horrible review.

Many things this guy is talking about are rated the complete opposite then what several reviews on the web and magazines have repeatedly rated the two players. I am not biased in any brand, but the Zune is suppose to be considered one of the best mp3 players for sound quality. I work in recording studios and hands down the Zune sound quality is much better than the Ipod. We ended up switching over to the Zune mainly for this reason in our studio. both are good players but some things he rates acutally are winners for the Zune instead of Ipod and vice verca.

well, i think i've read quite a few reviews of each player and i disagree with some of your statements. most of what i've read agrees with my general assessments. i rated both players evenly in sound quality because with the stock headphones there is very little difference between the two. your professional ear can probably hear subtle differences but the majority of folks can't, especially while wearing ear buds.

and if my reviews are different than what is out there, please send along some links. my personal preference is going to differ from other reviewers. i also like to think that we don't automatically give an apple product a good rating just for being an apple product, or a microsoft product a negative rating for being a microsoft product for that matter.

i can't see how any of my rated categories are biased or opposite of what has been reported. some people love the apple scroll wheel but there is no way it is more precise than the zune's. and NO ONE can dispute the fact that the Zune marketplace is far less extensive than the iTunes library. and i don't think i made up the numbers for weight or dimension.

feel free to flame my reviews all you want, but please give some specific examples if you're going to compare us to another site or try to take me to task for errors.

thanks for the comment.

brad.

I liked that review, to the point and easy to follow. It listed all the pros and cons that a general consumer would want to know about and it wasnt too wordy.

nice one brad :-)

so....you're saying my reviews are normally too wordy? :)

thanks man,

brad.

wtf

nothing beats the ipod white. r u shitting me. really

ipod and itunes is a giant white screen with a list
the ipod is big white and out of proportion (clickwheel takes up more then half the front)

wtf

u havent owned either

boo :(

sup

I am also a professional sound technician who has worked in in both live sound (arenas and stadiums) and studios (lets just say a big studio in LA) for many years. I would disagree with the above statement that the Zune has better sound quality than an iPod. I first purchased a Zune and ended up trading it in because I could not stand the lack of sound quality. You can make anything sound good in a studio where you are able to make major adjustments to the sound. The real test is the simple car and home stereo. I have compared the two on many different systems and I would go iPod over Zune any day.

I would NEVER recommend a zune!!!!!! I bought one for christmas 2 years ago and had nothing but problems updating the software. It got to the point where it would not upload the current software, so I called customer support. They ran me through this long list of issues they have with the zune that took about 2 hours on the phone. Needless to say they could not fix it over the phone, and when I asked if I could send it in for repairs, they said that it was outdated and no longer able to be repaired because they don't make that model anymore. WHAT A BUNCH OF CROCK! Even thought its not made anymore, don't you think they might be able to repair it or attemp to repair it.