alright after a two day nightmare with sonicstage (get an iriver if you just wanna drop the files in and go) i can finally listen to this thing and through my senn px100's(i know, nothing amazing but its what i have) id say i like the sound more than the ipod but less than the iriver. the iriver...

mine's commin tomorrow. i won't be able to give you an educated audiophile's report, but ill tell you my general feeling as it compares to what i remember about the iriver h140 and the ipod gen3. it's the best i can do.

thanks for those replies. they were more like what i wanted. i ended up going with the vaio pocket for the cooler looking ui, otg playlists, pictures while listening to music, battery life, hibernation(for quick startup) and to try out something i havent tried at all yet. i guess ill have to...

thanks, but that didn't really address any of my questions. what i had was the outdated precursor to the h340 which im asking for opinions on in relation to the pocket vaio and as far as i know, the karma isn't available in a 40gb model. does anyone else have any experience with the iriver h340...

so after frying my iriver h140 when the voltage switch on my car power adapter switched from 4.5 to 9 by some magic, ive decided that no matter what the warranty people do, im gonna get a new hd mp3 player. the features i would really like are as follows: at least 40 gb small, pocketable...