warubozu
Headphoneus Supremus
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Although I do have an iPod and a few other DAPs, a vast majority of my music is on cds. I don't have the time to rip my entire collection and encode them to mp3.
Originally Posted by replytoken |
Originally Posted by zChan Able to listen to my bought CDs on the train ride home. |
Originally Posted by Sparky191 SQ ...are ...bettered by MP3 players. |
Originally Posted by aaroncort ...there are a couple that have an optical output that turns off the skip portection... |
Originally Posted by Old Pa I said legacy cd collection, not legacy cd. A legacy cd collection would be one already in existence and possession, in my case in existence and possession for two decades before the ipod reared its ugly little head. BTW, some level of compression exists in virtually all recordings and a good quality PCDP with anti-skip will always sound better than a 128 MP3. |
Originally Posted by KJ_Palmer ...But whenever I want to listen to the original album, read the cover notes etc., I'll do the same. It'll always sound better than a copy (I dont rip to Wav/PCM) on the (other) portables. |
Originally Posted by spaceconvoy ...get a pcdp with decent linout... |
Originally Posted by djbnh That's an interesting opinion that I personally disagree with, to my ears. |
Originally Posted by replytoken |
Originally Posted by nph134 ...Still it's true that many portable CD players offer poorer sound quality than say a similarly priced hi-fi seperate CD player. Just because the electronics and mechanics are optimised for size first and quality second. ... At the end of the day you don't buy ANY portable device if you are interested ONLY in SQ. |
Originally Posted by Sparky191 I'm wary of buying another PCDP after my Panasonic was so poor. Reading the opinions and reviews of Head-Fi'ers doesn't give me confidence in the SQ from PCDP's though. Which PCDP are you getting? Is there much of a difference in the SQ between units on the line out. Say on a iRver 550 vs a Sony NE920/900 for example? |
Originally Posted by Nandro I have been using my Sony D-NE710 alot lately since my wife got the fm transmitter for the iPod and found she likes it to drive around with and listen to her podcasts and whatnot. My question is and it hasnt been brought up is the Sony's all can use ATRAC3 (newer ones anyhow). I have ripped quite a few to atrac3 lossless and I can fit about 6 or more full albums on a CD and they sound great to me and this thing easily powers my sr-60's. Is there a reason people dont like atrac other than its proprietary and possibly sonicstage? I mean I really dont think SS is that bad, and to fit that many songs/albums on a cd is crazy cheap to boot. |