To me the iPhone 5 sounds good I.e. a bit more forward in the midrange with a more civilized treble. To me measurements are meaningless. If you like a fat bass and bright (fatiguing IMO) treble then you may not like it. Admittedly the soundstage is more narrow with an up front presentation. I...

If music is your priority then the Zune HD is a really nice player with a warm punchy sound though headphone out although when I first got it the player sounded pretty dry for the first day or so. I did not know that MP3 players needed to "burn in" but I guess that it can be true. I have the...

I have better luck with the Zune desktop software finding the corresponding album art than iTunes does. It does so on its own once the music is imported. Sometimes you have to right click on the album to get art of select "get album info" or something like that. There is no need to think about...

At 277mb the 2.2.1 firmware update should cure cancer. My cable was smoking after the download.

Read this >> Koss Porta Pro @ HeadRoom - Right Between Your Ears I marginally prefer the Sennheiser PX 100s in the midrange.

The Zune 80 gig HD player is the best player I have owned to date. I was surprised/disappointed that the Zune 8 gig flash player did not follow the 80 in terms of sound. I found the flash player too bright and tizzy in the treble. I returned it to Office Depot the same day I bought it. What a...

I know from my own experience that it is easy to become so obsessed with audio gear that all the joy goes out of music listening. In the early 1990s I had about $13,000 worth of Theta digital and Aragon amplification and Snell loudspeakers. Audio neurosis took over. Truthfully, I now "enjoy" the...

No EQ for me. I have had a series of Creative Players with the custom EQ option . Even engaging the EQ as flat seems to change the sound. I have tried minor EQ tweaks but have always gone back to no EQ. The sound is just not right somehow. I don't know what the technical reasons are for this but...

Quote: Originally Posted by illini Does the flash version sound as good? I bought the Zune 8 gig flash player at Office Depot and immediately returned it. The treble was too bright even with some older Sennheiser PX 100s. I really love the sound of the Zune 80 and was surprised...

Microsoft Zune 80 gig HD player --- I love it. P.S. I have had Creative HD players in the past i.e. Creative Xtra , Creative Touch, and Creative Zen Micro as well as a Dell Pocket DJ (actually made by Creative).

Quote: Originally Posted by goober-george Yeah, from what I've read on zune websites, the zune flash player doesn't sound as good as the zune80. Total bummer.. There you have it!

Quote: Originally Posted by tstarn06 Sad to hear that. Strange, too. Why would anyone not deliver the same sound in the same line of players? Anyway, I also love the Zune80 sound, but had already purchased a Sony A816 prior to getting the Zune. Sometimes, it can be the phones and how...

Quote: Originally Posted by furball I am debating between the Zune and the Sony as well. Since Zune support a lossless format, I might give the Zune some serious thought. But sound quality is also very important to me. Decisions, decisions, decisions. I picked up the Zune 8...

When I ripped three CDs using the Zune software, it worked perfectly i.e. the art shows up on the player as well as in the Zune desktop but the actual folders do not show the artwork and when I imported the albums into WMP there was no album art. Also the album art for those CDs is not present...

I really don't think that the Zune desktop is the problem. I just ripped three CDs with album art without a problem using the Zune desktop software. Having said that, When I got my first Zune sometimes the album art would not show but after a reboot the software would update the content and the...