rickard

could you comment on this?

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@xperiaSPuser37 wrote:
The teardown on some sites show the phone uses qualcomm wcd9320 DAC which support 24bit/192khz, so why playback is only upto 24bit/96khz?

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[Rickard]

As i understand it, the reason for this is what's described here: http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Music/Exact-HD-audio-parameters-anybody/m-p/794181#M951

If you connect a USB DAC the phone will output 192kHz (as long as the DAC supports it).

[Blaxoid1]

How anyone working in software development can justify this poor design decision is beyond me. Changing a global setting such as an equaliser to Opt In, when it's a major selling point of the phone and was always opt out is a disgrace.

Suppose someone at Sony HQ made the call so that it if the Walkman app still works it drives more users to that piece of trash.

Still not working on Google Music on Lollipop 5.1.1 (D6653). Last Sony phone ever.