Smokhee
New Head-Fier
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iphone is an attractive device and also has been on my potential buy list, but one of the reasons I chose ipod touch4 instead of iphone4 was that I didn't want to put a cell phone WITH AN AMP on my cheek . Well, I also hear noise when wi-fi is on, but fortunately in a sense, I seldom do other things with ipod and keep the antennas off most of the time. Separating mp3player from cell phone might be good sometimes.
Off the issure of 'interference'. Can anyone give some technical or objective description on 'what Arrow does' other than just 'wow'? Without Arrow, music from ipod becomes dull and tasteless, regardless of the genre or beat of the song. Arrow sure gives life to music. But 'Arrow adds life' is so obscure an expression that I doubt if it would deliver any message to others who never heard of it.
At 0 settings, what do you think Arrow changes? Bass? highs? soundstage? or instruments separation? IMHO, none, significantly. Rather, the words I find fit for describing Arrow are vague ones such as resonance, texture, sentiment, as well as 'life', which will hardly help to the unexperienced. What would you say?
I have now compared multiple sources with the Fiio LOD including iphone 4, ipod mini (second generation), and the ipod nano-- 3 different generations. The ipod mini (which has a Wolfson DAC) is clearly better than the iphone 4 in sound quality to me. I replaced the battery in it with a kit from ebay, and now I can listen to all my music without worrying about turning on airplane mode. You can probably buy a mini dirt cheap because most people don't bother to replace the battery-- which can be done for less than $10 with a kit from ebay. Of course there are other MP3 players out there like the Sansa that you can pick up for $40. Of course you can argue that you don't want to carry two things, but if you band or velcro your mp3 player to the arrow, it's basically like carrying one thing.
