Sony vs. Ipod concerning sound quality

[bangraman]

Today, I would venture to say, it´s all about adjusted tonality or the option to do exactly that.Providing a clear signal is not that much of a problem these days. Even at high end audio trade fairs different set ups that all officially strive to reproduce the source 1:1 sound strikingly different from one another. As far as iPod SQ is concerned thd on the current nano is worse than on the latest sony offerings. That may not be an issue with ultra efficient iems but cranking up the volume past one third adds audible, not only measurable, thd to the signal. Also there are definite problems with the nano and 5g´s ability to maintain bass @ high loads. A problem that cannot be measured with the 1st shuffle that fields an entirely different, more battery draining, output stage. It´s strange apple never cared to implement shuffle sound hardware in the subsequent more expensive lines. Especially with the full size iPod the problems still start at around 10 khz with considerable roll of that has nothing to do with adjusted tonality. The S7 is adjusted in this department with a spike, not a roll off. Latest Samsung T9 and K3 are extremely flat with incredible noise floor and also great thd at very loud volumes and high load earphones. I would imagine the next gen. of apple hardware to sound even closer to these samsung players as samsung has been supplying more and more material to apple.

I'm curious where you get all this from.