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post #16 of 29
4/14/10 at 11:16pm
Hmm... just a thought. I use Unsynched on my bb 9000 right now, and it plays .wav just fine. Hopefully they'll include .flac support in the future so I wont have to convert all my music . And I'll check into that Dollars5 player.
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post #17 of 29
4/15/10 at 1:11pm
Thread Starter 
I belive that once they have a stable Rockbox for Sansa Fuze V2,then will be a better sonding player and more people will buy it.I wish they could work for Rockbox port for Cowon S9.
We never know what other players will support Rockbox in the future.
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post #18 of 29
4/23/10 at 1:20pm
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Sansa Fuze Rockboxed sound better then D2 RB?Anybody can compare the two?
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post #19 of 29
4/24/10 at 8:38pm
Can I vote for gigabeat F series?
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post #20 of 29
4/26/10 at 2:49pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by faichiu View Post
Can I vote for gigabeat F series?
Can you please tell us why do you think that Gigabeat F series sound better then Sandisk Sansa Fuze Rockboxed V1.I am not talking here about V2 becouse the RB is not stable.
So let's hear you opinion..
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post #21 of 29
4/27/10 at 9:37pm
That is it!
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post #22 of 29
4/28/10 at 1:39am
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Originally Posted by musicday View Post
Can you please tell us why do you think that Gigabeat F series sound better then Sandisk Sansa Fuze Rockboxed V1.I am not talking here about V2 becouse the RB is not stable.
So let's hear you opinion..
I can't speak for the Fuze v1, but I used to have a RB'd Gigabeat F and it really stood out above all the other players I've owned (even my S9, albeit just barely). I guess the closest thing I have to the Fuze v1 is my RB'd Clip v1, and I still think the F-series beats it.
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post #23 of 29
4/28/10 at 3:43am
I have owned a v1 Fuze before rockbox was available for it, and own a 5.5G and an iriver H320.

I have never gotten the fuss about the Fuze, to me it sounds muffled and obscures a lot of detail, it is very warm though but detail is the price you pay for that. The H320 and 5.5G are very similar in that they both have good detail resolution with the edge going to the 5.5G. I would say the 5.5G also has a slightly larger soundstage. The H320 is considerably warmer though, but without sacrificing detail in the same way the Fuze does.

I would imagine rockbox on the Fuze would not change this dramatically, although it would allow you to tweak the sound signature to your liking.

Regarding the Gigabeat, I remember vaguely reading that it was the player best able to handle AAC given the higher CPU grunt that it requires.
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post #24 of 29
4/28/10 at 7:12pm
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Originally Posted by RedSky0 View Post
I have never gotten the fuss about the Fuze, to me it sounds muffled and obscures a lot of detail, it is very warm though but detail is the price you pay for that.
Rockbox changes everything. The out-the-box sound turns cold and brittle, with tightness in the bass once you find it.
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post #25 of 29
4/28/10 at 11:45pm
I will have to give it a try then. I gifted it to my dad, but I'll see if I can borrow it to give it another shot and wow holy **** your IEM list is impressive!
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post #26 of 29
5/1/10 at 9:49am
Okay so tried rockbox on Fuze.

I was probably biased the first time around since the lack of sub-bass and customization options really put me off, and the fact it does seem to have a sizeable midbass hump (which I've now removed) probably muffled a fair bit of detail in the original firmware. EDIT - Yep, feels like a huge difference when I dip 600Hz.

Honestly I think it sounds great, but it's just that it's the warmer alternative of the 5.5G. I think it still falls short in detail (not by a great deal at all) but on the other hand, nothing sounds harsh, even on my ER4Ps. So it's basically the same tradeoff that pretty much every headphone has. I can certainly see people liking one or the other better.

Another noticeable difference is the Fuze's soundstage seems pressed tightly against you whereas the 5.5Gs seems more distant. This gives the Fuze a more enveloping sound, producing a larger soundstage. On the other hand I think the fact that it feels relatively closer makes it more difficult to position instruments. Rather than it being relatively pinpoint, it sounds like it's coming from a reasonably large area. Again, there are certainly pros and cons to either. I tend to prefer better accuracy and more detail over the cons, but maybe I'm just used to it.
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post #27 of 29
5/3/10 at 1:04pm
Thread Starter 
Maybe sometimes in the future we can have Rockbox on mobile phones,that will be awesome.To get all that 15 codecs support and the amazing sound quality of mobile phone.
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post #28 of 29
5/3/10 at 1:35pm
I say the iriver h100 and h300 series are the best I've tried. Though, the headphone out hisses more than all my other players. I normally use them with an amp or less sensitive earphones, so hiss isn't a huge problem.

I wouldn't choose the D2 ever, because of its bass rolloff problem. If a player can't even have a linear frequency response, I won't even consider it.
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post #29 of 29
5/5/10 at 5:27am
I'm a happy owner of a Rockboxed Fuze V1. Anyway I don't think that SQ difference between original firmware and rockbox is night and day. What I really noticed is that rockbox equalizer is much better than the one of the original firmware (at least the versions I used 6 months away).
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