Hello Duncan and all, I've never, knowingly, listened to any modern audio device that has .5mW output so I can't comment on .5mW. To me, the "Tourist" D-EJ2000 has *plenty* of volume when played through the MDR-EX71. Since the unit is not exported to other countries, I'm assuming (careful!)...

Hello David, Of course not. These are simple, crude, objective tests. My computer is not a multi-thousand dollar calibrated audio instrument. In absoluete terms these tests may not even be that accurate. They may only be accurate in relation to each other. These tests are being run for...

Hello, Sony MZ-N10, USA model. Using Sony optical cable between D-EJ2000 and MZ-N10 a digital copy of the RightMark CD of test signals was made. Seemed to record OK. Not sure how accurate these results will be as a result of this "second generation" copy to MD but I thought it might be fun to...

Hello Peter, Probably an impedance mismatch no other loading is present. Paul

Hello, Just for fun and comparison, a Toshiba SD-P1000 portable DVD/LCD player is added into the tests. Toshiba SD-P1000 DVD/LCD Headphone out, no EQ: Frequency response, dB: +0.26, -2.67 Noise level, dBA: -78.3 Dynamic range, dBA: 77.3 THD, %: 0.046 Intermodulation, %: 0.141...

Hello, The Sony D-T405 is a AM/FM tuner equipped PCDP from 1997. It has 10 second ESP. Tests were run with NO ESP and ESP. These tests are an eye-opener! RightMark Report for T-405, Heaphone out, no EQ, no ESP: Frequency Response, dB: +0.19, -0.32 Noise level, dbA: -89.1 Dynamic...

Hello, We're having fun now! RightMark results for headphone out from i-river IMP-350 (no EQ): Frequency Response, db: +0.20, -1.15 Noise Level, dbA: -76.6 Dynamic Range, dbA: 70.4 THD, %: 0.062 Intermodulation, %: 0.087 Stereo Crosstalk, db: -66.3 Frequency Response...

Hello Duncan, I've done some comparison with the D-555 -- definitely not finished yet. I would give the D-555 the edge in upper frequency detail and bass that seems to reach deeper (no EQ). I would say with this initial comparison the D-555 is the winner but the D-EJ2000 isn't such a disgrace...

Hello, What a surpise! The RightMark report is for an unmodified, exported, silver, Japan "Tourist"-model D-EJ2000 using the headphone out. I was plesantly surpised when I heard it and the measured results seem match my impressions. Unmodified Japan "Tourist" D-EJ2000, headphone out, no...

If they're real small screws find/check a hobby shop that sells parts for building model airplanes -- like Hobbytown USA (if you're in the USA). The hobbyists typically use very small screws, hinges, washers, etc.

The Sony MDR-EX90LP are an "open" earbud/IEM design and I think are the best of the Sony IEM series and are pretty good.

You mean you can get something for nothing after all?

Because of the hybrid earbud/IEM design of the EX90 there isn't much isolation (but I think that they sound the best of the Sony IEMs). A traditional IEM with a good fit would provide a better seal. Sennheiser CX-300 may be worth a look.

Thanks! There is Rockbox for certain Archos but not the AV500 I'm afraid.

There's still life in the "old" format. Gapless, lossless, and usually for many, the standard of which compression algorithms are judged.