Best sounding (available!) Rockbox-Player?

[Patx1981]

Just wanted to ask who has a first hand (though always subjective) experience with various Rockboxed Players. For myself I tested the Sansa Clip+,Ipod 1.Gen Nano and Sansa e200. As Headphones i used U.E. Super Fi. EB and i must say the Nano beat them all,with the close follower CLIP+ (Its fantastic this little thing can sound THAT good with Rockbox =) and the last place takes the Sansa e200. (The Precut at 22.5 works wonders for leveling up the Bass frequencies at general) The IPod Touch i believe has,as crappy as it sounds now, wonderful capabilities if there is finally a Rockbox App...

So,I wanted to know the experiences from other Users, having similiar altough different Equipment to buy the next Rockbox Player of choice...


(If this is the wrong Thread i apologize, for being there a similar Thread too.If so,i didnt find it)

[BigPapi]

I have tried Sansa Clip+, Sansa Fuze, and iPod Mini with Rockbox so far. I was able to get my desired sound signature out of all of them, but it took more tweaking to get there with the Mini(perhaps because it is a much older player?).

[Patx1981]

Maybe i should add that i´am a little of a "Basshead",when it comes to my desired capabilities... ^^ I noticed quite a difference between e200 and Clip+, is the Fuze noticable better than the Clip+?

[gottahavit]

For bass I agree the sansa clip+ is very good.  For overall sound quality I still think my e200 is better.  But for the size and money the clip+ is amazing.

[saratoga]

Pretty much all mp3 plaers we support sound the same (exceptions would be the the e200v1s which have a bit of hiss when accessing the disk).  The best output (and I use this in a technical sense since differences this small show up on computer tests not actual listening tests) would be the sansa ams players. But this isn't something worth caring about. 

[Patx1981]

Hmmmm my Nano 1 Gen. sounds definitely clearer,more open than the Clip+ (thats why its still my favourite)...altough it´s similar but not quite as good...e200v1 coming in "last".  Sure, its subtle when i tweak my settings to the Bass Heavy side but only the Nano can deliver these crisp Highs and Low Bass that I love so much. Iam looking for a possible alternative, cause 1 gen nanos are more and more maintenance oriented...Battery Life,Click Wheels etc.

[EFG5]

Pretty much all mp3 players we support sound the same (exceptions would be the the e200v1s which have a bit of hiss when accessing the disk).  The best output (and I use this in a technical sense since differences this small show up on computer tests not actual listening tests) would be the sansa ams players. But this isn't something worth caring about. 

Why would all the supported mp3 players sound the same?

[saratoga]

Pretty much all mp3 players we support sound the same (exceptions would be the the e200v1s which have a bit of hiss when accessing the disk).  The best output (and I use this in a technical sense since differences this small show up on computer tests not actual listening tests) would be the sansa ams players. But this isn't something worth caring about. 

Why would all the supported mp3 players sound the same?

Because people figured out how to build a 16 bit, low power DAC correctly in the 1990s and nothing has really changed since then.