Mobile audio MP3/iPod/RioRiot, etc.


OK, maybe this is retreading ground (I couldn't find any relevant threads), maybe its not apropos for a high end forum, etc. etc. BUT, the convenience factor of some of the new hard disk based MP3 players is pretty hard to beat. 500 CDs in a small box that has 10-12 hrs of battery life that I can carry on an airplane? That gets my attention.

Here's the questions. All the stuff I see about these never discusses the audio quality of these puppies. Anyone care to comment on who has better audio quality? Anyone use these things? Any way of getting better audio quality out of them?
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Showing 1 response by chanifin

I have and iPod and the sound isn't horrible. A lot of the sound quality depends on the file format and compression quality you use. A lower sampling rates MP3's can sound pretty bad. With th iPOD you can actually store and use uncompressed audio which sounds pretty good but takes up a lot of space on the hard drive (700-800 megs perCD). The other important thing is to tooss the headphones that come with the player and replace them with sometehing decent (I use the low-end Grado's).