[Gamemako]

Simple question: which sounds better, a nano with rockbox or a shuffle?

//EDIT: With no EQ settings, please. I don't like using the equalizer.

 

[Gamemako]

Am I just good at asking questions people don't know the answer to?

 

[derek8555]

LOL! I really want to know the answer too, have been waiting for days w/o seeing one post...

 

[Gamemako]

I've been going back and forth between getting a refurb Nano 2gig player (100 bucks) or a new Shuffle (80 bucks), and I've heard good things about the Shuffle's sound quality, so I have to be curious, ya know?

 

[Omega]

Get the Nano. It has twice the capacity and is much easier to organize and navigate since it has a screen. The shuffle DOES sound nice, and IMO, probably better than the Nano (I've used both with Shure E4c, but not done a direct A/B comparison), but you're going to use these things on the move, in a noisy environment, right? So the very small incremental sound quality loses out to usability...unless you were planning on sitting still in a quiet room at night...in which case you're better off with a standalone unit anyway.

(I'm commenting on the 1st gen Nano...I've not heard the new aluminium one)