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AACplus/HE-AAC playback on Ipod 5G Video
Llorean:
In all seriousness, you shouldn't be using the maximum volume output of these players. It is damaging to your ears, and you should consider getting some more isolating earphones so you can listen at lower levels.
Gamesoul Master:
Makes sense. I actually bought a pair of Sennheiser earbud headphones that output 112 dB (the highest I could find for earbud headphones), just because all the headphones I tried elsewhere couldn't handle the high volume (and the few that could still crackled and such). The pair I got are really nice, because they go into the ear, which helps cut out most outside noise and sends the music directly into the ear (quite enjoyable quality). I know it's crazy and such, but I got used to it years ago when my father would blast his older metal/hard rock music (this being back when I was like 5 years old).
Llorean:
It's not simply crazy. You will damage your hearing, and then music will start to sound worse as you lose frequencies. You'll also find yourself wanting to turn it even louder because it doesn't sound as loud any more, and it'll simply continue to get worse and worse.
Not to mention that almost no hardware performs well at maximum volume. You're nearly guaranteed to be introducing a large enough amount of distortion that in all honesty your bitrate is quite unlikely to matter terribly much. Earbuds at maximum volume are even worse.
GodEater:
Can't speak for listening at maximum volume, because just the thought of it makes my ears hurt, but I was amazed at the difference between my sennheisers (CX-300) and the Shure E5s (I think that's the model they were) that Febs brought with him to London.
The Sennheisers are *pretty* good at blocking out surrounding background noise (this is called isolation), but the Shure's were flat out *amazing*. I couldn't hear anything from the pub we were in whilst I was trying them out, and it was *noisy* in there. And I most definitely didn't have the volume anywhere near maximum.
Still not going to drop $500 a pair for myself - but it was an enlightening experience!
Chronon:
I got some ER-6 isolating, in-ear headphones and I love how much detail I can hear even at quite low volumes.
Also, I am interested to hear that my Gigabeat can decode (some?) HE-AAC in real time. I will have to rip some tracks to HE-AAC to test out the performance. What is the best way to determine how quickly my player is decoding?
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