jasontsay
New Head-Fier
In terms of listening to music through headphones, are iPhones the best? How do they fair in comparison to music dedicated phones such as the Nokia XpressMusic series?
Samsung Galaxy S, comes with wolfson WM8994 dac
i paired galaxy with earsonics sm3 .. it's sound better than cowon s9
Thats bull i have the Galaxy S and the sound out of it is noticable worse than my Sansa clip and my old Iphone 2g and i also have the SM3. Better than the S9 ? thats the best joke i´ve ever heard
The Galaxy is anything but good sounding. From my experience the Iphone series can beat any phones out there when it comes to sound quality. They sound very neutral and wide and will pair perfectly with more expensive IEMs especially those with warm sound signature.
Has anyone tried/compared the Nokia N8 or E7? I listened to a friend's Nokia N8 with a pair of IEMs and was pleasantly surprised. Then I tried it through a Pico amp and it seemed even better. For reference, my current setup is iPod Mini 2nd gen->LOD->Pico amp, nothing too special but good enough for my portable needs. The Nokia definitely did not sound worse, although I only tried it for maybe 20-30 mins.
Yes, I've heard from many sources that the N8 does sound quite remarkable. Too bad Symbian is so hard to use. But that is a discussion for another forum