From listening to podcasts at night to enjoy­ing music on your daily commute, audio plays a big part in our everyday life. I use my phone extensively to listen to music on my way to work, which is why I’m very particular about the audio quality I want. After going through countless earphones, equalizer settings and third-party hacks, I’ve finally landed on prod­ucts and settings that help me get deep sus­tained bass and sparkling highs on an easy budget. Here’s what you need to know about.  

 

 

 

 

Mi In-Ear
Headphones Pro
Price Rs 2,849

 

 

 

 

 

 

While there is a newer version to the Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro, I’m more familiar with the older brother, and I love it. The ear­phones come with two precision driver units, one that produces low notes, much like a tra­ditional subwoofer while the other balanced armature driver produces crisp high notes. A combination of these two drivers produces sound that does not get overpowered by bass-heavy songs while adding a kick even to lighter acoustic drum notes. The sound signature on this device never feels off on any genre and it’s basically like having a dedicated subwoofer inside your earphone, which is wonderful.

 

As good as the earphones sound, it’s built to last as well with aluminum body casings and braided cables. Having access to additional functionality through the in-line remote is also useful.  

 

 

 

 

Noozxoide EIZO-rewire
PRO Software
Price Free

 

 

 

 

 

While the Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro are wonderful on their own, they need a bit of a push from the software side to help them hit home. While the Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro have punchy bass, I prefer a more sustained, lingering bass. This is the kind of bass you get with a good subwoofer.

 

For sustained bass, Android users can use an app called Noozxoide EIZO-rewire PRO that helps further enhance audio by interact­ing with your smartphone’s Digital-to-Analog converter. The app stretches low-notes a bit so that they sound sustained even over smaller speaker units. Play around with the settings of the app to equalize audio to your liking. This software is free and works on all Android devices.

 

However, if you have a rooted phone, you can install one more third-party software to further improve your smartphone audio. A user named Ben Feutrill on xda-developers has uploaded an Audio Mod called ‘eXtreme­Beats Aural Maximizer’ that works with many different audio enhancement suites like Beats Audio, PureAudio Engine, SRS and xLoud to further tune your internals for better audio performance. This mod does not have a soft­ware controls that lets you play around with the settings and all enhancements come baked in. But, in my experience, the eXtremeBeats Aural Maximizer plays really well with the Noozxoide EIZO-rewire Pro and working the two of them in tandem produces audiophile bliss for all kinds of listeners.