I have opened a complaint to the TID in HK about ebay and how they are letting this continue despite buyers complaints. All the sellers mentioned continue to sell these hacked players and you can't tell me that neither ebay nor the sellers are aware of it.

enquiry@tid.gov.hk

If you want to do the same

They will then be aware that there is a problem

If nobody complains then there is no problem

ian

Good news is that I loaded over 400 tracks and 1.6 GB onto said device and no probs so far

will let you know how rest of tests go

thanks

ian

ps seller safe2star refunded the full price

I have just requested a return of my player. Not only is it only 2Gb, not 16 as advertised but the sound quality is terrible!
My old 1Gb ChiPod sounds much better even when tested withthe exact same track.
(I use Shure headphones, not the bundled crap)

Headphones need to be 320 Ohm same as ipod otherwise low imp phones will incur come distortion, mine sounded OK.

ian :cool:

Just found this gem on ebay web site

eBay.co.uk Guides - BEWARE of FAKE 128GB 256GB USB Flash Drives on eBay

So why are they still listing on there?

Good to know you are not legally obliged to post fake stuff back anyway.

ian

Well both my Shure E2C's and my Shure SE110 earphones have impedances of around 16 - 26 ohms and sound fantastic on every iPod, ChiPod and any audio device I have ever plugged them into, so I know there is nothing wrong with them.

I was not saying there was anything wrong with your earphones, its just an effect that is quite common with impedance mismatch, it occurs even with expensive equipment. It could also be as you say that the sound is actually distorted from the player itself, its quite possible there is a defect in the audio output. Sorry if it seemed I was casting aspersions on your equipment, I was not.

Its also possible my (ageing) lugholes are not as discerning as yours!

One unfortunate side effect of this whole affair is that now I look at many adverts for things with deep suspicion and feel like asking sellers "is it genuine and can you prove it?" when I see ads for things like 128GB Flash memory and huge capacity hard drives!


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