This could end up as a very nice project indeed. Rockbox has transformed iriver players, so, with the superb hardware of the ipod, the end result could be breathtaking (I'm sure many people will want to test, and will have the hardware to do so ) IIRC, Rockbox for the karma is near to...

Great pics, glad someone was crazy enough to open up their J70! The harddrive is a standard toshiba 1.8" harddrive. You can get a 30gb harddrive which is identical is size as the standard one. All of the other harddrives that toshiba make are 3mm thicker, so if you measure and check that...

Quote: Originally Posted by mos86 1.Please people, who knows enough to answer if the e3c a big improvement over the ep630? 2.And where can I buy them except from ebay(there are no 3 sizes from this "wholsale biz" guy)? I live in Israel but I can also send it to the US.. Thanks...

Lame extreme @ 256kb does the job just fine IMO. I could get away with 192k though I suppose.

FLAC and flash should never be used in the same sentence; it's just illogical. Even a 20gb player is a bit too small for FLAC, unless you only store your favourite albums in FLAC. Looks like a very nice player though, I'm sure the nano has seized a lot of the flash market by now though, even...

I have had first hand experience with the karma and samsung. The samsung is definatly better. The features are amazing, colour screen, movies, nice formfactor (karma was too fat in my pocket), drag and drop, recording, janus playback. Even has a good 9 band custom EQ. The only things it...

Nice pics! The J70 is all over UK now, I might have to pick one up during the weekend. In europe, compared to the X5, its about $80 cheaper

I don't personally like ipods, but I have to admit the nano is revolutionary. Well, probably not when you think about it, because they probably just ordered a whole warehouse of flash chips from someone like samsung so they got a great deal, but yeah, whatever. Shame about all the cracked...

Not bad actually. Since we're on the topic of advertising cases, I personally like the mindknob cases here more. They're also made by a super cool guy

Quote: Originally Posted by davidd yeah, there aren't any other DAP's that support AAC, so your stuck unless you want to rerip all your cd's butif you do want to re-rip your cd's, look at the iaudio x5 There are 1 or 2 OEM players, but they aren't really that special. So unless...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wodgy iTunes-encoded AAC has been shown to be superior to LAME-encoded MP3 in scientifically robust blind studies, such as this one: http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multifo...8/results.html That said, the difference is relatively minor, especially since LAME...

Good luck on selling a worthwhile number of these dell... Would have been good a couple of years ago, but it's just outdated now.

Quote: Originally Posted by elephantman why do u want iems if u dont want isolation? Haha, good question. I like the isolation to a certain extent, but I still want to be aware of what's actually happening around me . They also give better SQ and are more comfortable compared to...

Ok thanks. I'm tempted towards the shure's now (could get a good used pair of e3's I suppose), but do they isolate noise significantly more than the EX51/MD33 type of earphones?

I love my MD-33's, but want to take a step up. I've been looking at the ety er-6(i)'s, e2's and the super.fi 3's, possibly even the westone um1's. Which of these earphones sound best while being the most comfortable and blocking out the least outside noise (weird I know, but I stil want to hear...

A good sand down with 2000 grit paper and some polish would make it look 20 times better. Not a metal nerd though, so not sure how long the Aluminium would last. Anodising it would be the ultimate thing to do, but money is then a huge factor.

Quote: Originally Posted by DigDub it is at 15 fps. it appears to be quite smooth to me. but the initial loading of the video can take quite some time, around 20 to 30 seconds. after it is loaded, everything works fine. but do note that after the video is converted into its own svi...

Quote: Originally Posted by 1967cutlass WOW. It looks amazing. Too bad it's gonna be expensive. It's listed at the same price as what the HD5 was when it came out, so £200, or $300 (AFAIK, the american price may be higher than that) Nice pics pluman, I still can't understand...

Quote: Originally Posted by proximal You can. It's listed as a feature. Yeah, I could when I had my carbon, so I don't see why you wouldn't be able to with the CE2100. You have to wait a minute or so of no activity with the computer though before it starts charging.

Navigation changes in the FW for any company are very uncommon. They fix bugs or problems, or add big features (like playsforsure), but a minor thing like navigation is normally ignored, even by companies that have great customer service (like rio, their engineers tried to get everything the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Spex I managed to get some information from Sony UK about the future of SonicStage. In a nutshell, it's being discontinued either by the end of this year or early next year and will be replaced by Connect. Let me be the first to say good riddance...

I didn't know it was that small, looks just a tiny bit bigger than the HD5 The only thing that's stopping me from getting the samsung is it apparantly has a few navigation issues.I don't like how it doesn't display the id3 tags on the now playing screen, it only shows the filename...

Pretty nice actually, and drag and drop sounds pretty good. Nice to see sony listening to people about their mistakes. What's their product cycle though, <6 months?!?

Nice little review. I was thinking of the samsung, it has great specs. Much cheaper than the X5 as well.Pics please

OK, a worthy applause is needed for all that work. Great job.Shame it will all be misinterpretated and used to fuel flamewars, but that's not your fault