iAudio X5: Got it!

alpac · #1 11-29-2005, 10:56 AM

Thanks for sharing your experience with the X5. I was pretty interested in bying it with all the good reviews I read about the sound quality but after your post I will certainely reconsider this. I like the Ipod, I bought one for my daughter few months ago, but like you I do not like the need to use Itune software. The new Ipod with its color display is really nice and as far as I know the ipod is the only mp3 player which can be totaly integrated with BMW cars (display song title and use of all BMW stereo commands) via the IceLink. This is a big plus in my opinion.

dkl · #2 11-29-2005, 01:57 PM

It's true that Ipod will integrate nicely with BMW cars, but controlling it is still very limited (I wouldn't exactly call it control when only 5 or 6 playlists are available). The only "real" control function that is available with the Icelink integration is really just the Forward and Reverse button. I have hundreds of albums and would like to be able to jump between them quickly if necessary. Therefore, I will have the player at hands reach anyway. Thus, integration to my car, either through a device such as Icelink or the AUX input wouldn't make much of a difference to me. The only real advantage that I can see with the Icelink interface is that it will charge your Ipod at the same time, but I'm not sure what it will do to the built in battery life (subjecting it to all the unnecessary charge/discharge cycles). Personally, I will only want to recharge a battery when necessary in order to prolong its life span, thus I'm not sure that I want this automatic "recharging" function.

My biggest beef with the Ipod is iTune. If you're not careful, your whole music collection on your computer can be wiped out in an instant. Beside, I'm just plain lazy and don't really want to learn another software if I don't have to

My brother-in-law has an Ipod and comparing the sound quality to the IAudio X5, the X5 totally blows it out of the water (I'm comparing the same mp3 file using the same headphone)! At this time, I'm not sure if I want to settle for an Ipod just yet. If anyone has any recommendations, I'm all ears

statdoc · #3 11-29-2005, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dkl

(subjecting it to all the unnecessary charge/discharge cycles). Personally, I will only want to recharge a battery when necessary in order to prolong its life span, thus I'm not sure that I want this automatic "recharging" function.

Current lithium ion batteries actually do BETTER with frequent "topping off". In the days of nickel cadmium batteries, and even some of the technologies after those, you needed to deep cycle them (full discharge followed by full charge) in order to prolong battery life, and avoid memory effect. That is not the case with most current batteries.