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Sound quality of Rockbox is worse than original firmware!
Norbert:
Recently I stumbled upon this website and because I own a Sansa Clip, I installed Rockbox to give it a try. Well, the features of Rockbox are really overwhelming but very soon I recognized something that is really disappointing.
Since I use my Sansa Clip to listen to hypnosis MP3s, I soon recognized some kind of scratching/rustling noise, clearly noticeable while playing quiet passages. Since the original firmware keeps installed and can be booted alternatively, it is easy to compare it's playback sound quality with Rockbox. This rustling/scratching background noise is not there while playing the MP3 files with the original firmware. ???
This is really disappointing, especially because at the description of Rockbox is stated that it should deliver best sound quality possible. Obviously this is not true for the Sansa Clip player. :(
Norbert
saratoga:
I think some clip players have audible noise when accessing the storage due to a hardware defect. Is that what you are referring to ?
Norbert:
Yes, you are truly right, it must be some kind of hardware error within my player. And because Sandisk knows about this circumstance, they implemented some kind of filter within the original firmware to remove the resulting audio noise.
How dare of me to to believe that something could be wrong with the Rockbox software. :o
Norbert:
Seriously, I think every owner of a Sandisk player can verify this matter by himself and make his own decision, whether this is acceptable or not.
For me personally such problems with sound quality are not acceptable and I just found my own solution. I just uninstalled the Rockbox firmware and, guess what, everything is ok now ;D
Life can be so easy sometimes ;)
saratoga:
--- Quote from: Norbert on August 02, 2014, 01:56:14 PM ---And because Sandisk knows about this circumstance, they implemented some kind of filter within the original firmware to remove the resulting audio noise.
--- End quote ---
Not exactly. See the analysis of the problem here: http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/11907
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