[originalsnuffy]

I have never fully understood the source of the hiss on the 5.5g. Is it just an impedance issue, or something more?

I think the hiss is a "big deal". It really takes away from my enjoyment of the device.

Does the hiss go down if the unit is rockboxed? Or is this a constant based on the hardware?

 

[dazzer1975]

Quote:

Originally Posted by musicfreak /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ah... What is clean in this case? Shorter?

it says in the included quote three posts above yours.

 

[musicfreak]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dazzer1975 /img/forum/go_quote.gif it says in the included quote three posts above yours.

I'm sorry, you're right!

Also an interesting thread / posting:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f15/ip...ml#post3553959

 

[qib]

Are those people that are saying that the SQ on the 6g ipod is better than a ROCKBOXED 5g ipod or that both ipods are compared with the original firmware?

 

[qib]

anyone?

 

[stratowhammy]

yeah, this post was just getting to the meat for me when it quit.  anyone out there have a rockboxed 5.5 80gb and a 6th gen ipod and done a SQ comparison both through the headphone out and the LOD?  I wouldn't imagine that the LOD should change to much between the stock firmware and rockbox on the 5.5, but maybe it does ... ?
 
Anyway, the question I'm facing is returning an iPod sold to me under the guise of being a 5.5 gen but when it arrived it was a 6th gen - and my primary purpose for buying it was to rockbox it and convert my collection OGG from lossless for portable sound.
 
Anyway, any advice on this would be a nice, I need to make up the decision in short order whether or not to send it back.  I will mainly use it using the LOD at home through a modded Little Dot I+, but it will be nice to have a good sounded DAP for walking around.  Thanks for the input.

 

[stevenswall]

I bought an iPod to try because of Rockbox... I even took it to B-Buy and compared it with the new (back then) Classic, and my 5.5g did sound better, and when you throw in EQ, even more so as it does not add the crackling distortion typical of bass boost on most other new ipods. I did end up returning it however, after hearing my friends S9, which is what I currently use, and have not heard a better portable source since. (Still looking to try a Sony X-Series Walkman though!)
 
If the iPod did not support Rockbox, I never would have tried it... My friends have enough problems coming over and trying to use them with my computer, transfering schoolwork, images, ect.