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The best-sounding MP3 players: frequency responseFrequency measures a player's ability to reproduce all frequencies between 20Hz and 20kHz equally well. The lower the number, the better; generally speaking, a number of less than 3dB is considered flat. Unlike in the first two tests, the Cowon iAudio U3 did extremely well, nearing 0dB, while the Sony PSP, the Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder, and the iPod Shuffle and Nano came in at less than 3dB. Frequency response (shorter bars are better)
Cowon iAudio U3
0.1
Sony PSP
2.1
Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder
2.2
iPod Shuffle
2.6
Apple iPod Nano
2.8
Samsung YP-Z5
3.2
Creative Zen Micro Photo
3.2
Apple iPod (5G)
3.3
SanDisk Sansa c150
3.3
iRiver T10
3.4
Creative ZVM
3.6
Cowon iAudio X5
3.6
iRiver U10
3.7
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Sound quality and numbers
Great that you guys found equipment that can judge a 0.1dB difference. What is n... (Read more)by peter.mortensen (See profile) - May 31, 2006 12:33 AM PDT
Has it occurred to the designers that....
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Correction: Samsung YP-Z5 uses a SigmaTel STMP3600
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