which mp3 player suits metal music?

[shibby]

i think that some mp3 players are only suited to a certain genre of music. which mp3 player is the best to listen to metal music?
im using creative and i feel that it is not bad in terms of getting the right sound balance to listen to metal. as for samsung i tink it is too bassy.more for hip hop.

what mp3 players are u guys using and what type of songs are suited for that player?

 

[Guest]

:lol:

 

[hellmurderer]

Is there really such thing? Never heard of it... But I'm using creative's Zen vision: m

 

[Guest]

using creative zen nano plus 512MB.

not enuff space for all my fave songs. but btr than nothing.

 

[skink83]

Haha, mp3 for metal...that's a first...

Any mp3 player which allows you to set its EQ will do the trick. I'm sure if you set the custom eq settings for your creative and get a good headset it should be fine. Creative players have good SNR, so your sound quality should be fine anyway. The samsung also if tweaked properly, might be able to suit your tastes. Obviously, the default settings aren't working out for you, so do try out customising the eqs.

 

[skink83]

hmm just realised you said your creative was fine, haha. Whoops... Anyway the point was I don't think any player is really suited for anything if it allows you to tweak your settings a lot. I can get the samsung to sound better than the creative or ipod anytime, but that's my ears anyway. Of course any player which has a poor SNR and little tweakabliliy will fall short of expectations.

 

[Phil]

What a question. :wink:

I think the prevailing concern for mp3 players is the overall sound quality, so I think you quest for finding the ideal mp3 player for metal is redundant.
Plus, most mp3 players have the EQ function, so you can basically tweak to your heart's content.

Also, factor in the
- quality of your mp3.
- quality of your headphones/earphones.

I'm using a 15gig Ipod, and it does the job for me, metal or not.

 

[neuro182]

shibby: i tink all mp3 players can play all kind of music (unless of cuz ur mp3 got some bugs that dis-allow it to play a certain genre of music).

even a cheap brand mp3 does the job as well.. the question here is - quality of the sound, not the genre :wink:

 

[chanxj]

headphones r more impt. but yes ipod sound quality loses out to creative. get sennheiser headphones they are the best I ever used.

 

[hellmurderer]

Anyway, talking about EQ. What does those bars mean? There are so many differnt bars right? I don't know what are the purposes of the different ones...

 

[skink83]

Simply put, the bars nearer the left side are of the lower frequencies, where your more bassy sounds are. Tweaking these will give you more low end. Around the centre are of the mid frequencies, where most of the action takes place and boosting these normally makes things sound punchy. Naturally the ones near the end are of the highest frequencies, where increasing these provides for more shrill, I quote from the Mr Brown's Zhng my car: "The sharp sharp sound".

Play around with the bars and you will more or less hear what they can do. If you're unsure, you can start out with a preset and work your way up. Alternatively, I would start flat out and increase or decrease bar by bar. It takes a little time, but its worthwhile.

 

[neuro182]

headphones r more impt. but yes ipod sound quality loses out to creative. get sennheiser headphones they are the best I ever used.

are u sure ??

 

[Guest]

What Phil said.

A mp3 player just reproduces whatever's on the mp3. If you encode your mp3's using too low a bitrate you'll lose quite a lot of the lows and highs.

Also there's the issue of whether you want flat (EQ) response headphones that reproduce the recording exactly as the sound engineer(s) who mixed it intended.

The Sennheisers foldables make playbacks sound more "energetic" because of the lower mid it adds. I have one of those and it okay for listening when you commute 'cos it helps compensate for the detail lost to the ambient noise around you. But it gets annoying/tiring after a while. Also, if your're anything but a high bitrate encoding and you're listening to your mp3 player when commuting, a lot of the definition gets lost too.

Best flat response headphones for lowest price so far are the Shure E2c's or any industry standard headphones used for mix monitoring.

 

[Guest]

headphones are not the most impt part, but they do play a big factor.

i used budget headphones and compared it to samsungs(ok maybe not sennheisers but still worthy) and could hear the big difference. the biggest difference is the depth of the sound.

 

[neuro182]

i using Sennheiser H-150. awesome stuff..

 

[nitrovo]

Is there really such thing? Never heard of it... But I'm using creative's Zen vision: m

Me too

You should be looking at headphones good for metal, not players

 

[p4zl]

I think the quality of the mp3 is more impt..

 

[neuro182]

no, u shud look for mp3 players with metal casing.. sounds much more metal than those plastics one.. maybe those are used for pop songs..

if u feel the texture of the mp3 player is abit rough, it might be useful for rock. those with roller buttons will be suitable for rock & roll..

pls note that all mp3 players with blue finishes are good for blues music..

 

[daryl]

well that was pretty lame

 

[Guest]

gave me quite a good laff :lol: