PC or MP3 player for best music quality?

ben16 · 8 Oct 2007 at 21:25

With the new Radiohead album coming out on the 10th I want to hear it in the best way possible. The question is wether to listen to it over computer speakers, headphones plugged into speaker slot or download it onto my MP3 player

I've got the Creative X-FI Xtreme music soundcard and Logitech Z-2300 2.1 speakers. I've also got some £60 ear canal headphones that are very good. I'm thinking it would be best to listen to it on the headphones via the speakers headphone outlet? But maybe the MP3 player is better because it's dedicated to music?

Any thoughts welcome guys...

Greenlizard0 · 8 Oct 2007 at 23:54

The Xtreme music is supposed to be dedicated to music as well

What MP3 player do you have?

badbob · 8 Oct 2007 at 23:56

Well if you're dedicated to music, ditching the Logitech's would be good for Hi-Fi speakers, and getting a better soundcard (M-Audio/Emu) And not using MP3 or lossy format- use CD, WAV or Flac.

Mansize_tissue · 9 Oct 2007 at 01:21

What earphones are you using?

ben16 · 9 Oct 2007 at 16:36

Greenlizard0 said:
The Xtreme music is supposed to be dedicated to music as well

What MP3 player do you have?

Sony NW-HD3. Etymotic ER-6i headphones.