nickknutson
Headphoneus Supremus
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Okay guys, I've had some time with this puppy now and I can tell you my first impressions.
As you all know, the cool factor is there...wi-fi, iTunes, etc. But I'm going to focus mainly on the SQ initially, since that's what most of us want to know...and get to the other features when I really have some time to play with it.
SQ: Top of the list of things I noticed was that the quality of sound is really dependant on the quality of bitrate and quality of the recording. I've been listening to it for a little while now shifting between Apple Lossless files and songs I downloaded from iTunes (which isn't many, but I've got a few) and quality is night and day...it's not even close! I've been comparing it to my 3G & 2G nanos and in my opinion, it betters both of them...more the 2G than the 3G. There is a slight hiss, but it seems to disappear when the song is playing. And yes, I do realize that the song covers it up when music is playing, but I'm really focusing on areas of the song that are silent...or atleast intended to be silent. With the nanos there is a very slight hiss, but with the touch, it's blackness is surprising.
Wi-fi: I've been playing with the wi-fi and it seems as advertised, really quick loading pages. I even popped into iTunes with it and it loaded the sample of the song quickly...it didn't sound very good, but it worked. I went to espn.com and usually that's a page that takes awhile to load on laptop, but the touch loaded it with ease...at about the same rate as my laptop using wireless!
UPDATE: Okay, this thing is flippin' cool! I just went to Netflix and adjusted my queue...flawlessly!
I'll keep adding to this as my day goes on...and I will add more photos when I get home this afternoon.
As you all know, the cool factor is there...wi-fi, iTunes, etc. But I'm going to focus mainly on the SQ initially, since that's what most of us want to know...and get to the other features when I really have some time to play with it.
SQ: Top of the list of things I noticed was that the quality of sound is really dependant on the quality of bitrate and quality of the recording. I've been listening to it for a little while now shifting between Apple Lossless files and songs I downloaded from iTunes (which isn't many, but I've got a few) and quality is night and day...it's not even close! I've been comparing it to my 3G & 2G nanos and in my opinion, it betters both of them...more the 2G than the 3G. There is a slight hiss, but it seems to disappear when the song is playing. And yes, I do realize that the song covers it up when music is playing, but I'm really focusing on areas of the song that are silent...or atleast intended to be silent. With the nanos there is a very slight hiss, but with the touch, it's blackness is surprising.
Wi-fi: I've been playing with the wi-fi and it seems as advertised, really quick loading pages. I even popped into iTunes with it and it loaded the sample of the song quickly...it didn't sound very good, but it worked. I went to espn.com and usually that's a page that takes awhile to load on laptop, but the touch loaded it with ease...at about the same rate as my laptop using wireless!
UPDATE: Okay, this thing is flippin' cool! I just went to Netflix and adjusted my queue...flawlessly!
I'll keep adding to this as my day goes on...and I will add more photos when I get home this afternoon.
