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A question about MP3 players/mobile phone players

My question is , do different mp3 player/mobile phone player have any impact on the sound quality when it is run through a headphone?

I mean , if I use the same headphone for different model of mp3 players , are they gonna give me the same sound quality or does the chips of the mp3 players play a role too in the sound quality?

yes.

Hell yes.

Because different mp3 players have different converters and signal processing meaning different quality outputs between brands and models.

the DA converter has a big impact on the sound.

So my Samsung Beat DJ can't make full use of the Sennheiser HD 212 Pro?

Re: A question about MP3 players/mobile phone players

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Originally posted by IceColdWater My question is , do different mp3 player/mobile phone player have any impact on the sound quality when it is run through a headphone? I mean , if I use the same headphone for different model of mp3 players , are they gonna give me the same sound quality or does the chips of the mp3 players play a role too in the sound quality?

If you want best audio playback on a computer, I suggest making a .WAV and uploading to Itunes and converting to one of the Apple/Windows playable formats they use, also playing at 50% lower then full volume would help cancel out some of the distortion you may hear if you really want to go a step further, I suggest buying a vinyl player haha.

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Originally posted by IceColdWater So my Samsung Beat DJ can't make full use of the Sennheiser HD 212 Pro?

Anyone can answer to this?

The sound quality would be unaudible if you haven't had experience in minor differences like that, but a simple answer would be no.

I use a presonus sundcard by focusrite, it has good sound quality and the DACs are very good, but some people would go to the extreme of buying the best DACs they could afford, and realise that their soundcard is the problem, or their cables etc.

If your sound is good on studio monitors, and you have a decent soundcard, then great.

No need to pay for shit you will hardly hear any difference from really, like half of the gear Sony sells lol.


Greets

Andie

for mp3 players and phones theres no better headphone than koss porta pro. its cheap, sounds ok, its easy driven (save battery), easy on the ears (both sound and feel), looks grosse, and its open so that it annoys everyone around u with high treble (this is a good thing).

Thanks for the reply guys!
Now I know why the Sennheiser clips on my Samsung..

But the question is.. Why did the headphone clip? Or was it the samsung that clipped?

by the word clipped im guessin you mean distorted above the speakers' optimal volume level you like music loud man.

Buy better headphones, it is the headphones that clipped, but the samsung device is limited because of its DACs' and therefore, no matter what u do, u'll still have a bit of bad quality sound, but hey what the hell its only for listening to right

thats piss man. its the amplifier in the phone thats clipping!

Im sorry if i made mistake but i think he was meaning the MP3 player not a phone am I mistaken?

I was speaking of the mp3 player

its the same. the amplifier is more important than the dac.

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Originally posted by palm its the same. the amplifier is more important than the dac.

today most phones have decent quality amps, but hit n miss DA Converters, either way u cant win. I settled with an iPod

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Originally posted by Phrequency by the word clipped im guessin you mean distorted above the speakers' optimal volume level you like music loud man. Buy better headphones, it is the headphones that clipped, but the samsung device is limited because of its DACs' and therefore, no matter what u do, u'll still have a bit of bad quality sound, but hey what the hell its only for listening to right

Yeah but the thing is , when I plugged the headphone into the computer and blast it really loud , it doesn't clip whereas my Samsung does. And the volume it's playing at is even louder than that of my Samsung.
So I'm guessing it's the Samsung's problem .. Oh well.


Anyway , thanks for the replies guys.. Really enlightened me.. I didn't even know about DACs and stuff in the first place.
It's a phone btw

Computer has a soundcard, phone has a trashcan replica

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Originally posted by IceColdWater Thanks for the reply guys! Now I know why the Sennheiser clips on my Samsung.. But the question is.. Why did the headphone clip? Or was it the samsung that clipped?

Turn off any eq settings like loudness/bass boost/etc. Often a -0.02db mp3 will be driven over 0.0db into the amplifier section by the signal processing of the eq/bass boost. Try using a bass boost using the graphic equaliser on windows media player while playing a heavily brickwall limited master. This demonstrates what I imagine is happening with your player. This is digital (non physical) clipping.

Other than this, Id guess your Sennheisers are of a lower impedance than the headphones the player was designed to be used with meaning you are able to draw more output than the amplifier power supply can deliver-hence you hear clipping earlier. This becomes even more apparent when using a headphone output into a dj mixer because of the lower impedance of the mixer allowing the amp to clip earlier. This is amplifier clipping (physical) which is different to the digital clipping I mentioned earlier.

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Originally posted by Phrequency today most phones have decent quality amps, but hit n miss DA Converters, either way u cant win. I settled with an iPod

no

You must have bad phone taste then

But I think this topic is done, the question has been answered

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