[Dazed&Confused718]

8GB Sansa Fuze

Or

8GB Iriver E150



Which Sounds Better?

Which can drive full size headphones better?

Do both have integrated microsd to internal memory?

Which has better battery life, gapless playback and is Faster?

Finally....which has Full Tag support for FLAC Files?

 

[Andhyka]

Nothing beats 5.5G 80GB Rockbox iPod playing FLAC music in 24-bit 96KHz mode recorded directly from LPs with full dynamic range not suffering from loudness war that comes in CDs.

Worthy link about sound of dynamic range and loudness war:
YouTube - Metallica Death Magnetic - How to lose the Loudness War

 

[Dazed&Confused718]

well out of the two i listed which would sound better ?

 

[Al Hounos]

8GB won't hold many FLACs....

what about a Cowon D2+? small, 16GB + SD slot... fantastic sound quality...

 

[craiglester]

I prefer my Rio Karma, 20 Gb of sweet sounding FLAC.

of the two listed.. I'd say the fuze, or perhaps a Clip+

 

[chadbang]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andhyka /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nothing beats 5.5G 80GB Rockbox iPod playing FLAC music in 24-bit 96KHz mode recorded directly from LPs with full dynamic range not suffering from loudness war that comes in CDs.

Man, you are hardcore! You gotta love it!

 

[deltaspirit]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andhyka /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nothing beats 5.5G 80GB Rockbox iPod playing FLAC music in 24-bit 96KHz mode recorded directly from LPs with full dynamic range not suffering from loudness war that comes in CDs. Worthy link about sound of dynamic range and loudness war: YouTube - Metallica Death Magnetic - How to lose the Loudness War

Any reason to get a 5th gen over a 5.5gen? They have the same dac.

 

[pyrokid]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andhyka /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nothing beats 5.5G 80GB Rockbox iPod playing FLAC music in 24-bit 96KHz mode recorded directly from LPs with full dynamic range not suffering from loudness war that comes in CDs. Worthy link about sound of dynamic range and loudness war: YouTube - Metallica Death Magnetic - How to lose the Loudness War

Maybe an Imodded 5.5g 250GB hard drive modded rockboxed ipod> LisaIII playing FLAC music in 24- bit 96KHZ mode recorded directly from LPs with full dynamic range not suffering from the loudness war that afflicts modern CDs?

/smartass.

 

[Andhyka]

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyrokid /img/forum/go_quote.gif Maybe an Imodded 5.5g 250GB hard drive modded rockboxed ipod> LisaIII playing FLAC music in 24- bit 96KHZ mode recorded directly from LPs with full dynamic range not suffering from the loudness war that afflicts modern CDs?

Umm yeah, the spec you described is a significant upgrade and certainly will sound a lot better.

 

[stingx]

Andhyka is on the money. I have a bunch of usenet recordings of FLAC from vinyl and they sound amazing on my rockboxed 5G. I really do love this player. Been debating back and forth over either modding with a high capacity compact flash or going with a monster HDD @ 240GB. I am pretty sure I will go with the latter. I love lossless I really cannot have enough space.

 

[ppau0822]

get the slfo 2. heard good things from about it from members here

 

[d_headshot]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andhyka /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nothing beats 5.5G 80GB Rockbox iPod playing FLAC music in 24-bit 96KHz mode recorded directly from LPs with full dynamic range not suffering from loudness war that comes in CDs. Worthy link about sound of dynamic range and loudness war: YouTube - Metallica Death Magnetic - How to lose the Loudness War

Originally mastered CDs > direct LP transfer.

With the original CD, you don't get distortion as you would with analog conversion and you get exactly the same perceivable sound(for 95% of people).

With an LP transfer, you get pops, clicks, warps, white noise, etc. even if you have excellent equipment. Personally, I can't stand artifacts in my music when listening through headphones so in that case, the LPs are beat

 

[theom4353]

I've heard very good things about the iAudio7.

 

[EddieE]

Would recommend any Cowon player really. S9 is my favourite, although i9 has almost identical sound according to dfkt's graphs at abi.

Different strokes for different folks and all that but ipod sound is not my thing.