Quality of Mp3 Players !

-_nando-_ · 29th April 2006, 08:24 PM

Hi people !

I know mp3 never will have a real good sound quality, but daily we that enjoy music, mp3s are a real good thing !

I had three mp3s, one Ipod Mini 6Gb, a Foston 256Mb, and now my Cell Phone, Samsung D500 80Mb...

The iPod (that died...) had tight bass and fast treble, not that good in medium response, like voice. Hadn't a good room, the sound wasn't spaced...

The foston was horrible, oh my god, what treble was that? Hadn't any definition, voice was compressed, bass was realy far... Horrible, horrible !!

And now, my celphone, I wasn't hoping a good sound, but I was wrong ! Today I connected the phone out on a stereo 3886 based amp with a pair JBL E60 (as I did with other ones), and it have much spaced sound, realy nice to listen, fast and definied treble, and at the same time, smooth. Bass isn't that good too, but it's far from bad...

I ask you to put your players here, and impressions with the sound ! I'm very curious about Creative ZEN, because my iPod was gone, so I need buy another player, and certainly it will not be from Apple...

Waiting Feedback

Thaaanks !!

DigitalJunkie · 30th April 2006, 02:33 AM

My little cousin got an iPod last X-mas and I set it up for her with some music,etc.
I sat around and gave it a listen,not too bad really,even with the crummy stock earbuds..I plugged in my (cheapish) Panasonic headphones and it actually sounded quite good!
I never did connect it to the tube amps to listen though.

It may not be high-end-hifi,but for a pocket sized player,the iPod sounds pretty decent,better than alot of portable CD-playes i've heard.

jleaman · 30th April 2006, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by -_nando-_
Hi people !

I know mp3 never will have a real good sound quality, but daily we that enjoy music, mp3s are a real good thing !

I had three mp3s, one Ipod Mini 6Gb, a Foston 256Mb, and now my Cell Phone, Samsung D500 80Mb...

The iPod (that died...) had tight bass and fast treble, not that good in medium response, like voice. Hadn't a good room, the sound wasn't spaced...

The foston was horrible, oh my god, what treble was that? Hadn't any definition, voice was compressed, bass was realy far... Horrible, horrible !!

And now, my celphone, I wasn't hoping a good sound, but I was wrong ! Today I connected the phone out on a stereo 3886 based amp with a pair JBL E60 (as I did with other ones), and it have much spaced sound, realy nice to listen, fast and definied treble, and at the same time, smooth. Bass isn't that good too, but it's far from bad...

I ask you to put your players here, and impressions with the sound ! I'm very curious about Creative ZEN, because my iPod was gone, so I need buy another player, and certainly it will not be from Apple...

Waiting Feedback

Thaaanks !!

Whats wrong with the ipod. ?

I have a ipod Mini 4gig and a dell digital Juke Box 15Gig Both are ok. My fav being the Apple Ipod.

imix500 · 30th April 2006, 03:44 AM

I use my ipod for system check 8 times a week at the show I run here in nyc. As long as the encoding is either loseless or mp3 pro, it's pretty close to cd quality. I think the ipod sounds better than my old sony portable cd player- when I was still carrying around cd's.

jleaman · 30th April 2006, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by imix500
I use my ipod for system check 8 times a week at the show I run here in nyc. As long as the encoding is either loseless or mp3 pro, it's pretty close to cd quality. I think the ipod sounds better than my old sony portable cd player- when I was still carrying around cd's.

I think i read this wrong but ill say my spuel

Does the ipod read loseless?

The only way for me to listen to a losless file on my mac is with Roxio Toast I know its weird but it plays them

imix500 · 30th April 2006, 03:53 AM

I encode all my music in the apple "lossless" format. Although I can't speak towards the mathmatical truth of it being truely lossless, it sounds pretty good.

imix500 · 30th April 2006, 03:54 AM

...forgot to add. I can certainly hear a difference between the default encoding and "lossless" so something is going on for sure.

jleaman · 30th April 2006, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by imix500
I encode all my music in the apple "lossless" format. Although I can't speak towards the mathmatical truth of it being truely lossless, it sounds pretty good.

What is that AAIC ? or ?

imix500 · 30th April 2006, 04:24 AM

Heh, it's been a long time since digital music technology class... As I remember it's not an AAC. It's closer to FLAC or shorten. Apple came out with thier lossless codec in 2004 after I was finished with school so I'm not as up on it. I do know that it has the same file extention as to be compatible but I think it uses a different set of rules for predicting.

jleaman · 30th April 2006, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by imix500
Heh, it's been a long time since digital music technology class... As I remember it's not an AAC. It's closer to FLAC or shorten. Apple came out with thier lossless codec in 2004 after I was finished with school so I'm not as up on it. I do know that it has the same file extention as to be compatible but I think it uses a different set of rules for predicting.

Tis ok i found it

29th April 2006, 08:24 PM	#1
-_nando-_ diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sao Paulo	Quality of Mp3 Players ! Hi people ! I know mp3 never will have a real good sound quality, but daily we that enjoy music, mp3s are a real good thing ! I had three mp3s, one Ipod Mini 6Gb, a Foston 256Mb, and now my Cell Phone, Samsung D500 80Mb... The iPod (that died...) had tight bass and fast treble, not that good in medium response, like voice. Hadn't a good room, the sound wasn't spaced... The foston was horrible, oh my god, what treble was that? Hadn't any definition, voice was compressed, bass was realy far... Horrible, horrible !! And now, my celphone, I wasn't hoping a good sound, but I was wrong ! Today I connected the phone out on a stereo 3886 based amp with a pair JBL E60 (as I did with other ones), and it have much spaced sound, realy nice to listen, fast and definied treble, and at the same time, smooth. Bass isn't that good too, but it's far from bad... I ask you to put your players here, and impressions with the sound ! I'm very curious about Creative ZEN, because my iPod was gone, so I need buy another player, and certainly it will not be from Apple... Waiting Feedback Thaaanks !!

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30th April 2006, 02:33 AM	#2
DigitalJunkie diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Portland,Oregon Blog Entries: 4	My little cousin got an iPod last X-mas and I set it up for her with some music,etc. I sat around and gave it a listen,not too bad really,even with the crummy stock earbuds..I plugged in my (cheapish) Panasonic headphones and it actually sounded quite good! I never did connect it to the tube amps to listen though. It may not be high-end-hifi,but for a pocket sized player,the iPod sounds pretty decent,better than alot of portable CD-playes i've heard.

30th April 2006, 03:44 AM	#4
imix500 Proud Union Member diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nashville, TN	I use my ipod for system check 8 times a week at the show I run here in nyc. As long as the encoding is either loseless or mp3 pro, it's pretty close to cd quality. I think the ipod sounds better than my old sony portable cd player- when I was still carrying around cd's.

30th April 2006, 03:53 AM	#6
imix500 Proud Union Member diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nashville, TN	I encode all my music in the apple "lossless" format. Although I can't speak towards the mathmatical truth of it being truely lossless, it sounds pretty good.

30th April 2006, 03:54 AM	#7
imix500 Proud Union Member diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nashville, TN	...forgot to add. I can certainly hear a difference between the default encoding and "lossless" so something is going on for sure.

30th April 2006, 04:24 AM	#9
imix500 Proud Union Member diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nashville, TN	Heh, it's been a long time since digital music technology class... As I remember it's not an AAC. It's closer to FLAC or shorten. Apple came out with thier lossless codec in 2004 after I was finished with school so I'm not as up on it. I do know that it has the same file extention as to be compatible but I think it uses a different set of rules for predicting.

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