Luxury and Precision L5

Until recently, I traveled three to five days a week, every week, for about 25 years. 90% of my listening to music was on the road. I had custom IEMs, very high quality, because they kept me from going deaf on those 20 hour flights to Asia, so they resolved VERY well. I also would travel with high end headphones for hotel rooms and airport lounges. Laptops don't sound as good as a standalone player or a laptop/DAC combo. Until recently, the best you could do for travel was 44/16 resolutions. I own some music in multiple resolutions, and everyone who's listened on my Fiio or rock boxed Sansa, or on my home stereo system, has been able to accurately identify highest, medium, and lowest resolution files on listening, with a couple of exceptions: my friend who went to probably 50 Ted Nugent concerts, along with concerts by Cactus, the Detroit Dogs, etc, and another friend who was in the artillery in Vietnam. I'm happy to be able to listen to music now without headphones most of the time...

Paper specs look just great. But what about real-world measurment and testing? SNR? Jitter? Or is this just another chinese paper dragon? I remember Cowon measured their P1 on Audio Precision SYS-2722 to prove the numbers(and numbers were better than of twice more expensive AK240). 120dB SNR on Cowon means no hiss on most sensitive IEMS.

I'm Agree with you. I think Use RMAA or AP devices and show the results of measures are far better way to PR And Apple ipod touch5(famous for it's accuracy, linearity) is available about 350$ (64gb) Or Up coming ipod touch 6 with 128gb at 500$ Also available to use parametric equalizer app It can make sound really good By Accurate the headphone's response(or make colouring by own tastes)