[ILikeMusic]

Picked up a Creative Vision:M a few days ago. The screen and video playback functions are as good as all the reports say but a very nice surprise is the audio quality that this unit can produce. Very clean, with a 5-band customer equalizer that works well, and power... testing with a set of ER6i (not exactly known for being bass monsters) reveals very solid and accurate bass, distortion free up to maximum output (which is quite high) even with some bass boost in there. Pretty impressive and I think my CMOY is going to be spending a lot of time in the drawer.

 

[Sethie]

That's great to hear. I was about to get the Vision:M until a specific someone shot me down. Too expensive says that person =( So I got a Zen Micro instead. I'm satisfied with it considering it's price (AUD$200 = USD$250-ish). I guess I'll just buy the next new player that comes out from Creative, hopefully with the toned down version of Xi-Fi without that person knowing

 

[Otophonus]

I want to know more about it . i have x5.
Any comparisons in terms of sound quality. I am itching to buy one of these .
Thanks..

 

[ILikeMusic]

I'm afraid I can't compare to an x5 as I don't have access to one. So far I've only been able to do A-B comparisons to a Creative Zen Touch and an iPod Nano. The Touch is pretty good but the Vision:M is better, at least in terms of power with low distortion. Compared to the Nano it's no contest, the Vision:M is clearly superior (not trying to start a flame war, just reporting what I heard.) The owner of the Nano agrees with me for whatever that is worth.

I really like Etymotic products but was sniffing around elsewhere because I wanted more bass, and adding enough bass EQ to provide a good bottom end with these phones was just more than most players can handle without an external amp. But the Vision manages to pull it off... I can't believe how good the ER6i and ER4P sound with this player.

 

[dskywalker]

Is there any local store carrying this product now? I wanted to see it in person before I buy it. If it sounds good, I'm about to sell my ipod and "settle down" with the vision:m. Btw, I live in southern california.

 

[ILikeMusic]

They're pretty new, I believe the only retail store that is carrying them right now is Fry's. Probably eventually Best Buy, Circuit City, etc., but not yet AFAIK.

 

[proximal]

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Originally Posted by dskywalker Is there any local store carrying this product now? I wanted to see it in person before I buy it. If it sounds good, I'm about to sell my ipod and "settle down" with the vision:m. Btw, I live in southern california.

Fry's in Fountain Valley has one on display, and it's plugged in so you can actually play with it. Not sure about the other locations, though.

 

[jacquer]

Any comparison between zen vision m and ipod shuffle? I've narrowed my decision to these two... shuffle for sound quality and price, zen vision for capacity, more features (and sound quality??)
thanks

 

[dskywalker]

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Originally Posted by proximal Fry's in Fountain Valley has one on display, and it's plugged in so you can actually play with it. Not sure about the other locations, though.

Thanks, I'm going down to irvine very soon, hopefully that display unit will still be there. Unfortunately the city of industry store didn't have one on display.

 

[ZMstephen21]

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Originally Posted by Sethie That's great to hear. I was about to get the Vision:M until a specific someone shot me down. Too expensive says that person =( So I got a Zen Micro instead. I'm satisfied with it considering it's price (AUD$200 = USD$250-ish). I guess I'll just buy the next new player that comes out from Creative, hopefully with the toned down version of Xi-Fi without that person knowing

i have a micro too, if i could sell it i would and get the vision:m, you paid $250USD? wow, mine was $150(on sale at best buy, but still)

 

[Sethie]

Oh, I just realised my mistake. I didn't get em for $250. I think I got em for around $150 as well. I almost dropped dead when I saw you got em for $150. My bad =P