[mmmjays]

I'm in the market for a portable player that can produce a lot of good bass. Other features will be considered but BASS is the priority. Please give me suggestions!!

 

[sinner6]

The Sony 818 has wonderful bass response, and also a custom EQ and the "CLEAR BASS" slider on the EQ is no joke. It adds to the bass response without making things muddy.

I am experienced in audio engineering and to my ear whats happening is some multiband compression focused on the harmonics of the bass frequencies.

A time honored technique that I never expected to see so well implemented on a portable devce. My bass heavy listening material covers from Autechre to Boris to Sunn O)))).

I normally dont like "loudness" gimmicks or EQ's as both tend to intoduce phase problems that degrade the clarity, this does not happen with the Sony unit. What headphones are you using?

 

[RubenNYC]

IMHO, TrekStor vibez gives fantastic bass, and can be customized to taste. Its predecessor the Rio Karma is still one of the best ever, with noticably more power behind it.

 

[shigzeo]

the meizu m6 is good for bass - very good and has a decent eq

 

[ZARIM]

iriver H320/40 has best bass output and Cowon A2, Kenwood HD30GB9 are great too.

 

[mmmjays]

I am using FS Atrio M6 as my IEM's

 

[Veggie_Musician]

Another vote for Sony NWZ-818

The bass on this thing is fantastic - its deep and gritty without being boomy or over powering. I had the Sony NWS706 before with is said to have a better bass than the 8xx but the S700 is boomy and unclear and frankly the bass is not all that deep.

Im a pro musician with 4 degree's in music and trust my ears - the Sony 818 is the best sounding portible out there - I own everything ie iPod, iRiver, Creative etc

 

[Mansize_tissue]

I know iPods aren't really king of the hill in this area, but would the bass sound ok with some MylarOne XBs?

 

[Veggie_Musician]

iPod bass is horrid to say the least - It clips all the time and seems to crumble when the music is very bassy.

No headphone will sort a bad amp in a mp3 player.

 

[francineee]

go for sony!

 

[tjohnusa]

Love my Creative ZVM using eq only...bass boost is definitley muddy.

 

[nsx_23]

My iRiver H320 pumps out awesome bass if you get the EQ right

 

[majkel]

Meizu M6 or Samsung Yp-K3. iRivers and iAudio a bit behind. Kenwoods - I haven't tried.

 

[pablor]

Cowon D2. Great bass. Excellent sound overall. Even an EQ that can actually make things sound better. IMHO, a superb player that should get more cred than it does.

 

[TMM]

The Meizu M6 has a fantastic EQ for tweaking bass