So, what "MUCH BETTER" player do you use? In answer to your question, I see a lot of iPods & a few Sandisk players. I've seen a smattering of other players here and there as well.

Weezer's Blue album

MDR-V6 or MDR-7506 I use the V6 with my amp/bass.

Quote: Originally Posted by xnothingpoetic Alright, I have read multiple times that the economy is suffering everywhere-- that's is very sad to hear, BUT it still feel strongly about working somewhere else. I guess it is less about stability and more about experiencing something new and...

Quote: Originally Posted by xnothingpoetic I don't want to escape necessarily-- I just want stability. No place has more stability than another place. If you want some semblance of stability, learn a trade that people will always need, such as plumbing or medicine.

Move to Switzerland and ride that mtn bike of yours for a bit. Then come back to the U.S. once things calm down back here.

Sony Sports cassette Walkman and yellow Sports earbuds.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bullseye I have lossless files in my DAP, because lossless sounds SOMETIMES better than high bitrate MP3/AAC to me. However with mp3 @ 320kbps I am happy (if it is well ripped) Ditto [edit] I just wanted to add that very little of the music on my...

I've seen them under glass at Wal-Mart. They were priced at $79.99.

There's some disheartening news floating around the techblogs right now. The Zune's sales are down 54% from last year. Also, MS is in the process of letting go of 5,000 employees. A big name on the Zune team, Cesar Menendez is among that group. LINK

Another option would be to get a Zune and transcode your music to WMA Lossless. I owned a Creative Zen and I still own a Sony A726. Both of those DAPs have their pluses, but the ability to use lossless files as well having gapless playback available makes my two Zunes indispensable to me.

MS has already committed to releasing a firmware update that will address the leap year issue. There shouldn't be another occurrence of this issue for Zune users. I am not so sure that Toshiba S-series owners will have the same luck.

Yup, I just saw that too. Good on them for taking care of the issue. This is the kind of stuff that makes me happy with MS.

"Self-repair" is an interesting way to spin this. The fact is that the internal clock will reset and start working correctly again once the leap-year is over. Nothing is actually being "fixed," any z30 owners who are still using the device in 2012 will go through this again. We all know that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Signal2Noise There's more: Do not feed the Zune after midnight. And whatever you do do not, we repeat, DO NOT give it water! Very nice reference.