As iPhone said, you're listening on a train. I guess it all depends on how noisy the trains are in your neck of the woods, but if they're anything like the trains I use then worrying about the fidelity of the files is the least of your problems.
Even using ear canal phones (I use Shure e2c), the background noise is sufficiently high on a train that in order to hear the quiet parts you need to turn the volume up so high that the loud parts are far too loud. (I have the same issue with listening in the car). The solution to this problem is to use a device with a playback AGC (ie. that can gain-ride the playback level). Sure, it trashes the natural dynamics of the music, but I find that preferable to being unable to hear half of it. As far as I am aware, only two players have ever offered such a facility: the Rio Karma, and its offspring the Trekstor Vibez. Both products are now unavailable, of course, unless you can find a secondhand one. I still use my Karma when travelling. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73717 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
