[SRV]

My creative zen touch died on me this morning....again.....for the third time!

I love this player, the sound quality is great, and I think the dimensions are mangable and the interface very convinient(for my tastes). But I cannot live with a product that breaks down on me every five months (thankfully before the warranty expires)

So i need suggestions, the ipod is definatly out, i considered it and chose the zen instead. I guess what iam looking for is a player that supports wav. vbr mp3s and of course sounds good with or without an amp(they get in the way at the gym)

so in conclusion HELP!

 

[wolfen68]

All that's really left is the Iriver, Iaudio, or Karma (OK...maybe Archos as well).

The Iriver 320/340 has a "lineout" for amp use and sounds OK without. I've been happy enough with my 140 (older version).

 

[blessingx]

Since WAV, VBR MP3, and sounds good with/out an amp still keeps the same list, maybe it's best if you list what's 'out' about the iPod, so we know which other option is best.

 

[SRV]

well the main problem i have with the ipod is that iam forced to use itunes, followed by the fact that iam not allowed to shuffle music off of the player and onto a computer. I usually use musicmatch to manage my collection but i burn rip all of my music with EAC and lame. It seems to me that i would be happy with an ipod but i am afraid its to restrictive in what i can do. I don't really download anything all my music is from a personal collection of cd's, will i be able to play all these on an i pod with no trouble?

 

[SRV]

i think the iriver h320 looks good, any one got any experience with this?

 

[Girdag]

If your using it at the gym, you might want a flash player.

 

[PrototypeX2]

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Originally Posted by Girdag If your using it at the gym, you might want a flash player.

I'm pretty sure he's well aware of that.
Have you seen this?
http://www.jetaudio.com/products/iaudio/m3/

 

[SRV]

thats a nice looking player, how does it sound?

Yeah i plan on having aflash player as well, but for now i need an all purpose player, so this will be doing time in the gym until i can get that ipod shuffle i got my eye on

 

[PrototypeX2]

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Originally Posted by SRV thats a nice looking player, how does it sound? Yeah i plan on having aflash player as well, but for now i need an all purpose player, so this will be doing time in the gym until i can get that ipod shuffle i got my eye on

I'll say DO NOT GET a Shuffle.
Unless you need a flash drive, it is worthless as an mp3 player.
Instead, with a little more money, you can get:
Flash Players:
Creative MuVo Micro
New Samsung YP-T7X
And iRiver IFP-XXX.

Or you could even get HDD.
The iAudio is probably the most seamless HD DAP I have seen so far.
Has 5 Band EQ, and I'm sure one of the members here own one.

 

[Prothall]

Only thing about a Shuffle is that, at least in the case of the Muvo, for the same price you get double capacity. That said, I think a screen, FM Radio and whatnot really outweigh double capacity.

 

[SRV]

yeah i would never have a shuffle as my only player, but sometimes i just wanna hit random and let fate decide what i should hear, but the main reason i was considering the shuffle over a muvo is cause i read around here that it sounds really good, is this not the case?

 

[DigDub]

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Originally Posted by Prothall Only thing about a Shuffle is that, at least in the case of the Muvo, for the same price you get double capacity. That said, I think a screen, FM Radio and whatnot really outweigh double capacity.

in the country where i stay, for roughly a dollar more than the shuffle, i can get a 1gb n200.