Topic: 3DS and 3DS XL. Whitch to buy?

Your inability to evaluate a product or component within it's confinements is striking. Poor or not poor is a subjective thing, you seem to try to establish the idea that what you state is fact by way of comparing devices that are either 700% over the budget or devices that not even come close in terms of similarity with the 3DS. You seem to think the original 3DS has poor audio quality and I respect your opinion, but do not try to change mine with these senseless arguments. If you persist on doing so, then at least compare it to the audio performance of other handhelds and name those that outperform the original 3DS. At best your opinion will be noted, like we both said, in the end it's a subjective thing.

This is a different topic, even if the 3DS speakers are the finest on planet earth, they will never be able to match the sound experience of a surround set or even headphones. But does not mean the speakers of the original 3DS are poor. I cannot descend to that level of black & white thinking, there is a place for them tiny speakers on the original 3DS and they are excellent in their own right looking at what is achievable within form factor and budget confinement. I've had just about every handheld gaming system ever on the market and I have not seen such audio quality as on the original 3DS, no PS1 game, no battlefield and certainly no €699 smartphone will change my opinion my friend.

So because they are in a flat form factor and a cheap device I have to praise them? Poor is poor period. Should I give the Ford Pinto a break for being one of the worst cars ever made because it was cheap? Bad quality is bad quality in any light and the audio on 3ds is flat out terrible (as it has been on handheld in general) but still even the speakers on a cheap thin Galaxy tab 3 7" at 179$ or less are louder and more pronounced (they still suck but an improvement over 3ds none the less) sound is a VERY big part of a games experience and anyone settling for the crap that is the stock speakers on any handheld really not just the 3ds is not doing the game they are playing justice.

Using the stock speakers on the 3ds for "superb sound" would mean the same to me as someone saying they use a 480P TV for superb picture quality on a PS4/Xbox one etc

If you feel the Ford Pinto is the worst car ever made then back your words up with relevant arguments. With the bulk of your arguments your are saying that the Ford Pinto is a crap car because the BMW is so much better. I ask for you to point out why the Ford Pinto is the worst car ever made, but you keep getting back with cars that are not in it's class. Then you fail to recognize there is such a thing as class of product, poor = poor. I recognized to you earlier in the thread that the Ford Pinto is in fact crap compared to a BMW, but that in it's own product class and confinements it can be an excellent car. That sentiment is impossible according to you because poor = poor. I do not see it that way. Your scale of reference is so twisted I cannot produce any further arguments, after-all a Formula 3 driver can be poor compared to a Formula 1 driver, but still be an excellent, superb Formula 3 driver. I know, I know, this cannot be, poor = poor, right?

If you consider one track making a statement upon poor quality of a product, of which one poster already agreed with.. Than I guess you are correct only so many arguments you can throw indeed.

In the end hopefully all the thoughts everyone has had will help the OP make up his or her mind.

Now time to get that BBQ going

Cheers

I was the one making my statement, you were the one trying to refute that statement as a non-subjective matter.
You were incapable of producing relevant references to base your refutation, that makes your opinion not any more accurate than mine is. I evaluate the tiny speakers on a different scale of appreciation, yes I do find them superb in their own right. JVC headsets, €699 HTC ONE M8 and even a tablet is comparing apples and oranges, I'll regard the original 3DS speakers as superb until I have a reference that put's it in perspective. I have not witnessed any better sound on a similar device and I've had them all. I have only witnessed worse, that the fundament of my personal opinion - which nobody had to agree upon - on the 3DS speakers as shared previously.

i was able to play some mario kart 7 yesterday with someones 3DS XL.
it was very uncomfortable. i already have kinda big hands but the 3ds XL is definetly too big for my taste. it would have been even more uncomfortable with headphones in as the jack is not in the middle. so glad i havent "upgraded" to XL.

i hope with nintendos next handheld they will make a version that is right in between 3DS size and XL size. that would be perfect for me.

Remember if u get the XL version u have to buy the charger as well, and that adds to the price difference further.

The only good side to having any 3DS or 3DSXL is everything. Except the 3D.