07-25-2006, 02:50 PM
Evan Wrote:asteele2 Wrote:the iPod's definitely got one of the better DAC's in it of portable players. You can buy others that match up, but they're not going to be $50 to match up to the sound quality. An iPod and a set of Grado's or something like that will go a loong wayI disagree, the Creative series of players has since the beginning catered to the audiophile market, with very good sound quality and S/NR
The one thing I do like about the ipod is the AAC encoding format of itunes. Much easier to get good quality at lower bitrates than ancient MP3
My comment wasn't aimed so much at players like the Creative Zen as it was as the $50 and $100 players you can get off the shelf everyday at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc.
*edit* But I guess saying that a $100 player won't compete with a $300 player is kind of a given.
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