iPod Shuffle
February 16th, 2006 by George Tyshchenko Purchase it and support this site
General performance: Very good
| Frequency response (from 40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: | +0.04, -0.22 | Very good |
| Noise level, dB (A): | -104.7 | Excellent |
| Dynamic range, dB (A): | 88.1 | Good |
| THD, %: | 0.0097 | Very good |
| IMD + Noise, %: | 0.014 | Very good |
| Stereo crosstalk, dB: | -105.5 | Excellent |
| IMD at 10 kHz, %: | 0.016 | Very good |
You can view the full RightMark report here
July 2nd, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Well done for a much needed and fantastic website detailing the analogue output sound quality of the iPod range.
I am hoping that along with the ‘unloaded’ tests you will also run ‘loaded’ tests for ALL of the iPods. From your comparison here http://hifiipod.co.uk/?page_id=52 you have drawn attention to the difference between the loaded and unloaded results, but of course, what we all hear through our headphones is the loaded case.
It would be great if you therefore could test the iPod range (and maybe some of the obvious competitors) under loaded conditions so we can predict the sound quality through headphones where most of us listen to them.
Please keep up the good work – I know there must be a lot of people interested in your findings…
October 26th, 2006 at 4:16 am
Hey,
Everyone knows that the first generation ipod shuffles have superior sound quality, but has anyone been able to find out if the new shuffles are of better or worse design? Do they use the same chipset and push pull architecture? We all want to know!