tstarn06
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Of course, you'd see it that way. I have a Sony too, the A818, and it sound nice enough. But to say it blows away the Touch 2G is nonsense. Sure it doesn't deliver the other-wordly sound that the Sony X1000 does, but it's hardly trash either. And plenty of Kool-Aid being passed around. What's wrong with Kool-Aid?
You are right though, I won't be overpaying for a Sony DAP with a crippled Web interface. When they release a Music player without the "me too" Touch features, might be worth a listen to hear all these wonderful SQ features. Doubtful every new Sony DAP is going to have the web/touchscreen. But we'll see.
As someone pointed out, Neeley's phones were not the best match for portables. So that was probably the issue (though of course they work with the X1000). Not raining on his parade, not at all. But his comment, to me, was completely out of whack.
Originally Posted by cn11 /img/forum/go_quote.gif tstarn06- Wow, way to basically say Neeley must not be hearing things correctly even though he just gave direct observations. No Koolaid being drunk there, and no need to rain on his parade since you're not planning to buy it anyway. As a point of reference, I was just doing some back to back comparing of my Sony A829 to my iPhone 3G, and was just thinking that the warmth and soundstage of the A829 did the same thing to the iPhone that Neeley described, and that's not even taking into account the already known additional bump in SQ when you step up to the X1000. |
Of course, you'd see it that way. I have a Sony too, the A818, and it sound nice enough. But to say it blows away the Touch 2G is nonsense. Sure it doesn't deliver the other-wordly sound that the Sony X1000 does, but it's hardly trash either. And plenty of Kool-Aid being passed around. What's wrong with Kool-Aid?
You are right though, I won't be overpaying for a Sony DAP with a crippled Web interface. When they release a Music player without the "me too" Touch features, might be worth a listen to hear all these wonderful SQ features. Doubtful every new Sony DAP is going to have the web/touchscreen. But we'll see.
As someone pointed out, Neeley's phones were not the best match for portables. So that was probably the issue (though of course they work with the X1000). Not raining on his parade, not at all. But his comment, to me, was completely out of whack.