vivek.saikia
Active Member
Hi All,
This is more of a distress post after my Sansa Clip+ died on me recently.
I have owned a number of DAPs but none of them performed in a stable manner.
The following are the DAPs which I have owned, but have dissapointed me in one way or the other -
1) Archos 605 Wi-Fi Portable Media Player (30 GB) -
This is the most unstable player I have every owned. The hard disk just stops working on many instances and the sound quality was below average. Almost hated myself for buying this.
2) Sony NWZ series mp3 player (don't remember the exact model number) - This one was the most stable of the whole lot. The user interface was very intuitive. But the sound was quite bass heavy and the bass was very bloated. Sold it to a fellow member.
3) Cowon C2
This player had the best sound quality. I really loved it when it worked but one fine day it suddenly started to develop some problems with the touch screen. The screen would not respond to the touches and you really need to press hard (resistive screen) to register the touch but still it worked erratically. I finally returned it to Amazon.com after it stopped responding to my touches.
4) Sansa clip+
I got this player after I was dissapointed with all the high quality players and I decided to go without the bells and whistles. This tiny player really shone in the sound department and I really enjoyed the sound quality when mated with my DIY CMoy headphone amp
I Rockboxed the player after going through the Roxbox forums learning that the firmware version was quite stable. I liked the control it provided on the setting, but one fine day it stopeped powering on. I tried to charge it but it was not recognized by the laptop. Tried reseting the player by pressing the power/menu buttons together for considerable duration but it didn't solved the problem.
So, finally frustrated by the various encounters with different DAPs, I am back again in the market shopping for a good DAP.
One interesting observation I have with the Apple products is that they really very stably whenever I have used it. I have used my sister's iPod Classic for about 3 months and never faced any stability issue (though the iTunes software really gave me nightmares). The one thing that let me down was the sound quality.
I have seen it being discussed in the various forums that the iPod 5th generation has quite a good internal DAC in it and it produces some good sound quality. Is it a good idea to buy a (used) iPod video 5th generation and rockbox it?
I really need some inputs from the fellow HFVians in taking me out of my misery.
Oh just to inform, I just ordered a iBasso D zero portable DAC/amp which I was planning to mate with my Sansa Clip+ but after it's demise, I need to get a new player so that the iBasso is not left unattended.
Thanks!
This is more of a distress post after my Sansa Clip+ died on me recently.
I have owned a number of DAPs but none of them performed in a stable manner.
The following are the DAPs which I have owned, but have dissapointed me in one way or the other -
1) Archos 605 Wi-Fi Portable Media Player (30 GB) -
This is the most unstable player I have every owned. The hard disk just stops working on many instances and the sound quality was below average. Almost hated myself for buying this.
2) Sony NWZ series mp3 player (don't remember the exact model number) - This one was the most stable of the whole lot. The user interface was very intuitive. But the sound was quite bass heavy and the bass was very bloated. Sold it to a fellow member.
3) Cowon C2
This player had the best sound quality. I really loved it when it worked but one fine day it suddenly started to develop some problems with the touch screen. The screen would not respond to the touches and you really need to press hard (resistive screen) to register the touch but still it worked erratically. I finally returned it to Amazon.com after it stopped responding to my touches.
4) Sansa clip+
I got this player after I was dissapointed with all the high quality players and I decided to go without the bells and whistles. This tiny player really shone in the sound department and I really enjoyed the sound quality when mated with my DIY CMoy headphone amp
I Rockboxed the player after going through the Roxbox forums learning that the firmware version was quite stable. I liked the control it provided on the setting, but one fine day it stopeped powering on. I tried to charge it but it was not recognized by the laptop. Tried reseting the player by pressing the power/menu buttons together for considerable duration but it didn't solved the problem.
So, finally frustrated by the various encounters with different DAPs, I am back again in the market shopping for a good DAP.
One interesting observation I have with the Apple products is that they really very stably whenever I have used it. I have used my sister's iPod Classic for about 3 months and never faced any stability issue (though the iTunes software really gave me nightmares). The one thing that let me down was the sound quality.
I have seen it being discussed in the various forums that the iPod 5th generation has quite a good internal DAC in it and it produces some good sound quality. Is it a good idea to buy a (used) iPod video 5th generation and rockbox it?
I really need some inputs from the fellow HFVians in taking me out of my misery.
Oh just to inform, I just ordered a iBasso D zero portable DAC/amp which I was planning to mate with my Sansa Clip+ but after it's demise, I need to get a new player so that the iBasso is not left unattended.
Thanks!