MP3 Player: SonyX1060 vs Zen X-Fi2

jac705 · 5 Jan 2010 at 00:07

If there is already a thread discussing this then please point me in the right direction!

As the title suggests...I cannot decide which to buy. Does anyone have any advice? My main concern is sound quality since I have a good pair of Shure's and want to be able to do them justice.

Thanks in advance.

rocketman · 5 Jan 2010 at 00:20

X1060. You won't be disappointed

Fantastic sound, good UI and fantastic build quality

jac705 · 5 Jan 2010 at 01:26

Any chance you've compared it to the Zen? Ideally need to know if the Sony is worth the extra £50!

roadie · 5 Jan 2010 at 09:45

Throwing in the Samsung YP-P3 as an option for you too. Seems like it might be of interest.

marc2003 · 5 Jan 2010 at 10:04

creative players suck donkey balls. that is all.

Fubsy · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:22

marc2003 said:
creative players suck donkey balls. that is all.

The Zen Vision M was, and still is, a fantastic player :confused:

jac705 · 5 Jan 2010 at 17:22

Think I'll probably go for the Sony but need to find a decent price(i.e. <£200). Don't know how they can get away with charging £230ish when an itouch 32gb is only £210 nowadays!

slackrob · 5 Jan 2010 at 19:07

What about a Cowon S9?,I was looking at the x1060 but got put off by the price a bit.Think I'll prob end up going for the Cowon

jac705 · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:25

The Cowon looks pretty good actually but seems to be the same price as the Sony unless I'm looking in the wrong places? Anyone tried both?
Reading about the Zen's lack of dedicated volume controls and rubbish firmware has definitely put me off.

marc2003 · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:53

Fubsy said:
The Zen Vision M was, and still is, a fantastic player

i suppose if the OP was looking for a 3 year old player with a hard disk in it, you might have a point.....

titaniumx3 · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:17

Check out the head-fi forums. Most people will contend that at the moment, the best sounding players out there right now are the Sony X1000 players, Cowon S9 and iPod Touch 3rd gen.

rocketman · 6 Jan 2010 at 00:35

jac705 said:
Any chance you've compared it to the Zen? Ideally need to know if the Sony is worth the extra £50!

I previously owned a Zen Vision M 60GB, which even after updating the firmware continued to crash on a regular basis. Put me off creative to be honest. Now all the Sony players I've had over the years have been fine.....

OspreyO · 6 Jan 2010 at 00:38

On Head Fi they reckon the Sony X series is the best one for SQ at the moment.

Good enough for me.

Fubsy · 6 Jan 2010 at 11:42

marc2003 said:
i suppose if the OP was looking for a 3 year old player with a hard disk in it, you might have a point.....

Well how about wording your reply as such?

"The newer Creative all suck donkey balls. That is all."

Which is quite right

OspreyO · 6 Jan 2010 at 12:47

I had a few older creative players and while they sounded great every one of them broke of developed a fault. The newer creative players are nice, I've used a few, but they don't sound as good as some other players. They sound good tb fair. But just not not as good as the very best players.

Snax · 6 Jan 2010 at 16:14

Fubsy said:
The Zen Vision M was, and still is, a fantastic player

the 1st gen zen stone is the single most extreme-sport-proof product i have ever used.

You can dunk it, crunk it and still funk with it