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The Ever Popular Debate: Best Sounding (Budget) Portable Player?

post #1 of 26
10/31/10 at 10:07am
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HI everyone,

 

As much as I like the simplicity of my iPod Nano, it lacks a couple of things. For one, mine has a whopping 8GB capacity /sarcasm which holds about 15% of my audio collection, which is simply depressing. However, that is not the player's fault. That is my fault for buying something with such a limiting capacity. But it does lack a couple of things. It doesn't sound all that great for one. It's not as bad as some of my older player's but its definitely not above average.

 

So I am in the market for a new player with a capacity of either 32GB or 64GB preferably.

 

I've been considering a Zune HD for a while, but I am not sure how it sounds compared to other players. I don't want to spend terribly a lot but I don't have to cheap out.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions or opinions on what portable player they think sounds the best. The HiFiMans are marveled on this forum it seems, but I don't really want to spend that much if possible. =D

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

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post #2 of 26
10/31/10 at 11:01am

Cowon J3.

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post #3 of 26
10/31/10 at 11:16am
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Would an S9 be that much a difference? Set aside the small difference in the amp.

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post #4 of 26
10/31/10 at 11:27am

I believe they sound the same - I'm not a J3 or S9 owner, but I've had the i9 and older Cowon models.

 

They're among the best players you can get.

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post #5 of 26
10/31/10 at 11:30am
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Alright thank you. I know the S9 does not have micro SD but I'm not sure if I really need that. Thanks for the help.

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post #6 of 26
10/31/10 at 12:26pm

why you prefer s9 than j3? the looks?

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post #7 of 26
10/31/10 at 1:11pm

& the ever popular answer SANSA CLIP+

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post #8 of 26
10/31/10 at 1:13pm
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Originally Posted by oyster View Post

& the ever popular answer SANSA CLIP+



Especially with Rockbox EQ.

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post #9 of 26
10/31/10 at 1:29pm

Sony X1060, S-Flo2(16GB + 32GB Micro SD), Creative X-Fi 2 (64GB), Sansa Fuze(1st gen), Philips Go gear and Samsung P3.........

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post #10 of 26
10/31/10 at 1:42pm
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How does the the X-Fi 2 sound in comparison to an S9 or J3.

 

Oh and I "prefer" the S9 to the J3 because it is cheaper...

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post #11 of 26
10/31/10 at 1:59pm

Creative aren't good at all. If you don't want to spend much then a Clip+, as suggested, is excellent.

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post #12 of 26
10/31/10 at 2:34pm
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The Clip+ is really quite compelling, you are right Can you say 40GB for $150? + Rockbox + overall good quality = great deal

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post #13 of 26
10/31/10 at 2:35pm
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I haven't been the slightest bit impressed with Creative as of the late.

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post #14 of 26
10/31/10 at 2:36pm

A vote for the Clip+ from me, but the Hippo Gumstick sits somewhere between a Clip+ RB  and a Clip+ RB-Fiio e5.

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post #15 of 26
10/31/10 at 2:43pm
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Actually interesting point. Because the Clip+ is so small, having an amp go along with it wouldn't make it terribly huge and is a pretty viable thought. Maybe I'll DIY a Cmoy on a custom size PCB or something.

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