[lamewing]

From what I have read the Sony NW-S70x series can do gapless with ATRAC and AAC, but you have to use Sonic stage and 4GB is the max. Nonetheless, I love my little S706F player.
Joe

 

[meusickfrek]

Re: D2 and Rockbox

How does Rockbox effect sound quality, I've heard mixed reviews, Sansa users have actually went back to the original firmware due to sound quality issues. Is rockbox working on an iAudio7 firmware?

 

[meusickfrek]

Gapless, flash, >4gb, eq, lineout (or even digital out

), excellent SQ, tap tap tap....is this thing on????

 

[Zephyron]

Rockbox shouldn't affect the SQ for a player lest something is done with the audio processing code I imagine. This wouldn't be a bad thing if done right on a D2, since even when compared to players renowned for SQ in the past, the D2's soundstage is severely compressed, even when compared to the iAudio U3.

Gapless, Flash, 4GB+, EQ, Lineout, excellent SQ
- Flash modded Rockbox compatible iPods + LOD (e.g 32GB CF Mod iPod Mini)
- Flash modded Rockboxed iMod
- Flash modded Rockboxed iRiver H320
- Flash modded Rockboxed iAudio X5/M5 (Not through line-out, the line-out of the X5 sucks, with a signal that has a bass roll-off so severe its worse that any of the old 16 Ohm loaded iPods I've seen, and I would imagine that by proxy, the M5 is affected as well)

Gapless, Flash, 4GB+, EQ, Lineout/Digital Out (Same thing), excellent SQ and Optical Output
- Flash modded Rockboxed iRiver H1x0 series.

 

[meusickfrek]

So the only dream players are modded? We need a company who with make one of these players.

Lineout is analog and digital lineout (like from a computer) is digital binary code (011000011011101100010110).

 

[RubenNYC]

How about a flash modded Rio Karma? (No need for lineout but also has one via the dock.)

 

[Zephyron]

A Flash modded Rio Karma would work, and I would assume would sound great from all the rep it receives.

It does however, bug me that I can recall that the Karma's output graphs has bass rolloff issues with low impedance phones as well.

 

[shigzeo]

karma does gapless? that is nice. other than bass roll off, it could be a great player. if the d2 hadn't the soundstage it has with my low imp phones as well as less bass rolloff and had gapless (if rockbox will work with it eventually) i might have kept mine. yes, i might have.

 

[Exapno]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PachmanP /img/forum/go_quote.gif 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.

So, to ask the OP's question once more... without mods and rockbox, Sony and Atrac, is there anything else flash, 4GB+ that does gapless?

 

[Balor NG]

You mean you would NOT have a modded player EVAR... or just don't wanna bother with a flash mod yourself?
In fact, I've just bought a flash-modded Karma of ebay. (Cannot wait to get it).
There is an other one of that kind selling right now:
Rio Karma With FAST 233X 16 GB Compact Flash CF Drive - eBay (item 150228444115 end time Mar-29-08 00:47:03 PDT)
John Briggs told me there is more to come... in 32 gb too.