Hi, The only .mp3 player I use is the very rudimentary and small capacity MuVo from Creative Labs,which I got as part of a subscription package from audible.com, an online digital audio book vendor. This isn't likely to suit your needs, if only because its flash memory capacity is only 128 Mb.
But as far as audio quality goes, this isn't something like home stereo equipment, where products can differ vastly in their ability to produce good sound. From my experience, as well as from every consumer article I've read in various places, including the New York times tech news section, the circuitry of these devices is pretty uniform in design and manufacturing quality, and thus essentially transparent. What will matter most to your ears will be how the compressed file is encoded and then, assuming that as a constant in terms of source quality, the most important link in this short chain will be the acoustic properties of whatever headphones you choose to use with the device, including their sensitivity rating. Which matters here because the higher the sensitivity rating, the less battery power and the less amplifier power will be required to drive them to acceptable volume levels, increasing battery life and reducing distortion from having to turn the little amp up too high. All that said, ordinary ear buds like those offered by Sony and other companies will probably suffice quite well if you're mostly playing popular music to exercise by or something like that. If your mobile listening tastes run to more sonically complex music with a broader dynamic range, as in classical music, then better headphones would make an appreciable and audible difference. Hope this helps. ---- From: "André van Deventer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:59 AM Subject: ACCESSIBLE MP3 PLAYERS Hi all I realise this question has been asked many times before, but I need some current info. I am looking for an accessible MP3 player with good sound quality. It must also have a reasonably large storage capacity. I realise that with todays menu-driven units nothing is completely accessible, but what is the best options regarding MP3 players that are presently available on the market? Also - and this is just out of curiosity - do all these small MP3 players have the same sound quality? Regards Andre _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
