Re: [tlug] About to break down and get an iPhone

[Brett Robson <tlug@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote:
> TLUG,
>
> For ages now I've been wanting to replace my archaic MP3 player and
> phone with an all in one device, like an iPhone. But not an iPhone.
>
>   

If you want an audio player then get an real audio player.

* Apple audio products fail at the one point they should be good at - 
audio quality. Apple do not publish proper specs for their products such 
as SNR and I've read estimates of them being in the range 70-85dB which 
is very poor. You might think that you don't have golden ears, or that 
you are just listening to crappy mp3s and won't appreciate audio quality 
but that's a mistake, anyone can hear sound quality - they just might 
not be aware of it. Standard 128 Mb mp3s sound can sound pretty good on 
a good player.

* Because of their support for proprietary formats Apple don't support a 
good range of audio formats. The minimum requirements are: mp3, wav, 
flac, ogg.

* Apple tie you into the use of Itunes, their products don't appear as a 
USB drive.


I've had a Cowon Iaudio M5(?) 20 GByte HDD system for 5 years or so that 
gave very good service in spite of it's hard life, it's finally gone 
brain dead. I'm currently using a Siren 2 Gig flash unit which is not 
particularly good but it's tiny and filling the need for the time being.

Brett