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Old 06-29-2009, 01:34 PM
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Re: HTC TP not a good music player?

It is true that the signal output of your TP (and any other device designed to plug headphones into) is different than the ouput of a car stereo head unit. The difference in voltage and impedance is likely to cause a limited, but usually acceptable rance of volume before distortion. It is not however going to cause what I believe you heard. It sounds to me like you are hearing phasing.

For example, when you haven't pushed your headphones all the way in, you first will hear sound in only one ear, then a little farther in you start the hear the same sound in both ears, then at just the right point, you just hear quiet and BAD sound. What happens is the pole sending the signal for the right ear is shorted to ground, so the negative refernce for left becomes the right signal. What you hear is the difference between the two.

So to answer your questions, the TP is as good a music player as any (yes there are sonic differences, but they are minor enough not to be noticed next to the poor quality of compressed mp3s). Reconfiguring through a new deck will resolve your problem. But, you may be able to simply double check your adapters and connections and be in good shape.
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