uzziah
Headphoneus Supremus
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so i'm listening to both an axim x30 and an ipod shuffle right now. i'm not going to get much into it, keep it simple. i'm listening to 198kbps on the shuffle, and the highest possible VBR WMA on the axim. i don't even want to try to find the same songs, but i really don't have too. i had really wanted to just have my axim as my audio player, but the shuffle sounds so much better with my grado sr60's that i simply can't justify using the axim. listening to THE BAND on the axim, so i "shuffled" till i found another band song on the shuffle. anyway, there's no contest. perhaps using a better media player, crossfeed, EQ or whatever on the axim it might help, but it can't make up for all the hiss and crappy dac/amp. it's not unlistenable, it's ok, but it's not enticing. i'd find myself listening if i really needed something to listen to, but with the shuffle i didn't want to stop. contest isn't close.
now let's see if i can find my x50 i have laying around and compare
ok, got the x50 synced and now i'm loading songs...............the truth to come soon..............tell you one thing: it is mega slow to load songs onto this thing. i don't think that would matter much as i'd probably just copy and paste........but...ok. time to listen
ok the x50 is tons better than the x30 as expected. now is it enough to keep it as my main audio player..........hummm seems possible right now..........sounds good; i'm thinking it's not quite up to par with the shuffle though.........time to listen more...
now i have to decide whether i want to seem my songs or not and if i want to use my axim as my main audio player....
as of now i think the shuffle is still much better than the x50, even using a lower bitrate as it is....humm
ok i have a verdict: the shuffle tramples them both. the x50 is a capable player, but the shuffle is something else. it trounces my h120 with rockbox as well (
), anyway, this little stick of gum is just trying so dang hard to be a "real" audio source. it's not quite there to be sure, but it's so good i can hardly believe it. i'm keeping it. i think i'll keep the x30 for my pda usage, just get smaller mem card.
i'd say x30 <<<<< x50 <<< shuffle
the shuffle just adds that extra musicality and beauty to where i'm really listening to it right now. if anything is the test this is: i turned off the pda's, am listening to the shuffle, and i don't find myself desperately grabbing for my home source. it's beautiful. believe the hype. surely it can't compete with a decent home source, but the darn thing is just TRYING SO HARD!!! it's a real beautiful sounding player, period.
i'd honestly go the matt for this player's rep. it's for real. just to say what i've listened to: iriver h120, 2nd and 3rg G ipods, dell dj, and these axims. i haven't heard the newest ipod so cannot possibly assess the question of which sounds better (and i'm very thankful i don't have to!!!!!!!ha hah ha ha)
i picked up this 1gb shuffle on ebay for $65 shipped lightly used (got pretty lucky). if you look around now that they've dropped the retail, you can pick them up for a song. i'll say this as well: the #1 thing that makes no-screen acceptable is the AUTOFILL feature in itunes. it's a joke that you can't do this with the other ipods (sucks). just plugging it in, hitting "autofill" and it's all my music so i know it's all good. one gripe is: can't shuffle by album; that also sucks
now let's see if i can find my x50 i have laying around and compare
ok, got the x50 synced and now i'm loading songs...............the truth to come soon..............tell you one thing: it is mega slow to load songs onto this thing. i don't think that would matter much as i'd probably just copy and paste........but...ok. time to listen
ok the x50 is tons better than the x30 as expected. now is it enough to keep it as my main audio player..........hummm seems possible right now..........sounds good; i'm thinking it's not quite up to par with the shuffle though.........time to listen more...
now i have to decide whether i want to seem my songs or not and if i want to use my axim as my main audio player....
as of now i think the shuffle is still much better than the x50, even using a lower bitrate as it is....humm
ok i have a verdict: the shuffle tramples them both. the x50 is a capable player, but the shuffle is something else. it trounces my h120 with rockbox as well (
i'd say x30 <<<<< x50 <<< shuffle
the shuffle just adds that extra musicality and beauty to where i'm really listening to it right now. if anything is the test this is: i turned off the pda's, am listening to the shuffle, and i don't find myself desperately grabbing for my home source. it's beautiful. believe the hype. surely it can't compete with a decent home source, but the darn thing is just TRYING SO HARD!!! it's a real beautiful sounding player, period.
i'd honestly go the matt for this player's rep. it's for real. just to say what i've listened to: iriver h120, 2nd and 3rg G ipods, dell dj, and these axims. i haven't heard the newest ipod so cannot possibly assess the question of which sounds better (and i'm very thankful i don't have to!!!!!!!ha hah ha ha)
i picked up this 1gb shuffle on ebay for $65 shipped lightly used (got pretty lucky). if you look around now that they've dropped the retail, you can pick them up for a song. i'll say this as well: the #1 thing that makes no-screen acceptable is the AUTOFILL feature in itunes. it's a joke that you can't do this with the other ipods (sucks). just plugging it in, hitting "autofill" and it's all my music so i know it's all good. one gripe is: can't shuffle by album; that also sucks
