In addition to what Steve said, I don't think you can make a broad
statement about the sound quality of all cell phones and PDA's. There's
no reason a cell phone couldn't have the exact same chips, hardware and
algorithms found in a dedicated MP3 player. Some phones, like the Nokia
N series, are proud of their sound quality. I personally don't use my
cell phone, a Nokia N75, to do much listening to music, pod casts and
books, but that's because of things like the battery life and the fact
that I just find the Zen Stone with External Speaker to be so convenient
and small, that I don't mind carry around another device. IMHO, it's all
just personal preference and there's no right or wrong answer. The
positive thing is that we as blind people are starting to have so many
choices now.
Steve Matzura wrote:
Hi, André:
On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:27:36 +0200, you wrote:
I thought that the sound quality of smart
phones and Windows Pocket devices was not as good as that of genuine mp3
players? If you connect a set of high quality headphones to both types,
would you hear the difference?
Ah, a man of philosophy as well as technology! <grin>. That's a very
subjective question, depending largely on the aural acuity of the
listeners. For my part, I know full well that my ears ain't what they
use ta be, many long years ago, as the song says, thanks to living in
one of the loudest cities in the world that definitely has the loudest
subterranean transportation system in the world, and having spent many
long hours in computer rooms and data centers where the noise level
was well above the 80dB mark, thanks to air-conditioning, tape drives,
and high-speed line- and page-printers that make the devil's own
racket. For instance, I can no longer hear the 15.734khz tone the
television makes, and I used to be able to hear both the 15.734 and
15.750 (black and white or color) signal quite distinctly about 20
years gone now, so if it were up to me to answer your question, I'd
have to say no, I personally couldn't tell the difference, which is
why I'm keeping my 25-year-old Dhalquist studio monitor speakers
rather than investing in some of the newer higher-tech models of today
just because the specs are marvellous. Fact is, I'll never hear the
difference.
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