How about the oldr NJBs? Great value, those players. The Creative Muvo2 supports this function. The biggest annoyance there, IMO, is the poor display system (one line only and tiny) but otherwise has excellent sound quality, is small and light, and has 4GB of capacity for $200. I would...

Not sure what sort of Daewoos you guys have across the pond but I never really thought of the ihp that way. But then again, people dont pay me for my expertise.... I think your friend is on the right track. Neither the iriver or the ipod is a good recommendation for somebody who is (clearly)...

Quote: Originally posted by bangraman Sweet, I left out the IMO for a simple reason: When the differences are pretty clear there's no need for it. And I think my range of experience pretty much speaks for itself. The tests for Line-Out and Optical-out were my main focus, but as I outlined...

So we're talking about sound quality, and you're suggesting that a reason to buy a more expensive player is so that he can buy DRM infested files ? Horrible reasoning IMO. No that's not what I said. I was merely pointing out a valid reason for switching to an iPod (as opposed to the "sound...

The benefit to switching to an iPod would be that you would have access to Apple's online music store (music quality is pretty good - would save you ripping some CDs). Other than that it is debatable whether its sound quality is better or 'more entertaining' (I for one greatly prefer the...