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Which is the best MP3 player in terms of audio quality? |
JuanPablo
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Hi guys 
I'm going to buy a new MP3/MP4 player. My requirements are:
> Very good / superb audio quality [MUST]
> 2 inch or bigger screen (to watch some videos)
> Good / very good headphones included (ear-in)
> At least 4 GB memory
> Nice interfase and design
> Good battery life
So far I think that the only one that fills my requirements is the Sony A805. I heard it has very good sound, crisp screen (QVGA, 2 inches), good ear-in headphones included (cause I don't wanna buy separate headphones), and very nice interfase.
So, any other suggestions?
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NightBlade
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Hows about the this one?
It looks good and has a big screen.
Alternatively, you could buy a Zune.
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I own an ipod nano 8GB and to be honest I think ipods are overrated. The Sony NW-A series are excellent, yes, better than ipods.
Recently put my nano against the old W880i and the results were shocking to say the least! By the way, my music is at 320kbs and nothing less than that.
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Muhammad-Oli
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Yeah I'd recommend a Sony too. Right now I've got one hooked up to my ears with expensive Sony headphones too and the sound is excellent. I've had an iPod Nano 2nd Gen and a iPod 30GB 5th Gen and neither of them come even close to the Sony sound even with these same headphones. Sony is very very good for strong bass and clear, good quality sound.
Not saying that iPods are crap. I just find the sound from Sony units much better for me.
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sony or cowan.....
i just got a sony nwz-a728 (8gb)
using it with some sennheiser cx500. sounds fantastic. gonna upgrade to klipsch image x5's or future sonics atro m5's in a couple days.
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parsnip
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I had an ipod touch and the quality wasn't bad, but when paired with sony headphones, the sound quality was far better!
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deluded
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@>500, great choice there! I was about to recommend that as well. Moreover, the A720 series comes with great earphones. |
JuanPablo
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Thanks everyone
The A720 series are amazing, but they're not available here yet  But it seems like Sony has the best sound quality, so I'll go with a Sony
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>500
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On 2008-08-29 00:29:56, JuanPablo wrote:
Thanks everyone
The A720 series are amazing, but they're not available here yet But it seems like Sony has the best sound quality, so I'll go with a Sony
good choice.
try get the nw-a81x series. if you go the nw-a80x series, you have to use sonicstage, sony's media management software, like itunes, but some thought it was not user friendly. i personally didnt have a problem with it.
so try get a nw-a818 (8gb) or nw-a816, they support drag n drop.
and try ebay, do an international search, can get cheap from usa, or amazon.
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deluded
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Yup, if the A720/820 series are not available, get the A810 series. I never quite liked Sonicstage myself, but ATRAC is a very good audio format though.
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Aware
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On 2008-08-29 03:36:00, deluded wrote:
I never quite liked Sonicstage myself, but ATRAC is a very good audio format though.
Yes, Sonicstage is a PITA...and yes(esp. at 192kb), ATTRAC does have impressive quality, to this day......
NW-A810/818 are supposed to be quite legendary, not had one to test to this day though!
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max_wedge
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ATRAC has exellent audio quality at really low bitrates, but not so advantageous at higher bitrates. If I had to have reasonable quality at 48-96Kbps range, I'd use ATRAC happily, but at midrange bitrates AAC is the best. If storage isn't an issue I use 256-320Kbps encoding and I prefer MP3 for that.
I have an MZ NH600 minidisc recorder that I use for converting analog sources to digital format. The unit is one of the "drag and drop" minidisc players. It records in ATRAC at high and low bitrates, and the recorded tracks are not omg encrypted like in previous minidisc players so you get raw access to the digital data. Recordings be copied to the computer and easily converted into MP3.
It can also play MP3's so makes a very good quality mp3 player, much better than any of the phones people are arguing about lately  but disadvantages are 1. large size of the player compared to solid state memory based mp3 players, and 2. disc capacity is only about 280MB or 1GB if you can find himd discs, unless you don't mind carrying extra discs.
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fatreg
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On 2008-08-29 15:51:29, max_wedge wrote:
I have an MZ NH600 minidisc recorder that I use for converting analog sources to digital format.
How? it doesn't have a line in does it?
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aatuif
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does BOSE make mp3 players?
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thomas93
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Carlsberg don't make MP3 players. . . . . .
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Posted: 2008-08-28 03:01
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