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Monday, March 25, 2013

Samsung HS3000: Apt-X enabled

Disclaimer: LOL, this is another gear owned by James!

I have never heard of Samsung HS3000 before, but the Apt-X technology implemented in this bluetooth device should have a sound quality equivalent to that of the red book standard, 16 bit / 44.1 kHz.

Since I don't have any Apt-X technology enabled devices, I just used James' Creative ZEN3 X-Fi. There is one problem with ZEN3: the device starts to have a digital clipping when the volume level goes beyond 26/31. As this problem is not seen on its headphone output, this must be due to Creative's mistake when they initially implemented the bluetooth module.

Again, Mark of the Unicorn UltraLite-mk3 has been used for the analysis, and the output level is set to maximum. Please refer to AES17-1998 standard for further details on the analysis parameters.





Frequency response

connected to line-in @ -20 dB FS

with Apple Earbuds @ -20 dB FS


Total harmonic distortion

connected to the line-in input(-10 dBu)

loaded with Apple Earbuds


Intermodulation distortion (SMPTE)

connected to the line-in input(-10 dBu)

loaded with Apple Earbuds


Noise floor

loaded with Apple Earbuds


Output Impedance


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