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Poll: And the Award for BEST SQ goes to?

post #1 of 31
12/8/09 at 1:04pm
Thread Starter 
I am sure there are a thousand polls on this...

Which brand typically produces the MP3 player with the best SQ?

Apple (iPod, etc.)
Microsoft (ZuneHD, etc.)
Sony (X-series, etc.)
SanDisk (Sansa, etc.)
Cowon
Archos
Other
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post #2 of 31
12/8/09 at 1:06pm
Thread Starter 
This goes for RAM-based media players of lower capacities (32GB or less).

Of course, UN-amped.
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post #3 of 31
12/8/09 at 1:18pm
I really like the cowon's sq best, but if you rockbox a SanDisk it's really great too.
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post #4 of 31
12/8/09 at 3:03pm
I have heard multiple iPods, owned a few Sansa's and Cowon's, but I prefer the SQ of my Sony A818 over all of the others I have owned or heard.
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post #5 of 31
12/8/09 at 3:30pm
this thread is a laugh. as if all of us are _savants_ who can qualify 'sound quality' by a poll, or by conjecture conjure up better highs, smarter bass. it ain't gonna happen.
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post #6 of 31
12/8/09 at 3:45pm
Sony X series is by FAR the best I've heard
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post #7 of 31
12/8/09 at 4:59pm
In my own little world of what sound quality subjectively means to me. I unabashedly second the above statement.Sony XXX
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post #8 of 31
12/8/09 at 6:40pm
Sony x3. Some claim the coloration isnt to their taste, but you just cant beat that amp in a mass-produced portable.
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post #9 of 31
12/8/09 at 10:03pm
I voted apple but only considering their product after modification if we are talking stock here I would have probably not voted for them.
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post #10 of 31
12/9/09 at 12:54am
if only sound quality wise, who will against the AMP3 pro2 is the best DAP in the market? at least for me AMP3 is really the best player with perfect musicality among my DAP collections.
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post #11 of 31
12/9/09 at 1:08am
I have too many issues with the AMP3 at the moment to be able to agree with the last statement
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post #12 of 31
12/9/09 at 1:20am
I only heard sony, sandisk, cowon, apple.

sony and sandisk are close call but I choose cowon. haha.
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post #13 of 31
12/9/09 at 1:22am
Just from the ones I've owned (Sony's were early models), all amp'd:

iMod > Cowon > Sansa > Sony > iPod w/ Wolfson + LOD > iPod w/ Wolfson > Pod w/ Cirrus + LOD > iPod w/ Cirrus

But the controls and such of the iPod are just so superior that my Cowon, Sansa, and Sony go unused despite the SQ (I can't even find one Sony, and the other was stolen) and I use only iMod and iPod w/Wolfson and LOD.

PS: Wow, same 4 as Charlie0904 posted minutes apart.
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post #14 of 31
12/9/09 at 1:24am
Wait, you can pick more than one? LOL.
The question should be: "Which brand that you're a fanboy of?"
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post #15 of 31
12/9/09 at 1:28am
Should had renamed the poll to "Award for most fanboy goes to"...
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