Quote: Originally Posted by Meta-Fi Mine just arrived today :] I'll post my impressions of it v.s. D2, Zen, Nano if anyone is interested. Yes, please. That would help a lot of people.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr_Junesequa Accourding to ilounge the touch and 4g uses cirrus built like the 6g Vinnie R (imod creator) and a respected member of head-fi and has tested the cirrus logic players and posted up a review. no one has related anything to anything. i was...

Quote: Originally Posted by michiel Apple iPod nano Fourth-Generation (8GB/16GB) | iLounge The single biggest audio change to the iPod nano isn’t one that’s glaringly apparent, or even touted by Apple, but it’s there: the sound chip has changed. Months ago, long-time iPod audio...

Quote: Originally Posted by triggerc What setup did you use to measure the frequency response? I ask because everyone measurement is different than others due to equipment, some have the 5G coming up on top while others have the Classic being the better DAP. Neutrik (NTI) A2/A2D...

Quote: Originally Posted by BloodSugar00 Ano, the sony is great sounding little player but thats about it. I can't help but crave some more! It would be great if sony did firmware updates- look at the D2 and P2! Wheres the evolution sony?! I get the feeling sony are both lazy and...

Quote: Originally Posted by uraflit i think the unruly idea of subjectivity will come to beat you all down. mwahaha True. This is why the Touch ain´t so good. Loaded with 32 ohms it looks and feels like the 5g w more hiss. The Classic is in an entirely different league.

Quote: Originally Posted by iozz Ok, I'll try to do that ASAP. Let me read that reviews again How is your reading coming along? No need to rush but I am very interested. Thank you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sparky191 Its MTP on Windows but on OSX or Linux I think its UMS. Perhaps someone else can confirm this? That´s correct although you can get the Walkman to work as UMS on Windows as well. The benefits are limited, however, as drag and drop works...

Quote: Originally Posted by Agent69 The NWZA728 is available at my local Best Buy and I am considering buying one but I want to confirm that I would not need to install any software in order to transfer songs to the Walkman. Is this correct? Correct.

Quote: Originally Posted by Drag0n What if you have all your music on your pc in 192 mp3, and you drag and drop it all to an external hard drive.....then decide you want them back into itunes for zune software or something.....does it further crunch the already crunched 192 files again...

Quote: Originally Posted by HipHopScribe No, to my knowledge that should remedy the problem. As does the Radio Remote ( at least to my knowledge) Unfortunately it doesn´t work on the Touch but it surely cures all Nanos and HDD players.

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo i don't see how people bring up the graphs against ipod when about 90% of all portables share the roll off: most worse than recent ipods. comparing an ipod from 2005 or 2004 to one from now is silly too. shall we test the competition from then as...

Quote: Originally Posted by berniebennybernard Album art doesn't show up if you drag and drop though, just a FYI. It does most of the times (90%) using Finder.

Quote: Originally Posted by Barry I am hoping that if I buy the Sony, I will be able to drag and drop music files, albums, etc. from my Mac Leopard operating system computer. Does anybody know if this is possible. Many thanks. Barry Yes 100% although the 829, just as its...

Quote: Originally Posted by zip22 yes, but you were talking about the classic, not the 3G and 4G ipods. the guy that wrote that blog post is a member here and has said that the 5G doesn't have the issue http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f15/wh...ml#post3117276 last i heard, hes in...

I concur with your findings. However, the Classic has a different head ouput stage from the Nano and Touch. Compare those and you won´t rank them as high.

Use it with 10.5.2 and transfers work flawlessly including AAC. However, the player reconnects almost immediately after having been ejected.

Quote: Originally Posted by cn11 There's a new review that popped up on AnythingbutIpod. Sony A820 Review I am a bit puzzled by the reviewer's comments in the sound quality section, where he states that he feels combined with very high end earphones (such as the Shure 530) it...

Quote: Originally Posted by moseboy Originally, I hadn't even thought about getting any of the A820 players because I didn't think I'd ever utilize the BlueTooth feature. But the more I hear about what happened to the Samsung YP-P2, the more I'm considering getting the A829. What are...

Quote: Originally Posted by soozieq The 808/818 are the same!!! Sony released the 800 series first (with SS/Atrac), then just a few months later they released the 810 series to cater for those who wanted drag and drop. They even described the 818 as the SS/Atrac-free 808. The only...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot The headphone out depends on the impedance of your particular headphones. See ya Steve Not with the Classic. It´s great throughout no matter what impedance it is presented with which is quite a welcome change from the 5 and 5.5g models...

Quote: Originally Posted by caelum7 just curious, how many people actually carry around their a818s with 150 of their favorite WAVs around? either way, i tried it- ripped the same tracks from CD to WAV and 192kbps, still impossible to tell on the same player, and very difficult to tell...

Quote: Originally Posted by looli Well, I listen to low tuned distorted music... What about D2 + Shure SCL5 with impedance of 110 ohms? The Shure SCL5 are more neutal than the Se530, imo too cold with the D2. The UM2 btw produce more bass and "fun" than the SE530. The Se530 are...

Quote: Originally Posted by looli Wat about SE530. Would the bass be to boomy? Which high end iem would you suggest? Does d2's bass sound beter with iem? I own your mentioned combo. I reckon the Se 530 to be a bit on the dark side so quantitatively it may be a tad too much...

Quote: Originally Posted by natim9 nice. any idea when the players suppose to arrive? and how come the 829 is so much cheaper than the 729??? Edit: about the phones - according to this guy NEW Sony Walkman A series NW-A829 P 16GB - eBay (item 300209890198 end time Apr-22-08...