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<blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 1336053" data-attributes="member: 59143"><p>Yep. The reason is marketing. Not saying that the iPod line isn't a good one, but for music and playback quality alone, the iPod is FAR from being as good as some of the Sansa, iRiver and Cowon Mp3 players out there. </p><p></p><p>The sound quality of any iPod is pure crud put against my years old iRiver iHP 120. It has got an true optical out and a Wolfson DAC. Even my Sansa Fuze destroys any iPod out there. I'd say that the iPod Classic was the best of them. </p><p></p><p>And no, there's no real extra work to get them to work. That's some FUD right there sir. Not everyone likes or uses iTunes or has to use it. Songbird works just as well as iTunes if an iPod isn't your Mp3 player. </p><p></p><p>It's too bad that there's no healthy competition for the iPod line anymore. Those smaller companies just didn't have the necessary funds to promote and market their Mp3 players here in the States. Go outside of the US however, and it's a different story. While Apple has gained a much larger foothold into the audio market in Asia, it's still not #1 compared to the more tiny independent companies who make those cutsie little flash players that they love so much there. </p><p></p><p>Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug b, post: 1336053, member: 59143"] Yep. The reason is marketing. Not saying that the iPod line isn't a good one, but for music and playback quality alone, the iPod is FAR from being as good as some of the Sansa, iRiver and Cowon Mp3 players out there. The sound quality of any iPod is pure crud put against my years old iRiver iHP 120. It has got an true optical out and a Wolfson DAC. Even my Sansa Fuze destroys any iPod out there. I'd say that the iPod Classic was the best of them. And no, there's no real extra work to get them to work. That's some FUD right there sir. Not everyone likes or uses iTunes or has to use it. Songbird works just as well as iTunes if an iPod isn't your Mp3 player. It's too bad that there's no healthy competition for the iPod line anymore. Those smaller companies just didn't have the necessary funds to promote and market their Mp3 players here in the States. Go outside of the US however, and it's a different story. While Apple has gained a much larger foothold into the audio market in Asia, it's still not #1 compared to the more tiny independent companies who make those cutsie little flash players that they love so much there. Doug [/QUOTE]
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