hmmm, well its lid shoot up faster and harder than my imp400 apparently. but then again, the imp400 have a double layered metal top.
comparision:
imp400+cmoy+pioneer semonitor10r
vs
d-ne1+cmoy+pioneer semonitor10r
loading time: for cd it takes 2secs, for mp3 cd it takes about as long as iriver does, and you can hear the laser lens as its loading.
sound:
i just took a 45minutes listening session with various type music. and....well, sorry guys, unfortunately i dont have much to say about the d-ne1 sound quality because...................it literally smoke irivers without any effort!
everything is just clearer. the bass is more controlled and tighter. vocals might be a tiny more laid back than imp400. the treble is where i hear the biggest improvement, they aren't harsh like the imp400. for the imp400, in classical songs, the very high treble can be extremely harsh and cause a bad sibiliance. the d-ne1 is much more tolerable. there is a better instruments seperation, resulting better imaging. i like just about everything about the d-ne1 sound more than the iriver.
the downside is the navigation and features. with iriver you can browse files in the entire cd and choose one, or even queue one. for sony you just have forward, backward, and skip folders.
even though i will be using line out only, the heaphone out can power my 65ohms pioneer to about 85dB+ or around that area, so i'm happy with that.