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d0pefish · 03-24-06, 06:16 PM

Also, to follow up, I'm not exactly the average music listener - I have a few pairs of very good headphones. I also have sharp hearing and I notice differences in sound quality very easily.

iPlay offers nothing revolutionary that would warrant me pulling out my wallet. I don't understand how he tries to achieve his claims of better sound quality - where's the proof? It sounds a little different to other decent players, but not better (to me anyway)...

Note, by decent I mean the other pay-for players, and GSPlayer. I can understand a significant difference between iPlay and Windows Media Player, for example (WMP is hardly the best; doesn't even have an EQ).

I usually listen to lossless formats, which iPlay doesn't support (I hear it does FLAC with a plugin you buy - but how the heck is that legal? I thought FLAC was supposed to be open source!).

I don't see how playback quality can be any better than the source file you start with - as long as the player uses a modern, recent decoder for whatever format you're playing, quality shouldn't be an issue.

If you're an audiophile, you shouldn't be using MP3 anyway... ;)

03-24-06, 06:16 PM	#22 (permalink)
d0pefish Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England Posts: 209 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Also, to follow up, I'm not exactly the average music listener - I have a few pairs of very good headphones. I also have sharp hearing and I notice differences in sound quality very easily. iPlay offers nothing revolutionary that would warrant me pulling out my wallet. I don't understand how he tries to achieve his claims of better sound quality - where's the proof? It sounds a little different to other decent players, but not better (to me anyway)... Note, by decent I mean the other pay-for players, and GSPlayer. I can understand a significant difference between iPlay and Windows Media Player, for example (WMP is hardly the best; doesn't even have an EQ). I usually listen to lossless formats, which iPlay doesn't support (I hear it does FLAC with a plugin you buy - but how the heck is that legal? I thought FLAC was supposed to be open source!). I don't see how playback quality can be any better than the source file you start with - as long as the player uses a modern, recent decoder for whatever format you're playing, quality shouldn't be an issue. If you're an audiophile, you shouldn't be using MP3 anyway... ;) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. - the Smartphone and Pocket PC Wiki Project! Feel free to come and help! :approve: Last edited by d0pefish; 03-24-06 at 06:26 PM.