um, dont mind, but i doubt that. maybe you never had good headphones? because the best audioplayer is useless when the headphones are bad. i normally listen to music through my creativ zen, which i think has a pretty good sound quality, and with sennheiser cx500, with are not the best headphones in the world, but definitely good. i'll compare the n900 sound quality to it (when i receive it.... in OVER 9000 YEARS!! )