Audiophiles Mp3 Player?

[KonniXeoN]

Whats a good mp3 player right now and that has the best sound quality?

Something other than the apple ipod...

I know audiophile and mp3 are an oxymoron but I need a high quality sounding mp3 player.

Or should I hold back for the Iphone in september?

Im looking for more than 4GB storage and must have a nice screen with video capability.

[ali123]

my iriver h-10 has excellent audio quality

[ShadowVlican]

u'd need an extremely transparent system to tell the difference between a well encoded MP3 and lossless/original.... so don't brush off the MP3 format

imo... audiophile shouldn't care much about the quality of portable players... there's too much external noise (bus, passengers talking, police sirens, subway, heck even your own body makes sounds when walking/jogging) to hear anything in detail

[KonniXeoN]

u'd need an extremely transparent system to tell the difference between a well encoded MP3 and lossless/original.... so don't brush off the MP3 format

imo... audiophile shouldn't care much about the quality of portable players... there's too much external noise (bus, passengers talking, police sirens, subway, heck even your own body makes sounds when walking/jogging) to hear anything in detail

Yeah. True.
I acutally listen to my music through my system at home.
I'm a headphone guy, I'm planning to get myself a tube amp soon.

But I want something I can use on the go with my headphones.

[MtX]

Just make sure the MP3s are max quality....

[Jon Lai]

u'd need an extremely transparent system to tell the difference between a well encoded MP3 and lossless/original.... so don't brush off the MP3 format

imo... audiophile shouldn't care much about the quality of portable players... there's too much external noise (bus, passengers talking, police sirens, subway, heck even your own body makes sounds when walking/jogging) to hear anything in detail

+1 That's why there's no such thing as an Audiophile MP3 Player.

Now, but there ARE such things as MP3 players that have better audio processors and output. I would suggest anything Korean - iRiver, Cowon, etc. - they tend to have better output than the brand name MP3s. iPods have horrible audio quality, their popularity is all due to marketing and the niche. Sandisk is not much better, and in terms of American brand, Creative is probably the best, although still far from on par with iRiver or Cowon. Sony MP3 players are not bad, unfortunately they're very expensive and include proprietary software.

[sxz]

Don't know about you but a majority of "audiophiles" use iPods. However they don't use the standard headphone out, rather they use a dock connector (as a line out) to an amp which is then fed into the headphones. However that can get a bit bulky and expensive (looking at $50+ for the dock cable alone). The king of mp3 players used to be the RIO Karma which is now discontinued but there's a new player that came out which supposedly is pretty much like the Karma (can't remember the name).

[onecoolloser]

Ive read reviews about the Samsung YP-Z5 (I think thats the model) having SQ higher than the iPod.

But remember, with ANY mp3 player, get different earphones, if you care about SQ.

[contoursvt]

Would this constitute an mp3 player? It can do FLAC as well. I have one and love the thing
http://www.slimdevices.com/

[KonniXeoN]

+1 That's why there's no such thing as an Audiophile MP3 Player.

Now, but there ARE such things as MP3 players that have better audio processors and output. I would suggest anything Korean - iRiver, Cowon, etc. - they tend to have better output than the brand name MP3s. iPods have horrible audio quality, their popularity is all due to marketing and the niche. Sandisk is not much better, and in terms of American brand, Creative is probably the best, although still far from on par with iRiver or Cowon. Sony MP3 players are not bad, unfortunately they're very expensive and include proprietary software.

I think I'm going to buy a Cowon Iaudio D2 4GB and use the upgradeable SD memory to hold encoded videos.
I heard the sound quality is disturbingly good, and is on par/better than the Iriver Clix2 .

Think I might pick one up tomorrow. Gotta find some cash money first!

Oh and sony's sonicstage is complete horse sh*t. Absolutely trash, and takes forever to transfer songs. I hate it!

[torontoraptor]

+1 That's why there's no such thing as an Audiophile MP3 Player.

Now, but there ARE such things as MP3 players that have better audio processors and output. I would suggest anything Korean - iRiver, Cowon, etc. - they tend to have better output than the brand name MP3s. iPods have horrible audio quality, their popularity is all due to marketing and the niche. Sandisk is not much better, and in terms of American brand, Creative is probably the best, although still far from on par with iRiver or Cowon. Sony MP3 players are not bad, unfortunately they're very expensive and include proprietary software.

Creative is FAR from an American brand.

[KonniXeoN]

Creative is FAR from an American brand.

Why so?

[Amourek]

Why so?

Survey says.... Singapore!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Technology

[recordman]

I got a Cowon D2 4G w/ 1G SD, and Creative EP-630 ear-phones. It sounds pretty good. The video quality (320x240, 30fps, 24bit colour) is awesome. Now, I just need to get off my lazy *ss and write some Flash Lite apps for it.

[KonniXeoN]

I got a Cowon D2 4G w/ 1G SD, and Creative EP-630 ear-phones. It sounds pretty good. The video quality (320x240, 30fps, 24bit colour) is awesome. Now, I just need to get off my lazy *ss and write some Flash Lite apps for it.

If you end up making some apps for it please let me know. Since I will be getting this mp3 player.
I'm going to have it hooked up my to my headphone amp + my $140 headphones

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