CNet: Zune vs iPod in blind audio test.

[Crippler]

CNet conducted a small, street test between the iPod and the Zune. Listeners off the street were asked to listen to the same track and give their opinion on which sounded best. I bet the Zune owners on PGL can guess which player won out.

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[D_Litch]

This makes my future Zune purchase all the wiser.

[Crippler]

They failed to mention the bitrate at which the music was encoded at. I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt here and assume the bitrate was the same. Maybe the Zune was rockin lossless WMA vs iPod's 128 kbps default.

[Crankbait]

Yeah, audio quality is what I look for when mowing my lawn

[Wondermonkey]

iPod isn't default 128 dum dum, purchased iTunes tracks are. The lowest bitrate on my iPod is 192, and that's only for a few older songs. Course I don't purchase from iTunes though. I'm sure plenty do.

And why the hell did they use blind people? That seems sort of mean.

[GoatMother]

I downloaded most of my songs at the default for my iPod Mini before I realized you could go lossless a long time ago

What are are some good sources for better quality downloads off the web? I usually try to buy CD's or even better recently SACD's which sound amazing!