Cheap as chips... literally.
Dec 25, 2007 22:47:48 GMT
Post by toad on Dec 25, 2007 22:47:48 GMT
Source with that sir?
I am currently listening to a source connected to my solo that cost me £3.60 That's about what you'd pay for a large portion of Haddock and chips 'round here.
I decided to buy my Girlfriend a cheap MP3 player for xmas to go with the cash she wanted so she had something to open on xmas morning. I scouted the net for decent flash players but not current generation. Anyway to cut a long story short I found a Cowon iAudio G2 512mb on ebay, new, and sniped it for £5.60 I then went on to get another from the same buyer for £3.60 (for me) a day later. OK the P&P was £10 but even so I got two of these for under £30. The 1 gig one was cutting edge flash technology december 2005 and retailed for £100 or more.
This thing sounds awesome for the cash. It has a 4 line display with lots of info on it. Uses an AA battery and runs for 40 hours. My GF said it can handle rechargeables too if you change the voltage settings in some menu or other. She's played with hers quite a bit today
The menu is very intuitive and uses a little tiny thumbstick. You can even change the animated logo. It handles WMA and Ogg files too.
It has loads of EQ options (keeps the Girlfriend happy) but turn 'em off and it produces a really sweet sound. On par with my Panasonic portable CD player but not quite in the same league as my main source. Sounds great on my px-100s and CMoy too.
The Link bug strikes again. Just cut and paste the whole link as the blue bit is not all of it.
There's a review of it here. reviews.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029994,39194516,00.htm so if you want a cheap source capable of producing pretty good sounds and holding about 7 or 8 albums if you encode between 192 and 224mb Joint Stereo which is good enough for non critical listening imho.
If you want to be really miserly on space encoding at 32Khz 96-128 VBR Joint Stereo produces passable audio on lame or any lame based encoder. Better than 44.1Khz 128 JS IMHO. Fine for non amped sources.
EDIT: Been listening for a while now and tried the ear buds. They alone are worth the asking price. Way better than any stock buds I've ever heard and better than my Senny buds too. Back on the HD595s and I still haven't bothered to change my source back as I'm really enjoying this little player.
Lacks a bit of soundstage and is a little lacking in realism on the brass in the blues I'm listening to but even so damn fine
Oh and forgot to mention the voice recording and line in for direct to MP3 recording.
I am currently listening to a source connected to my solo that cost me £3.60 That's about what you'd pay for a large portion of Haddock and chips 'round here.
I decided to buy my Girlfriend a cheap MP3 player for xmas to go with the cash she wanted so she had something to open on xmas morning. I scouted the net for decent flash players but not current generation. Anyway to cut a long story short I found a Cowon iAudio G2 512mb on ebay, new, and sniped it for £5.60 I then went on to get another from the same buyer for £3.60 (for me) a day later. OK the P&P was £10 but even so I got two of these for under £30. The 1 gig one was cutting edge flash technology december 2005 and retailed for £100 or more.
This thing sounds awesome for the cash. It has a 4 line display with lots of info on it. Uses an AA battery and runs for 40 hours. My GF said it can handle rechargeables too if you change the voltage settings in some menu or other. She's played with hers quite a bit today
The menu is very intuitive and uses a little tiny thumbstick. You can even change the animated logo. It handles WMA and Ogg files too.It has loads of EQ options (keeps the Girlfriend happy) but turn 'em off and it produces a really sweet sound. On par with my Panasonic portable CD player but not quite in the same league as my main source. Sounds great on my px-100s and CMoy too.
The Link bug strikes again. Just cut and paste the whole link as the blue bit is not all of it.
There's a review of it here. reviews.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029994,39194516,00.htm so if you want a cheap source capable of producing pretty good sounds and holding about 7 or 8 albums if you encode between 192 and 224mb Joint Stereo which is good enough for non critical listening imho.
If you want to be really miserly on space encoding at 32Khz 96-128 VBR Joint Stereo produces passable audio on lame or any lame based encoder. Better than 44.1Khz 128 JS IMHO. Fine for non amped sources.
EDIT: Been listening for a while now and tried the ear buds. They alone are worth the asking price. Way better than any stock buds I've ever heard and better than my Senny buds too. Back on the HD595s and I still haven't bothered to change my source back as I'm really enjoying this little player.
Lacks a bit of soundstage and is a little lacking in realism on the brass in the blues I'm listening to but even so damn fine
Oh and forgot to mention the voice recording and line in for direct to MP3 recording.