I was really interested in seeing what iRiver was offering these days. What a disappointment! And mistic river gone too? 

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New Irivers are not bad:)
Ok, compared to what other companies are making today iriver is way behind the times & not worth it. All they do is re-badge the older stuff that was outdated when it was first released.
As for SQ, I've never bothered to get a newer model BECAUSE I've heard from other people on other sites (people that I trust and have similar tastes to mine,...) that their SQ isn't what it used to be. They're not as bad as Creative, but they're not as good as a Cowon, Sony, Samsung, iPod - touch & classic, etc.
Iriver is a dinosaur company waiting for extinction to commence,...
Is THIS a better answer for some?