Good Headphones equals Good Sound
Getting that perfect sound on any MP3 player can be as easy as doing one simple thing and no, I don’t mean buying a new MP3 player!
One of the simplest things you can do is replace the headphones that came with your player, no matter how much you paid for the player, be it £30 or £300 I can assure you the headphones in that shiny box probably cost less than the paper used to print the instructions on 
Anyway, do yourself and your ears a favour and ditch those tinny headphones and buy something new, for little more than £10 you will be amazed what deals you can find. I’ve just replaced an old set of headphones that I bought 18 months ago with a pair of Sennheiser CX300 Stereo Earphones
Now, this is what Sennheiser said about them, “The CX 300 are high-quality stereo ear-canal headphones with powerful, bass-driven stereo sound for listening ‘on the move.’ Ear adapters in three different sizes ensure a perfect fit, high wearing comfort and an excellent attenuation of ambient noise. The CX 300 are ideal for use with MP3, CD, MD, or DVD players and many other portable devices.”
Sounds pretty impressive doesn’t it? Well of course it would! It was written by the guys that make them. SO, what’s a guy (or gal) to do when they want to find out what something is really like? Simple, Google reviews and before you know it you have zillions of things to read…some good and some downright terrible, so be prepared for that dream item, that you spent 5 weeks researching and decided gave the best bang for buck, suddenly gets ripped to shreds by the actual users, sure you expect the few gripes but if you start seeing a stream of negative comments…ditch it and look again and perhaps the reviews are the ones to trust.
I’m sure by saying that there will be a flurry of activity in the conspiracy camp who will be writing messages to let me know that manufacturers agents (marketing) pay people to post nice reviews, it’s OK guys I’m aware of that fact and so is everyone reading this now 
I did a bit of reading and the first two paragraphs I read of the following review sold me on my new Sennheisers (but the 3rd put me off when he waffled about his mate in the music industry, using that logic the 15 years I’ve spent drinking in Soho, London qualify me as having, quite possibly, the biggest collection of muso mates out there!)
“I have been struggling with the iPod supplied earbuds for quite some time, they truly are awful. I switched to a Phillips set which sounded good but broke within 3 weeks. After searching Amazon and various places for reviews on the net Sennheiser came out as the best again and again, so I went for it. Glad I did, they are great. Brilliant sound, very comfortable with a great seal - in fact, so good that when I’m doing my housework I can’t hear the vacuum at all and have to keep checking it’s actually on and unfortunately missed numerous phone calls. I’ve also had it confirmed that no one else can hear the music at all while I’m listening to it either so it would be great for trains/buses etc.
I also really like the way they have designed the actual connection plug where it sits in the iPod - it’s solid, sturdy and it’s angled so the wire is running to the side rather than straight down. I’m positive this will limit the likelihood of the wires becoming broken or unstable as happened with the Phillips set.”
Once you’ve found your perfect headphones be sure to shop around for prices, I used Kelkoo to find great value online, fast! and never forget the MP3 Soopa Store
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Getting an ipod or a mp3 player from the MP3 Soopa Store is just the first step. To get the splendid sound quality, you may need to discover the tricks of drawing the best power of your player to let it do its best for you. It is easy to understand that the performance of a player is driven by two aspects - hardware and software. One can improve both the aspects to get the optimum sound quality.
From hardware aspect, you should use better earpiece. Why? Do not ignore this tiny gizmo. A good set of earpieces play very important role in sound quality, not to mention the price of them is equal to the player itself. It is a good way to enhance your player performance. Do not always use the amplifier that are embedded into the player. Too often use of amplifier will not only drain power quickly but also add lots of noise in the back ground of the music. Compared to the amplifier, a set of earpieces offer you higher quality music. In most cases, there is a set of earpiece coming within the box, but they are lame and cheap. Get branded earpieces and find the music quality greatly improved!
Most player like ipod, creative, cowon and iriver have a large selections of music formats including mp3, WAV, WMA, AAC and etc. Most people think there are little differences among them. But they do matter differently very much in sound quality and file size.
MP3, the Old file format that generally works badly at bit rates below 128kbps but can sound good at 160-196kbps, especially with Lame encoding.
WMA, Microsoft format with Standard, outperforms MP3 only at low bit rates and sounds worse than AAC at the same bit rates.
AAC, (Advanced Audio Coding) Multichannel replacement for MP3 that works well at bit rates of 96kbps and below, and produces smaller files. At 128kbps, the quality can closely match CD quality and at 160kbps or higher, it should be equivalent to CD for most people.
So, if you haven’t already done so, visit the MP3 Soopa Store and buy yourself the player of your dreams and then enjoy the soundtrack of your life, everywhere you go!