Hi-fi Mp3


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Considering getting GP2X for lots of reasons but wondering if the MP3 player sounds any good connected to a Hi-Fi.

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No , If you are a real audiophile then you will notice the subtle differences in even playing just an MP3 over raw ( not to mention that it is being carried over a headphone port )


With that said , this will sound just as good as an ipod hooked up to a stereo and it also depends on how high your bitrate is .
 
It will sound just as good as any other mp3 player.

For better quality use either 160kbs or 192kbs and maybe switch to OGG.
 
IMO, the sound quality of the GP2X is not as good as an iPod or an PSP, i tested it with one and the same mp3 file and there were differences.

Also the GP2X´s EQ settings sound bad.
 
I dont think they sound that bad.
You might aswell just play the music from the in-built speakers
they do go really load
Sure its not the best sound but its still good
 
Fishbong posted on Apr 29 2006 at 01:41 PM said:
IMO, the sound quality of the GP2X is not as good as an iPod or an PSP, i tested it with one and the same mp3 file and there were differences.

Also the GP2X´s EQ settings sound bad.


Were we using the same headphones for each, and just leave the EQ off.
 
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The Pop equalizer is superb on the gp2x. The other ones arent bad.. the 3d one is pretty neat.

Use 320kbps files and hi-fi will sound great. Hell, if you got sony soundforge convert them to 128kbps vbr and they sound nice, plus it has the same quality as 320kbps.

I myself use 64kb since there isnt much difference except for file size. Only a little bit of quality is lost when I use 64kb, so far I have only noticed one of my songs to be 'ruined' from converting it to be so small :)
 
If you think 64kbps sounds good, I wouldn't really trust your claim that using "320kbps files and hi-fi will sound great." No offense intended. Most people would not pay attention to the difference in quality between a CD played in a decent player and a portable mp3 player, but the difference is obvious to others.

What really should be compared is the quality of the digital to analog converter in the GP2X to the D/A converters in other mp3 players.

Also, LAME is capable of ABR (average bit rate) encoding too. Plus, it's free.
 
Use 320kbps files and hi-fi will sound great.
Hell, if you got sony soundforge convert them to 128kbps vbr and they sound nice, plus it has the same quality as 320kbps.
I myself use 64kb since there isnt much difference except for file size.
lol what? I don't want to sound mean, but you have very untuned (read: poor) hearing. It's a good thing, though, really; you get to save lots of space without noticing the difference. I kinda wish I had that ability.
 
For me 192 and above on a portable audio player are all the same, but at home, on my pc, with 5.1, you WILL hear a difference.
 
For me I use AAC so 128kbs is really good, 160kps is super great and 192kbs is the max for me.

I do recomned VBR if you use mp3's also, gives the quality a nice boost.
 
donny662 posted on Apr 29 2006 at 01:46 PM said:
If you think 64kbps sounds good, I wouldn't really trust your claim that using "320kbps files and hi-fi will sound great." No offense intended. Most people would not pay attention to the difference in quality between a CD played in a decent player and a portable mp3 player, but the difference is obvious to others.

What really should be compared is the quality of the digital to analog converter in the GP2X to the D/A converters in other mp3 players.

Also, LAME is capable of ABR (average bit rate) encoding too. Plus, it's free.

I use a LAME VBR converter pilled up with Sony Soundforge. 64kbps with the vbr is like 128normal so it sounds nice. Besides... I listen to online radio channels that use 32kbps and they somehow get it to sound great as well. I wish I knew there secret :)

So in a sense my 64kb is really 128kb that takes up less space. I would use 320kb, but I see no real point since there is basically no difference with the gp2x from what my ears can desipher. A ipod however shows great difference, and I would use 320kb with it. Plus.. theres the fact of battery drain. A few of my 320kb mp3s actually lagged with the mplayer o_O

Ive tested before with these things and well.. my headphones aren't very godly. all I know is that it sounds great to me so im fine with that.
 
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So, you are saying: buy a ~$300 (I don't know how much soundforge is these days) program to basically use it as a GUI for a free program. Good thinking ;) . I know soundforge is a good program for audio editing (I use an older Sonic Foundry version for recording, myself), but if you want to suggest a program for encoding mp3s, all you need to say is LAME is great for doing just that.

If you think 64kbps VBR sounds just as 128kbps CBR, I am happy for you and that may be the case for many people using cheaper headphones with the GP2X. Quality can be very relative, and I hope your perception doesn't change later on. I listen to some of the music files and CD's I fiddled around with 4-5 years ago, and I am appalled at some of the descisions I made, which effected the quality, which I now deeply regret because the originals have been either lost or damaged.

For any of my rips, I use ogg with the Constant Quality settings with a nominal bitrate of 160kbps. Getting an exact filesize is really what ABR is for, and since I don't need exact filesizes for fitting a certain amount of music on a CD or something, I use the better optimized CQ settings (at least better for ogg). Also, the overall quality of the tracks should be consistent; with an ABR encode, the overall quality of the tracks may vary individually with the complexity of the song.
 
iignotus posted on Apr 30 2006 at 01:37 AM said:
donny662 posted on Apr 30 2006 at 01:26 AM said:
So, you are saying: buy a ~$300 program
Ahoy, matey! There be a rogue vessel off the starboard bow!
XD :lol:
 
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Thanks for all the postings -didn't think it would stimulate such replys. Anyway -I have used lame so thoughts on conversions really helpful.

Thanks
 
rokdcasbah posted on Apr 30 2006 at 09:07 AM said:
but 128 sounds bad!

:)
I would go with 192 VBR. As the difference between that and 256 is not really very noticeable.
 
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