bpribadi 0 Report post Posted January 28, 2005 (edited) I have this small player for 2 days now. A pretty small wonder. So far I'm satisfied with this player in general. I still wish some changes though I will cover it later. I had a 'not responding player' problem before, but solved with firmware upgrade. So don't forget the firmware upgrade if you buy it. As an MP3 or WMA player, this small player performs very well. Overall sound is good for such a small player. Some people said it sounds better than iPod, but I don't think so. It sounds about the same as iPod when playing MP3 (320 kbps, I didn't try WMA). But it offers more functions than iPod (Line In recording, FM radio, FM recording, & voice recording) The sound quite neutral, the bass a bit weak and less punchy. But it is compared to my Panasonic PCDP SL-CT810. For a player powered with 1xAAA battery, I have no complaint, just boost the bass a bit with it's custom equalizer (yes it has custome eq), then the bass sounds pretty decent (bigger but still less puchy). The midrange and treble is fine, neutral and enjoyable, pretty good for such a tiny player The supplied earphone is average quality, weak bass, a bit dull treble, with a bit dominant midrange. But quite listenable and neutral. Anyway, I never use the supplied earphone anyway. I use this N200 with ATH-EW9. I like the way they create the menu, it is simple and fast enough for a player with only a few buttons. No problem with it, I didn't even read the manual to operate all the functions The Line In recording is amazing The quality is very good, with selectable MP3 bit rate: 96 kbps, 128 kbps, and 160 kbps (the highest). The FM radio do the auto scan very fast, and the FM quality is good. A very nice feature (compare to iPod ) The FM recording is just average, not high quality, ADPCM format (.WAV) 16 kHz 4 bit, fixed. The voice recording is my only complaint, ADPCM format (.WAV) 8 kHz 4 bit, fixed. Poor quality voice recording, sounds muffle, good enough to record personal note, not good enough to record lecture, when the lecturer is a few meters away from the recorder . Only sufficient for close distance recording. I wish Creative will give a higher quality FM and voice recording, make it the same quality and format as the line in recording The battery seems last long enough, still full after a few hours listening, will try with 900 mAh Ni-MH later Compare with iPod shuffle, this player is more expensive (around SGD 300.- for the 1 Gb. I bought slightly less ), but offers more function, and.... DISPLAY ..... Yes 'display'... I can't imagine people can live without display... With 1 Gb memory (around 994 Mb usable) I can store around 7-8 CD albums in 320 kbps MP3 quality Good enough for me. Highly Recommended mini player, for those looking for flash base (more durable than harddisk), very light and small audio player (like me ) And don't forget the AAA battery, that means you don't have to worry about the 'end of life' of those propietary Li-Ion Battery in a few years down the road Edited January 28, 2005 by bpribadi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted January 29, 2005 For headphones, I found my Grado RS-1 is the best match for the MuVo N200. RS-1 gives the best bass and treble. I think it is because MP3 tends to cut the high frequency during compression, that's why bright headphone is a good match for it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tropicalrips 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 The supplied earphone is average quality, weak bass, a bit dull treble, with a bit dominant midrange. But quite listenable and neutral. Anyway, I never use the supplied earphone anyway. I use this N200 with ATH-EW9. the ATH-EW9 cost more then the Muvo rite Bram nice review Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2005 the ATH-EW9 cost more then the Muvo rite Bram tongue.gif Not for the 512 Mb and 1 Gb version The ATH-EW9 is around $ 200.- and the N200 1 Gb is around $ 300.-. I also use Sony MDR-E888 with it, quite natural sounding, but lack of bass a bit. I wonder if any of you know the sound characteristic of Beyerdynamic DTX 20 (is the bass average of more than average) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mackie 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2005 (edited) I have tried all the portable ear buds products of Beyer some months ago. Avoid it like the plaque. It ain't the same quality of Beyer's full size cans and not even close to what other makers have to offer in the portable category. Edited February 3, 2005 by Mackie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2005 Wow, what a fast reply Mackie, Thanks for your advise Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idkfa 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2005 bpribadi< Do you actually wear the RS1 out with your unamped muvo? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
