Dammit! Thank you very much.

i actually only had the HTC One for 2 weeks, got it on craigslist. I can just sell it back on craigslist at a loss of 10-20$.    I've had my HTC One S since it came out tho.   and by hardware moto x isnt even ahead of the HTC One.. I just like the smaller form factor and active notification

Yup that's what I was referring to. I am using the HTC one right now and don't know if I should switch to Moto x. Bass in hip hop music is very important to me (probably the most important thing since I use my phone for music at the gym). I know the frequency graph shows that the moto x is weak...

Excuse my vocabulary I'm no audiophile :o Both phones are running the same custom rom with no custom EQ from dspmanager or any other programs. The only difference besides hardware that I could think of is the drivers. But I think you are totally right about the sound. The sound from htc one s...

Thanks for the reply! I am using the HTC one s right now and the bass is wonderful with my Sennheiser ie8. I compared my HTC One S to the htc one and I found the bass in the HTC one to be not as deep as the one s. But the frequency graphs for both phones on gsmarena seems like the same.... Are...

Pardon my retardness, I don't know who to 4ad frequency graphs. But what's bad about the moto x audio quality?

For bass heads and hip hop, do you think the HTC One would be a better choice? I find the sound of Nexus 5 kinda boring, at least for hip hop beats. Also the bass doesn't sound low enough. How does the Nexus 5 compare to the HTC One in terms of bass and how low it goes?