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Portable player for US$200

post #1 of 7
10/25/10 at 11:14am
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Hi there! 

 

Well, I want to buy a new audio player, and I count with a budget up to US$ 200. I will use unamped HiFiMAN RE0 phones and I'll be listening to lossless and high bitrate MP3 audio files. I'm aiming specially towards sound quality and expandability (i.e. memory card(s) support), though a long battery life would be nice too; I don't really care about hi-tech touch-screens, video playback, the player being fancy-looking, etc. 

 

If you need to know more stuff before recommending one to me, please feel free to ask. Thanks in advance!

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Gear mentioned in this thread:

HEAD-DIRECT RE0 In-ear Headphones
Cowon S9 16 GB Video MP3 Player with Touchscreen (Titanium Black)
Cowon D2 premium digital media player 8GB (Black)
post #2 of 7
10/25/10 at 1:32pm

I'm also interested in buying a new portable audio player with also about the same budget

 

from reading around this site, I see a lot of people liking the cowons and also the sansa clip/fuze.  i'm probably not the best source for details for these, but if you search for these brands, you might find something you like smily_headphones1.gif

 

 

i'm actually currently leaning towards cowon j3 or cowon x7

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post #3 of 7
10/25/10 at 1:35pm

Clip+, Fuze, D2/D2+, 16gb of S9/J3/i9, s:flo2, Hippo

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post #4 of 7
10/25/10 at 4:02pm
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Thank you both for the recommendations smily_headphones1.gif

 

@Bokyung (or anyone else): in your opinion, which one of those you mentioned is the best soundwise?

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post #5 of 7
10/25/10 at 6:23pm

They are pretty equal imo.

 

If you want customized EQ go for cowon, if you aren't much of a EQ freak, any of those is a great choice smily_headphones1.gif

 

Best one to carry around is Clip+ (smallest screen) since it's around 1inch.

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post #6 of 7
10/25/10 at 9:05pm
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Thanks! I really appreciate your help smily_headphones1.gif

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post #7 of 7
10/25/10 at 9:37pm

http://www.amazon.com/Zune-Video-MP3-Player-Platinum/dp/B002JPITY8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1288067775&sr=8-2 

Zune 32gb only 204 on amazon, great deal. Love my zune...
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Gear mentioned in this thread:

HEAD-DIRECT RE0 In-ear Headphones
Cowon S9 16 GB Video MP3 Player with Touchscreen (Titanium Black)
Cowon D2 premium digital media player 8GB (Black)
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