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Hey boys and girls, I'm VERY close to pulling the trigger on a gold QP1R but I wanted to grab a few last minute opinions first.
I'm currently rocking a Sony NW-ZX2 that I only purchased about 6 weeks ago, however some of the glowing feedback about sound quality on the Questyle unit are convincing me to take a loss on selling on the Sony DAP.
As I understand it the biggest difference (SQ wise) is the QP1Rs resolution. Could anyone who's listened to both say whether it's an obvious difference?
The other pluses I can think of are more storage and more power on the QP1R
and the negatives are less battery life, no WIFI for Tidal etc (not really an issue for me as I have a huge catalogue of music) no balanced out (ZX-2 has a partial balanced TRRS) a UI that isn't quite as polished as it could be and last but by no means least.... The wheel!
In truth, I think I can live with all of the negatives... If the sound quality is truly a step up. I guess I just want to make sure that everyone who waxes lyrical about this DAP aren't exaggerating it's prowess. I mean that as no insult, but I am acutely aware that people say amazing things about pretty much every DAP on most of the Head-Fi threads. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say.
One last thing I'm curious about is how convenient it is to use the QP1R as a pocketable device? Am I right in thinking you cannot control the volume or forward tracks whilst the screen is off? How do people get on with that?
Cheers all
I'm currently rocking a Sony NW-ZX2 that I only purchased about 6 weeks ago, however some of the glowing feedback about sound quality on the Questyle unit are convincing me to take a loss on selling on the Sony DAP.
As I understand it the biggest difference (SQ wise) is the QP1Rs resolution. Could anyone who's listened to both say whether it's an obvious difference?
The other pluses I can think of are more storage and more power on the QP1R
and the negatives are less battery life, no WIFI for Tidal etc (not really an issue for me as I have a huge catalogue of music) no balanced out (ZX-2 has a partial balanced TRRS) a UI that isn't quite as polished as it could be and last but by no means least.... The wheel!
In truth, I think I can live with all of the negatives... If the sound quality is truly a step up. I guess I just want to make sure that everyone who waxes lyrical about this DAP aren't exaggerating it's prowess. I mean that as no insult, but I am acutely aware that people say amazing things about pretty much every DAP on most of the Head-Fi threads. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say.
One last thing I'm curious about is how convenient it is to use the QP1R as a pocketable device? Am I right in thinking you cannot control the volume or forward tracks whilst the screen is off? How do people get on with that?
Cheers all