Bull Moose
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Well I guess this is another thread dedicated to praising the Zune for being one hell of a slick mp3 player. First off though, I need to confess that this is my 3rd attempt at getting a zune. First attempt resulted in some UPS employee stealing it before it reached me, second attempt was D.O.A. and not after paying full price at "worst buy" I feel that at least I now have a solid working model. It seems that a lot of people are still dealing with bugs, and I totally understand their frustration and anxiety, but as a owner of a perfectly functioning Zune I can say that this is a great device. It's on the bigger side, but at least I know I don't have to baby it like I would an iPod (but I got an invisible shield...just in case...). Anyways, no issues here with software, other than some messed up tagging of my songs which I'll have to fix. This isn't too big of a deal for me because my other players have included an iAudio x5 and a Meizu M6, both of which use a file tree system rather than automatically syncing with a program, though throught a recent update the meizu can do it if you want.... The screen displays my pics very nice, but I have to admit that while some of my album art looks fantastic on this thing, others look like complete and utter crap. I guess this shouldn't matter too much given that my backlight is set on 5 seconds, so at least it's only 5 seconds of agony at a time.
The sound of the Zune with my UM2s is very similar to the description that others have given....awesome! I have to admit, I was scared coming from the 10 band EQ on the meizu to a, dare I say it, preset equalizer! *insert corny screaming sound byte here* For only having presets, this thing sounds pretty damn good! My meizu may still have it beat, but only slightly, and maybe only because I'm still used to the dark and super warm SQ. If anything, the Zune has seemed to tame the bass on my UM2s, making them less boomy, but still a joy to listen to. If there is bass in a song, the UM2s are definitely still picking them up, it just seems like the bass is far less synthetic now and more organic or natural sounding. (so I guess this makes me a lover of organic bass?)
The operation of the zune is very simple and VERY smooth and defnitely my favorite interface out of all the portables I've seen. It seems maybe even overly simplified, but maybe it's just because I'm coming from my meizu which is pretty much a swiss army knife of an mp3 player (sigh...if only it came in 30gb size...)
Of course, as with any new player, the zune still has room for improvement (ie, CUSTOM EQ!!!, sleep timer, clock, better battery, larger capacities, slimmer body?) I can only imagine how good the Zune would sound with a custom EQ, surely it would give even the cowons and kenwoods a run for their money. On the topic of SQ between the cowon x5 and the Zune, I think it's hard to do a comparison considering only one has custom EQ. To me the Zune sounds cleaner, but the cowon can be customized to better benefit whatever phones your using.
Anyways, enough with the rambling, the Zune is a fine mp3 player, don't let others tell you other wise! Try one yourself, I doubt you'lll be disappointed.
-Moose
The sound of the Zune with my UM2s is very similar to the description that others have given....awesome! I have to admit, I was scared coming from the 10 band EQ on the meizu to a, dare I say it, preset equalizer! *insert corny screaming sound byte here* For only having presets, this thing sounds pretty damn good! My meizu may still have it beat, but only slightly, and maybe only because I'm still used to the dark and super warm SQ. If anything, the Zune has seemed to tame the bass on my UM2s, making them less boomy, but still a joy to listen to. If there is bass in a song, the UM2s are definitely still picking them up, it just seems like the bass is far less synthetic now and more organic or natural sounding. (so I guess this makes me a lover of organic bass?)
The operation of the zune is very simple and VERY smooth and defnitely my favorite interface out of all the portables I've seen. It seems maybe even overly simplified, but maybe it's just because I'm coming from my meizu which is pretty much a swiss army knife of an mp3 player (sigh...if only it came in 30gb size...)
Of course, as with any new player, the zune still has room for improvement (ie, CUSTOM EQ!!!, sleep timer, clock, better battery, larger capacities, slimmer body?) I can only imagine how good the Zune would sound with a custom EQ, surely it would give even the cowons and kenwoods a run for their money. On the topic of SQ between the cowon x5 and the Zune, I think it's hard to do a comparison considering only one has custom EQ. To me the Zune sounds cleaner, but the cowon can be customized to better benefit whatever phones your using.
Anyways, enough with the rambling, the Zune is a fine mp3 player, don't let others tell you other wise! Try one yourself, I doubt you'lll be disappointed.
-Moose
