IS the SQ for sune better than Ipod? how could this player compared to ipod?

to avoid any sensitive matters here, I've removed what I've posted previously here, and what I can say is both Zune and Ipod are good to me, both have their own strength and weakness.

This post has been edited by precsmo: Nov 12 2008, 08:38 AM

thank god i didnt end up buying urs precsmo....

Hi bunyani, so sorry I posted something that is affecting your confidence towards Zune, that is entirely my own findings, and please we all do not put any other Zune owners down, Zune is no doubt one of the best portable audio player can get, just that for my preference and my application, I prefer ipod that's all. Zune does sound superior than ipod, but it will be another story if pairing with a portable amp, ipod has line out which serve for this purpose well, but zune does not have the line out, and I didn't want to be double amped.

yesterday tested the following setup:
Cowon D2+er4p
Zune80+er4p
*Zune80 sound more colourful;cowonD2 sound bored...

Cowon D2+Boa+er4p with adapter;
Zune 80+er4p with adapter
*end up,i found that Zune 80+er4p with adapter reach same sq with Cowon D2+Boa+er4p with adapter

i hear you people talk about portable amp... erm... AFAIK amp ramps up the volume and maybe make it sound better..but wont a portable amp onle be useful if the song that is encoded be in good quality? and isnt it bulky with a port amp? i dunno anything bout audiophile so please teach me

bro, glad that you like my zune, u know, i let go to you rm100 cheaper than the price i can sell higher after it is sold to you

Why bother with a Zune when you can go for an iPod??? The only reason I can think of is to go in a different direction from the crowd...

maxtek, lemme ask you then...

why a 2.5" when you can have 3.2"
why be the same when you can be diff
why apple and not ms


but then again...the apple is tempting

I'm ipod and zune user, from ipod 160gb to zune 80gb and now back to ipod 120gb, so, for my personal preference already i've an answer myself which i prefer the most now. i consider myself serious listener with my beloved custom livewires. due to many reasons, i prefer ipod, most important reason is ipod has line out but zune doesn't, which ipod serves me more purposefully with a portable amp, which the amb mini3 i've just built 2 days ago! but with low ipedance iem and headphones, the zune has more superior sound quality than ipod if driven directly from the audio out.

I agree that Zune has better SQ than D2, D2 sounds very flat, it's too boring for music. I've always wanted to get the Zune since I purchased a 30gb model for a friend of mine and tested the SQ but somehow a lot of other stuff needed to be purchased first prevents me from getting this.

So far, Zune is the top of my recommendation list for a portable DAP w/o any external amplification.

what are the updates of the new zune software?

More games I guess,

I'm still with my zune30 with asian chharacter support firmware haha.

Can't let go the asian character support.

anyone selling zune?

If new one can get from yeah_guyz

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=548000&hl=

so yeah_guyz u bringing in the gears of war 2 limited edition zune80?
quite interested

Anyone wanna trade zune80 with my zune30? haha... Kena racun too much...Btw, does anyone notice that the latest fw need more time to detect our zune? I need to wait around 2-3 minutes for my PC to detect my zune... Last time, it used to detect immediately...

how is zune video quality compare to ipod classic/touch ? can sharing ur own experience ?

i want a 30gb zunee!
where did you guys get it???
anyone sellig them?? or bulking??

advantage of not using ipod is not having to use iTunes craps and the BS that comes along with it