[Achmedisdead]

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Lol! iTouch has never been fantastic with regards to audio quality.

I would never consider it a dedicated hifi audio product.

I thought the 4th gen Touch was a very nice sounding player. I traded mine away because the screen was too small after getting another device with a 5" screen.....but there are days when I wish I still had it.  

 

[Lifted Andreas]

I thought the 4th gen Touch was a very nice sounding player. I traded mine away because the screen was too small after getting another device with a 5" screen.....but there are days when I wish I still had it.  

Let me guess, you traded it for a Samsung Android player with a Wolfson DAC?

 

[Achmedisdead]

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Let me guess, you traded it for a Samsung Android player with a Wolfson DAC?

Nope, I actually traded it for a smartphone.....lol.

 

[fMvollie]

There're a lof of opinions...
Will X3 sounds better with 1BA ears like sony xba1 than iTouch 4 with Xba3?

 

[kkcc]

There're a lof of opinions...
Will X3 sounds better with 1BA ears like sony xba1 than iTouch 4 with Xba3?

This is really an orange to banana question as xba1 and xba3 has quite different sound signature, even with the same source I won't say xba3 will be better for everyone than xba1. but with the same IEM, most if not all would sound better out of the X3.

 

[palazzo]

This seems an obvious question to me, but I'm wondering why no-one's asked it before. Why is the internal memory so small, given the amount of space hires tracks take up? I'm buying one, and am going to put a nice big memory card in it, but still.

 

[burtomr]

Why is the internal memory so small....

 
A: Price Point = Low

 

[doublea71]

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Are you saying you have only charged your J3 - 4 or 5 times in 13 months? Or that you have allowed the batery to fully drain that amount of times? What format are you using 320kbps I gather? My J3 running FLAC is probably only good for about 20 hours max, using it 4 - 5 hours a day. I need to charge every 4th - 5 thday, however, I never let it run flat charging at 20%.

Fully drain. I use a variety of formats because I've started listening to podcasts (Joe Rogan Experience podcast is the bomb). Since I have no desire to re-listen to podcasts, I delete them and drag in some new music or whatever floats my boat, thus charging it a bit. When something is loading, I view different websites and don't always eject the J3 immediately after something finishes loading. Basically, I don't really think about the battery at all, which is exactly why I think it is such a good feature.

 

[kkcc]

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This seems an obvious question to me, but I'm wondering why no-one's asked it before. Why is the internal memory so small, given the amount of space hires tracks take up? I'm buying one, and am going to put a nice big memory card in it, but still.

 
still beats the 901 who doesn't have internal memory for tracks at all.....!

 

[miceblue]

Does putting HD music on a portable media player make sense? I mean it's not like most people can actually hear a difference between HD and 16/44 on a full-sized desktop rig, right?

 

[burtomr]

Does putting HD music on a portable media player make sense?

 
It does if ALL your music files are high res. Having to re-sample to lesser bitrates is unnessasary if the DAP can handle 'em.  
Example: Rockbox FW in a player can play ANY res file & type ever made period.

 

[kkcc]

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Does putting HD music on a portable media player make sense? I mean it's not like most people can actually hear a difference between HD and 16/44 on a full-sized desktop rig, right?

 
Actually it's easier to distinguish with a DAP+IEM than my full speaker rig for me...

 

[Achmedisdead]

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Does putting HD music on a portable media player make sense? I mean it's not like most people can actually hear a difference between HD and 16/44 on a full-sized desktop rig, right?

I don't even think lossless on a portable makes sense....lol. High bitrate LAME or AAC lossy files sound transparent these days for most people, since the encoders have improved so much over the years. 

 

[Greed]

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Does putting HD music on a portable media player make sense? I mean it's not like most people can actually hear a difference between HD and 16/44 on a full-sized desktop rig, right?

 
Yes and Yes, some can.

 

[Nukeshock]

any advice guys , i have a C&C X02 Amp known to perform well above its price range ( its around $270 competeing with amps around the $400 -500 price range) with a silver cryo interconnect paired to the X3 ??? will it be an improvement ?