Best portable FLAC player at a reasonable price? - Page 3

I would get a Cowon s9 (they run well below 100 used nowadays).

You will be getting much more of a player than Sansa Clip.

It depends on headphones and player really. At the moment I cant listen to anything else but losless and not because Im a snob, but because my ears say so. I use Cowon S9 paired with Grado SR80 and I can tell you the difference between mp3 and FLAC is enormously huge.

On S9 you get more than 30 hours of continous play at maximum volume. The only problem I found was that it doesnt pause/switch off once you unplug your headphones and it keeps on playing for hours or even days if unlucky.

 

On the other hand Ive tried listening to FLAC on some android phone and as you said there wasnt much of a difference from mp3. So you need good source, good recordings and good headphones.

Edited by MajorCockUp - 12/22/10 at 2:26pm

hope i am right , but i got a clip+ 8 GB for 320 mp3 only (mostly used on the move) and a cowon j3 16gb for FLAC only (for indoor use and maybe outdoor)

 

I hope the SQ justifies paying an extra 150$ for the J3.....we shall see in a few days.

I cant believe that anyone would think twice about paying 53 USD for a piece of plastic with as much to offer as the Clip+. We get reamed here in Oz, but its still a screaming bargain compared to the iPod Nano. The only reason I would buy the latter is that I work for a business which sells the iPod and can get a discount, but even the cost price on these is so far away from the Clip+ that its laughable.  

no thinking whatsoever, especially when bought like new for 30$

 

i mean it's the money for 2 pizzas....give me a break !
 

Philips Ariaz 16 Gb

If you want more features than a clip provides, consider the 8gb Archos 32. Same price or less as the new iPod nano. Plays Stereo MP3 CBR & VBR,  WMA, WAV (PCM/ADPCM), AAC3, AAC+ stereo audio files, OGG Vorbis,  and FLAC.  Add WiFi. Add Web Browser.  Add Android apps.  Add email. Add a very good touchscreen, that although isn't capacitive it is good enough to fool many people.  Still a budget player, but amazingly full featured. They even threw in a camera.

http://www.squidoo.com/portable-flac-player-comparisons

@4D: Yea that player has a lot of capabilities, I have been following the launch of Archos's Android players, the new ones anyway. I wonder how the sound quality is though; the other players weren't that good SQ wise. (I had the Archos 5 250gb and the Archos 7 home tablet (old one))