[PachmanP]

Are there any flash players, besides 2nd generation nano, out there in the 4+GB range that do gapless? I am under the impression that the nano is the only one, and its sound quality is not so hot. Is there anything else?

Thanks.

 

[The Boatman]

There's the Sony NW-A808, but I think it only does gapless with ATRAC.

 

[Night Surfer]

Samsung Z5 (gapless w/ firmware upgrade). Very good SQ, to say the least.

 

[bangraman]

It's gapless now? That is good news. I should have hung onto mine. The Nano is decent IMO, but the Z5 is one of the few machines which offers (slightly, but noticeably IMO) better sound quality, not just a more configurable / 'Fast & Furious type friendly' EQ. If the firmware hasn't changed this as well, the EQ is preset as on the Nano but the DNSe effects are actually pretty good. I also liked the user interface quite a lot, although the controls took a bit of time to master (and actually made sense after I'd done so, unlike the Zen Vision M).

 

[Night Surfer]

7 band EQ is also now available on the Z5 via firmware upgrade

 

[bangraman]

Cool. Any tradeoffs?

 

[pata2001]

I haven't really heard any solid confirmation on the gaplessness of the Samsung. Most people said it's a hit & miss, and some said it doesn't work at all.

Anything that can be used with Rockbox firmware are gapless. 1G nano can be rockboxed just fine. I don't see Sony even bother releasing the A8xx series in the US.

 

[PachmanP]

That looks pretty sweet. How is it as far as hiss goes with low impedance phones?

 

[3X0]

The Samsung YP-Z5 is great but IIRC it's capped at 4GB.

 

[rockin_amigo14]

you can get a Sansa e280 and stick rockbox on it, which adds gapless.

 

[YamiTenshi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockin_amigo14 /img/forum/go_quote.gif you can get a Sansa e280 and stick rockbox on it, which adds gapless.

How's the SQ? Is there a hiss with IEMs?

Expandable memory, user replaceable battery and gapless? We may have a winner.

 

[nfsu]

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...ght=sansa+e200
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...t=sansa+e2%2A0
Overall Sansa isn't bad, for the price it's even good, but Samsung Z5 is much better.

 

[eternality.pl]

regarding the gapless playback on z5f - I can state that it 100% works

use it all the time - firmware 2.47

 

[Weaves]

I thought Trekstor Vibez is gapless. Isn't it?

 

[PachmanP]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weaves /img/forum/go_quote.gif I thought Trekstor Vibez is gapless. Isn't it?

I believe so, but isn't it microdrive?