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yes exactly! you can never have hissings on iPOD.
i hope that the W810 addresses these hissings...
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Posted: 2006-03-07 05:29:14
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Sound quality on the iPod is pretty good. The Shuffle (the cheapest) has supposedly the best sound quality (makes no sense to me). Standard earbuds as supplied with the iPod have an extremely limited useful frequency range, so anyone comparing sound quality between devices using them needs their head read.
As far as mass-market audio devices go, the iPods sound is very good. Some of the competition, like the iRiver H300 series has even better, but most people don't notice as they use cheap headphones (usually earbuds). The Apple earbuds aren't expensive because they're good, they're expensive because they have the Apple logo on them and they're an iPod accessory - both factors that guarantee a high price. As far as earbuds go however, they are above average, but still by definition not great examples of high-fidelity audio reproduction.
That said, using my Sennheiser PMX-60 street-phones, the sound between my iPod nano and the W900 (which I'd imagine has comparable audio circuitry to the W800) is fairly similar. The sound from the iPod is a little bit brighter, but as to if it's "better" or just "different" I'm not sure. if you wanted to use the W800 in lieu of an iPod, I don't see you really having any issues. I've been using my W900 instead of my nano for a few days just for experimentation purposes. The nano is still more practical for the gym as the phone is a bit heavy in the pocket.
Good analysis of the iPods audio quality is in this review:
http://www.stereophile.com/budgetcomponents/934/index.html
As much as I'd like to use my iRiver H340 and my Sennheiser HD-280 Pro headphones all the time, it's a lot of gear to cart around.
[ This Message was edited by: KNIGHT51NZ on 2006-03-07 07:54 ]
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Posted: 2006-03-07 08:44:57
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The sound on the iPod is way more powerful. Definately cant live without it, i only really ever use my fone for playing music through the loudspeaker, i always carry both devices. Plus i think the Walkman interface (compared to the iPod) could be improved abit-eg the ability to create playlists on the pc and transfer them,
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Posted: 2006-03-07 15:42:00
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On 2006-03-06 14:38:50, niranjan007 wrote:
ipod rocks! Its better than any(i think) mp3 player around. The earphones it uses is expensive but worth it for the quality it offers. So, its better than walkman phones.
The earphones that comes with the iPod are pure crap.
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Posted: 2006-03-07 17:12:49
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I suppose the new earphones tht sony has provided with thte walkman model ...are very well designed..
they dont hurt....
fit in easily....
and when you start listening to music you just cant listen to anything else outside...
tht way the design is pretty well done....
and so is the sound quality....
i think w800 has got the award for best inoovation or somehting..for this year..id i am not wrong..for its awesome walkman music funda
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Posted: 2006-03-07 17:29:08
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i have had an ipod shuffle and traded it in for a sony nw-e99 beacuse i didn't like the sound quality at all didn't have enough bass and my w800 certainly has that you agree?
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Posted: 2006-03-08 19:33:31
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I am on w800i right now and its the best thing I have ever heard. Am gonna get a shuffle soon for my youger bro and compare the sounds.
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Posted: 2006-03-08 20:28:24
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Personally i think the se and other phone functions are little more than gimmicks. The camera sucks due to no flash/optical zoom and the SERIOUS lack of space makes it a gimmicky mp3 player. Thats why the ipod rules. Also lets face it, if your an audiophile you don't listen to mp3s fullstop.
This message was posted from a K750
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Posted: 2006-03-08 22:20:30
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Personally i think the se and other phone functions are little more than gimmicks. The camera sucks due to no flash/optical zoom and the SERIOUS lack of space makes it a gimmicky mp3 player. Thats why the ipod rules. Also lets face it, if your an audiophile you don't listen to mp3s fullstop.
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The camera is still one of the best on any cameraphone, and you can get a Xenon flash. Agreed about the optical zoom though.
Lack of space? You can go up to 4GB on the memory card, and the W900i gives you another 512MB on board (well 480MB or so). The new M2 cards are limited, which is a real downer - especially for anyone that has already bought a cheap 1 or 2GB MS PRO Duo for a W800i.
How many audiophiles are there really? Remember when people wouldn't buy CD's over vinyl? And, what about video? Who in their right mind would accept MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 video? Fact is, most people aren't that bothered and will happily encode to a lower level to save space, than have raw files that sound a bit better (depending on what you're using to listen, the actual music type, and where you're listening to it) but fill up the memory after a single album!
I listen when out, on the train, walking to the station, on a plane. In all these environments, I cope with 96kps which I'd never DREAM of using on my PC or HiFi! So, I don't think the Walkman is a gimmick at all.
I guess you won't be putting the W800i firmware on your K750i anytime soon!
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Posted: 2006-03-09 01:03:44
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Totally accept your point mate about the audiophiles. All i was trying to say though was people are talking about quality but thats missing the point really. Also i stand by the space issue. Myself and most of my friends/colleagues have made the ipod mini-video move (4-30gb) because space was an issue. With the ipod you have the option of having everything you own on one device which you can the hook up to a small stereo like the bose sounddock and have a very very compact entire music centre
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Posted: 2006-03-09 09:13:35
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