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Old 10-10-2009, 12:11 AM   #62
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Originally Posted by rodimus prime View Post
I dont know, there is a huge difference in sound between connecing the usb port of my zune, to using the headphone jack for playback, unless thats just the zune (which Ive felt has always been superior for music anyways). I got so mad at the usb failure that I started using the 3.5mm jack, and it sounds like $hit, so now I use CDs again, like Im in the 90's.
So I just revisited this with my 1st Gen 30gb Zune. I tested the same song back and forth (Metallica - ... and justice for all , it was the first one that came up) and I did notice a difference. It was extremely slight, however. The biggest difference was the volume level. The aux cable was a few clicks lower than the USB. The other difference was a slight loss in dynamic range. The bass didn't hit quite as hard and the highs weren't quite as crisp. At first I thought they were both identical. But I switched back and forth and listened to the same sections of the song with each and that's what I came up with.
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