Or does the Zune seem to dumb down the quality of all music files?
I just recently purchased an 80gb Zune after selling my 30gb Video iPod. I was excited because I was getting tired of everything to do with Apple. To me, Apple insults people's intelligence by giving them products that are almost TOO simple. So, away all of my Apple belongings went!
So, at last I got a brand new 80gb Zune off of eBay for a little bit over $200, sealed and everything. Good deal I'd say.
I'll start with the pros because this thing isn't a completely terrible beast.
1) I like the interface, it's alot less frustrating to use than the click wheel although you can kind use it like such because it's touch sensitive.
2) I like the fact that I can watch videos in widescreen by flipping it sideways. A+ Microsoft, I dig.
3) I also like how the album art is alot bigger on display than it is on the iPod. Design-wise, I have no real complaints with the Zune.
BUT
The most important feature seems to be dumbed down quite a bit. For those who don't know where I'm going with this I'm talking about the audio.
Maybe I just have an acute sense of hearing, but all of the music files I've downloaded onto my Zune have seemed to have lost something in the process. You can barely hear the bass and some of the lower-toned drum beats are muddy sounding and nearly inaudible, not quite up to CD quality.
I have to say that with the iPod, at least you got full and rich sound, and if you were disagreeing with the levels, you could always adjust them with about 20+ audio presets to tune the Treble, Bass and Mids.
Is there anyway to do this that I'm missing, or did anyone make a hack and such to correct this? Otherwise I'm moderately dissatisfied
