Wow. The sound quality is fantastic, FLAC support was available right out of the box, and it has enough power to drive my SR80s to more than adequate volumes without distortion. I got the 4GB one for $50. Dollar for dollar, this player beats anything I've seen before.

I think the e200 series that you guys are talking about is the one they have there, not the Fuze. Since it apparently doesn't play FLAC, it looks like the Clip will be the way to go. The SD slot would have been nice, but that's really the only thing the e200 has over the Clip. And for me, no...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lunchbox2 Do Sansa players sound better than ipods? I've noticed a lot of members here use them.. They have FLAC support, so unless you actually have ALAC files for your iPod...yes, a Sansa will sound better, because you can have tasty lossless files...

Hi headfi'ers, A store near me is selling Sansa Clips, as well as another Sansa player (I believe it's either an e230 or an e260, but I can't quite remember.) Whatever it is, it's larger than the clip, 4GB, and it's shiny black. They are selling both of these players for the same price...

I'm pretty sure a ton of people use full-size headphones in their portable setup, myself included.

Grado SR-125s are within your budget. I listen to a decent amount of hip-hop on my SR-80s, and they sound quite good, even without an amp. On a side note, though, I've heard nothing but bad things about Little Dot amps. Perhaps choose a different amp; there's lots of different brands out...

Sounds like it should be a good match for my SR-80s, then, yeah?

From the review, it looks like the Lyrix is pretty solid if used purely as an analog amp. So long as the DAC is not used, it's quite a nice sounding amp?

Quote: Originally Posted by Sherwood 3) CD drives produce errors. By their very nature, they produce errors. The most effective way to combat these errors is to read the same data multiple times and discard outliers. This is precisely what a program like EAC does, and what portable CD...

Quote: Originally Posted by AmanGeorge The LOD is superior - it bypasses the iPod internal amp and allows for a cleaner signal in to your external amp. Good to know, thanks. This means I should be looking for a LOD -> 3.5mm interconnect. Anyone have a cheap one they want to sell?

I searched both google and the forums for info on the RCA mod, but couldn't find anything. Do you have a link?

This thread has been super-useful. This means I can just get a straight-up headphone amp, with no built-in DAC, which I'm sure will be cheaper. Also, I had no idea the LOD was even capable of analog-out. The only thing I've previously used it for is syncing, which is obviously digital, so I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Z4N5H1N I have a 5501 sitting here. This is the one that is supposed to sound really good? How exactly do I go about hooking my headphones up to it? The only audio-out it has is the Sony proprietary jack... ..was this question too noob to warrant...

FLAC is your friend. I'm not sure about your player, but a lot of players don't support FLAC. There's an app called RockBox that replaces you firmware and lets you play FLAC and Ogg Vorbis. I'd look into to it. It worked for my iPod 5g. Rockbox - Open Source Jukebox Firmware

...so the crappy internal DAC already mangled the single before it reached the LOD? Even though the LOD jack is digital? I'm missing something. Also, in regards to the quality loss when ripping...I use EAC to rip stuff, and I rip into FLAC...I think EAC has some sort of error...

Hi Head-fi, When you use the digital iPod jack (not the 3.5mm one, the one on the bottom), and then hook up an interconnect that runs from that jack into a 3.5mm on the other end...is it still digital on the 3.5mm end? Does this mean that I can use one of the aforementioned interconnects to...

I have a 5501 sitting here. This is the one that is supposed to sound really good? How exactly do I go about hooking my headphones up to it? The only audio-out it has is the Sony proprietary jack...