mrbrad
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I have been reading in this forum for weeks, maybe months, about how good the sound is on the Sansa Clip. So, I recently decided to pick one up, mostly because of the small size, and great sound. I decided to share my impressions of the Clip vs. the iPods I already have, Classic and 2nd gen 8bg Nano.
First, the user interface. The Clip is primitive by comparison. Each time you go into power saving mode, it has to reboot and takes several seconds. I use it a work and frequently answer the phone or go down the hall for several minutes. When I return to the Clip, I have to turn it on, wait, then press plan. On my iPod, I press play and they immediately start playing the last song I was listening to. At least the Clip remembers your last song, that is good.
Scrolling through a list of Artists is SO MUCH BETTER on the iPod than the Clip. I know the screen is smaller, but pressing the down key and waiting until it gets where you want is just not as efficient.
I do like the fact the Clip shows you the album title when you select an artist. The Nano does this, but the Classic doesn't unless you have more than one album. I hate this about the Classic.
Selecting another artist or album is also a pain with the Clip. On the iPod, it remembers where you were in the list and you can go from there. On the Clip, you always have to start at the beginning. I often start the day from the beginning and work my way through the artist list during the day.
Loading music is also a pain. For my iPod, I add and remove songs from a Playlist and when I plug in my iPod, iTunes swaps the appropriate songs. Since I am on a Mac, I am required to use drag and drop to copy songs to the Clip, hence, I have to delete what I don't want any longer and then copy what I do. The only way this is effective is if you copy the music in folders rather than songs. Otherwise, you pretty much need to delete all of the songs and reload some of the same ones.
Finally, sound quality. The Clip does sound good, but not better than the Classic or Nano. The equalizer is MUCH better, however, since the EQ on all of the iPods I have used is worthless!
So, these are just my impressions, no flaming required, but for those who are not audiophiles, it is another perspective on the Clip.
p.s. Headphones used are PX100, Senn HD595, Grado SR-60, Shure E3C and I did try the supplied earbuds. They are clearly worse than iPod earbuds! Yeah, go figure.
First, the user interface. The Clip is primitive by comparison. Each time you go into power saving mode, it has to reboot and takes several seconds. I use it a work and frequently answer the phone or go down the hall for several minutes. When I return to the Clip, I have to turn it on, wait, then press plan. On my iPod, I press play and they immediately start playing the last song I was listening to. At least the Clip remembers your last song, that is good.
Scrolling through a list of Artists is SO MUCH BETTER on the iPod than the Clip. I know the screen is smaller, but pressing the down key and waiting until it gets where you want is just not as efficient.
I do like the fact the Clip shows you the album title when you select an artist. The Nano does this, but the Classic doesn't unless you have more than one album. I hate this about the Classic.
Selecting another artist or album is also a pain with the Clip. On the iPod, it remembers where you were in the list and you can go from there. On the Clip, you always have to start at the beginning. I often start the day from the beginning and work my way through the artist list during the day.
Loading music is also a pain. For my iPod, I add and remove songs from a Playlist and when I plug in my iPod, iTunes swaps the appropriate songs. Since I am on a Mac, I am required to use drag and drop to copy songs to the Clip, hence, I have to delete what I don't want any longer and then copy what I do. The only way this is effective is if you copy the music in folders rather than songs. Otherwise, you pretty much need to delete all of the songs and reload some of the same ones.
Finally, sound quality. The Clip does sound good, but not better than the Classic or Nano. The equalizer is MUCH better, however, since the EQ on all of the iPods I have used is worthless!
So, these are just my impressions, no flaming required, but for those who are not audiophiles, it is another perspective on the Clip.
p.s. Headphones used are PX100, Senn HD595, Grado SR-60, Shure E3C and I did try the supplied earbuds. They are clearly worse than iPod earbuds! Yeah, go figure.
