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Title: A discussion on sound quality of portable players
Post by: chinaLi on 2004-04-29 14:28:13

I am an beginner of this field. So I want to know something, can we talk about it?Thank you very much!

1)How does a mp3 hardware player work?

2)What can have an effect on the sound quality of a mp3 hardware player?

3)How to make a mp3 player with a excellent sound quality?

4)Which mp3 player in the market has a excellent sound quality?

Thanks again!

Title: A discussion on sound quality of portable players
Post by: .zolder on 2004-04-29 14:51:36

4) The iPod fails to playback 320kbps encoded MP3s properly. Some say the tracks sound like played underwater, i personally think it has more of a stuttery feeling. It can play lossless files however..

Title: A discussion on sound quality of portable players
Post by: Quasar on 2004-04-29 15:29:40

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4) The iPod fails to playback 320kbps encoded MP3s properly. Some say the tracks sound like played underwater, i personally think it has more of a stuttery feeling. It can play lossless files however..

Hmm...would this be a hardware problem? or something fixable by an update to the iPod software I wonder.

Title: A discussion on sound quality of portable players
Post by: .zolder on 2004-04-29 16:04:15

apple released an update yesterday, i will try and see whether the problem persists

EDIT: yes...

Title: A discussion on sound quality of portable players
Post by: .zolder on 2004-04-29 16:11:26

you could test it yourself if you have an iPod
This zip contains AIFF and multiple MP3 files of 2 samples

http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~kjliu/flutter.zip (http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~kjliu/flutter.zip) (11.5MB)

btw, i have a 3g iPod

HydrogenAudio

CD-R and Audio Hardware => Audio Hardware => Topic started by: chinaLi on 2004-04-29 14:28:13