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post #1 of 17
1/24/12 at 8:55am
Thread Starter 

I just read the Clip+ review on NwAvGuys blog, and it has really impressive results from his tests.  Sansa's new replacement mp3 for the discontinued Clip+ is the Clip Zip, which I hear is identical in music hardware to the Clip+. 

 

Can I buy a Clip Zip knowing that it will sound exactly like the Clip+?  Has anyone heard both or have insight on this?

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post #2 of 17
1/24/12 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by scannon18 View Post

I just read the Clip+ review on NwAvGuys blog, and it has really impressive results from his tests.  Sansa's new replacement mp3 for the discontinued Clip+ is the Clip Zip, which I hear is identical in music hardware to the Clip+. 

 

Can I buy a Clip Zip knowing that it will sound exactly like the Clip+?  Has anyone heard both or have insight on this?



It has the same audio chip inside, so yes. I sold off my last Clip+ and replaced it with another Zip (I have three of them now, all running Rockbox)

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post #3 of 17
1/31/12 at 11:21pm

So the Zip can be just as easily Rockboxed as the Clip+?

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post #4 of 17
2/1/12 at 12:36am
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Originally Posted by darkfireblade25 View Post

So the Zip can be just as easily Rockboxed as the Clip+?



Apparently it can.

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post #5 of 17
2/1/12 at 1:41am

Had the clip+ and it died in a week. replaced it with the clip zip and it is much better & reliable!

in normal eq(unamped) cowon j3 & clip zip sound the same for me with 320kbps mp3.

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post #6 of 17
2/1/12 at 4:46am
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Originally Posted by bravo4588 View Post

Had the clip+ and it died in a week. replaced it with the clip zip and it is much better & reliable!

in normal eq(unamped) cowon j3 & clip zip sound the same for me with 320kbps mp3.



For me is better clip.

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post #7 of 17
2/1/12 at 5:05am
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For me is better clip.



better than...?

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post #8 of 17
2/1/12 at 5:51am

For me, the clip zip is better than clip+. The FM radio reception was not that great in 

clip+, when compared to clip zip. 

 

I also have a Cowon C2. I find the SQ of clip zip way much better than C2, with

a normal EQ setting. I did not like the BBE sound enhancements and feel they add

coloration to sound.

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post #9 of 17
2/1/12 at 6:21am
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Originally Posted by sivudu View Post

For me, the clip zip is better than clip+. The FM radio reception was not that great in 

clip+, when compared to clip zip. 

 

I also have a Cowon C2. I find the SQ of clip zip way much better than C2, with

a normal EQ setting. I did not like the BBE sound enhancements and feel they add

coloration to sound.



+1

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post #10 of 17
2/1/12 at 2:53pm
Thread Starter 

Yea seems like the cowon eq is sort of a hit or miss.  You either love it, or you hate it.  Or you think it's ok. 

 

That's why I haven't gotten one.  Zip looks good though

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post #11 of 17
2/1/12 at 3:04pm

The EQ is great. The other effects, not so much, especially if you overdo them.

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post #12 of 17
2/1/12 at 3:41pm

I use my clip zip in normal eq. suits all genres! now gotta buy a 32GB card! Memory's(8gb+8gb) filled up already!!

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post #13 of 17
2/1/12 at 4:22pm
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I would pay $100 for a Clip Zip that had bluetooth capability. . .

 

maybe next generation clip will have this feature

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post #14 of 17
2/9/12 at 8:53am
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I just found a clip+ in a drawer, the files on it appear to be from 2005.  Thing seems to work fine, I'm loading it up now.  Could it really be seven years old?  Did they make the clip+ back then?

 

From my testing of one Joanna Newsom track I determined that it had a nice amp and a less than stellar dac. 

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post #15 of 17
2/25/12 at 9:34pm

Does the Clip Zip have the visualizer like in the Clip+?

 

money.jpg

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