s9 vs. d2+ with a phone

Both the D2+ and the S9 will make you bass happy as the custom EQ settings is more sophisticated than what is offered on your Nokia 5800 XM. The S9 however lets you customize the 5 bands by further choosing what frequencies is adjusted, reverb can be added, and offers a few more custom pre-configured EQ settings. You can blast the bass until your ears hurt.

Neither will have any trouble driving your Senn CX500 IEP. If you're going to be using a E5 with it, the 40 max volume on the S9 won't matter as much as the amp will be able to drive higher ohm resistant phones if the S9's built-in amp doesn't.

Both players offer better battery life (D2+ 50 hrs. music/10 hrs. video; S9 55 hrs. music/11 hrs. video) versus the 35 hrs. of music you get with your 5800. The S9 is the better choice for videos since most AVIs won't have to be converted in order to play on the S9. The D2 won't play anything larger than 320 x 240, so conversion will be needed usually.

Lastly, the D2+ comes with up to 16 GBs of internal storage and can be expanded using a SDHC card (max size supported is 32 GBs). The S9's largest storage is 30.5 GBs for the 32 GB model. The AMOLED screen on the S9 is probably more brilliant than the LCD screen on your 5800.

I'd recommend the S9 over the D2+ unless music is more important to you than videos are (you seem like a video person). The limited storage won't really be noticed that much. The custom UIs available for the S9 are far better than those for the D2+ and you have a capacitive touchscreen versus a resistive touchscreen. The screen will just dazzle you and then you'll wish every other LCD screen in the house used OLEDs. The larger screen is just better than the smaller one on the D2+ for those 16:9/widescreen videos.

Save you money till after X-mas,all new cool gadets whit amoled screens will be pushed at costumers ..

Budget wise its a smart thing to to,makes your money last a little longer and may give you more options whit new models.?
owning the standard D2 I kind of regret not getting the Amp3 just for music,but I only care for music :P

good luck in choosing

x-cuse my bad english spelling, some words are just harder :P

How many steps does the volume control of the 5800 have? I played with one, and I think it was ONLY 10 steps. I believe the S9 and D2 both have a 40-step volume control. The software and user interface is just not as good as dedicated players.

Music and movie playback on a phone is still not as good as they are on a good mp3 player. I spent $900+ US on a Sony Ericsson Xperia, and I ran into all kinds of problems. The volume control on the Windows Mobile system is complex, you have to adjust 2 places. It's supposed to be able to play video, but it can't. The only popular format it can play, after a lot of optimization, is small .FLV videos on a third-party software. The FM radio is too loud, unusable unless you hack the software. You need to buy your own software if you're serious about music. You might think Windows Media Player is good for streaming internet radio, but it's not. The Omnia 2 also uses Windows Mobile, so I wouldn't recommend it for music and video. Even when there's no problem, the battery of your phone will run out very quickly.

And don't believe any claims of sound quality unless you hear one yourself. This is especially true when it comes to bass.

Combining everything you need into one device, is still only a romantic notion in the year 2009. It's just advertising, and from personal experience, I don't think it's worth believing in. If you want to save money, buy an inexpensive mp3 player. I'm fed up with all the phone makers releasing new features that are just not good enough, and I'm also kinda fed up with everyone believing them.

Most phones don't have a good enough audio player, they're often difficult to operate. If you just want a random 1-2 hour of music going to work/back from work, fine, but don't dream about putting 1000, 2000 songs onto a phone. Most phones are still not designed for serious music lovers. The only exception to this rule is the iPhone - the software is really very well done - but then you'll find the battery doesn't last long enough.