Soldato
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- 12 Jan 2006
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Sorry to bug you all again, but i took the plunge and went with the Sony NWZ-A828 opposed to the Cowon D2 iAudio, the first reason being that the iaudio 8gb was such a pain to get at a descent price and i managed to find the sony for £153.98 delivered
Second reason being that i thought about it and i would rather hava mp3 player i can take running etc.. and be better at playing music than a superior video player which weighs more and is bigger.
I didnt go with the samsung YP-P2 in the end because it is a good player, but it was inferior for audio to the sony and inferior to the cowan for video, so somewhat of a halfway house, while the more firmware releases were attractive it got poorer review scores than the other 2.
Hopefully it will arrive before the bank holiday or i will have a 4 day wait, but part 2 of my quest for a mp3-video player is the all important headphones.
Now i know nothing about headphones, but what is the point spending £150 on a mp3 player if you are going to use the crappy packaged headphones and lose most the audio clarity you paid for.
Now i dont like the over the ear headphones which are popular nowdays, and i also do not like standard over you head ones as i dont like the sensation of having my ears squashed, so it leaves inner ear phones.
Now i dont want to go as far as ridiculously priced proffesional headphones, but i do want a descent pair that blocks background noise (iscolation headphones?) and gives a nice sound.
I have narrowed down to this short list according to various review sites:
Sennheiser CX300 - £18
Frequency response: 18Hz - 21kHz
Impedance: 16 Ohm
Sound pressure level(SPL):112 dB (1 kHz, 1 Vrms)
Noise Isolation: ?
Input Sensitivity: ?
Transducer principle: dynamic, open
Jack plug: 3,5 mm stereo (angled)
Has good reviews from a lot of sites, some complaints of the bass being a bit overpowering but i dont mind that all that much
Ultimate Ears Super.fi 3 Studio - £55
Frequency Response: 20 to 13,000
Impedance: 13 ohms
Sound pressure level(SPL): 110 (30 mins) <- lower is better?
Noise Isolation: -26dB
Input Sensitivity: 115dB/mW
Internal Speaker Configuration: Single full range precision balanced armature
Input connector: 1/8" (3.5mm) gold plated
Touted as being the best all-rounder for everyday use, but is it worth the extra ?
Second reason being that i thought about it and i would rather hava mp3 player i can take running etc.. and be better at playing music than a superior video player which weighs more and is bigger.
I didnt go with the samsung YP-P2 in the end because it is a good player, but it was inferior for audio to the sony and inferior to the cowan for video, so somewhat of a halfway house, while the more firmware releases were attractive it got poorer review scores than the other 2.
Hopefully it will arrive before the bank holiday or i will have a 4 day wait, but part 2 of my quest for a mp3-video player is the all important headphones.
Now i know nothing about headphones, but what is the point spending £150 on a mp3 player if you are going to use the crappy packaged headphones and lose most the audio clarity you paid for.
Now i dont like the over the ear headphones which are popular nowdays, and i also do not like standard over you head ones as i dont like the sensation of having my ears squashed, so it leaves inner ear phones.
Now i dont want to go as far as ridiculously priced proffesional headphones, but i do want a descent pair that blocks background noise (iscolation headphones?) and gives a nice sound.
I have narrowed down to this short list according to various review sites:
Sennheiser CX300 - £18
Frequency response: 18Hz - 21kHz
Impedance: 16 Ohm
Sound pressure level(SPL):112 dB (1 kHz, 1 Vrms)
Noise Isolation: ?
Input Sensitivity: ?
Transducer principle: dynamic, open
Jack plug: 3,5 mm stereo (angled)
Has good reviews from a lot of sites, some complaints of the bass being a bit overpowering but i dont mind that all that much
Ultimate Ears Super.fi 3 Studio - £55
Frequency Response: 20 to 13,000
Impedance: 13 ohms
Sound pressure level(SPL): 110 (30 mins) <- lower is better?
Noise Isolation: -26dB
Input Sensitivity: 115dB/mW
Internal Speaker Configuration: Single full range precision balanced armature
Input connector: 1/8" (3.5mm) gold plated
Touted as being the best all-rounder for everyday use, but is it worth the extra ?
, possibly less
