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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Very disappointed with my iAudio X5Very disappointed with my iAudio X5
From: Grant Hardy <granthardy_at_telus.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:19:49 -0800 I guess there are two purposes for this message: firstly, to inform other Rockboxers looking for DAPs of my experiences with an iAudio X5; and secondly, in case I'm actually doing something wrong, and somebody can correct me/provide more information. (1) The iAudio's built-in microphone is a lot less stellar than that of the iriver H340, and it only has two possible gain values. The loudest is hardly sufficient for recording quiet material. (2) The iriver H340's line-in jack provided plugin power as well as the ability to record at quite a loud level, meaning that I could connect my binaural microphones to the H340's line in jack without a preamp. I cannot do this on my iAudio X5; even with a battery box, for plugin power, it is far too quiet and I am guessing I need apreamp. (3) Many of the Rockbox codecs do not appear to be optimized for use on the iAudio X5. FLAC files, for example, play with much stuttering and loading of the hard drive. Well, I just spent a pile of money on this thing and am extremely miffed. Grant Received on 2007-12-23 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |