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I realized that the newer firmwares cut battery life down faster.

Must be all the pointless extra stuff in. Sticking to good ol' 1.13.

Happy belated Bday guys =)

Problem is, its battery is internal.

Have a look at the iRiver T10 for example.

Spec sheets did mention it lasts for about ~50 hours, but with a good single 2700mAh AA battery, one can expect beyong 50 hours of performance that's actually replaceable on the go. I'd consider that to be good, unrestricted battery life

Looks like Razer is having the most fun with D2R2

Cut the bot some slack lah bro

16-20 hours. Not very long.

joi-ful, thinking of selling your shuffle?

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4 strings! Just 4! Not 6! o_O

Actually, I think its not bad for an A.I *lol*

If that's the case, I highly doubt that that Shuffle was normal.

I'll have to hear his for myself, because Afbug's Shuffle (and others) > my iAudio U3 unEQed, and the U3 > any generic S1 player.

Westone UM1, UM2, ER6i, CK7, Shure E4 and ER4P all as test beds.

I won't worry about flash lagging too much lah Master Bug

At least its not HDD O_O

Earphone?

You're probably used to EQ.

How'd you tell the bitrates? Did you upload them onto the Shuffle itself?

Were the songs ripped properly? Gained? Did you volume match and hardware test them side by side?

I doubt the songs were properly matched between the U3 and Shuffle.

Wow O_O

o_O

U3 is prolly one of the better EQable players out there.

In terms of no EQ however, the iPod Shuffle >>>> iAudio U3

As long as the EQ sets the music to suit your ears its fancy its fine, that's why I said minor EQing is fine

My iAudio U3 set-up is BBE 01 EQ 1,1,0,0,1, clipping of RMAA test track is at 0.000% (not clip free, but still minor).

EQ-free purists OTG are a bit of an overkill IMO, since an EQ free setup should be used only in noise free environment I think.

Of course, there are exceptions.

Add:

There're different categories of EQing as well FYI. Most things on MP3 players and compy software based programs utilize software based EQing as far as I know. This is bad stuff. EQ up the midrange through any MP3 player and you'll probably realize how bad things will sound (mostly nasal), and get a headphone/earphone with good mids and you can probably tell the difference then and there.

Hardware EQ I believe should be good stuffs, but that'll take $$$.

Minor EQing is fine IMO, so long as the music doesn't start to distort yet.

Over-EQing however, is a different story altogether.

Do give the Goldring DR150 a go

They've got excellent price-performance ratio!

I guess that's what aking it in the MW oven is for?

Can I ask how you guys maintain UM1 comfy earbud? Can it be wash under water? Don't wanna spend additional $ to buy expensive cleaning soluton. Any household item which I can make use of?

Get some hydrogen peroxide and let the foamies be dipped in it for a while (eg 5min-15min), take it out, rinse thoroughly with water, and dip it in again for another time for the same duration, then take it out again, rinse thoroughly again and then place it in a mocrowave oven and bake it.

This is what I gather from the foamie users over at HF.

I won't bother with anything 1.20 and above.

From what I've tested, slower bootup, faster battery consumption and buggy ID3 interface, which isn't much better than file-tree to begin with IMO.

Sticking to good ol' 1.13

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I second this and I use the A900 for CS and other games, nice! But wearing them for longer period can be quite HOT, will get sweating easily..

Aron did mention replacing the pleather with velour padding. I think this should help with the heat issue, and make the A900 more comfy

The Audio Technica ATH-A500/700/900 are said to be exceptional gaming headphones as well by the HF folks.

Do keep a lookout for them

Wasn't it out of stock? o_O

I haven't visited for the past wekk, been busy

I'd tend to think that the headphone jack went awry.

Zen Microes have a notorious reputation with regard to weak headphone jacks.

Some people pointed out that this is a weak soldering problem I think, so a number of DIYers who own the Zen Micro just solder the HPO jack into place.