The best sound: ZUNE vs. COWON D2

[uraflit]

i guess that means the D2 is for you!

i'm sure the hiss won't be a huge problem.

 

[Captain ?degard]

i must admit i didnt get **** of what he meant... Anyways, D2 is treating me very nice, mach3bass has made me adicted

Gonna have to pick up some Dt770's to upgrade my rig, now my most expensive phones are beyer dt231 (well not counting sennheiser rs130 which i use for movies etc).

 

[rockin_amigo14]

Don't worry about the hissing. You can't hear it when you're listening to the music.

You can buy an 8GB SDHC card for the D2, increasing its storage to 12GB. You can also carry around multiple cards.

The Zune does not support any lossless format.

 

[antonyfirst]

About hiss: it depends on what IEM you have. If you are using very sensitive IEMs (Shure E500, d-JAYS), the D2 isn't for you.

 

[3X0]

Quote:

Originally Posted by antonyfirst /img/forum/go_quote.gif About hiss: it depends on what IEM you have. If you are using very sensitive IEMs (Shure E500, d-JAYS), the D2 isn't for you.

In that case, neither is the Zune, as testified by Funk4U.

 

[chowk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockin_amigo14 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Don't worry about the hissing. You can't hear it when you're listening to the music.

Surely that will depend on the IEMs and the type of music used? In my experience, whenever a DAP exhibits hiss with a given IEM, it's much more prevalent / noticable when the music is something like classical / orchestral vs something like rock (forgive the generalization).

I haven't heard the D2, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[rockin_amigo14]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chowk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Surely that will depend on the IEMs and the type of music used? In my experience, whenever a DAP exhibits hiss with a given IEM, it's much more prevalent / noticable when the music is something like classical / orchestral vs something like rock (forgive the generalization). I haven't heard the D2, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

I would say that's an accurate assumption. I only listened to it with the E4c's, but I don't recall ever feeling that the hiss was a problem when I was listening to music, from opera to rock to jazz.

Then again, I wasn't listening for it

 

[chowk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockin_amigo14 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would say that's an accurate assumption. I only listened to it with the E4c's, but I don't recall ever feeling that the hiss was a problem when I was listening to music, from opera to rock to jazz. Then again, I wasn't listening for it

Thanks for clarifying

Other than the hiss, are there are any downsides / annoyances / gripes you've found with the D2?

 

[dfkt]

You can read my D2 review...

 

[rockin_amigo14]

yeah, it's not a hard drive player

honestly, it was a very good player, aside from the fact i couldn't fit all my songs on it. it would have been a huge problem if I had been using FLAC, cause I would have ran out of space even quicker.

When I had it, the playlist feature wasn't working, which was obnoxious, but I'm not sure if that's been fixed yet or not.

Other than that, I really liked it. the touch screen was very usable, and the tactile buttons did everything they needed to for blind use. they could skip a song, and adjust the volume.

 

[chowk]

Thanks dfkt - a very informative and thorough review!

 

[Captain ?degard]

/me has a review too

 

[shigzeo]

um2 is definately hissy with any source. you may need to get an amp in order to fully enjoy the iems. the only source that never hissed with my um2 is minidisk portable players from sharp and later sony models. i use the atrio m5 now and the hiss is much less as they are not as sensitive. they also by the way sound like a tame dt770 - huge bass, wonderful yet not overpowering mids but much more laid back highs. great iems

 

[kelvinz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3X0 /img/forum/go_quote.gif In that case, neither is the Zune, as testified by Funk4U.

I'm not sure what Funk4U is hearing

I hear no hiss using the Zune+E500 at normal listening volumes

 

[eternality.pl]

I smiply use the Shure attenuator (or how it is called) to reduce the amount of hiss in my Westones UM2

Advising you the same...