The ultimate audiophile poll

Because this Walkman system featuring a battery is not polluted by something else. Anyway, it's very basic, but it's enough to hear the monstruous difference between numeric (bad numeric moreover, cause compressed) and a very basic Sony Cassette player, almost a toy.

Of course, i would not compared this Walkman (45€) to a big digital set up!
    

Edited by oliverstoned - April 22 2006 at 11:34

The details are the following: ANY walkman beats ANY mp3 player.

About the tests i've made, i recall about a "Creative", but not the model or something (there's a psychological mechanism which tends to occult bad memories ).


It's like the difference between analog old phone and
mobile or worst: "voice-on-IP" phone sound.
When there's some waiting music through the "IP phone", sound is more distorded than with 1900 wax records...What a progress!!
Another obvious proof of numeric's inferiority...

To come back to your poll, i voted 2, cause it was the only possible answer to this stupid (and not funny) question.

I totally agree with you that you can enjoy music through the worst equipment, like on MP3. Moreover, that's what most people do, so do it. Anyway, to listen to some noise, MP3 is highly sufficient in your case.
Enjoy!








    
    
    
    
    

Edited by oliverstoned - April 22 2006 at 13:15

oliverstoned wrote: It's like the difference between analog old phone and mobile or worst: "voice-on-IP" phone sound. When there's some waiting music through the "IP phone", sound is more distorded than with 1900 wax records...What a progress!! Another obvious proof of numeric's inferiority...

Your VOIP actually sounds worse than a standard phoneline?! Something has gone very wrong if it has.

oliverstoned wrote: Yes, does it surprise you?

MikeEnRegalia wrote: oliverstoned wrote: Yes, does it surprise you? It should, as a mobile phone line is also digital and usually uses much less bandwidth than an internet phone line. Just confess, oliver - you're not a technician but yet you sometimes try to make technical statements, and sometimes that backfires on you.

Don't try to confuse all!
Both mobile phones and VOIP are both digital and both crap (i suppose that all VOIP are not the same, compression may varies and so quality).

But the fact is that if you compare the one or the other to the old phone, listen to some waiting music calling a company like i do at work, and you'll realize that there's an atrocious saturation. BTW, i'm not alone to notice that, cause some of my (non-audiophiles)work colleagues complains about the bad sound quality, compared to the old classic phone.


"Ok, insult my musical taste as much as you like. It only strengthens my position.Smile."

Keep on insulting and polluting this website devoted to progressive music and not regressive "trash" music for teenagers.
    
    
    

Edited by oliverstoned - April 22 2006 at 14:34

Oliver, please keep musical tastes out of this. What does Metal have to do with sound quality? I can point you to two excellent bands:

oliverstoned wrote: "The algorithms are designed to transmit the frequency range of the human languange most effectively, and to cut out the parts that are not necessary. I agree that it sounds awful sometimes, but it gets the job done. I would never even think about listening to music through such a connection." MP3 does the same. Tadpol!

oliverstoned wrote: I mean the result is the same. Good night.

 It's mine to waste!

yes - in Germany all telephone communication is routed via ISDN.