MP3 players

bushmins · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:42

I bought a cheap £11 512 mp3 player a while back. I like to go to sleep listening to music on one of the quietest settings, the only trouble is is that i can hear an irritating buzzing sound.

Are all mp3 players like this or is it just because i bought a cheap one, pay for what you get.
I have put my music on it using the highest quality setting in media player.

Elephant08 :P · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:43

Because its a cheap one

may deserve to to into the sound forum though !

CliffyBiro · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:44

Try better headphones. The ones that come with cheap players are really awful.

Kell_ee001 · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:44

Oohh... a forum outside GD

J1234 · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:44

agony said:
Because its a cheap one may deserve to to into the sound forum though !

Woooosh.

bushmins · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:48

Kell_ee001 said:
Oohh... a forum outside GD

I know. But i was after non expert views. Im not into buying the latest stuff and have no knowlege of anything above... tapes and CD's!

Is there anything anyone can recomend for under £20?

Aod · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:00

you could get a 1GB shuffle for £27...
or an "Aigo" china-player 4GB for £15

RobH · 30 Mar 2008 at 02:22

I started off with a cheap 256MB USB stick MP3 player and the quality was okay but it had a horrible interface and poor battery life. Since then I've been using iPods, I'm on my fourth (mini -> nano -> 2G nano -> 3G nano), the quality is good and interface is dead easy to use, never had a problem with any of them. I know they aren't cheap but you get what you pay for, it was one of my best investments as I listen to podcats when I go to bed and it is ideal to take with you when you're travelling.

badbob · 30 Mar 2008 at 02:30

skippi90 said:
Try better headphones. The ones that come with cheap players are really awful.

transducers cannot introduce fizzle by themselves. If there's noise, it's the noisefloor from the amp

OspreyO · 31 Mar 2008 at 01:37

Some headphones don't work well with certain players because of impedance issues. It creates "hiss". Try different headphones.

badbob · 31 Mar 2008 at 01:42

No that's a sensitivity issue, if headphones are more sensitive (dB) then the noisefloor is also amplified. Compared horn speakers (which are generally high sensitivity) to standard speakers, with a stereo amp that has a high noisefloor. The horns will have louder hiss, even with the amp right down to minimum.

Using phones with lower sensivity will have less hiss but it means setting the volume higher to get the same level. Comparing my Grado to a set of Beyer DT231, I had to set the volume at full to get similar levels at 50% on my Grados.