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Sound Quality: Rocoo-A or S:Flo2, What to buy (for ATH-CK10)?

post #1 of 13
4/25/10 at 2:26pm
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Need a player for lossless sound only, never video, etc. Don't need sophisticated library tools or interface. Just a player.

Both candidates have significant cons: Rocoo-A - 4Gb only, S:Flo2 is large (already too much stuff in my pockets, I hate to wear anything on my belt) and there are production delays.

So the choice will be done based on sound quality only.

Please, advise!

P.S. Currently I use Audio-Technica ATH CK10, Genres: classical music (mostly piano, but everything else is too), classical opera (I prefer voices from dramatic soprano and down), jazz (mainly vocal), vocal blues and close –gospel, soul. Other genres – about never.
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post #2 of 13
4/25/10 at 3:56pm
Wow, it's lovely to see a person with same interest in classical music
I haven't listened to both rocoo and t51, so cannot help you.
However, since ck10 is a little bit light on bass, you should buy a dap to compensate
ck10 is also easy to pull and has high sensivity, so perhaps dap with strong output like rocoo is not optimal.
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post #3 of 13
4/25/10 at 4:01pm
Sflo2, AMP3 Pro or X1060........
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post #4 of 13
4/25/10 at 6:01pm
Rockboxed Cowon D2/D2+.
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post #5 of 13
4/25/10 at 6:09pm
Cube C30 advertises 15 hours battery life, but it turns out to be 4 - 5 hours. Advertisements are just advertisements, we need more user's reports.
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post #6 of 13
4/25/10 at 10:39pm
Since you are asking about those two players, here is my two cents on both:

The Rocoo isn't a bad player per se, but it hisses a lot and is very loud even from the lowest volume setting. If you don't mind that, go ahead. The S:Flo also drives the earphones better (fewer artefacts, better bass resolution).

But, the S:Flo has some pretty serious treble dampening in there - not sure why. You could EQ it a bit, but best to know what you will face. Smooth sound - S:Flo; exciting sound: Rocoo
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post #7 of 13
4/26/10 at 2:06am
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Originally Posted by shigzeo View Post
Since you are asking about those two players, here is my two cents on both:

The Rocoo isn't a bad player per se, but it hisses a lot and is very loud even from the lowest volume setting. If you don't mind that, go ahead. The S:Flo also drives the earphones better (fewer artefacts, better bass resolution).

But, the S:Flo has some pretty serious treble dampening in there - not sure why. You could EQ it a bit, but best to know what you will face. Smooth sound - S:Flo; exciting sound: Rocoo
x2 on the smooth sound. However coupled with the Rx for the oomph in bass and the 3Xs it makes for a very pleasant, lush experience

I highly recommend the player though. But if it's too big you might want to look at the Clip+
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post #8 of 13
11/12/10 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by shigzeo View Post

But, the S:Flo has some pretty serious treble dampening in there - not sure why. You could EQ it a bit, but best to know what you will face. Smooth sound - S:Flo; exciting sound: Rocoo


So it has treble dampening and an eq that only goes up to 6kHz?  =/

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post #9 of 13
11/12/10 at 5:22pm

 

I have ck10 and will post my impressions on T51 synergy when I receive it later

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post #10 of 13
11/12/10 at 6:39pm

shigzeo has really never heard a good T51 because the lousy Mac would not allow him to upgrade the firmware.

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post #11 of 13
11/12/10 at 7:31pm
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shigzeo has really never heard a good T51 because the lousy Mac would not allow him to upgrade the firmware.




Yea; what firmware is it that improves the sound of the player?
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post #12 of 13
11/12/10 at 8:14pm
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Yea; what firmware is it that improves the sound of the player?


2.3.  Totally negates the treble comments.

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post #13 of 13
11/12/10 at 10:33pm
Mhmm. Yea I remember doing it a while back but I never listened to the headphone out before I did the upgrade so I cant really compare now.
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