[gerelmx1986]

 
Yes i know that. I was coming from macbook, iPods and iPhone which left me no choice until now. Now i have a samsung netbook, nexus 5 and sony a15, so i could go with flac, but i dont feel like switching right now.
 
edit: and i dont see an alternative to itunes right now.  

All the A10's: A15, A16 and A17 play ALAC too

 

[lo-fi-head]

  All the A10's: A15, A16 and A17 play ALAC too

 
i know, i know. all my 16 bit and 24 bit files on my a15 are alacs.

 

[gerelmx1986]

 
i know, i know. all my 16 bit and 24 bit files on my a15 are alacs.

So the problematic files are MP3's? or also alac
 
FLAC tags are vorbis comments and ALAC is iTunes tags (MP4), the variations occur with mp3

 

[gerelmx1986]

@lo-fi-head what do you think of the Sound quality of Walkman A15 vs iPod classic (unamped both).
 
I had an iPod classic and then a Fiio x3 first gen (still have it) before the A17.
 
The ipod SQ unamped sounded neutral but it has something that makes the music sound soo bland, lifeless and sooo boring
 
then it died after a fall, everybody knows HD's turned on + a fall = bye bye
 
Then got this Fiio x3, it was waaay better than the iPod SQ, wider soundstage, better warm analogue like sound
 
then my fiio x3 bricked after a firmware update, and i was givena  replacement kudos to fiio.
 
so while i was desperated to get music I bought the A17 from sony de mexico. The sound quality is far the best i've ever heard from most daps i've owned including past walkmans
 
from left  the best sq and right most is the worst SQ
 
NWZ-A17 > Fiio X3 (1st gen) > NWZ-X1060 > NWZ-A818 > NW-E507 > iPod classic 
 
then storage space best to worst
 
A17 (192GB) > iPod classic (160GB) > Fiio x3 (128GB) > A818 (8GB) > E-507 (1GB)

 

[lo-fi-head]

  So the problematic files are MP3's? or also alac
 
FLAC tags are vorbis comments and ALAC is iTunes tags (MP4), the variations occur with mp3

cover art problems occur with self-ripped files only, i think (cd to alac 16/44); i never cared about cover art file type and size, because iTunes and iDevices read them all. All my bought 16 bit and 24 bit files seem properly tagged.
 
edit: there are only lossless files on my a15 right now.

 

[gerelmx1986]

Picture trip of my audio yeras since child to date
 
Note i don't have pic of my casette walkman, also don't know the brand neither anymore nor the brand of the turntable my Dad had, this excludes CD car changers and radios
 
So my first discman was a JVC from 1992, i used it from 1994 to 2004, destroyed it to see it insides

 


Then i had a sony VAIO music clip from 2000 to 2004 (battery leak disaster), wa spathetic 64MB, held only music in sonys OMA format

My first walkman A Network walkman NW-E507, was 1GB, had monochromatic OLED, played sony ATRAC, from 2004 to 2007, Li-ion battery died)


AIWA HI-FI system that my dad won in a game in his office, 2006-2012 (eletric surge death)


A dell Laptop 640m inspiron, windows XP, 1GB RAM 100GB HD, core duo 1.2GHz, sold it


Walkman NWZ-A818, 8GB. Played mp3, wma, wave (drowned in water to see what happened if you drop electronics in the water) from 2007 to 2009

Walkma NWZ-X1060 32GB, played same as the one before, from 2009 to 2012, fell from my hands and no longer sounded so i murdered it with a hammer

Dell Laptop Latitude E6400, 4GB RAM, windows Vista/7 500GB HDD, core 2 duo 2.54GHz, still have it


iPod classic 2012-2014, 160GB this was my transition from lossy to Lossless (2012-2013) yep took me two years to redo my library, Hard drive crash after fall


Fiio x3 2014-present, still have it 8GB internal + 128GB microSD


Sony VAIO Flip Multi-flip 35.56cms (14 inch) (in usa is called flip PC), 1TB HD, windows 8.1, 8GB RAM core i5 4th gen, 1.60GHz base to 2.4GHz with turbo boost. 2014 - present

Well in the picture is my BoseSoundDock too, 2012 - present
 
Walkman NWZ-A17, 128GB microSD + 64GB internal memory. 2015 - present


HEADPHONES, while i had various i dont have pics i have some i had
 
fontopias my first iems


NC6 noise cancelling from sony & NC50 too

 
XBA-1


Currently owning
 
XBA-H3 & MDR-1R

 
Gave to my Boyfriend from Germany: Ultrasone HFI-780's (I had them from 2013 - 204)

 

[castleofargh]

I know the feeling bro
hermageeeeeeerd I have nothing to wear outside!!!!!!!!

pic taken 1.5 year ago and half of it has been broken, given away, or lost. yet I still have at least as many...  maybe I should start making one pic a year to remind myself how much of a silly kid I am.

 

[god-bluff]

NWZ-A17 > Fiio X3 (1st gen) > NWZ-X1060 > NWZ-A818 > NW-E507 > iPod classic

 
Fiio and (unamped)  iPod better sound than an A818 ? No way
 
That old player is a classic, beautiful designed little device with a very organic sound (bit of hiss, mind). Plenty of power AND a great battery life. I was blown away when it came out, 320aac and with original EX082s' still wonderful.
 
The Fiio's a joke in comparison weighing more than twice as much with a 1/4 of the battery life and I doubt it is much more powerful. So much for progress (about 7 years seperates the two designs) You'd think the Fiio was a decade older !  The iPod great as it needs an amp of at least the same value again to compete.
 
God I wish I hadn't sold mine. Whatever you do keep yours while it lasts. Would have liked to compare it to the A15. The newer model certainly cant compete in terms of power (thanks Brussels), light weight, compactness and outright build quality.
 
I think until the A15 came out only the S639 & X1050/1060 compared.
 
 
EDIT sorry you did rate iPod lower for sound (obviously higher capacity)

 

[gerelmx1986]

 
Fiio and (unamped)  iPod better sound than an A818 ? No way
 
That old player is a classic, beautiful designed little device with a very organic sound (bit of hiss, mind). Plenty of power AND a great battery life. I was blown away when it came out, 320aac and with original EX082s' still wonderful.
 
The Fiio's a joke in comparison weighing more than twice as much with a 1/4 of the battery life and I doubt it is much more powerful. So much for progress (about 7 years seperates the two designs) You'd think the Fiio was a decade older !  The iPod great as it needs an amp of at least the same value again to compete.
 
God I wish I hadn't sold mine. Whatever you do keep yours while it lasts. Would have liked to compare it to the A15. The newer model certainly cant compete in terms of power (thanks Brussels), light weight, compactness and outright build quality.
 
I think until the A15 came out only the S639 & X1050/1060 compared.
 
 
EDIT sorry you did rate iPod lower for sound (obviously higher capacity)

yes from left to right

 left the best sound and rightmost the worst in SQ
 
Yes fiio is a joke and compred to the A17(A15 for you) is an utter joke in termsn of SQ, UI and battery life, simply put floating voices on fiio x3 while my A17 is the most organic accurate thing i've ever heard. Only good of fiios is output power period. But my A17 can become a monster too if i add a quality amp for it
 
gosh i got confused by < and > Nope actually i¿m correct > is greater than
 
what you say about A818 is correct, wish sony did the new A10 like that A810's full metal & same D-pad design!

 

[gerelmx1986]

I wonder why sony underutilises the left side of their players, if you see in every walkman after the A810's the left has been never filled with buttons or slots

 

[god-bluff]

  I wonder why sony underutilises the left side of their players, if you see in every walkman after the A810's the left has been never filled with buttons or slots

It also had the hold button on the back. Its only flaw; you had to take it out of its case to activate !

 

[castleofargh]

was just watching the blacklist season 2 episode 20 and they have blown up a yacht with a silver A10 for some reason.

 

 

[gerelmx1986]

  was just watching the blacklist season 2 episode 20 and they have blown up a yacht with a silver A10 for some reason.

 

post the fragment of that video

, mayb they wanted a ZX-2 or they pressed play on Kaboom.flac and well you know what happens next in hollywood stuff kABOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!

 

[gerelmx1986]

I have a question for you guys.
 
How safe is the volume of the A17 (international version) at 07 to 10? for big headphones and in-ears, that represents between 23 to 33% of total volume, I have weird loud tinnitus on my right ear and left erar is fine tough
 
I was prematurely born, lost vision on the left eye (good ear) side and i was detected in Hamburg Germany i am infected with Hepatitis-C(just the elisa testing) because blood transfunsion as a baby (this was confirmed by a mexican infectologist), because i read somewhere HCV patients may have tinnitus
 
Anyone has an idea how can I convert from "negative" dB values to positive ones?
 
 to this

 

[castleofargh]

I explain how I do it http://www.head-fi.org/t/762787/measuring-output-of-iems#post_11508108
but it really depends on what tools you have at your disposal.
 
maybe you'd find something interesting about tinnitus here http://www.head-fi.org/t/758167/tinnitus
I think the general good idea is to go see an audiologist. and just as important as how loud, check how long you spend with music or other loud sounds.
I have a very small tinnitus that goes loud when I fall asleep with music, when I spend like 15hours with headphones (rare, but it does happen).
and also something I just noticed recently, when I go running with music. but not so much when listening to audiobooks???? I'm guessing somebody speaking represents a lot less energy than music and has a lot more silences, but it was kind of a surprise.