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What's the ultimate (in production) mp3/other formats player on the market irrespective of price? I have Cowon D2 and Sony NWZ-A829. Both have excellent SA but I'm just checking if there's any since sony was released. Been away for some time.

 

[GLdgShDjKsHT]

sony x1000 and cowon S9 and more to come ... zune HD and the next ipod

check the sony x1000 thread ... i believe it's the best sounding player

 

[penartur]

I believe that the best are Kenwood HD60GD9, Kenwood MGR-A7, Sony PCM-D50 and maybe Korg MR-1.

 

[Mors]

Hang on, hang on, hang on. Can people post advice who have heard all of the alleged top 5 or something? Or are we just gonna take a blind stab in the dark? lol

Someone on here would probably need to point you out the best out of one of these probably:

Rio Karma
Imod
Sony X1000
iriver Hxxx


etc etc

But plenty of people have binned off the stock ipods, zune's and Cowons etc...

 

[iriverdude]

iriver h140 plus lexicon mc-8 do I win a cookie?

 

[komi]

I am waiting for that one !

NWZ-X1061FBSMP | 32GB X Series Walkman® Video MP3 Player | Sony | Sony Style USA


Cant wait !!!

 

[pata2001]

If you want "ultimate," wouldn't it be whatever player that has a true line out?

Pick your own amp, and you're set.

 

[abitdeef]

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Originally Posted by komi /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am waiting for that one ! NWZ-X1061FBSMP | 32GB X Series Walkman® Video MP3 Player | Sony | Sony Style USA Cant wait !!!

I got the UK one, it's one amazing sounding dap

You're gonna love it and yours will have slacker.

 

[penartur]

I can give you a link to a russian forum with direct comparison of all four models i've mentioned, but i doubt if you will be able to read it

However, i've talked about all-in-one solutions. Maybe imod or h140 are better, but you should use an external amp with them.

 

[matt8268]

Haven't heard a lot of these other players, but I've heard many flavors of iPod. It would be hard to convince me you could get much better, if any better, sound quality than the iMod 5G with portable vcap dock and amp. You get to a certain point where the sound is so good you stop wondering if it could be better. I have reached that point with my portable setup.

 

[iriverdude]

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It would be hard to convince me you could get much better, if any better, sound quality than the iMod 5G with portable vcap dock and amp.

Pair up a H120/H140 with a high end DAC and it'll sound far superior to any ipod setup. You're still limited to the DAC and analogue section in a ipod.

 

[VoLTaG3]

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Originally Posted by matt8268 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Haven't heard a lot of these other players, but I've heard many flavors of iPod. It would be hard to convince me you could get much better, if any better, sound quality than the iMod 5G with portable vcap dock and amp. You get to a certain point where the sound is so good you stop wondering if it could be better. I have reached that point with my portable setup.

It's easy to believe that what you have is as good as it gets if you've never experienced better.

 

[matt8268]

I meant in a truly portable setup. If people are getting better-than-iMod sound from something portable (holdable easily in one hand), I'd love to know about it.

 

[penartur]

You can hold PCM-D50 in one hand

 

[gav17]

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Originally Posted by penartur /img/forum/go_quote.gif I believe that the best are Kenwood HD60GD9, Kenwood MGR-A7, Sony PCM-D50 and maybe Korg MR-1.

I would add M-Audio Microtrack II to this list