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Old 09-12-2008, 04:56 AM
Jason Dunn
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Originally Posted by SoundMix View Post
I've got to say that when I first bought my Zune, I expected EQ. Here we are...version 3.0, still no EQ, no OGG/Flac. My $25 Sansa clip has EQ and voice recording. Go figure.
Yeah, I know, it's pretty weak. The problem is that for whatever reason the hardware DSP they used in the 2.0 hardware doesn't support an EQ at the hardware level, and if they emulated an EQ in software, it would kill the battery life in a big way. So they've painted themselves into a corner here and the result is that they're losing customers who want an EQ, and not getting customers in the first place that need an EQ.
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