minidisc portable better than ipod nano

[Sparky191]

I've an old Sharp MD-SR 75, a Sony MZ-G750 and a HiMD MZ-NH700. While all of these sound decent, better than the Panasonic CT-700 MP3/PCDP I have. I personally prefer the sound from my Zen Micro and iPod Shuffle with decent Lame encoded MP3's 192-320kps. I've tried HiSP (256kps) PCM and (352kps) and SP (292kps) from optical and I still prefer the MP3 players. That said thats with my own ABX testing and not very good earphones. Some have suggested with better phones it swings in ATRAC's favour. I still use the HiMD MZ-NH700 for recording but for sheer ease of use and SQ the ZM and Shuffle win hands down for me.

It has also been suggest that optical out from a decent deck to SP (292kps) is superior than encoding 256kps-352kps via SonicStage and USB. I don't believe that myself, but I haven't heard it first hand. The MZ-RH1 looks lovely. Still has some ease of use issues, with SS/HiMD, but theres a ton of improvements. I noted Mp3 sampling frequency of 32/44.1/48 kHz etc. I'd buy one if it was a lot cheaper. I hope to pick up a NH1 2nd hand when the RH1 gets released.

More RH1 info here
http://www.mdcenter.nl/redirect.php?...1/index_en.php

 

[DigDub]

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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik Try listening to a Nano (or Shuffle) with a file ripped in a better format than 192k MP3. Even AAC sounds better, so does OGG, if you slip some Linux on your iPod. Best of all, try a lossless file. Nanos and Shuffles sound terrific with those. Apple's flash-based players sound quite good with good encoding.

used to have a 5G with alac and a iaudio m3 with flac. then i listened to the Sharp DR7. still awed by the dr7. no contest.

 

[Sparky191]

Lots of people seem to love the Sharp MD's with the 1-bit digital amplifier and 4-pole earphone plug. Never heard it myself. Still are expensive now. Awkward as heck to get your music on and off them though.

 

[geez]

Still love the sound of my old Sharp MS722 (1999), especially the bass option, then my other 2 mp3 players, Archos Gmini120 and Zen Vision:M.
If only the MD can contains more songs, then i wouldn't buy any mp3 player. The Sharp still get at least 8h of battery life.

 

[BennyBoy]

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Originally Posted by astranovus hi there, i know a lot about atrac as i used to use it a lot, although the new atracplus codec is fab, i think the better sound in my sharp arises from good quality output amps in the player itself.

Thats what I said. But my point was that even a Sharp output amp on an Ipod would not sound as good as Atrac's Acoustic shaping.

 

[astranovus]

you may have a point there