Joshatdot
Headphoneus Supremus
At First Glance:
It's smaller than I thought it would be & very light for its 'thickness'. The mini USB is a nice plus, as all my other USB devices use mini USB. All my 3.5mm cans were a nice very snug fit in the jack (we'll see in time if thats always true).
Plug it in, XP sees a new device: iAudio 7, new USB Mass Storage Device, new Drive H: .. yadda yadda yadda .. simple, effortless setting up in XP.
GUI/Controls:
The slider thingy took afew mins to get used to, but after awhile it was pretty intuitive. At first I wished there was a 'back' button, and I was pressing the top M (menu) button for going back. But then I pressed the Red (record) button and it IS the back button when in menus!
You could slide all you want in the menus, or just tap up or down buttons. It's very EZ to do it both in menus, Slide to were you need to go, and tap for fine adjustments.
Auditioning:
The default settings give you JetEffect
- EQ of POP: +7@80, +6@220, +0@780, +6@3.0k, +12@13k
- BBE of 2
- Mach3Bass of 3
I'll set everything to 0 or flat to do all my auditioning.
I am mostly auditioning it with the Ultrasone S-Logic CD (LAME -V0 -q0 -k -mf) with my HA-FX66's w/OEM Medium Cushions & PX100's. I'll audition it with my other cans..but for now I'll focus on my main portable cans (FX66's & PX100's) since I listen to them most of the time. I chose the Ultrasone S-Logic CD, because I've listened to that CD many many many times over the months since I've joined HF, and I feel I know it very well.
I'll have to give my Auditioning review later ... as I have a head cold, which could skew my results. What with the plugged up & runny nose, wacky ear plugged feeling & my hearing sounds like I am in a Airplane pressurizing the cabin.
GUH I hate COLDS!!
It's smaller than I thought it would be & very light for its 'thickness'. The mini USB is a nice plus, as all my other USB devices use mini USB. All my 3.5mm cans were a nice very snug fit in the jack (we'll see in time if thats always true).
Plug it in, XP sees a new device: iAudio 7, new USB Mass Storage Device, new Drive H: .. yadda yadda yadda .. simple, effortless setting up in XP.
GUI/Controls:
The slider thingy took afew mins to get used to, but after awhile it was pretty intuitive. At first I wished there was a 'back' button, and I was pressing the top M (menu) button for going back. But then I pressed the Red (record) button and it IS the back button when in menus!
You could slide all you want in the menus, or just tap up or down buttons. It's very EZ to do it both in menus, Slide to were you need to go, and tap for fine adjustments.
Auditioning:
The default settings give you JetEffect
- EQ of POP: +7@80, +6@220, +0@780, +6@3.0k, +12@13k
- BBE of 2
- Mach3Bass of 3
I'll set everything to 0 or flat to do all my auditioning.
I am mostly auditioning it with the Ultrasone S-Logic CD (LAME -V0 -q0 -k -mf) with my HA-FX66's w/OEM Medium Cushions & PX100's. I'll audition it with my other cans..but for now I'll focus on my main portable cans (FX66's & PX100's) since I listen to them most of the time. I chose the Ultrasone S-Logic CD, because I've listened to that CD many many many times over the months since I've joined HF, and I feel I know it very well.
I'll have to give my Auditioning review later ... as I have a head cold, which could skew my results. What with the plugged up & runny nose, wacky ear plugged feeling & my hearing sounds like I am in a Airplane pressurizing the cabin.
GUH I hate COLDS!!