Before buying: songs playing at a slower speed?

@mp3geek wrote:


@donp wrote:
 

… with an uncalibrated crystal oscillator, that should also show as the clock keeping bad time.

 


I think we all here assume that the Fuze is designed with a crystal oscillator, and therefore should have a playback speed that is accurate to about 0.001%. This is the typical accuracy of a crystal clock, and is about a thousand times more accurate that any human can distinguish as a pitch.

 

      …but… There are other ways to design electronics, and the cost and physical size of adding a crystal oscillator may not have been deemed necessary.

 

The Fuze has a real time clock, so crystal would be nice.  Even if no crystal, how well it keeps time will tell you if it is off.