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dvard · 03-24-06, 08:52 AM

I have just tried 40thiPlay and it has blown me away. I was ready to give up on
the idea of using my X51V for music until I tried the demo of 40thiPlay. I am basing
this purely on sound quality, sure some of the skins for other players may have a nice lay-out and some convenience features, but for me the only thing that is important is audio quality. I can work with any interface I have to if I can get great sound. I have only tried mortplayer and wmp. Mortplayer introduces tons of distortion and the EQ and “effects” are just awfull, they really seem to just really discolor the music bad, you can really hear a problem with quiet passages, there is some sort of underlying tone that just seems to be added. I went back to wmp which had a much lower distortion or “noise –floor” than mortplayer.

I searched aximsite for “audiophile” and the first message was for 40thiPlay. I downloaded the demo and was instantly amazed. What a relief! Not only is the distortion non- existent, but the parametric EQ is awesome. Did I mention the gapless playback? I have quite a few CDs that get slaughtered by having a gap between songs, and this player is truly gapless playback. I had a hard time popping the IEMs out last night as the music was just sounding great, I went through a wide range of music for this audition and everything sounded fantastic.

Phendric – You said that you tried a few different players and settled on the 40thiPlay Which I can see why. I am just curious, would you mind listing the other players that You tried? I truly feel that I need to look no further, but feel a bit negligent in not at least testing some of the others. The reason I tried Mortplayer first was because of all the great reviews, and I did like the slick interface very much, but I think that the people recommending it really don’t care too much about the actual audio quality.

Let me restate one more time that I am basing this opinion completely on audio quality, Not that it has big buttons or can make playlists a particular way. I can’t really judge the 40thiPlay interface because once I started listening to it, I just closed my eyes and enjoyed!

03-24-06, 08:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
dvard Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have just tried 40thiPlay and it has blown me away. I was ready to give up on the idea of using my X51V for music until I tried the demo of 40thiPlay. I am basing this purely on sound quality, sure some of the skins for other players may have a nice lay-out and some convenience features, but for me the only thing that is important is audio quality. I can work with any interface I have to if I can get great sound. I have only tried mortplayer and wmp. Mortplayer introduces tons of distortion and the EQ and “effects” are just awfull, they really seem to just really discolor the music bad, you can really hear a problem with quiet passages, there is some sort of underlying tone that just seems to be added. I went back to wmp which had a much lower distortion or “noise –floor” than mortplayer. I searched aximsite for “audiophile” and the first message was for 40thiPlay. I downloaded the demo and was instantly amazed. What a relief! Not only is the distortion non- existent, but the parametric EQ is awesome. Did I mention the gapless playback? I have quite a few CDs that get slaughtered by having a gap between songs, and this player is truly gapless playback. I had a hard time popping the IEMs out last night as the music was just sounding great, I went through a wide range of music for this audition and everything sounded fantastic. Phendric – You said that you tried a few different players and settled on the 40thiPlay Which I can see why. I am just curious, would you mind listing the other players that You tried? I truly feel that I need to look no further, but feel a bit negligent in not at least testing some of the others. The reason I tried Mortplayer first was because of all the great reviews, and I did like the slick interface very much, but I think that the people recommending it really don’t care too much about the actual audio quality. Let me restate one more time that I am basing this opinion completely on audio quality, Not that it has big buttons or can make playlists a particular way. I can’t really judge the 40thiPlay interface because once I started listening to it, I just closed my eyes and enjoyed!