There is absolutley no question to be had there, the c3 murders any hisound product (yes including the studio players).
Hisound are, in my opinion the biggest con artists in the audio game, they are taking extremely cheap parts, putting them together in a nice looking case with horrible interface and pushing thir rehtoric it does sound better doesnt it? Well they use the age old claim about not what the parts are but we make them special, no I believe they do not and am about to set out to prove that they are just making quick bucks out of this strategy and people (like myselfs) gulibility.
Look at the markus kraus RMAA tests on the studio it is ridiculously bad at almost any level despite them claiming it is pretty much the best sounding player out there. Given that they are claiming that the studio is the top of their line and the P is below it it is terrible as well (I have owned all). Not to mention these players hiss at annoying levels.
Jack has accused me of working for colorfly, I believe in that he delibratley sent a messed up studio to me in retaliation for my earlier comments in this thread on the Rocoo Players. I do not, and many people who know me on here and in real life know I have nothing to do with the electronics industry other than being a hobbyist of audio equipment.
There will be more to come on this from me in the coming weeks and now that my studio is finally gone at a massive loss. I will be posting about some other stuff that I have dug up about this sham of a company as well so that others can make an informed decision when dealing with them.
To get the ball rolling here is an internal picture of the studio V 3rd anniversary, what you see here is a cheap sigmatel circuit (3370 I think), with dirt cheap corsair memory. Now take a look at the amp section, another cheap part (That i believe is not class-A like they claim) and yes it really did come like that, they chisel/scrape the top off it so it cant be identified as just another cheap common part (they used to put some copper Hisound tab over the top and write PDAA-1 on it to make it seem a propietary design but were called out by razz from mp4nation on that in 2010.
Oh and the long battery life of the player that they claim comes from their genius? No its just a whopping massive battery used to fill all that extra casing space (remember big and heavy you can charge more for).
As I said more to come on this I am still "compiling my case" if anyone has any more info please message me and I can add it in.
