esanthosh
Skilled
My intention is not to start a war :hap5:
When I wanted to upgrade my old Creative Zen V Plus a few months ago, I read lot of reviews on the net. I finally did end up with Cowon S9 because of my preference for using it purely for audio and very, very rarely for video. I have not even listened to any Apple device - iPod, iTouch, iPhone etc.,
One interesting thing I came across during my "research" was the divided opinion among the iPod and the Non-iPod camps. According to Anti-iPod camp, iPod sucked at sound quality. Apple camp claimed that not only has the SQ improved in iTouch 2G and 3G, but using LOD and a Headphone Amp, iPod trumped others. Most of the opinions were just too biased for me to conclude anything.
My question is not about the smooth UI or the endless gamut of applications or the variety of ways in which iPod can be used. But pertains only to SQ.
I'd like to get the impressions of those who had a chance to compare both an iPod and a Cowon/Sansa/Sony/Creative and test SQ objectively.
Does iPod suck that much in SQ to hate it? Or is the impression only an outcome of going against the popular trend?
When I wanted to upgrade my old Creative Zen V Plus a few months ago, I read lot of reviews on the net. I finally did end up with Cowon S9 because of my preference for using it purely for audio and very, very rarely for video. I have not even listened to any Apple device - iPod, iTouch, iPhone etc.,
One interesting thing I came across during my "research" was the divided opinion among the iPod and the Non-iPod camps. According to Anti-iPod camp, iPod sucked at sound quality. Apple camp claimed that not only has the SQ improved in iTouch 2G and 3G, but using LOD and a Headphone Amp, iPod trumped others. Most of the opinions were just too biased for me to conclude anything.
My question is not about the smooth UI or the endless gamut of applications or the variety of ways in which iPod can be used. But pertains only to SQ.
I'd like to get the impressions of those who had a chance to compare both an iPod and a Cowon/Sansa/Sony/Creative and test SQ objectively.
Does iPod suck that much in SQ to hate it? Or is the impression only an outcome of going against the popular trend?