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gigabeat f-40 sound not up to par.

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rph:
I have the gigabeat f-40, and am deciding whether to use rockbox instead of the gigabeat software.  All my music is in the wav. format for the best listenin experience.  The sound does not come close to CD quality.  I am using a cassette adapter to play through my car radio and home stereo.  Will installing rockbox make the sound quality better or is the problem using the cassette adapter. I want the best sound quality possible but am a little concerned about changing software on my gigabeat. I am not that unhappy with the software installed on the gigabeat.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I am new to mp3 players and online forum use so be gentle with me.  RPH

elborak:
Unfortunately I can't directly answer your question as I ran the stock firmware only long enough to verify that my (used) F10 worked before installing Rockbox.   So while I'm very satisfied with the sound quality of the Gigabeat with Rockbox, I can't tell you whether it's noticeably better than the Toshiba firmware.

Even if the sound is identical, one big advantage you would have with Rockbox is that you could use FLAC or some other lossless codec to double your storage with no loss in quality.

saratoga:

--- Quote from: rph on April 30, 2007, 05:22:03 PM --- The sound does not come close to CD quality.  I am using a cassette adapter

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Problem located.



--- Quote from: rph on April 30, 2007, 05:22:03 PM --- to play through my car radio and home stereo.  Will installing rockbox make the sound quality better or is the problem using the cassette adapter. I want the best sound quality possible but am a little concerned about changing software on my gigabeat. I am not that unhappy with the software installed on the gigabeat.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I am new to mp3 players and online forum use so be gentle with me.  RPH

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Rockbox doesn't change the analog output at all.  The best it can do is change how its processed on the digital side.  With a linein instead of a tape adapter, you will essentially get CD quality, at least to the extent that you consider the DAC in your gigabeat to be CD quality.  Both firmware should allow this.

Mad Cow:
Obviously cassette adaptors cause a huge degradation in quality. Do you use line-out on the dock or the headphone port?

soap:
While cassette adapters are not line-in quality - they are second only to line-in.
That being said, I do believe it is most likely your cassette adapter which is to blame.
Do you experience such obvious quality loss when using headphones?
Perhaps you have the volume level set either too high or too low?  (assuming you are using the headphone jack on the player, not the line-out jack on the dock.)
If you are using the line-out jack on the dock, perhaps the dock connector itself is dirty, corroded, damaged, or otherwise the cause of your misery.  Try the headphone jack in that case.

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