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A Few Questions About Sony MP3 Players

post #1 of 3
9/20/11 at 2:00pm
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I am looking to buy a Sony MP3 player mainly because of it's not too bad SQ and long battery life.  But I have a few questions about them.

 

1) The stated 50 hours of audio playing time is based on 128k encoding.  I know that higher bitrates will lower the battery life for sure but does anyone know by how much?  Let's say 320k.

 

2) Are there SQ differences between the E-series and the S-series for the current (or recent) models?  Do they use the same chips?

 

3) I don't think Sony has digital out option.  How is the headphone amp inside the Sonys compared to the iPods (in general)?

 

4) Would you choose the Sonys over a Clip+ or Fuze+ solely looking at SQ?

 

Thanks in advance for any feedbacks.

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post #2 of 3
9/24/11 at 9:06am

I'd like to know too etysmile.gif

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post #3 of 3
9/24/11 at 11:10am


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Originally Posted by Centropolis View Post

I am looking to buy a Sony MP3 player mainly because of it's not too bad SQ and long battery life.  But I have a few questions about them.

 

1) The stated 50 hours of audio playing time is based on 128k encoding.  I know that higher bitrates will lower the battery life for sure but does anyone know by how much?  Let's say 320k.

 

2) Are there SQ differences between the E-series and the S-series for the current (or recent) models?  Do they use the same chips?

 

3) I don't think Sony has digital out option.  How is the headphone amp inside the Sonys compared to the iPods (in general)?

 

4) Would you choose the Sonys over a Clip+ or Fuze+ solely looking at SQ?

 

Thanks in advance for any feedbacks.



1. Battery life should not change by more than 20%. 

2. Some people claimed E series is realy good and reaches the same level of SQ as S series, I never compared them though. 

3. It has line out capabilities via WMPort. 

4. I would choose Sony, I have had two models so far and they do not disappoint.

 

 

Just my 2c, YMMV.

 

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