Hancoque
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I saw many people here complaining about the audio quality of the e200 while praising the Clip for its superiority in this regard. I ordered both from Amazon and did an RMAA test. Both players produce very similar results:
e280
Clip
e280 & Clip (directly compared)
Afterwards I recorded a "normal" track from the devices and compared them at the same loudness with ReplayGain to compensate for different input levels. I couldn't really hear a difference.
This is how I did the tests:
e280
Clip
e280 & Clip (directly compared)
Afterwards I recorded a "normal" track from the devices and compared them at the same loudness with ReplayGain to compensate for different input levels. I couldn't really hear a difference.
This is how I did the tests:
- created the test sample at 44.1 kHz, 16-bit
- connected the players via line-in to an Edirol UA-1EX USB sound card (recording knob at maximum)
- copied the test sample to the players and set the output volume to the maximum non-clipping setting (each player's volume was at about 75%)
- recorded the players' outputs at 44.1 kHz, 32-bit Float* via ASIO