iPod Touch Sound Quality is quite bad.

[yslee]

Really? It's a touch worse than my Zen Vision:M to me. I intially thought I had the volume too soft on the touch but after numerous trials my Zen's a little better; the upper mids are better defined and the bass has a little more impact.

[Dublo7]

I sold my Touch last week. I'm not missing it.

[Amblin]

Originally Posted by Dublo7

I sold my Touch last week. I'm not missing it.

Congratulations.

[Spad]

FWIW, my touch sounds at least as good as my 5.5G 80. The other features are just icing on the cake and make it a must-have for me.

[Dublo7]

Originally Posted by Amblin

Congratulations.

Heheh. Honestly, if the sound quality was as good as a Cowon, the device would be the greatest DAP. The UI is great, the device is sexy, but alas, that doesn't leave an excuse for muddy bass and distortion.

[yslee]

The bass wasn't muddy to me, perhaps a little weak. Didn't get any distortion till I hit the EQ. Goodness that really sucked. EQ on the touch is just unusable. Luckily I don't have a habit of using it.

[StayOnBoard]

Wow that's really sad to hear.

I plan to buy one with my new cute beyond headphone amp. I currently have a regular 40 gb IPod that works great. Have you tried this with any headphone amps? Do you know if it makes a difference in the sound quality for the ITouch?

Maybe I should ask my GF to put this purchase on hold. For the cost, I expect the quality to be above par to the very least.

[serpico]

Thanks, now I won't lose any sleep wishing for one.
Happy with my Zune.

[kamal007]

can i use a normal headphone on the ipod touch? i know its not doable with the iphone

[facelvega]

Heard a touch, it was not even close to my old iaudio U2 for sound quality, the gap was immediately audible on my im716. Very surprised some have found it to be acceptable.