B&W MP3 Survey

[Duffinator]

I thought this was interesting and thought some other members might find it interesting as well. Nice to see that they are not ingoring this segment of the market.

http://questionnaire.bwspeakers.com/mp3_survey/default.aspx?id=107296&seg=segment2

 

[Sheep]

Cool.

Took way less then 30 seconds.

SheepStar

 

[nibhaz]

Perhaps B&W is planning on launching some headphones....

 

[Duffinator]

Perhaps B&W is planning on launching some headphones....

Perhaps, but my money is on an iPod docking station with some cool mini Natilus speakers.

 

[AudioSeer]

Why should they bother supporting a lossy format? It is the antithesis of high fidelity.

 

[Duffinator]

Why should they bother supporting a lossy format? It is the antithesis of high fidelity.

For one reason not everyone shares your opinion on that. Second, they initiated the survey, why don't you ask them.

 

[jcPanny]

Support for MP3

Why should they bother supporting a lossy format? It is the antithesis of high fidelity.

Because tens of millions of people have bought a $300 iPod. If a fraction of those people bought a B&W product it would be big business.

 

[sdy284]

Because tens of millions of people have bought a $300 iPod. If a fraction of those people bought a B&W product it would be big business.

exactly
there is a big chunk of profit to be made here, make a little plastic docking station, throw some speakers on it, charge a few hundred for it, and there ya go

 

[Sheep]

Do you guys use an Ipod? I hate them. They only have presets. My Zen Micro has a 5 band EQ.

Not only that, the headphones that come with them are hopeless. My zen ones were much better, and my HD500's are better then those!

SheepStar

 

[gellor]

Do you guys use an Ipod? I hate them. They only have presets. My Zen Micro has a 5 band EQ.

Not only that, the headphones that come with them are hopeless. My zen ones were much better, and my HD500's are better then those!

SheepStar

I have an ipod...and the only time i've used the eq is trying to get a couple of albums that were poorly mastered (rush-vapor trails) to sound decent. I threw away the headphones when I got the ipod, but that's because earbuds cause me acute pain (feeling like a needle being stabbed into my eardrum) followed by dizziness and headaches. That's even at low volumes.

 

[Hi Ho]

I use my ZenMicro Photo for virtually all of my music listening. I hook it up to my main system, my car, my wireless headphones, and earbuds. I will be upgrading to Shure or Etymotive earbuds soon.

I liked everything about the Ipod except the fact that it does not support WMA, in which my entire music collection is encoded, and it does not have a replaceable battery.

WMA sounds quite a bit better than MP3 at the same bit rate. A 128k WMA is barely distinguishable from the original and 192k is equal, in my opinion.

It will be interesting to see what B&W is has planned.