Mp3 player advice/recommendations

by **Bestial Bill** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:47 pm

Thinking about buying an mp3 player, so please post advice/recommendations, etc!

by **Dethhead** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:09 pm

Don't get a pissing ipod

by **Enter** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:13 pm

i have this thing http://www.cowonglobal.com/product/prod ... eature.php
Its fucking great, went a whole week without charging! You dont need any shit like itunes to upload stuff works on any system, just upload the mp3s and enjoy

by **Bestial Bill** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:23 pm

8GB doesn't seem very big.

by **Dethhead** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:49 pm

Try getting an Archos just research them range from 30-120gb but quite pricey,

by **Enter** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:04 pm

Bestial Bill wrote:8GB doesn't seem very big.

there is a 16gb one they just havent updated the website

by **James** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:11 pm

This is what I have:

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews77851.html

I got it at the time because it beat other models like iPod on reviews, and it's still all I really need. Looks like you can get it for around £140

by **swizzlenuts** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:29 pm

I recommend not an Ipod, and don't go for a super huge hard drive. They suck for when you want to jog with them; after a while the hard drive starts to fuck up.

by **Destruction** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:32 pm

Why people feel they need enough space to put their entire mp3 collection on it is beyond me. I have a 2GB micro SD card in my phone and thats more than enough. Its not like most people have a massively varied music taste anyways. No need to stick basically the same album on 15 times.

by **zykloned** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:39 pm

Never had any problems with my ipod. Simple enough. Just change the headphones.

by **Lev** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:49 pm

Obviously.

by **Dethhead** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:50 pm

^ Apart from the terrible battery Life.

In reply to Destruction's post, what is the point of having 15 albums of the same music then? However I like to have my full collection so on long travels I can listen to anything and not have a limit.

And swizzlenuts I have an Archos av500 which is hd based however I've had no issue with it at all.

by **Enter** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:36 pm

its all about battery life guys, BATTERY! any hd based mp3 only lasts around 20 hours, flash based last twice as long

Last.fm · by **Craig** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:43 pm

Get a Creative Zen Vision:M if you can find one - they've just been discontinued by Creative, but they really are brilliant players.

I've had mine for over a year, it's never given up on me, despite numerous drops and scrapes. On video playback it absolutely rapes the iPod video for quality, and it plays DivX encoded files without any hassle. You can sync it with WMP11 (Creative provide their own MediaSource software but freely admit that WMP is the best program to use.

My 30Gb Zen set me back £160 a year ago, so you can probably find it a bit cheaper than that now. If you can't find a Vision:M, I'd sit itu out for a bit and wait for the replacement, as the biggest Zen you can buy at the moment is 16Gb and it's a bit of a brick because of it's widescreen display.

Enter wrote:its all about battery life guys, BATTERY! any hd based mp3 only lasts around 20 hours, flash based last twice as long

True, but the technology for solid-state drives past 8Gb is so expensive that you'll pay through the nose for it.

by **Bangover** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:52 pm

flash based is the way forward, in a year or so Im guessing with the development of sold state storage everythings going to be flash based