Any thoughs on this people?
Anybody got one? If so is it worth me spending my pocket money on?
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Samsung U600 apparently has Bang-Olufsen ICE amp in it........Hmmmmmm Interesting.
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ICE amplifiers are used by a number of manufacturers now. As Samsung have been used as a partner by B&O, I am not surprised. I confess to not realising that ICE amplifiers were now available for portable devices. However the use of a Class D amplifier will not confer magical powers! It is still just an amplifier and Class D have been around for a long time! Very good for bass and do have the advantage of high efficiency.I wouldn't buy a phone on this basis but much more on its features.
My B&O Icons:
Class D amps are pretty common in small, portable appliances and integrated Class D amp IC's are made by many chip manufacturers. To reiterate Peter's point there is no magic in Class D amplifiers, as always the devil is in the detail. I'n sure the U600 isn't quite up to Lab5 standards😂
Like Peter said this is not new but Samsung has a nice product though.
Your selected phone, in terms of music & sound can read mp3, aac, aac+, e-aac+ and wma; if you use the aac format combined with the Ice power technology (B&O of course) you'll get a terrific sound much better than the average models, i must say.
ICE power® Technology by Bang & Olufsen link site:
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=125&callFlashSoundPicture=ICEpower
To buy or not to buy ?
It's rather simple, test the product having in mind the features that you'r certain to use, then you decide; consider other brands and models of course.
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