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What is the radio on an MP3 player? CD quality? Better? Worse?

post #1 of 5
2/14/10 at 11:25am
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If you are getting a clear radio signal on you mp3 player, what sort of sound quality is that?

For the Zune that has the HD is high definition radio a huge upgrade in sound, or does it still depend on how a DAP handles sound.

Lately I have begun to listen to my FUZE radio a lot and I wondered if you could enlighten me.

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post #2 of 5
2/16/10 at 8:17am
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Is there no information on radio quality signal and what that means? I hear of how great FLAC is etc on an mp3 player, is there no SQ discenment regarding radio? Or HD radio?
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post #3 of 5
2/16/10 at 9:32am
How do you know the quality of the source they use for the signal?
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post #4 of 5
2/19/10 at 9:11pm
It's generally medium to low quality. And yea FLAC is a great lossless format. I use it along with 320kbs mp3 rips.
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post #5 of 5
2/19/10 at 9:16pm
My Sony S639's FM tuner gets less than cd quality radio, as the stations signal is the way it is - crappy. It might be transmitted in cd quality, but it doesn't get to me that way. And, HD Radio (ala Zune HD) isn't that much better sounding (IMO, YMMV - I owned a Z:HD for about a week, then it went back).
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