The Open Pandora: An ultimate portable player? - Page 18

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Originally Posted by Achmedisdead 

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LOL.

But seriously guys, cool it. The reason this thread exists was to make the Pandora known to head-fi because it does have good audio hardware. I'm getting one soon and hopefully I can confirm that it sounds good. I'll write a comprehensive review of its capabilities once I've listened to it for a while. For now, there is nothing to discuss. Stop flaming. 

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Originally Posted by stozzer123 

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Originally Posted by gidion27 

So the pandora Thread has become the official  chit chat thread, till Takato14 has done the review. Maybe we can get some waiting room music. (Hi res off course)

 

But yes that would be a great ride:)

I do not mean to bash, but what would give takato's review any gravitas.  He has admitted he is a kid and is waiting for his christmas so doesn't look like he has had the type of gear that would make him suitable to analyse audio.  That and he is a, for lack of a better word, pandora fanboy so again reviews on using it in a practical sense can be skewed.

I'm 19 years old first off, not a kid, and I've been in choir for 8 years. I've had private vocal lessons to better myself as both a vocalist and a musician. I'm far more qualified than a lot of people on this forum. I have a very picky ear.

Also, did you even look at my headphone inventory? I have two headphones that are extremely DAC-dependant (Beyerdynamic DT1350 and Sony MDR-SA3000), they are more than enough to evaluate the performance of the Pandora's DAC. Without a good DAC the DT1350 is unlistenable, and the SA3000's super-detail will most certainly point out any equipment flaws. Additionally, my Pro/4AAA has 250 ohm voice coils and is not easy to drive by any means, it'll be more than adequate to test the Pandora's amping power. 

I do understand why you'd distrust my review of it, however I will most certainly not skew the results in the Pandora's favor. The Pandora can use an external DAC/amp, and if the Pandora's built-in components aren't up-to-snuff, I'm not going to use them, nor will I defend their design. As far as usability goes, the only problem I'd foresee is that the headphone jack is in a bad place. Other than that the volume control and track buttons are both accessible when the unit is closed. If there are any major annoyances I will note them, but I'm used to carrying lots of huge devices with me all the time so the DS-sized Pandora probably wont be much of a bother.

That it is; writing in general is an art.

I would really love to take the Pandora to a meeting, but there are never meetings anywhere close to me. It's always halfway across the country or something.