LG Reveals VX-8600

what is the freaking deal with stereo speakers??? We are talking speakers smaller than 1" here. There is *not* going to be anything like good sound quality out of cell phone speakers, not now nor in the foreseeable future. That's what headphones are for. the frequency response on something like this is laughable, and placing speakers on opposite sides of a phone that is 2-3" wide isn't going to do anything to improve imaging. 🙄
I don't know why anybody would want to seriously listen to music from the phone speakers to begin with, and even if you do, I seriously doubt that you could tell a difference between one speaker and two in a double-blind SPL matched test. stereo speakers are just a gimmick - fodder for weak consumer minds...
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There is a big difference between one speaker and 2. I have the 8100 which has dual speakers and the sound is amazing. Much better then any one speakered phone out there!

When I had the 8100 i compared it to the chocolate and you couldn't tell a difference. Stereo speakers don't make enough of a difference to matter.

To each his own.

Are you kidding me? I mean we are talking about a cellphone but in this context, there is a huge difference. You can't compare the sound from the 8300 to any other phone i've heard. It's just above and beyond the rest due to the stereo speekers.LOUD,CLEAR,CRISP Music. I have a home theatre,7.1 Dolby Digital,DTS,etc and i'm not trying to say my phone should be a like a stereo system but if you talk about getting the best and loudest stereo sound on a cell phone, the LG8300 is it. One speakered cell phones just plain suck.

matrix2004 said:
Are you kidding me? I mean we are talking about a cellphone but in this context, there is a huge difference. You can't compare the sound from the 8300 to any other phone i've heard. It's just above and beyond the rest due to the stereo speekers.LOUD,CLEAR,CRISP Music. I have a home theatre,7.1 Dolby Digital,DTS,etc and i'm not trying to say my phone should be a like a stereo system but if you talk about getting the best and loudest stereo sound on a cell phone, the LG8300 is it. One speakered cell phones just plain suck.

i am not saying that the lg has crappy speakers(as far as cell phones go) but I am saying that what you hear is not the difference in having "stereo", but the difference in ...
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Ok, so how do you explain the obvious difference i hear between the E815 and the 8300? I mean i had the V710, then the E815 and now the 8300. The imaging does sound like stereo to me due to the speaker placement, much different than the mono sounding E815. When i first heard of stereo speakers on a cell phone, i really didn't think it would sound better or different than 1 speakered phones but i was like totally surprised by the quality and sound when i first played a mp3 on my 8300. Have you even taken the time to listen and compare 1 speakered phones and a 8300?

matrix2004 said:
Have you even taken the time to listen and compare 1 speakered phones and a 8300?

ummm, ya. 🤣 I work in a verizon store... 😉

I have listened to all the phones extensively. I can recognize many phones by a ringtone. 🤭 and, I am a DIY home speaker builder, and spend a ton of time listening to hifi speakers and researching them. bottom line, 2 speakered phones are not always better than 1 speakered phones. in the realm of cellphones, it has more to do with volume levels and where the speaker is at in relation to the listener than it has to do with the number of speakers. just listen to how much the sound changes when you play a song and go from setting it on the desk ...
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theyellowdart is a moron. I have had the Chocolate and now have the Samsung 990. There are many reasons to listen to music on the phone without using headphones. You can be in a car with bad music on the radio which is usually the case, or working somewhere where there's no radio and you can set the phone down on a table and listen to your own songs. I have even put on the countertop in the bathroom while I shower to have some tunes to listen to.
That being said, the speaker on the LG is terrible. It is a single small speaker which means you get terrible volume, and even worse is that's it's on the back of the phone so if you lay the phone down on most surfaces the sound gets muffled. At least on the 8600 i believe they are putting the spe...
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hey buddy, i refer you to the last message I posted before this. I never made the claim that so and so phone is good or bad. I said stereo speakers are not the differentiator between good sound and bad sound (or should I say bad sound and worse sound).
ultimately, it is a matter of total speaker surface area, frequency response, speaker location, and much more.
a 1" speaker is going to be much more surface area than 2 1/2" speakers - ask your high school geometry teacher.
i am not saying cell phones should have no speakers. i am saying that we should be realistic in what we expect of them, and understand what things actually make a better sound on a cell phone. if you don't mind listening to distorted, peaky sound missing anything sou...
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I'm not sure exactly what to argue here, but I know that the Moto V360, Samsung Blade, LG Fusic, and Samsung T809 all have pretty good speakers to listen to music. While not all of those have dual speakers, the one sounds just fine, and many people would like to listen to music from their phone without a headset!

SkillciaX said:
I'm not sure exactly what to argue here, but I know that the Moto V360, Samsung Blade, LG Fusic, and Samsung T809 all have pretty good speakers to listen to music. While not all of those have dual speakers, the one sounds just fine, and many people would like to listen to music from their phone without a headset!

i said "I don't know why anybody would want to seriously listen to music" from the speakers on the phone, and what I meant is that anybody who really wants to, say, appreciate the nuances in a classical symphony would probably not do that on a cell phone. thus - "serious" listening. 😉