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iPod/iTunes alternatives

post #1 of 3
12/26/10 at 3:59am
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Hi,

 

Well, yet another iPod has failed on me and will not restore or sync with my iTunes, and typically the day after I receive a FiOO E7 headphone amp for Christmas! 

So, I am loathed to buy another hard drive based iPod, but with 45 Gig of music on iTunes I would be forced to get a 64GB iPod touch, which is too expensive as it has all the extra features that I simply will not use. I have already have a HTC Desire for all the gimmicky stuff that the iPod Touch will do, so really only want the iPod to play my music in my car and when I am out and about on flights.

 

So, what are my alternatives, bearing in mind that my entire music collection is on iTunes, and a large portion of it is encoded with the apple codec (before I realised and switched it to WAV encoder).

Is there some other decent player with big capacity that will work with iTunes, or can I convert all my Apple encoded music to either WAV or MP3?

 

Any help appreciated. normal_smile%20.gif

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post #2 of 3
12/26/10 at 7:32am

Given the fact, you've already stated your audio is in WAV, you can convert that to FLAC (lossless) or some lossy format (mp3, aac, etc.) but I wouldn't leave it in WAV given that it cannot be properly tagged and takes up twice the space.  There are many players that can playback FLAC files (except your itunes), and practically everything supports mp3.

 

I don't know of any other mp3 players that integrate into itunes.  Most integrate fine into other software (MediaMonkey, foobar).  If you're not planning to keep buying ipods, now would be the time to migrate to another player and codec and start fresh.  Most mp3 players are drag and drop and don't need complicated software to just do their jobs.

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post #3 of 3
12/26/10 at 10:09pm
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Convert to mp3 (because it's easier and doesn't expand the audio like flac would)

Look it up, make sure the program is freeware (no trials)

 

Also, you will never be able to listen to 45gb of music on one charge for ANY pmp, so you don't need a hard drive pmp

 

I would say a Cowon s9/j3 (j3 newer design, with expansion slot) would be good for you.

A 32gb s9 would be >$200 and a 8gb j3 would be >$200

The j3 has a expansion slot so you add up to 32gb to it

 

buy a squaretrade accidental damage 3 year warranty with them (around $40-60)

It protects against anything that might happen, and gives you a refund in full for a new one

 

The fii0 will be useless with the Cowons, sorry, they push audio fairly well over any cheap amp

 

You can also go with s:flo2, for the line out to a amp, yet it can't shine a candle to the j3

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