what about creative zen?
i had recently the chance to compare my Ipod classic to the zen x-fi, and was I disapointed with the ipod, it sounds dead, no spatial resolution, the music does not come to live. This is not noticeable on all tracks, not connected to file quality, but maybe more to the mixing of the tracks? Whatever, I was shocked into getting better earphones(up the shure ladder), but i am very convinced the zen will sound better then the ipod classic with the ES530 as well. The zen comes in up to 32GB and can be expanded with an SD card, though the expansion is not fully integrated in to the file structure....
