I generally try to stay away from subjective opinions like that and leave it to the pros with more experienced ears and fancier measurements systems than I have!   However if we don't see anything in a couple of days I'll post up my opinions.  I haven't really gotten much time with the...

Just got my 5X.  On first impression, it's not any worse than a Nexus 5, and perhaps slightly better.   The big issue is that wired headsets (Xiaomi Piston) that worked perfectly on the Nexus 5 don't work at all on the 5X.  No sound, no mic, and controls don't work.  There are threads on xda...

I had a nexus s with voodoo, and the sound on a nexus 5 was a huge disappointment. However, the nexus 5 is so much better in every other way that it more than makes up for it.

  Good to see that it caught his eye.  His VoodooSound driver on my old Nexus S (Wolfson DAC) was really something special.  I've been following him lately since he does seem to be a Nexus 5 fan, but unfortunately these days he seems more interested in camera performance, displays, and color...

  Unfortunately these tests confirm what I've observed with my Nexus 5 over the past month.  Using RE-0 headphones (64 ohm, 100db/mW) I have to max out the volume most of the time.  I can't detect signal clipping per se, but I can tell that it doesn't sound quite right with the volume control...

  I'll agree with this.  I had the opportunity to listen to the Nexus 5 this weekend and compared it to my old Nexus S 4G with a Wolfson DAC, Voodoo Sound, and PowerAmp player.  On the Nexus 5 I used Google Play with all standard settings, not sure how the tracks were ripped/encoded/downloaded...