[HTC One X] chrisjcks:
Hey guys,

Firstly, Ive started this thread as I heard ALOT of bad-press about HTC with their audio output,

I heard such story's of:

"Beats audio is a gimmick"

"HTC have always had bad sound quality"

"Sound quality from the microphones are a piece of ****"

Etc etc,

Allow me to say, I'm coming from the Samsung Galaxy S series of phones & this is my first HTC phone, so I cannot give my opinion about past HTC devices, - I ran my original Galaxy S with SuperCurio's VooDoo sound which dramatically improved its music-listening experience, & I ran my Galaxy S2 with SuperCurio's VooDoo Louder application.

Let me start with saying, my audio experience on my 'Stock' HTC ONE X trumps both my ex Galaxy S phones, its clearer, has excellent Lows, good mids & highs. The Volume output is even higher than my original Galaxy S phone with Voodoo sound. - Very happy.

Regarding my beats urbeats earphones, I think they are great. - Sure, I understand they won't be for everyone as the Bass on these things when combined with beats audio built into the device is EXTREME, however - whilst that may be, its clear, crisp with zero distortion at all. (Impressive in itself) - after just completing a music-listening binge test of over 9hrs constant music streaming, I've listened to all different genres of music, & if you are a rock/metal fan, you will also love these earphones - The guitar solos really do bring you right into the track, as if you were there yourself, but even on pop tracks (chart music), I found myself enjoying music I'm not even in to, I found it a different experience, but a great one that I'm enjoying. The earphones of course gave a stupid-high amount of bass on R&B & Dance/Trance tracks, although I noticed it the most on R&B - again, that said, I could still hear everything in the track, loud & clear - it still gave a very good enjoyable experience.

Regarding the audio quality of the microphones, both myself & the receiver of my phone calls have found it to be loud & clear and exactly what a customer would want from a phone. (Speakerphone volume is loud, albeit a little distorted at full volume- but again, its nit-picking & when compared to my previous high-end Samsung devices, it is better!)

Today, I've focused on camera & mainly video audio quality, again - it doesn't offer the crisp sound that music offers via the earphones, but its a video camera on a phone (& I went into this with that in mind) & its no better, nor worse when compared to my past devices - I really don't see or understand all the complaints. I found audio pickup from the microphone to be very good, it was recording voices from the next room too (good & bad), but this would stop when the person who i was recording was closer to my camera lens.

I'm not ignorant to say, OMG - the audio on this thing is perfect, but I can only compare it to my past experiences with past/current devices, I use music/podcast streaming ALOT, so it was quickly evident to me that I have upgraded in this area, of which I'm absolutely delighted with.

I'm tired of hearing all the moaning about HTC & their audio quality, before purchasing this device, it was 'almost enough' for me to not choose this phone as my next purchase, as i tend to lurke in the forums, & read tons of reviews of a device before making my decision to buy, but I'm very glad I did. :)

I've wrote this mini-review as a customer (as that's what I am), point of view from my experiences with the audio, as before my purchase, I seemed to hear nothing but negative reviews to this area of the phone.

I understand there will be people who don't agree with me, but this is my experience & I just wanted to put-it-out-there for all to see, especially for those people who may be on the fence (as I were), on this particular issue with the phone.

Anyway, just thought I'd get this off my chest instead of trying to give multiple comments in various audio threads.