Playbutton audio quality!

[leo1990222]

so I have bought 4 playbuttons from amazon. when i started listen to it i was in shock! the audio quality is ridiculously crap i couldn't even keep listening to it!!! It's not me being picky or something. To be honest I cant really tell the difference between, say, 128K mp3 and 320K mp3, maybe only very slight differnce i can be able 2 tell but almost the same. but the playbutton really surprised me!! i feel like it doenst have the bass at all, the music is very thin, it just feels like its gonna split , its just awful!!

btw I'm using the monster beat tour earphone so its not because i have a crap earphone.

So I was then having discussions with other ppl on ayufans forum, and the conclusion I get is as follows:

The quality of the audio itself is good, the problem is the playbutton itself. it cant provide enough power to the earphone, especially if you have a nice pair of one. Normally the better the earphone is , the higher the impedance is, which means it requires more power from the player. So to prove this is correct, I used another pair of earphone, which is the apple earphone (the one comes in the box when u buy ipod), so its quite a standard earphone, and it has a lower impedance compared to my monster beat earphone. When i used it 2 listen to the playbutton, the music did sound a bit better, but there is still a very big obvious difference if i use it to play my ipod.
Then I used my speaker to play the playbutton, the music sounds perfect. I guess its because the speaker has its own power supply it doesnt really require power from the playbutton.

That is my conclusion. but im still very disappointed. so I suggest that if u want it just as a collection its fine, but if u want 2 actually play music then it's not a choice at all. If anyone else who has bought playbutton let me know if you have the same problem! thanks

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^I just posted about this is the news playbutton thread. Yeah, it's true. The audio quality is pretty crappy. But oh well, they look pretty, and since I won't be using them for anything but a display, I don't care too much.

And I was listening with my BOSE in-ear earphones.

Still sucks for people who plan to use them though...like wtf. lol

[TeamAyu2004]

man... i was thinking about getting one, but it would of only been for show...
I have my ipod for the good stuff!

[leo1990222]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

man... i was thinking about getting one, but it would of only been for show...
I have my ipod for the good stuff!

i wanted to actually wear it and play it tho! they look so cute and are very light! its good when ur going for a run or something... but well... still cant believe the sound quality is so crap!!!!

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

^^I just posted about this is the news playbutton thread. Yeah, it's true. The audio quality is pretty crappy. But oh well, they look pretty, and since I won't be using them for anything but a display, I don't care too much.

And I was listening with my BOSE in-ear earphones.

Still sucks for people who plan to use them though...like wtf. lol

its a bit tooooo pricy if u cant really listen to it but only look at it hehe!!! but they look really cute tho!! im still jealous of u getting all 18 playbuttons!!! look stunning!!!

[leo1990222]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

man... i was thinking about getting one, but it would of only been for show...
I have my ipod for the good stuff!

its nice 2 have one tho, just too look at lol

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^So buy one!!

[FoObY]

I feel like the buttons were made solely as a collector's item. I wouldn't even take them out of the packaging. It's like the NEXT LEVEL USB, I wouldn't take it out and start inserting it everywhere. (who knows what viruses it might contract)

I SUPPOSE I could pin the buttons to my backpack and plug my headphones into whichever one I feel like listening to, for novelty's sake.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

So the audio is bad? Then I'm not buying any lol

Too bad

[yamadashun]

too bad to hear this. but i still am tempted by the cute design >_<

[AyUmIXx]

haish too bad, just like what i expected, the sound quality won't be good.

[Jason]

I was going to buy some just for display purposes but at over €30 each it's too expensive for me. I'll just have to live without them

It sucks that the quality is bad on 'em, though. :/

[emi♡]

ew gross. I actually wanted to buy them.

I mean, I wouldn't actively use them...but on the off chance I decide, "hey I want to use my ______ album today" I don't want the audio to be ****** :/

[happiholic★]

I never planned on buying one, but now I'm even more convinced that it would be a bad purchase. I don't have the money to buy things to not use and just "look at", so I would actually use it if I bought one. But, that's never happening now.

[Foyuki]

Leo is dead
well it's bad though

[sinfonietta]

I half-expected this, to be honest. Maybe because the last artist merch I bought (earphones from V6's Sexy Honey Bunny concert) were absolutely dreadful quality, broke after one use and with shipping they cost six times more than my usual brand. So I don't really trust things like this. But they do make cute collectors items.

[Delicious n Bold]

So overall, it isn't worth it to buy one?
I kinda wanted to parade the streets with that Union Jack and black heart w/quaver...
But if the audio is unsavoury, then there's no point...

[leo1990222]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

So overall, it isn't worth it to buy one?
I kinda wanted to parade the streets with that Union Jack and black heart w/quaver...
But if the audio is unsavoury, then there's no point...

its very cute design and nice 2 look at and maybe nice for collection purpose. but if u actually want 2 use it 2 listen 2 it its a disaster lol

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by leo1990222

its very cute design and nice 2 look at and maybe nice for collection purpose. but if u actually want 2 use it 2 listen 2 it its a disaster lol

I see..
They do look very nice but I don't want to spend that much money on a pin.
Maybe if it were a lot cheaper and JUST a pin, then maybe.

[pheonixflame15]

Oh man I was actually going to buy one...

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^Yeah, just for crazy collectors like me. I got them, love them, adore them, any ayu fan would love them, but I'm still trying to justify spending $700 lol