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what is the highest capacity mp3 player on the market?

post #1 of 10
9/28/10 at 5:20pm
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The largest I can find is the Archos 5 500gb. That seems like overkill for me.  I have a 120gb ipod classic right now, but was wondering if there was something between the 200gb range and that 500 gb max. I know the classic is 160gb right now, but I would rather have something bigger.

 

I also know you can open up older ipod classics and put in 240 gb hard drives, but I would rather see what options I have right out of the box instead of doing a fix to something.

 

btw, is the archos 5, or even the archos lineup, any good compared to ipod in terms of sound quality, etc?

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post #2 of 10
9/28/10 at 5:33pm

You can get a 240gb ipod 5.5 on ebay

 

thats a lot of storage :-)

 

cheers

FRED

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post #3 of 10
9/28/10 at 5:45pm

Yup, 240gb iPod 5.5G on eBay

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post #4 of 10
9/28/10 at 5:53pm

or from ipodzens.com http://www.ipodzens.com/ipz_prductinfo.aspx?prd_id=321

 

I have ordered from them before, they where fair when I returned the product, requested replacement ect.

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post #5 of 10
9/28/10 at 11:52pm

Or buy a iPod 5.5g and upgrade it to 240gb yourself with a http://www.apricorn.com/product_detail.php?type=family&id=42.

After playing around with 5.5g iPods I decided not to get a refurbished one. If you want me to expand on the reasons simply ask wink.gif

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post #6 of 10
10/2/10 at 1:08am

It is not the max,but in solid state,and stellar sound quality:Cowon V5HD 64G + memory card 32G=96G! if you do not mind stellar price,you can have as many cards as you wish.

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post #7 of 10
10/2/10 at 8:43am


Do you have a link to where I can purchase the Cowon V5HD 64gb??? I'm in the USA and the highest capacity available is 32gb. I want 1 of these now for myself,.....................

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Originally Posted by sashava View Post

It is not the max,but in solid state,and stellar sound quality:Cowon V5HD 64G + memory card 32G=96G! if you do not mind stellar price,you can have as many cards as you wish.

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post #8 of 10
10/4/10 at 11:52am

The problem with the 240gb iPods is that when you get above a certain number of files the iTunesDB breaks down because the amount of memory in the device can't handle the DB, seems to be around 30k files.  I've been trying to work around that but haven't had success yet. 

 

On the other hand, if you have a smaller number of larger (lossless) files, go for it.

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post #9 of 10
10/4/10 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by janstett View Post

The problem with the 240gb iPods is that when you get above a certain number of files the iTunesDB breaks down because the amount of memory in the device can't handle the DB, seems to be around 30k files.  I've been trying to work around that but haven't had success yet. 

 

On the other hand, if you have a smaller number of larger (lossless) files, go for it.


 

Sounds like a reason to Rockbox.

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post #10 of 10
10/4/10 at 3:40pm
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Originally Posted by Achmedisdead View Post
Sounds like a reason to Rockbox.

 

Amen!
 

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