You make a good point. A lot of this comes down to application and software. It is an issue when you make a comparison between Apple and the Android Camp, On the one hand you have a company that Controls their software and their hardware design. VS a company that doesn't. Although Google has purchased Motrola, they still have some work to do. The new HTC products will start to be released with the new BEATS sound, this is probably the first in the Android camp to come out with a definate advantage. I am sure there will be arguments about this as well on Beats as well, but I think it is excellent (no name calling please).
For now, Android Sound is very good, The Beats will be comparable if not better then the Apple, but the new Nexus Prime, if you
compare to the Samsung Galaxy 4S LTE and the Apple 4S, in the video department, you will see excellent results and beats ( No pun intended here) the competition, another few months, maybe a year, you will see android right up there in the audio quality.