iriver S10

As seen in the other iriver products we reviewed, the S10 too managed to make us smile. For a tiny player, the S10 manages quite a bit. From a 5-band custom EQ to manual SRS settings, this player has everything.

To begin with, the output levels are well arranged (Nothing new here, as I observed in the X20 too). The fact that the treble levels correspond with the mids and the lows, made me want to experiment with some freshly non-synched electronic sounds. Although the player couldn’t dish out all the sounds in the right directions, it did manage to stay away from distorting mid-level frequencies.

That said, the lanyard earphones couldn’t handle the lows quite efficiently. Although, the player incorporates the SRS TruBass technology, the bass handling capability of the earphones are below par. It simply couldn’t reproduce most of the low frequency information in most of the songs.

Initially, I thought this to the be the fault of the earphones, but the fact is that the player itself can't handle bass thumps well.

FM reception is good, and the player runs through and saves channels in a matter of seconds.