[kaushama]

I am planning to buy HTC touch HD as a phone upgrade. HTC touch pro has more of a phone feeling but doesn't have 3.5 mm audio output jack. If they are not good music players I would rather go for touch pro. (Touch pro does not have a 3.5mm jack)
Any opinions? SQ compared to Sony S639F?

Touch HD

Touch Pro

 

[PeterDLai]

Not sure how much it'll help you, but GSMArena gave their review of the audio quality a while ago.

 

[Quad57]

Well there is xperia also, it has fairly good audio performance
according to gsmarena, but not what i would call good.
Seems like ipod has much better.

 

[Vandaahl]

Get a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1:

As it turned out the handset has the best frequency response we have ever seen on a mobile handset. In addition it also achieved superb noise level, dynamic range and stereo crosstalk readings. In fact its results on those are even better than the dedicated Apple iPod music player - how is that for a change?

 

[PeterDLai]

Don't forget the next paragraph though.

"Unfortunately a price had to be paid and that is the rather high total harmonic distortion and intermodulation distortion levels. Nonetheless it seems that there is not too much left before the WinMo devices start to directly compete music-oriented ones."

I wonder what difference these make...

It's interesting to note that it appears that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 uses the audio codec powered by the Qualcomm processor inside, much like a lot of other Windows Mobile devices. Perhaps they did some sort of software/firmware tweaking to get better results?

One possible factor could be the fact that the XPERIA uses a standard 3.5mm jack while the other ones that they reviewed (excluding Apple products) must use a separate adapter.

 

[Agnostic]

The Touch HD SQ is only average. SQ is comparable to the Ipod Video 5G. It has somewhat better soundstage but sounds a little more grainy on vocals. Mids are slightly recessed but overall it seems a little more detailed. While the Ipod is slightly more dynamic, the touch sounds a touch flatter.

The Sansa Fuze sounds much better than either.

 

[zhix78]

i thought it did pretty well for a primarily pda phone device .. in terms of sound quality.

 

[Aerotec]

If it is anything like my HTC Tytn II then the volume will be pants and you will most likely need to consider amping it. Something like an Fiio E5 would work well if you want to keep the size down.

 

[jackBnimble3556]

I've been looking for a new phone too but nothing looks very good in SQ really. I wish the iPhone was more up to the job. Sad that Apple skimps on Audio Quality when so many musicians use their equipment.

 

[cLy_eVo]

I wonder how Touch HD SQ compare to my xda flame.
From this forum a member said xda-flame it uses a wolfson chip and has very good sound quality.

 

[EEXO]

It does well enough for me to sell off my iPod Touch.
I'm using it with my SA6 with Bass Booster.
The EQ does it job quite well without any distortion.