Best SQ on the go I have ever experienced in so many years and with no less than 30 players of all kinds and makes.
Downside is: a bit distortion with some recordings is INEVITABLE but you can manage. The Equalizer stops all of a sudden sometimes and the EQ setting goes back to flat (this is VERY annoying). Trying to fast-forward or to rewind a track while playing sometimes causes jitters in palying and varying speeds of the track and it JUST WON'T stop, so you have to switch the iPod off and restart--of course, the settings will be back to flat in this case too.
The crystal clear high frequencies and incredible lows and the awesome control, not mentioning the vast depth of sound and ability to drive headphones of different types and makes--all these make listening to the music a real joy despite the awkwardness and the need to enhance the EQ software.
