mW earphone ratings...

mike88

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what do they mean? not all earphones have them in their specs, but how do I tell the sound quality of an mp3 player by its specs... i had my eye on the MSI Megastick 256mb, but a review said it has useless earphones marked at 20mW... then some *great sound quality* iRivers had 12mW per L + R... then those sony plug-in-to-your-ear earphones were rated at max of 100mW... im getting confused... any1 clarify how to tell good quality from specs and what the mW actually do?
 

confoundicator

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mW is milliwatts. It doesn't mean higher or lower quality, just a more or less powerful and/or differently designed speaker.

More power (milliwatts :cool: ) means the speakers have the potential to be louder. It also means they'll drain batteries faster if you're cranking the volume up all the time.

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