Comments on: Mark Levinson lends his name to the LG LB3300 – LG’s Rhapsody in Music for audiophiles http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/07/mark-levinson-lends-his-name-to-the-lg-lb3300-lgs-rhapsody-in-music-for-audiophiles.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:38:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Neil http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/07/mark-levinson-lends-his-name-to-the-lg-lb3300-lgs-rhapsody-in-music-for-audiophiles.html/comment-page-1/#comment-113558 Neil Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:38:40 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/07/mark-levinson-lends-his-name-to-the-lg-lb3300-lgs-rhapsody-in-music-for-audiophiles.html#comment-113558 If Levinson had any input on the audio output circuit design I'd say this was a good move, but just lending his name to the phone could potentially backfire. A recent music test in a professional studio tested a SE Walkman phone (K810i?), iPhone and Nokia N81 - the audience (DJs by profession) placed the SE first for sound quality with the Nokia a distant third, and the iPhone was OK but nowhere near as good as the SE phone (or as bad as the Nokia). It occurred to me that Nokia need to get some serious audio talent working on their N-series phones, similar to what LG may be doing here (unless it is just a branding exercise). Someone like AIR Studios could no doubt give Nokia a hand - they're world renowned for tuning top end audio kit. While it's true that handsets will never be audiophile, it's clear that some handsets sound significantly better than others, and any handset which is branded as a multimedia handset should not have bad sound quality. Period. If the manufacturers aren't up to the job of designing competent audio output circuitry it would be nice to see them calling in the experts - an "AIR Studios" tuned Nokia N-Series handset would be top of my Christmas list! :) If Levinson had any input on the audio output circuit design I’d say this was a good move, but just lending his name to the phone could potentially backfire.

A recent music test in a professional studio tested a SE Walkman phone (K810i?), iPhone and Nokia N81 – the audience (DJs by profession) placed the SE first for sound quality with the Nokia a distant third, and the iPhone was OK but nowhere near as good as the SE phone (or as bad as the Nokia).

It occurred to me that Nokia need to get some serious audio talent working on their N-series phones, similar to what LG may be doing here (unless it is just a branding exercise). Someone like AIR Studios could no doubt give Nokia a hand – they’re world renowned for tuning top end audio kit.

While it’s true that handsets will never be audiophile, it’s clear that some handsets sound significantly better than others, and any handset which is branded as a multimedia handset should not have bad sound quality. Period.

If the manufacturers aren’t up to the job of designing competent audio output circuitry it would be nice to see them calling in the experts – an “AIR Studios” tuned Nokia N-Series handset would be top of my Christmas list! :)

]]> By: apurvajk http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/07/mark-levinson-lends-his-name-to-the-lg-lb3300-lgs-rhapsody-in-music-for-audiophiles.html/comment-page-1/#comment-112588 apurvajk Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:47:12 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/07/mark-levinson-lends-his-name-to-the-lg-lb3300-lgs-rhapsody-in-music-for-audiophiles.html#comment-112588 Thats a cool product, I like this phone. Thats a cool product, I like this phone.

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