Angel Di Maria
New Head-Fier
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That's great. I won't have to buy any player or amp. I will buy HTC one m8 grey colour.
That's great. I won't have to buy any player or amp. I will buy HTC one m8 grey colour.
Htc Just released another model, HTC butterfly 2, duo 13mp camera, waterproof. They claim the speaker is 25% louder than Htc one (they never specify it). It is using HK DSP, instead of Boomsound.
my understanding is that the u.s. and european versions are all using qualcomm soc's which incorporate the dac. so the dac is the same. there are differences in power output to the speakers, but i'm not clear on whether there are differences in power to the headphones - i think there are. but either way it's the same sound, just louder or softer at a specific volume setting. [some earlier cellphone models had separate dac's, and i'm not sure if that is still the case for some asian models.]
Htc Just released another model, HTC butterfly 2, duo 13mp camera, waterproof. They claim the speaker is 25% louder than Htc one (they never specify it). It is using HK DSP, instead of Boomsound.
Is there a comparison of sound quality of the M8 with other flagship models? Samsung note 4 / S5 / Sony Z2/3 etc? Am about to get a new phone and main requirement is good sound. Which brought me to this thread and am considering the M8 now...
Thanks!
If this 13 MP camera is the same as the One mini 2 and HTC One E8, then its still a good bunch worse compared to the M8 camera (higher resolution yes, but ANY aspect is worse. Color saturation, sharpness, low light performance etc. Check the Pocketnow review for the E8^^
Not an in depth comparison but still measurements: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8078/smartphone-audio-testing-htc-one-m8-and-samsung-galaxy-s5
not really... Phones aren't designed with 300ohms headphones in mind. They're designed for 16-100 ohms decently efficient portable. (like 95db/mW and up) my Lumia is 0.6 volts according to phone arena, but drives the ATH-WS77 to very loud levels. I keep it at 22/30 for the WS77, and 24-26/30 for the UE6000 passive mode... On a very loud bus. At home the UE6000 stays at around 22/30, and ws77 at 20/30... It drives my K240 to medium low volumes tho. I still amp that particular headphone, but it can almost drive them to decent volumesOutput power of the headphone out is a joke on every smartphone aside from the HTC One M8 and iPhones (non europeans)
You can check the output voltage over phonearena.com