This Ever Happen to You Explain the Unexplainable?
Curious if something like this ever happened to anyone else here as it doesn't make sense to my non technical mind & I'm not imagining things. I have a 512 Black Zen Nano Plus which I love & just bought a Black 1 GB Zen Nano Plus. To begin with they're both listed as .8 ounces without a battery. I weighed them and noticed an immediate difference, albeit slight. I went to the Post Office used their official scale & both weighted the identical .8 pound (scale won't go to a second decimal place). My buddy who works at the Post Office also thought the 1 GB which is the exact same size, weighted more to & he also weighted it on his scale with the same .8 ounce results. I then set my 1GB player to the exact same settings including "rock" EQ as the 512 player & transferred as a test, 3 of the exact same songs on my computer that were in the 512 player to the 1GB player, to compare sound quality which I listened to on both players at the same volume level with the same headphones. Again, I noticed a slight difference in the sound quality- my 512 player had slightly better highs & lows. To quote the "Joe Shmoe Show"- "What is Going On?"- this makes no sense whatsoever. I tried calling the maufacturer and I got the usual Casey Stengle double talk. The result is, even though the differences are small & maybe not noticeable to most people, I notice them & am going to return it.
Evil Betty What's Your Point Hate the Game not the Player!
Don't understand what your point is. If I never had my 512 Zen Nano Plus player, I would be perfectly happy with the sound and weight of the 1 GB model of it but because I do, I do notice a slight difference and as such I don't want the 1GB model of it & am sticking to my 512 model. I'm sorry that you don't feel that I'm entitled to make this decision. As far as calling a company to know what the true weight is in 2 decimal places of something I've purchased, excuse me! If you didn't have people like me calling in these questions, the customer service department personnel would not have their jobs so I am performing a valuable role to society. And yes, the .25 of an ounce makes a difference too me.
Thanks That's The Most Logical Explanation
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Originally Posted by bacchanal
The weight thing could have to do with how the weight is distributed within the player, which would lead to differences in the inertia and center of inertia of each player. Like someone mentioned before, it could also have to do with the precision of your scale. The difference between .7500 and .8499 is around 12%, so there would probably room for some noticable difference in that range.
Thanks, that makes sense Appreciate the explanation