The Everlasting Players...running on AAs or AAAs only!

[maxjensen]

Originally Posted by grndslm

Outta curiosity...is a microdrive a flash or hard drive?

hard drive (and they seem to be on the way out losing to flash ram).

[bungle]

Originally Posted by grndslm

Hmm....I tried searching for both conventional and non-conventional user-replaceable batteries and it couldn't find anything.

I think it's a conspiracy...

Hmm, it used to work. They must be having a problem.

I think it's a real shame there's so few players with normal batteries. I guess they want people to buy a new one every year or two.

[nsjong]

There's that iAudio player that's 2 GB and runs on AA. Lasts for 50 hours...

[Killercrush]

There's the old Iaudio 5 as well, running on a AAA, 512mb up to 2gb.

[grndslm]

Originally Posted by nsjong

There's that iAudio player that's 2 GB and runs on AA. Lasts for 50 hours...

That would be the Cowon G3 listed above...

[Killercrush]

grndslm, the Iaudio 5 can be found up to 2gb so you can put it in both list.

[grndslm]

Fixed...

Tho, I find this lame list has brought me down some since it's prolly pretty close to complete.

Cowon G3 still rules the everlasting players, IMO.

And I've almost been tempted to start searching eBay for an Archos Jukebox as a side project when I'm bored.

[YamiTenshi]

Hey, thanks for the list! It makes my searches a lot easier.

Originally Posted by grndslm

I've decided that being able to run off of AAs or AAAs is the top feature I'd want in a portable rig. I think i's sad that they stopped making the Creative Labs Muvo TX FM at 1GB...it was such a bad ass design. Another sad thing is that the Cowon G3 is the best thing available, IMO, really...and it only goes up to 2GB, which is unacceptable to me. I chose to purchase the Sansa e280 (w/ proprietary but replaceable battery) just for the 8 gigs @ $145, whereas Cowon G3 was $110. . . .

The Creative Muvo TX was replaced by the Muvo V100. It's essentially the same design (AAA battery, USB on the player) expect up to 2gbs.

[blipmusic]

Is the iAudio 5 available anywhere else but at eBay? I've tried tracking one down (2GB - haven't found the 2GB even at eBay but maybe I didn't look hard enough) but since it's no longer in production internet stores are dropping them...

What I'm hoping to do is to put together a "backpackers delight" kind of portable rig which means AA and/or AAA only, no internal batteries (even though getting one of these is an idea). The iAudio 5 seems to have a line out (correct me if I'm wrong) which means I could get a SuperMicro (and maybe a super short, tiny DIY IC between these á la "Kramer's leech"), stitch a simple cover to hold them both and still have a tiny package, sounding excellent and running on batteries. Together with PK1, complemented by a pair of IEMs (probably my current ER4P/S), it should get me through most hurdles, including noisy trains.

Are there other AA/AAA (flash) players with line-out available? [Edit2]: Scratch that, are there AA/AAA flash players with line out at all?

Ooops, didn't mean to hi-jack, sorry. I'm all over AA/AAA players at the moment.

[Edit1]: I can't find any real info on a line out on the iAudio 5 so maybe I jumped to conlusions since there's a second mini-jack (mic?) next to headphone one.

[Killercrush]

I've owned a Iaudio 5 and it wasn't a line-out, it was a line-in. I had the 1GB version but I saw a few 2GB one on eBay. You can find it here but it's bloody expensive compared to what you would pay on eBay : http://www.jetmall.net/index.asp?Pag...ROD&ProdID=186

[blipmusic]

Originally Posted by Killercrush

I've owned a Iaudio 5 and it wasn't a line-out, it was a line-in. I had the 1GB version but I saw a few 2GB one on eBay. You can find it here but it's bloody expensive compared to what you would pay on eBay : http://www.jetmall.net/index.asp?Pag...ROD&ProdID=186

Thanks, I was hoping a bit much for a small AA/AAA flash player, when wanting line-out, I guess. :P

I don't think it's available on Jetmall any longer. It says "N" for "In stock" (newer items, of course, are all "Y").

The search goes on. Probably have to settle for a non-amped PK2/ER4-P setup. Oh well.

[threebeers]

The Sansa e130 and e140 run off a single AAA and take an SD card. I have several cards and swap them. Decent display and sorts by tags. Very good sound with Koss KSC75s, better to my ears than my newer Creative Zen Nano. The Sansa also has SRS surround if you want that. The Sansas are selling refurbed right now for good prices. A thread somewhere said the refurbs are new ones they found in a warehouse that they opened and reflashed with newer firmware.

I also have an old Archos Jukebox Recorder and a more recent Toshiba Gigabeat F series, both Rockboxed. The sound off the Archos is far superior, very powerful, but as noted above it is limited to MP3s.

For some reason I can't find an excuse to unload my mp3 players. I just end up putting them in different places (work, in my bag for bus rides, gave one to my daughter, etc.).

Based on my Archos/Gigabeat and Sanza/Zen experience I am guessing that a similar thing is happening to mp3 players that happened to PCDPs near the end of their run--companies are using cheaper components with higher battery life/lower output at the expense of quality sound.

[aussie_017]

iriver T50 and T60 are both available right know and have been for a while from here.

[adscorp]

For a cheap mp3 player, the Sandisk is a great player!

[grndslm]

upgraded