[Jon.]

Count me in as one who's suprised by the shuffle, I borrowed my brother's while my zen micro was out for repair, and muvo slim lent out, and I was very impressed with it. Some songs just felt... lacking, but most of them sounded great. I like my new iriver flash player better, but heck, I almost went out and bought a shuffle, the only thing that kept me from it was itunes.. I don't like itunes.

 

[K2Grey]

Teerawit: I don't know about how the 5G is designed, but the frequency response for the 5G iPod now has a "normal" bass rolloff, finishing up at, IIRC, -2 db at 20hz, as opposed to the steep ones of previous iPods.

 

[lan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon. I like my new iriver flash player better, but heck, I almost went out and bought a shuffle, the only thing that kept me from it was itunes.. I don't like itunes.

I got mine for free. Otherwise I wouldn't have bought one

You don't have to use itunes. I drag and drop and then use this 3rd party program which scans the files on the unit and updates the database of songs.

 

[rick1970]

I have the 5th gen, mini 1st gen and the shuffle (gave that to the wife). I also think the 5th gen is slightly better than the shuffle. The mini sounds like crap by comparison. I just use the mini now as a portable drive and as a junker rig with my old Sony EX-51s.

 

[Jon.]

Doesn't matter anymore, I bought an iriver flash player, it's much better.

 

[jadalias]

About the Shuffle being an audiophile solution: keep in mind that it can't play Apple Lossless, but it can play WAV.

 

[RnB180]

are you sure about that?

It plays wavs?

im off to reripping.

EDIT:

Itunes rips in Wav and labels them!

crap... I have more then 700 songs to rerip.
One of the reasons I didnt rip wav is the whole label process.

 

[papakoks]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RnB180 are you sure about that? It plays wavs? im off to reripping. EDIT: Itunes rips in Wav and labels them! crap... I have more then 700 songs to rerip. One of the reasons I didnt rip wav is the whole label process.

previously what bitrate were you using?

 

[RnB180]

all my files were encoded in apple lossless, and most likely down coverted? and stuck them in my shuffle using the hornet and my senns.
it sounds muddy with my superfi pro though, but sounds very good for a DAP with my senns.

, but needs amping with the 600s. the sound is extraordinarily clean however.

anyhow, its wav only, I get 10 songs to fit per update

I shouldve gone with the 1 gig.

 

[Sparky191]

Whats a iRiver Micro Stack?

 

[RnB180]

the senns i used

the others I use occasionally

 

[Sparky191]

RnB180 re: iRiver Micro Stack.

I can see why the Shuffle might need amping to drive those 'phones...

 

[mitchjordan]

Where do you guys feel the nano stacks in comparison to the shuffle & 5g...

 

[Jahn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitchjordan Where do you guys feel the nano stacks in comparison to the shuffle & 5g...

right down the middle for SQ from my brief listen, MAYBE shuffle a bit better even with some tunes, it's close. but not as good as the 5G.

 

[Taphil]

Oh Princess Leia, Princess Leia....