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[One (M8) General] kardemommeby:
I'm very happy with the sound. The speakers are good enough so I can listen to music / radio when I'm cooking food. I can only put the sound ouput to about 80% when I use my Sennheiser HD25 70 ohm before it hurts. The phones ability to play something more demanding than IEMs and headsets made for phones was the most important feature to me, and I'm very happy.
[One (M8) General] HtcOneJon:
I have never been impressed with music on any i device. They've always just been a hard drive with headphones
[One (M8) General] Ezzy77:
I've yet to test my FLAC's as I don't really listen to local files nowadays, but from what I can tell from Google Play Music, Soundcloud and Youtube, the quality seems very decent with my loyal Sennheiser HD25 SP's. Drives really hard at only about half volume and sounds crisp and since I listen to a lot of Bass music, I'm very pleased on that front as well. No complaints here so far.

Boomsound speakers really knock it out of the park too; they're at least 30-40% louder than on the M7. I don't have much use for them, but it's still an improvement and a nice thing to have.

I listen to a LOT of music, at least 8-10h a day, so it's an important criteria and my old one performed very well also.

GSMarena.com got some nice results from their thorough test of the M8's audio features, best device they've ever tested.
[One (M8) General] zbaracki:
I can only confirm, built-in speakers are probably the best ever in a mobile device so far.

Lack of bass is obvious, but still sounds nicely balanced between mids and highs, just without the 'punch' from a several inch driver.

about the sound through headphone jack - there is a lot of power sitting inside.

My Pioneer HDJ-500 are taking the full advantage of it. Bass is very juicy, yet not overpowered, with very decent loudness overall. I would personally say it's even more than would ever be needed from a mobile phone. Not much of difference in quality via jack from my soundcard (xonar), and home cinema (top end yamaha amp)
[One (M8) General] Cyral:
I have only one complaint about the audio output.

When I'am using the phone with the Beyerdynamics dt 770 ohm headphones it sounds great till like 75-80% volume ( using neutron / in the stock player like 3 ticks from max volume). At around that percentage I can hear some clipping/popping sounds.

I didn't experience this with the iphone 5s. The problem is, the volume might be good enough for normal lower ohm headphones, but the loudness at about 75% is lower than max volume at the iphone 5s.

Can this be fixed by an update or is it a hardware problem?
[One (M8) General] Sisyphus306:
I have a pair of Beyer DT770s (250 ohms) and my LG G2's volume had to be maxed out to get the volume that I like; however, with the M8 I only have to go to about 75%, which is pretty awesome. Probably won't have to use my Fiio amp.
[One (M8) General] WESBAR:
Does anyone know whether there is support for 24bit flac files?
[One (M8) General] Darkseth:
Tbh... this does not matter.

The player can play flac files. Thats all you have to know/all that matters.

Even, if the HTC One M8 has one of the best soundchips you can find in any Smarpthone, the quality is by FAR not good enough, to be able to difference between 24 bit Flac and 16 bit flac, or even a good 320+ kbit/s mp3 (well... depends on the setup, but the difference should be, if even hearable, extremely small)

Its like having a 720p Screen, which can play 1080p videos. wont see the difference because the hardware is not able to show it - and mostly, because the difference between 320 kbit/s mp3 and Flac files are mostly SO low, that most will not be able to hear any difference in a blind test. It also depends what you listen to. On Michael Jackson's Thriller album you will hear those quality differences much easier than on some low end productions like chart-rap.

Plus, if you dont have high quality Headphones/inears for a few hundred bucks MINIMUM, you wont hear the difference in flac anyway, in most of the songs.

For example: a GOOD mp3 on a high end DAC/Amp will sound much better, than a 24 bit Flac on an average DAC output from.. lets say LG G2.

In this LG G2 case: Just the ability to play 24 bit Flacs, does not mean, it sounds good. This ability does not tell you anything about the Audio Quality of a device.

Using high resolution files like any Flacs at any bitrate, and then using some trashy low end phones like the HTC earbuds, any 10-30€ in-ears, beats solo/etc is like watching a 1080p Movie on an 20 year old tube television ;)

What i want to say: in like 95%+ of all cases, the Audiofile (mp3 or flac) is NOT the limiting factor in the overall soundquality. It will be first the quality of headphones (which are the MOST important part in the audio-chain. The headphones should do around 70-90% (depends strongly on the phones) of the sound quality by itself). The rest is the Quality of the DAC/audiochip/amplifier, and the quality of the audiofile.

But anyway, back to the M8: I did not yet tested it for too long, but i have nothing to complain. It can drive my UE 900 just splendid. I hear no issues regarding the output impedance (like losing the deep bass) or any strange things in the Frequency. It just sounds clear, and clean. No noises (and in-ears with multiple BA-drivers are pretty sensitive) or anything.

Just important to turn "Boomsound" OFF if you care about audio quality. With boom sound activated on headphones, the quality becomes worse and pretty trashy. Almost not listenable to me anymore. WAY too much treble which is not clean anymore, hurts in the ears, and is even almost close to distortion.

i'm looking forward to see some measurements/RMAAs about the audio output.
[One (M8) General] Duncan1977:
I'm a mod over at Head-Fi, using Sennheiser IE800s with the M8 and have this too...

Can I ask where you're based, am wondering if this could be an EU volume cap thing (as others don't hear this at all)...

I've changed in build.props the region to '1' (which the speakers are set to), and it seems to 'help', but not totally cure the popping...
[One (M8) General] fixxxer667:
Hi Duncan, was just about to link the head-fi sister thread here, could help in locating any potential issues/ providing some optimal setups.

http://www.head-fi.org/t/711784/new-htc-one-m8-audio-review

(Warning to XDA users, Head-Fi can damage your wallet even worse than XDA can.)
[One (M8) General] IRKONIK:
Could be, but I don't think so. The cap should do the opposite, since there would be more headroom left. (you know what I mean. Not the right word, I guess, but it'll do the trick.)

I also have the European variant, and my V-Moda M80 are louder than on my Galaxy S3 with boefflas sound engine.

Also, isn't the cap at a certain dB level? (I lost the link to the European regulation - if anybody finds it, please post a link :D)

My point is: even 250 Ohm Beyerdynamic headphones can be driven, so the popping must come from somewhere else.

If somebody with popping has the tools to measure the output, we could do more, than just blindly guess :D

Cheers!

Ps: could it be a low impedance thing? I only have 30+ Ohm headphones.

PPS: head-fi rocks, but I hate you guys, because you make me poor. :D

Gesendet von meinem HTC One_M8 mit Tapatalk
[One (M8) General] references:
I had my beyerdynamic dt-770 600ohms plugged in yesterday for an hour, max volume exceeds my comfort level and i found no popping in it, also been using daily visang vs-r02 for a few hours and no poppin in it either.

Can you describe me what kind of popping it is, like listening vinyl? I have the eu model too
[One (M8) General] Duncan1977:
rsasali sabit

Best way to describe it is clipping from an overdriven amp (popping, like dust on vinyl...)

Best way to hear it (please ignore the taste here, not my normal listening choice!) is the intro to Britney Spears "Alien", the bass distorts heavily...

Interestingly, using Neutron, when 'pausing', when the music fades into the pause, the pops go down (on this track at least) with each step of the digital volume reduction...
[One (M8) General] Devildog78965:
If you want more out of the audio i really recommend this audio mod: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191223

Its awesome and FREE!!!
[One (M8) General] @home:
You forgot it needs ROOT:mad:
[One (M8) General] Devildog78965:
y u no have root?
[One (M8) General] IRKONIK:
Isn't this "just another equalizer"? Only cosmetic, right, not like the Boeffla Sound Engine or Voodoo?

If so, I don't want some fake 3D stuff :D

I did not spent a grand so that I can destroy the music digitally with some DSP. :P

Also: really buddy, no root? You know where you are, right? :D Takes some balls to admit you don't have root here at XDA. Good for'ya!

That really sucks. Again, if you have the tools to record it, it would help immensely! You say, that it's "only" in the bassline, right? Or do I really have to listen to that song now? :P

Edit: OHGAWDWHY - but: The song cracks a few times between the second and tenth second, then it's getting drowned by her. If you mean it somewhere else, give me a timestamp.
[One (M8) General] Devildog78965:
Uh i have root so idk if you are talking about the other guy or something? And im not in to the whole technical stuff of audio but my $14 headphones sound better with it. :D
[One (M8) General] Duncan1977:
I definitely have root, the only phone I haven't rooted is my N9005, because I upgraded to KK before realising Knox 0x1 fail...

Re the distortion, it can be anywhere in the sound spectrum, seems - with my electrical mind, to be a power (voltage swing) problem, just that the Britney song is the most obvious one I've found to highlight it...

Sorry, nothing here to record it :(
[One (M8) General] IRKONIK:
:D Nah, I meant the other guy concerning the root stuff.

If 14$ do the trick, I am really happy for you. Never, EVER, get into Hifi. Don't read at hifi forums, or else you'll end up like me: without money but with amps, dacs and more headphones than heads. (You know, women like a different bag for different occasions, I like different headphones for different genres or even songs, different amps so it sounds better, etc.)

And: It's "only" a DSD. Maybe it's advanced, but there has to be some quality loss. If not, please, correct me!

---------- Post added at 11:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:53 PM ----------

KNOX made me not buy Samsung.

But again, back to the problem: So the clipping comes in the loud parts? Hmm. Technically yeah, if the amp clips, the voltage "stays direct" for too long, but that could come from all sorts of factors.

First of all: Where did you get the music from? Stream? MP3 download? (iTunes, Amazon, "totally not pirated", etc.) Flac? Or self rip?

Does the song clip only on your phone? (Yeah, I know, dumb question, but we should rule that out)

Strange.
[One (M8) General] Simma:
I've got the same problem. it's only audible in certain songs, mainly during parts with lots of bass and with the volume above 75%. no matter if it's flac, mp3, bought from online stores, bandcamp or ripped by myself from vinyl.

it's not happening on an s3 with boeffla sound and my Sansa clip zip with Rockbox.

I'm also getting small sound glitches when adjusting the volume. anyone else?
[One (M8) General] Duncan1977:
Hmm...

I think I've answered this for BOTH XDA and Head-Fi...

Listening to tracks that are prone to distortion on the M8 on both the N9005 and iPhone 5S (which really do sound quite poor compared to the M8 in terms of dynamics / power!) the same distortions are apparent there too, albeit a lot quieter (due to less volume / headroom) - so, I'm now thinking it could just be that the M8's headphone out is 'that good' that it highlights poorly encoded iTunes+ / self ripped FLAC / .WV files...

I will cross post this to both forums, so that others who hear these distortions can try this out for themselves - to listen very carefully and see if they can hear same anomalies on other players / phones...

So, might just be a case of too much of a good thing (quality / power) is actually a bad thing (and could've obviously affected the M7 too, seeing that HTC implemented the same amp design there too), which means I was deluding myself yesterday saying changing regional settings seemed to lessen the effect - Placebo huh...

Bright side though, other than picking up on poor quality rips / masters, this cements my thoughts that the M8 and Sennheiser IE800 combo is pretty darned great, and highlights that the 5S and N9005 are pretty humdrum sounding :)

Edit:

Simma, I will say that I DO have volume control issues, that it doesn't go up / down smoothly (sounds very 'stepped'), which can exaggerate the sound of distortion if you catch it at the wrong time!!
[One (M8) General] bodom_hc:
I have the g2, hows the battery compare?

was it worth the change?
[One (M8) General] Dsoto87:
I came from the G2 and the battery isn't as good but it shouldn't come as a surprise considering mah ratings. I'm a heavy user but the m8 still gets me by. I don't have any regrets switching.
[One (M8) General] daddydark:
I Can honestly say the m8 is as good or better in battery life. I dont have any data to back it up, but in my everyday heavy to moderate use I can easily go 24 hrs before needing a charge.
[One (M8) General] Dsoto87:
Lol no way. I love the m8 more than any phone I've ever had but the g2 trumps the one in battery life noticeably. I know we all love this phone but let's not let that blind us when giving advice.
[One (M8) General] chrisrj28:
The T-Mobile version is missing their headphones again just like last year smh. Anyone willing to part with theirs as I like the stock ones
[One (M8) General] daddydark:
Sorry you disagree friend, But from my usage I can go 24 hours of what i call moderate to heavy use, chromecasting netflix while web surfing browsing and downloading apps and so on and believe me when I say 24 hours.

Everyone uses their device differently so feel free to share your experience. By the way this thread is about audio.
[One (M8) General] Darkseth:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-M8-battery-life-test-excellent-endurance_id54352

And now back to audio ;)
[One (M8) General] pritamsl:
Hi, I just tried the viper mod to try and get my internal speakers a bit louder. I chose the high quality setting and thought it made the sound worse. It seems that "boomsound" keeps working and interferes with Viper. Anybody know how I should set the settings to get audio that's a bit louder but sounds just as good out of the speakers? Will using Viper result in much worse battery?

Also, I let viper change my LPA settings in the build.prop. Could someone please let me know what the original lpa.decode and tunnel.decode values were? Thank you.
[One (M8) General] Sckank:
I agree too, M8 is actually better, especially in G4. And the audio quality is also much much better on headphones even with the same DAC. Even with the Fiio E11 connected to the G2 M8 sounds better which really surprised me. Wow.
[One (M8) General] Duncan1977:
Same old issue...

Okay, so - have been sat here quietly for the past week, working out in my own mind placebo from fact when it comes to the audible distortion, and got it nailed...

The One M8 essentially has the same problem as the Galaxy S4 (and other handsets) - long thread about it here...

Quick fix is a volume attenuator (a crude version would be an inline volume control, just to add resistance - raise volume handset and lower volume control to your own requirements / tolerances) - a more elegant solution would be an inline amp (FIIO E6 for example) - this fixes it perfectly (but means more things to carry around...

I hope this helps someone somewhere :)
[One (M8) General] wf-17:
I'm not happy with audio output when I use it as an aux in my car! the bass is really high and annoying also the voices are sharp, I don't know why it is like this even thought I used to have One X and it was great especially with the beats On.

Hope there is a way to fix it with new updates, but with the songs seems to be amazing with any headphones or earpads
[One (M8) General] andrewnelson:
outstanding Audio quality.
[One (M8) General] @home:
I had the note 3 and that had excellent sound quality through the earphones, but the m8 buried it, so much so I've sold the note 3.
[One (M8) General] Dsoto87:
It's boom sound. When something is plugged into the headphone jack you can disable it in the settings menu
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] londonuser:
Can I only flash modem firmware of my N900 (currently N900DDUDNA1 ) for UK network N9005XXUENB1

if yes then how and where I can find the UK modem for N900 as my phone signal comes and goes.

my phone details:

Model number - SM-N900

Android version - 4.4.2

Baseband version - N900DDUDNA1

Kernal version -

3.4.39-679903

dpi@SWDD5518#1

Wed Feb 12 17:49:20 KST2014

Build Number - KOT49H.N900XXUDNB2

Device Status - Official

Any help really appreciated !

Cheers !
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicmora5:
Im interested in this as well as my service is spotty at best /: but for the US
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannycanrock:
Me to please my modem nc1 Is not good at all
[Google Chromecast] maxiv:
sry doublepost, pls delete.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlowise:
Hy

Can it be done that blocklist only blocks sms messages and store them in blocklist under pass, but not rejecting calls?

this feature was in previus sense 3.0 and 3.6 roms

tnx

p.s. I know for some apps for that but doesn't support kitkat
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnybittencourt_:
Hello everybody, I am Brazilian and translate into English.

***** Well the thing is, I'm with my Arc S Rooted and Unlocked Bootloader with and am currently using the ROM Jelly Bean CM10.1, but he's a little stiff even though almost no app.

My question is this, first of all, concerned Kernel, many kernel I install the OS boots up, but something has always bugged, like the WIFI does not work or when you press the middle button does not work and other Kernel I install it gets into an infinite loop.

******** You who have Arc S with Jelly Bean CM10.1, which kernel would indicate to me? ah something else that needs to be done, Baseband .. whatever. I see my same cell, with high score. But I feel that in my Arc S is missing something.

PS: if I'm correct me in the wrong topic
[General Questions and Answers] playerjunglejosh:
Let me start by saying I'm not the new kid on the block. I've been using Android since it's inception. I am an Android fanatic. I root, tinker with roms, apps, settings, kernels, mods, etc. . You name it, I do it( as far as android is concerned). I say this with a singular purpose, don't flame me for this question because to me it seems completely valid.

Why does android not have the ability backup itself built in( this should not require root) ?

Why has Google not implemented the ability to do so from a computer? <<- This should be identical to how an iPhone is backed up ( don't flame on this because it's actually one of the things iPhone does better than anyone else, and I hate Apple. However I give credit where it's due)

Don't tell me we have plenty of options even if we're not rooted, if this we're the case then people would not rely on clockwork mod recoveries, twrp, or the like. Those types of restores should be available without having a custom recovery, custom rom, or root in and of itself.

Also don't bring up the backup using adb, it's hidden, and it is mediocre. It fails to backup a lot of things.

I'm asking only about a complete backup option, with possibly the option to select and deselect certain types of data<<--This to should be similar to backing up an iPhone .

Now who here would like this to be a feature implemented in the next version of android?

If you answer my questions please just be clear and concise.

I will respond should it be warranted, or requested.

This is not a flaming thread, don't do it.

I look forward to all of your responses.
[General Questions and Answers] eatsleep:
Well, you want some gain, you would have to bear some pain.......

Well... to be honest, i really don't use backups much, just titanium backup and we've got non-root alternatives as you stated, so , it's not a matter of great attention to me.... I like fresh and clean installs
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
it seems like a interesting idea, when i had a ipod touch back then, i jail broke it and after a few days it decided to not want to turn on (stayed at apple logo) and iTunes detected it and i was able to restore it to brand spanking new. i dont think it would be possible for google to do so without root ( and a few Sues here and there from apple :) ) Android is based off linux right? we can make backups on linux because we have Super User permissions, we own this Computer, we can do all the Admin Crap we want. for android, Samsung owns your phone or HTC owns your phone, You do not have full Admin permissions on your device to make a backup (of the sort we are talking about) also im sure the OEM's would be angry with people easily being able to Restore their broken device so they wont buy that phone a second time or even get a bigger more expensive phone.
[General Questions and Answers] playerjunglejosh:
The reason I bring it up is not because of fresh installs, or whatever.

Here is an example:

A regular non techie person, has Android phone x. They make a complete backup using the aforementioned capabilities that isn't implemented yet. There phones screen goes out, they drop there phone in water, whatever the phone is not in working condition. Well if they had the capabilities that I'm referring to, that phone would need to be called on warranty, or for the latter insurance. Either way they are sent a new device, same model as they had previously. Now they sync there backup, and there back up and running.

The way it is now, that person would have to hope that Google syncs back there apps ( it has never worked for me, except for contacts, and for the most part developers aren't backing up there app data to Google so that is not something you get back).

Not to mention settings are never synced, so there's that.

Point being android does not have any good options to make a complete backup. The only real options require root, which an average consumer will not have. This is why I'm saying it should be simplified, to where we can do it via one click on a pc.

I personally would like to start a petition for this, as anyone could benefit from this function.
[General Questions and Answers] playerjunglejosh:
True, but if it's implemented within android that's not really an issue.

Look at it like this, we used to need root to screen shot, to Hotspot, to install apps out of the Android market ( not really been an issue since it hasn't been Google play because android was fairly mature by then). Point is Google gave those features, and implemented them natively, this removing need to root to do them. The same could be done with the ability to make backups.
[General Questions and Answers] playerjunglejosh:
Ment to quote you in the above quote.
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
well i think google has done enough to make google as great as it is today, im thinking the reason why we dont have one of these options could be that they want us to make a program for this? im sure eventually they will have such a option to download multiple apps on a que so we can install them quickly without have to go over Each specific one.