To me it sounds absolutely wonderful! Been waiting forever to have a device where you actually need to turn the speaker DOWN for notifications, ringtones and speaker phone. Turn by turn directions sound loud and clear. I'm freaking LOVING this! what's crazy is that even with that kickstand blocking it you can hardly tell a difference. I think HTC ported some of the sound thru the USB port...that might be another reason for it's placement.
The ONLY issue I've had with audio(or the entire Thunderbolt for that matter) is I like to use that feature in settings>sound>audible selection.....that makes you hear a click when you make any kind of screen selection. Well I keep getting periods where the clicking mutes itself, then will start clicking again, then mutes itself again. At first I thought maybe I had an issue with the speaker but I've streamed music and Flash contend and the speaker never cuts out, so i'm pretty sure this is just a software bug.
Other than that issue I thing the Thunderbolt and it's bad ass speaker are pretty darn cool This speaker I think is my favorite feature of the device...
The ONLY issue I've had with audio(or the entire Thunderbolt for that matter) is I like to use that feature in settings>sound>audible selection.....that makes you hear a click when you make any kind of screen selection. Well I keep getting periods where the clicking mutes itself, then will start clicking again, then mutes itself again. At first I thought maybe I had an issue with the speaker but I've streamed music and Flash contend and the speaker never cuts out, so i'm pretty sure this is just a software bug.
Other than that issue I thing the Thunderbolt and it's bad ass speaker are pretty darn cool This speaker I think is my favorite feature of the device...