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H340 vs Fuze vs Fuze+ vs Clip Zip vs Clip+

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saratoga:

--- Quote from: brlmat on January 11, 2015, 11:26:25 AM ---Compared to an iPod Video, how's the sound quality of the h340? Is is at least as good? Also, does it have a true line out?

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Fairly similar as I recall. 


--- Quote from: brlmat on January 11, 2015, 11:26:25 AM --- I will be taking it snowboarding, so not shattering is a strong argument.

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Any of the Sandisk players. 

brlmat:
What i failed to mention is that if i'm getting a Sandisk player, i have to pair it with a sd card, which i don't have, so more money.

As for the h340, i have the ipod hdd which i could swap it for (easily swapable and readily working if i recall correctly) in case i manage to damage it. It hasn't happened to my ipod after falling off a suspended moving chair type of ski lift (i have no idea how it's called).


Buuut, most important of all. Sound quality. And hardware eq controlled through rockbox. (all players have it, right?)

saratoga:

--- Quote from: brlmat on January 11, 2015, 02:52:20 PM ---Buuut, most important of all. Sound quality.

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Any of the sandisk players, although in practice the others may be good enough that you won't notice the difference.


--- Quote from: brlmat on January 11, 2015, 02:52:20 PM ---And hardware eq controlled through rockbox. (all players have it, right?)

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None of these devices have a hardware EQ and you most likely wouldn't want to use one anyway.

brlmat:
So, out of all, should i get a fuze? I wouldn't jump and get the fuze+ or clip+/zip because i am on a tight budget. I will only if it is really worth it

So i could now get, without breaking a bank, the following:

Fuze 4gb with usb cable, lightly scratched, for 26 usd
Fuze 8gb without usb cable, lightly scratched, for 35 usd
H340 with usb cable and wall charger, no scratches, for 40 usd
Ipod 5G 80gb (so 5.5G) without usb cable, for 40 usd.

So which has the best SQ, ruggedness and price ratio?

[Saint]:
My opinion is likely quite biased, but I'll offer it anyway.

If you're going to be doing any large amount of high quality recoding, I would lean towards the H340.

If that's not a priority, and especially if you want a more sensible (in my mind) form factor, I would lean towards the iPod Video (especially if its the 64MB variant, for the sake of efficiency, due to the reduction in disk accesses provided by the larger audio buffer but this isn't really something worth searching for, its just a nice bonus to have over the 32MB variants).

The benefit of both of these devices, although both significantly larger, and heavier, than either of the other models you listed, is that they can be readily expanded with aftermarket HDDs, or a ZIF->CF/ZIF->mSATA adapter, and give you (if you're prepared to spend the money) anywhere from 240GB to 1TB+ of  storage. Whereas you'd be limited to ~136GB (assuming an 8GB device with 128GB uSD, are 256GB uSDs accessible in the consumer market yet? I dunno...anyway) presently with any of the other devices (and high capacity uSD cards are still pretty ridiculously expensive, and in my mind not particularly reliable).

The flash based SanDisk players have a pretty questionable build quality, and remind me quite a lot of McDonalds Happy Meal toys. I treat them as being essentially disposable myself, while they don't have a mechanical disk to fail, their build quality is what I would describe as flimsy at best.

If you are familiar with modern Android handsets, they are the Samsung of the DAP world, if you understand the analogy. Nice internals, built around a needlessly shitty, flimsy, creaky plastic case that feels like it will break if you look at it the wrong way. It won't actually do so, but it feels like it will. Whereas the iPod and H340 feel rather a lot more substantial, with a particular emphasis on build quality from the iPod (Apple sure knew how to build hardware, I say "knew" (past tense) deliberately, as that certainly isn't the case any more, but I digress).

That's my $0.02 worth, anyway.


[Saint]

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