Sansa Fuze vs Ipod Touch 4th Generation for Sound Quality only, Moved from General Audio (TOS #6) Options

[samd1885]

Hey, I am hoping that someone has tried both and has an honest opinion. I have christmas money and wish to buy an MP3 player, I was wandering which is better, the Sansa Fuze or the Ipod Touch. I only really care about sound quality and any opinions however slight about audio quality would really help. I really don't want any price value opinions though as I want an honest opinion about only sound quality. Thank you! The stock headphones don't matter, I have sennheiser cx 300 ii's and hd 485's. I will put lossless or high bit rate audio on it. Thank you, all help much appreiciated,

Sam.

[saratoga]

Hey, I am hoping that someone has tried both and has an honest opinion. I have christmas money and wish to buy an MP3 player, I was wandering which is better, the Sansa Fuze or the Ipod Touch. I only really care about sound quality and any opinions however slight about audio quality would really help.

Both are generally transparent when driving all but very exotic headphones.

[samd1885]

What about through a decent hi fi system? I have an £800 hifi system that I might use it on sometimes, my headphones are £80 sennheisers, would I notice a difference with these do you think? Thanks a lot for your help

Anyone else have any opinions, much appreciated

[saratoga]

What about through a decent hi fi system? I have an £800 hifi system that I might use it on sometimes, my headphones are £80 sennheisers, would I notice a difference with these do you think? Thanks a lot for your help

I can't really tell you what you'll perceive, but given that both of these devices have pretty close to 16 bit limited SNR and a uniform frequency response, I consider it unlikely. That said, you can read a very detailed comparison of the theoretical differences between a Clip+ and Touch here:

http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/sansa-clip-measured.html

The Clip+ and Fuze (v2) use identical internal hardware aside from the screen. I consider the screen unlikely to change the audio, but something to keep in mind.

[MichaelW]

The Clip+ and Fuze (v2) use identical internal hardware aside from the screen. I consider the screen unlikely to change the audio, but something to keep in mind.

Just in passing, I seem to remember that in the early days of the iPod Touch people did hear noise that was attributable to the screen--so it's certainly unlikely that a different screen would have an effect, but not impossible.