Kouzelna
500+ Head-Fier
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- Mar 18, 2010
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It's another year, and here we go again... I'm still trying to find a DAP I can enjoy working with. Year after year, I'm frustrated and disappointed. Hopefully, this is the year! I'm optimistic! I'm being positive! I need your help!! And I sure appreciate it.
What I want to achieve is simple (or so I think):
I want to duplicate the current experience I already have with my Android phone and PC, but with a high-quality DAP. And for a budget that isn't just shy of the national debt. (Under $400 would certainly be preferable).
My current experience is:
a. create Playlists on my PC using simple drag n' drop
b. connect Android phone to PC, update Playlists.
Boom. Done. That's it.
My collection is currently 320-bit MP3. (Yes, just MP3 - that's what I got - it won't change, not now anyway...). I'm looking to load 'em onto a quality source to run my tube amp and headphones.
The problem so far:
In the past I've only used a DX50. It was like trying to fly across the Atlantic in a paper airplane. But worse. However, the sound is far and above running my amp from the headphone jack of a mobile phone. Other problems have included glitchy reviews on early Android-based DAPs, and outrageous prices on DAPs altogether.
So what I want, is just a quality source that I can easily load with tunes n' playlists, just as I do my phone.
What I ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT is another weird, offbeat, strange interface on a DAP. Like the DX50, what a nightmare. Or to build my Playlists on the DAP itself, for crying out loud. I have hundreds of Playlists, and thousands of songs - so that just isn't going to happen. I just want to be able to hook the DAP to my PC, and update my Playlists, automated easy-peasy like. Other than that, I will use the "play" feature on my DAP, and the "volume" feature... nothing more. Maybe the EQ. Definitely not the Espresso maker.
Thanks for your help!! Hopefully this is the year it all comes together!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I appreciate your input!
What I want to achieve is simple (or so I think):
I want to duplicate the current experience I already have with my Android phone and PC, but with a high-quality DAP. And for a budget that isn't just shy of the national debt. (Under $400 would certainly be preferable).
My current experience is:
a. create Playlists on my PC using simple drag n' drop
b. connect Android phone to PC, update Playlists.
Boom. Done. That's it.
My collection is currently 320-bit MP3. (Yes, just MP3 - that's what I got - it won't change, not now anyway...). I'm looking to load 'em onto a quality source to run my tube amp and headphones.
The problem so far:
In the past I've only used a DX50. It was like trying to fly across the Atlantic in a paper airplane. But worse. However, the sound is far and above running my amp from the headphone jack of a mobile phone. Other problems have included glitchy reviews on early Android-based DAPs, and outrageous prices on DAPs altogether.
So what I want, is just a quality source that I can easily load with tunes n' playlists, just as I do my phone.
What I ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT is another weird, offbeat, strange interface on a DAP. Like the DX50, what a nightmare. Or to build my Playlists on the DAP itself, for crying out loud. I have hundreds of Playlists, and thousands of songs - so that just isn't going to happen. I just want to be able to hook the DAP to my PC, and update my Playlists, automated easy-peasy like. Other than that, I will use the "play" feature on my DAP, and the "volume" feature... nothing more. Maybe the EQ. Definitely not the Espresso maker.
Thanks for your help!! Hopefully this is the year it all comes together!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I appreciate your input!