INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Our smartphones are tasked with pumping out sound for a wide range of tasks, from music and movies to gaming
are a few things you can do to improve it
music app might not be outputting sound as well as it could be
Many services will default to a lower quality setting to allow for limited data plans and spotty mobile coverage.If neither of those things
are a concern for you, though, you can crank up the quality in the app's settings menu for an easy audio boost.In the Spotify app, head into
Apple Music should head to Settings > Music > Mobile Data and ensure that the High-Quality Streaming toggle is flicked to the On position
tracks you want to listen to ahead of time to ensure top quality (as long as you have the storage on your phone).Check your caseThis is
perhaps the simplest check of all, but potentially the most transformative for an awful lot of people
suck.Even the leading smartphone manufacturers will cut costs wherever they can, and one of the easiest ways of doing that is by packing in
sub-standard audio gear (see also fast chargers).One of the simplest ways to improve the sound quality of your smartphone, then, is to
replace those poor-quality earphones
Halve that price again and you can still get yourself the well-balanced Jabra Move.Buy a portable DACMaybe you have a very good set of
old-school wired headphones, but they sound disappointingly weedy through your phone
What you need is a portable DAC (Digital-to-Analogue Converter).The chips that drive the sound in your phone are all exercises in compromise
Factors like portability and energy efficiency, as well as the need to output a variety of sound types, inevitably lead to a trade-off in
those with high-impedance, the difference can be truly extraordinary.So which portable DAC should you buy We rate the iFi xDSD and the Chord
Mojo very highly for sheer sound quality, the Audioquest Dragonfly for its portability, and the Creative Sound Blaster E5 for wireless
convenience.Download an EQ appBuying a whole new phone-sized (and often phone-priced) device and lugging it around with you is quite an
extreme solution, of course
possible to download a dedicated EQ app to do the trick for you.The likes of EQu and Equalizer+ on iPhone, and Music Volume EQ and Equalizer
on Android, will let you tweak the sound output on your device for a warmer, bassier, or airier sound.iPhone users on Apple Music should
Nokia and Android One, helping you to make more of your smartphone
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