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Does Rockbox improve on the sound quality.

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shoe:
I have an 4g ipod.  The sound is definitely different with the RockBox firmware.  It seems from the postings that a lot of people like it better.  I found that I can hear better tones and more detail with the original firmware though.  I cant get the same sound from RockBox, no matter what I do with the sound settings.

I got an old Archos Jukebox 6000 with the intention of putting 100GB hard drive it, and it sounds really great, for some reason! (I dont know about the original firmware, I only tried it with RB).  Unfortunately, there aren't enough buttons and the display is so terrible, it is almost impossible to navigate the menus, etc.  It is a hassle to just change the volume while playing.  Also it doesnt charge over USB, battery life is short, it is bulky etc.  Oh well.

safetydan:
It's has been demonstrated that Rockbox and the Apple firmware produce exactly (or close enough as makes no difference) the same output on the same hardware, in this case the Apple iPod Video. See this thread for details: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=6139.0

shoe:
I should should set up some kind of blind-test to convince myself...  Thanks for the link.

saratoga:
RMAA would be a better tool for that sort of thing, since it ignores differences in volume, which are somewhat difficult on DAPs.

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