cannibal13
New Head-Fier
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always want a pair of HF-1...now it's my time!
Originally Posted by Podtweaker /img/forum/go_quote.gif No one has even mentioned the future possibility of the 24/96khz firmware update. Are you kidding me?? No one is interested in a portable player that may be able to play hi-rez music? |
Originally Posted by Duncan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is EQ really that big a deal-breaker? |
Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif Modular design looks good, but I think for storage 2.5" HD would be useful. Perhaps with 1GB RAM so it copies playlist/album so HD isn't powered up all the time. Gapless is a must. As mentioned similar in features to H140 but higher capacity. HDCD decoding, and perhaps DTS/DD downmixing 2 channel and Dolby Headphone. |
2.5" HDD is just too large and noisy. |
Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif Modular design looks good, but I think for storage 2.5" HD would be useful. Perhaps with 1GB RAM so it copies playlist/album so HD isn't powered up all the time. Gapless is a must. As mentioned similar in features to H140 but higher capacity. HDCD decoding, and perhaps DTS/DD downmixing 2 channel and Dolby Headphone. |
Originally Posted by swanlee /img/forum/go_quote.gif Part of the issue is for the money why should we have to sacrifice anything? With this device we will have to sacrifice storage space, battery life and audio customization options. I fully support the endeavor to make a high end portable audiophile device but why does that have to entail stripping out some very basic and very necessarily features? If we are willing to pay for it why can't we have our cake and eat it to? |
Originally Posted by Agentred /img/forum/go_quote.gif I get what you're saying but it's impossible. No matter how much money you spend on something you're going to be compromising. As an extreme example, The $1.5m Bugatti Veyron doesn't have the nifty electronics that a $60,000 Mercedes has. You buy a Ferrarri because it's powerful, not because it has lots of trunk space. Think of it in comparison to its competitors: Storage Space: Other than than the iPod Classic and Zune, no one else offers more memory than 32gb on new players. Even the iMods top out at 60gb, and lots of modders are replacing iMod hard drives with flash cards (of, yep, 32gb). Lack of EQ: The Zune also lacks EQ to conserve battery life. It's a disadvantage, but what's the point of buying a 'warm' amp or 'roomy' headphones if you're just gonna use EQ to cancel those defining characteristics? Battery Life: Compared to new players it's weak, no doubt. This is a major weakness and hard to defend. At least the battery's user replaceable. Gapless: The pre-order thread mentions that the gaps are barely noticable. If we could get a recording of the output it would help us understand. Maybe I'm being optimistic because I remember my Creative Nomad Jukebox with 4gigs of memory. It was big, it was heavy, it was expensive, it had all the above disadvantages and more and I still loved it. We've become so used to 'pointless features we don't need' that the hf-man is a culture shock. I think if it sounds amazing and is easy to use, its advantages as an all-in-one audiophile solution could far outweigh the disadvantages. Whether it manages or not remains to be seen at Canjam I guess... |