HiFiiPod

Audience Conductor Mini review

George Tyshchenko — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:14:00 +0000

A while ago I have written a small review of [Audience Conductor->Audience-Conductor-Cable] cable for iPod so check it out if you haven’t already done so. It can be purchased from [www.audience-av.com->http://www.audience-av.com]

5g added to the “dock vs headphone out” page

George Tyshchenko — Sun, 28 May 2006 22:40:24 +0000

[Dock vs headphone out->dock-vs-headphone-out] page in addition to the iPod mini now has 5g comparisons. Just scroll down to see it. Does your 5g iPod behave like I described? Let me know in the comments section what do you think about this change, and if you are using the click wheel while iPod is in the dock.

Added 5g Video iPod

George Tyshchenko — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:56:09 +0000

I have done a test of the latest [5G iPod->iPod-5g-(video)] today, so its now added to the list. The results are really good, even though on one of the channels the headphone amp is quieter. Its not the case when I have tried playback using universal dock.

iPod mini and Apple Universal Dock

George Tyshchenko — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:40:50 +0000

I have added test of [iPod mini->iPod-mini-1g] and a [comparison->Dock-vs-headphone-out] of headphone versus dock output.

Brand new site

George Tyshchenko — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:01:44 +0000

I have finally redesigned this site. Now its running excellent blogging software from [WordPress->wordpress.org]. The old links which pointed to the articles are unfortunately not working, but you can access them on the right.

Audio tests of video and mini ipods are coming soon.

iPod load and firmware comparisons

George Tyshchenko — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:53:51 +0000

I have added some more tests of my 4G iPod. One of them is a firmware comparison and another is a test with headphones connected to the output.

[iPod firmware comparison->iPod-firmware-comparison]
[iPod under load->iPod-under-load]

Thanks to Gerald who suggested that I experiment with different firmware.

Sort of disclaimer

George Tyshchenko — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:52:25 +0000

Please understand that I am not in any way trying to promote Apple or any one else. Test results published here do not necessary relate to perceived audio quality so please don’t make your buying decisions using just them. I am doing this research out of my own curiosity
and hope that it will be useful to somebody else.

Nano and Shuffle added

George Tyshchenko — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:50:35 +0000

Today I have added tests for both, Nano and Shuffle iPods. Unfortunately I am unable to post 5G results just yet because the tests was done with low quality cable so they can be unreliable. I can only go as far as saying that frequency response of the 5G iPod is flatter compared to 4G. I will work on some more testing to make sure that the results published here are fair.

I would like to thank everyone at KRCS Apple Center in Leeds for their help.

Creative Zen Extra

George Tyshchenko — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:28:15 +0000

I have just uploaded a [test->Nomad-Zen-Extra] of Creative Zen Extra. This model is a couple years old.

Welcome to the site

George Tyshchenko — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:30:23 +0000

The purpose of this website is to provide reviews and comparisons of Apple’s popular mp3 players concentrating strictly on audio quality.

Because audio quality is a very subjective area I will be using RightMark Audio Analyzer, which has earned itself great reputation around the world for being a very precise and reliable benchmarking tool.

So far there aren’t many reviews available for you to read, but I hope that I soon will be able to test Apple’s latest lineup of audio players. I also hope that you’ll find information here interesting and please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions.