[pheonix991]

I'm wanting a music player(not an ipoo) that also does video. But, I don't want something with worse sq than my Xtra. I've heard the zune has a very good headphone out. So, will the Zune be a worth while upgrade to my Xtra music wise? Video is mostly bonus, and not as important as music.

 

[Ricardo Dawkins]

I don't own a Zen Xtra. But my Zune sounds much better than my RBed iH320. I'm noticing a lot of things now with my Zune thanks to the excellent SQ. just wow.

P.S. I never used Lossless audio on the RB H320. So, I can't comment on that. but the Zen supports lossless ?

 

[pheonix991]

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Originally Posted by Ricardo Dawkins /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't own a Zen Xtra. But my Zune sounds much better than my RBed iH320. I'm noticing a lot of things now with my Zune thanks to the excellent SQ. just wow. P.S. I never used Lossless audio on the RB H320. So, I can't comment on that. but the Zen supports lossless ?

Just wma lossless right? Is there a rockbox out yet?

 

[Ricardo Dawkins]

No RB on the 4 months old Zune yet, maybe in 1 or 2 years.

 

[EFN]

Zune doesn't need lossless to sound good. Anything above 192kbps is enuff. I was a lossless junkie with my previous 3 iPods (FLAC RockBox & ALAC) but now I can enjoy the very same songs in LAME VBR MP3 - that's the beauty of zune

 

[Omari149]

Even at 64kbp/s in wma sounds good on the player.

 

[Mercuttio]

I wouldn't be so concerned with Lossless... I promise you that 224 AAC on the Zune trumps lossless on an iPod by a wide margin.

 

[Altoids]

I went directly from the Zen xtra to the Zune, so I'm pretty familiar with both, and I can say the Zune easily outperforms the Zen. The Zen gets a little louder, but the Zune sounds much cleaner and more detailed. It's also more unforgiving to low quality files, though, especially if you're listening through iems.

 

[Joshatdot]

I had a Xtra 30gb for years, untill I broke the phone jack

I loved it. I have only heard a Zune for a little bit, and I liked it quite a bit.

 

[pheonix991]

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Originally Posted by Altoids /img/forum/go_quote.gif I went directly from the Zen xtra to the Zune, so I'm pretty familiar with both, and I can say the Zune easily outperforms the Zen. The Zen gets a little louder, but the Zune sounds much cleaner and more more detailed. It's also more unforgiving to low quality files, though, especially if you're listening through iems.

Thanks man, that helps a lot.