What portable for WAV or good compression files

[Captain]

Looking for some advice. I am considering buying a portable, firstly looking for the best sound (I already have a pair of ER-4S canal phones). Is their any thing that will play WAV files even better FLAC or some other lossless compression. Also what would be a good portable amp to match the Etymotic

Thanks

Cap

 

[Jmmmmm]

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Originally Posted by Captain Looking for some advice. I am considering buying a portable, firstly looking for the best sound (I already have a pair of ER-4S canal phones). Is their any thing that will play WAV files even better FLAC or some other lossless compression. Also what would be a good portable amp to match the Etymotic

rio karma plays flac and wav (plus others like ogg), has great sound, great eq, and is really cheap right now ($180, and it was $400 when it came out). i just bought one and am very pleased.

I think some irivers (eg h120) play ogg, maybe something lossless? someone else chime in here

ipod plays apple lossless

anything else..?

also, if you really want the best sound, you might want a player with a line out for an amp. Those three (rio, ipod, and iriver) are the three with line outs that i know of

 

[Captain]

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Originally Posted by Jmmmmm rio karma plays flac and wav (plus others like ogg), has great sound, great eq, and is really cheap right now ($180, and it was $400 when it came out). i just bought one and am very pleased. I think some irivers (eg h120) play ogg, maybe something lossless? someone else chime in here ipod plays apple lossless anything else..? also, if you really want the best sound, you might want a player with a line out for an amp. Those three (rio, ipod, and iriver) are the three with line outs that i know of

Which one of the above three has the best sound.

 

[azesty]

the h120 and h140 by iriver play .wav and record in .wav files. they have the best sound out of any daps i have heard, imo.

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[fr4c]

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Originally Posted by Captain Which one of the above three has the best sound.

some will say iPod, some will say Karma, and some will say h120.

IMO you'll just get a lot of biased answers for this one. all three sound pretty much the same to me from line-out to an amp. but straight out of the headphone jack, i would say Karma > H120 > iPod. JMO

 

[bigshot]

All DAP sound great with the proper level of compression. Instead of figuring out which one sounds better, judge them by the features, software and price.

See ya
Steve

 

[Oga]

Aren't Ogg Vorbis and FLAC now integrated?

 

[Helter Skelter]

FLAC and Ogg Vorbis were developed by the same guy, and you can put FLAC in an Ogg wrapper, from what I understand. But, they are NOT the same format in the least.

I'm tossing in another vote for the Karma.

 

[blessingx]

I'm pretty sure FLAC and Ogg were not related in origins, as FLAC joined Ogg relatively recently.


As for players, it depends on your sound preferences. I will say the Karma gives you get best opportunity to find your sound with its great EQ. The other question to really consider is if these DAPs are up to lossless. I used ALAC files on my iPod (to SR71 or SM) and although I switched to 256 AAC primarily for bat life, I really didn't feel it was a sacrifice on the iPod.

 

[The Smokester]

The Creative Labs Zen Touch can do WAV.