[happyangryhappy]

I am looking to buy a mp3 player for a portable setup, but need a little more help.

Foremost, I am looking for a player that has great synergy/sound with er-4p's. Other than that, I want to be able to play Flac files and for size/convienience purposes I won't use an amp so the headphone out sound is critical. So what do you use and/or recommend for synergy with your er-4p's? Based upon forum reading I am thinking a nano or x5, but since I have never heard either - let alone a mp3 player - I thought I'd ask.

Also video, storage capacity and cosmetics are not really much consideration, nor is compatability for home listening - this will be used for the gym, library etc.

Thanks

 

[GreatDane]

What is your ultimate budget?

Have you read any reviews on DAPs from sites such as dapreview?-http://www.dapreview.net/e107_plugin...php?recent.255

I think any of the top DAPs would work great with the ER4P.

I use mine mostly at the gym with MUCH enjoyment

 

[happyangryhappy]

Budget would be ~$2-300.

I have read many of the dapreviews as well as posts here which led me to the above mentioned Nano and X5 which are dapreviews 2 highest rated.

It is just that I am new to DAP's and with experience with source, amp and headphone matching/mismatching I'd like to try a well liked combo.

Again new to DAP's, maybe I should ask if players have specific sound signatures like a home source or amp (detailed, warm, energetic etc) which brings out the strengths of the headphones, or in their unamped form are they all rather generic?

Thanks again

 

[happyangryhappy]

Allright, based upon reviews I ordered an iaudio x5l from newegg. However I have one more question-

In the specification section it says the x5l supports flac "compression level 0/1/2". All of my Flac files are EAC default 5, so will I need to re-rip the cd's to Flac 0, 1 or 2 or is this a newegg typo? I looked elsewhere and found nothing about it so I thought I'd ask.

Thanks

 

[darkninja67]

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Originally Posted by happyangryhappy Allright, based upon reviews I ordered an iaudio x5l from newegg. However I have one more question- In the specification section it says the x5l supports flac "compression level 0/1/2". All of my Flac files are EAC default 5, so will I need to re-rip the cd's to Flac 0, 1 or 2 or is this a newegg typo? I looked elsewhere and found nothing about it so I thought I'd ask. Thanks

My X5 works well with FLAC ripped at Compression Level 6-8. I have not tried lower levels though. You should be fine as JetAudio (bundled software) supports Compression levels from 0 to 8.