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YoMan · Local time: Aug 10, 2006, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by Storm Petrel

remember the audio quality, it's always going to superior to that of the iPods.

Care to back that up with proof? Seperating player's nowadays based on audio quality i ridiculous. They all perform equally good in that department.
If it was a couple of years ago, you could have gotten away with that statement, nowadays, no way.

Anyway, I have a 5G Ipod with Rockbox installed and it has worked wonders for me. Very satisfied. I mainly use it to listen to my audio format which is flac. Furthermore, hooking it up with a nice pair of UE super fi 5 pro's and a Emmeline SR-71 like i have and you've got yourself a killer combo.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

YoMan · Local time: Aug 10, 2006, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by ORLY

Well, I've personally never listened to an iPod or used iTunes, but according to wikipedia (so it must be right), the iPod has problems with its bass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod#Bass_response

That was a problem that was most present at the time of the 3G Ipod and which has since been improved in the 4G and now in the 5G. It's only applied to the headphone jack ouput, so if you were to use a true line out with pocketdock for instance this problem would be solved. Although using this method would mean no more sound control internaly inside the ipods firmware. Meaning that you would have to get an amp.

Quote from ipodlounge:

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Bass performance has been improved. In testing with a collection of lossless tracks and the UE-10 Pros, small but noticeable enhancements of the bass are definitely apparent, giving tracks an inoffensively warmer sound. With Bass Booster turned on, distortion is not absent in the 5G, but is definitely lower, and has a smoother, less mechanical edge.

Saying that one is more superior than the other in terms of audio quality is just not right. If your buying a player today you tend to focus on other things like how many GB, price, how are you gonna use it etc etc. Cause you know that your essentially getting the same audio quality.

There's nowhere I can't reach.