Which Music Player has the best quality?

[The Dark Knight]

creative is the way to go dude! and get a pair of headphones. in-ear varities get uncomfortable after sometime, no matter how good or expensive.

[Darkinspiration]

Well i can tell you that if your looking for sound quality you should go for a md player. Mini disk are not carying as much song as an ipod but if your not using the compressed version of attrac on your md ( that is if you record in sp mode ) your going to have a sound really close to your original source. There's a reason why it's used by professional. Compresse at your own risk ^_^

[Timmah Veteran]

Worst thing about MiniDisc is how annoying it is carrying round the MDs/HiMDs.

Its the reason I switched from my Sony NetMD to an iRiver iHP-140. So damn annoying.

With a HDD player you put your music on, and it stays on all the time... it's just more convenient.

[Monkeh]

creative is the way to go dude! and get a pair of headphones. in-ear varities get uncomfortable after sometime, no matter how good or expensive.

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That's only true for the more expensive and non-Japanese crop (Ety, Shure etc.). The Japanese canal-phones (Sharp, Sony, Panasonic) are more comfortable than any kind of headphone. You won't notice that they're even in your ear after you've inserted them.

[Walshy]

Hey i just got myself an iaudio X5 and even with the stock earphones it sound amazing check it out.

I also have heard iriver have great sound as well

Hope i can help

[Ambience]

Players generally don't determine how good the sound will be - it's usually the encoding and the headphones. If you want good sound quality, I suggest getting a player that supports lossless formats or even OGG. Good headphones are a must as well.

[Antiprophet]

you al seem to have overlooked the sony HD3, its cheap as chips now cause they brought out a new one that looks like my arse.

i got mine for ?150 in argos, it holds 13,000 songs on 20gb if you use the compressed ATTRAC3 Plus format, which is by no means lossless, but it is damn good.

its about the weight of an ipod mini, smaller than an ipod and its damn nice to use.

it supports WMA, OMG (Attrac), mp3 and WAV.

oh and did i mention it has a 30 hour battery life?

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[Schmoove]

Yes the Sony is very nice.

I have the NW-HD1, it is the same as the HD3 minus the MP3 support.

I convert everything to ATRACPlus at 256kbit/s and it sounds great.

The battery life is fantastic.

[John S. Veteran]

iriver is 90 and ipod is 86 or 89, I believe.

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Theres no definate dB ratio for ipod because apple never released it.

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The reason seems to be the noise made by the MP3 player, which is said to exceed government regulations. The decision of blocking iPod shipments to the country, however, is just a temporary solution: Apple is already working on "a fix that will keep the device from producing more than the 100 decibelmaximum allowed under French law," as Cnet explained.

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1. Creative

2. iRiver

3. iAudio

4. iPod