@shenanagins1091 wrote:
Do you realize that if you are taking the time to come on here, you probably aren’t an average user? I’m in high school still, so maybe you don’t realize how many people I see with mp3 players. Most of these people are average users, and most use the stock earbuds. Alot of these people that do not use the stock bud because they lost them or they broke, or they prefer the feel of in or around ear buds. I really doubt a lot switch because of sound quality.
I guess it depends on the company you keep. The people that I “pal” around with have a variety of players; but one thing is constant. I don’t think any of us use the stock earbuds with any of our players.
I use JVC Marshmallow headphones. Once I got these, I sat down and compared them to the stock buds on a few different preset EQs and realized that they sound much better, and aren’t cheap feeling like the stock buds and are more comfortable. People really don’t think about sound quality when they are buying a player though. Most decent players sound good these days.
Everyone of my friends have iPods except one who has a Zune. They don’t know why they got an iPod at all though. It’s what is advertised and what everyone else has, so they go and get it. That’s what irritates me though. I know some people get iTouches for no reason. They don’t watch movies on it, and only play games once in a while. So then, why spend $250 on that player? Seems like a rip off. Now, the 4th Gen Nano is $50 more expensive for the 8 gb version than the 8 gb Fuze. It’s not that much more expensive, and it comes with stuff like a couple of games, good screen resolution, and the thing ( I forget the name) where it switches views when you tilt it to the side. The Fuze has better sound quality (or so you say, but I think it really depends on what earbuds you use), supports microSD (which is genius, I know people who filled up their iPods and are screwed), comes in more sizes (a lot of people I know have the new 4th gen nano, but it only comes in 8 gb as the lowest, and that is like 2000 songs which many people just don’t have) and allows for drag and drop, unlike iPods, which make you use iTunes. So obviously, the Fuze is better for some people, they just don’t know it. I don’t want to shake my Fuze so it changes songs or play Solitaire on it, it’s not worth the extra $50 to me. Especially when they’ll probably come out with something less than a year later to replace it. At the end of the day though, I still think the screen resolution should be perfect and the UI could be better. When people read review, they see the ear buds ■■■■. They don’t want to get a Fuze then have to get new ear buds, so they get something else.
Message Edited by shenanagins1091 on 02-22-2009 08:57 AM
@shenanagins1091 wrote:
Do you realize that if you are taking the time to come on here, you probably aren’t an average user? I’m in high school still, so maybe you don’t realize how many people I see with mp3 players. Most of these people are average users, and most use the stock earbuds. Alot of these people that do not use the stock bud because they lost them or they broke, or they prefer the feel of in or around ear buds. I really doubt a lot switch because of sound quality.
Just so you know the ipod stock buds are actually a higher quality headphone than those with the fuze. I did a little test the other day.
Which is partially why iPod wins the DAP war.
I know people that do that too. I said partially, and I want an official test proving the Fuze beats the iPod in sound quality or the other way around.
