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Cube C30 with BBE sound enhancement




Nationite S:Flo2

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Philips GoGear 2GB - RM95

Cube C30 is the best!

Here's the reason why:

>>> Cube C30 Review <<<

Very few people on LYN talks about the Cube C30 and even less people talk about this head 2 head of Hippo Gumstick vs Cube C30. I wonder why?

This post has been edited by wongpeter: Jan 31 2011, 09:45 AM

Seriously, you chaps should give this a try.....



not just gumstick..... s:flo2 ...... cube c30 .... cowon .... sony .... all the time

you may be surprised how good it sounds! after all it's only RM98 or is that the reason you peeps are not interested in it .... cos its too cheap?

you can always pass it on to your kid brother or sister if you don't like it!

This post has been edited by wongpeter: Feb 7 2011, 10:10 PM

The Cube F1 earphones that comes for free with the C30 are so good that I don't mind paying RM100 for them. The clarity & detail is quite breathtaking, but only if you like bright sound, definitely not for bassheads. The BBE on the C30 makes the music comes alive! Once the BBE eq kicks in the volume goes up by a few notches, you can feel the ambience and the music literally sparkle. Prolly when the reviewer said its 'softer' compared to the gumstick is the C30 in Normal mode w/o BBE. Unless one is deaf I would say the Cube C30 has ample volume to satisfy anyone. I'd still take the C30 over the gumstick even if its RM50 more cos now that I've heard what the BBE can do .......I want it!

Sometimes I feel that ppl miss the forest for the trees. The forest is the music and the trees is the sound. Life is too short to be anal about the sound when you can be enjoying the music!

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Added on February 13, 2011, 1:30 pmIf musicality is what you are after, I'd say the Cube C30 has the edge over the gumstick. Throw in the excellent Cube F1 IEM for free and its a no brainer!.

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Added on February 13, 2011, 1:33 pmyes it's excellent value for money @RM98.

compare with the gumstick? try the Cube C30 then.

This post has been edited by wongpeter: Feb 13 2011, 01:33 PM

For the Cube C30 you can enquire with the TS of this thread:
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1273986&hl=

SQ wise Sansa Clip+ lose to Gumstick lose to Cube C30.

Faster go here for ---> Cube C30 Bulk

Yes, HifiMAN HM-801 ....approx RM3000 (US$850) - most expensive bang for the buck!



or go pasar malam and ask for the Rose brand FM radio from China, cannot play mp3 only got radio, comes with free no-name earbuds for RM12 ..... cheapest bang for the buck!

As I don't own a gumstick what i am going to say could be mere conjecture. But if you tell me that the gumstick doesn't have BBE then I have to say that the difference is like day and night with and without BBE. It just makes the music sound so much more vibrant and alive. The settings I like are BBE, Viva, MP and Headphone 2 and I haven't even tried tweaking the User 1, 2, and 3 settings.

On the C30 there are the Preset EQ's:

1. Normal
2. Rock
3. Jazz
4. Classical
5. Pop
6. Bass
7. User

and the BBE settings:

1. BBE
2. BBE Viva
3. BBE Viva2
4. BBE MP
5. BBE Headphone1
6. BBE Headphone2
7. BBE Headphone3
8. User1
9. User2
10. User3

I haven't tried the User EQ in the Presets section but can tell you that other than the Normal setting the rest i.e. Rock, Jazz, Classical, Pop and Bass are absolutely CRAP! Maybe the developer purposely put in the useless Preset EQ's just to show how excellent the BBE settings really are!

source <--- That's what this site claims anyway. I'd stay safe and limit it a 16gb microSD. For myself, I use my C30 4gb with a 8gb microSD and I find 12gb is plenty enough even for flacs. Since it can't support 96khz/24bit files I would say you can easily fit in 12 flac albums estimating each flac album at 1gb. Of course there are lots of flac albums that goes for far less than 1gb.

Question.... why do you need a 32gb TF for use with the C30? Or maybe you wanna watch some movies on it's 3 line screen?

This post has been edited by wongpeter: Mar 1 2011, 01:14 PM

Of course it doesn't have video playback.

Just curious, how long will it take approx to get through your entire selection of mp3 song, more than 24hours non-stop? Taking 1gb for an average album I think it's not feasible to listen to 32gb(albums) of songs at any one sitting.

This post has been edited by wongpeter: Mar 1 2011, 07:12 PM

Philips GoGear Ariaz 8GB is better.....

For RM300 you should take the Cowon iAudio E2 4GB @ RM275. When it comes to SQ the BBE will blow away the competition in that price range.

Get it at here: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1757530

yes yes, the C30 is of course excellent value as well as superb SQ.
Since he mentioned RM300(budget?) I thought maybe the Cowon would also work for him.

I told you so! No BBE is like half boiled eggs without kicap and lada, langsung tadak kick. The BBE is the kicap and lada!

I have both Sansa Fuze+ and Cube C30. I find that I am spending more and more time with the C30. I would say SQ-wise, the Fuze+ is good but the C30 still has the edge. If I take into consideration the pricing of RM300+ for the Fuze+ and RM170 for the C30 I have to say the C30 wins by a mile! And the C30 comes with the excellent F1 earphone FOC which I find quite amazing esp since I like bright sound.

This post has been edited by wongpeter: Mar 9 2011, 11:56 PM

fwiw I am thinking of getting the C700 cos it's supposed to have the clearest and brightest screen. excellent for move viewing.