Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo hope you enjoy it: by all means please keep this thread open when it arrives to tell us of the quirks of this player. I did end up buying the Insignia Pilot off of eBay this morning. Apparently the 8GB model has been discontinued in the past...

Thanks for all the helpful replies guys I think I may have found my DAP though - and I'm very surprised about the 'winner'! The Insignia Pilot meets all my criteria: 1. Good SQ 2. Records up to 48Khz PCM via mic input 3. 8GB onboard flash 4. SD card slot All this for under $80...

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo yeah, the japanese ones don't seem to have english menus... sorry i keep forgetting about that. japanese models are about 30-40% more expensive. however: it and an external small sp amp and my mic and bass roll off can all fit in a pocket and looks...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jalo Well it depends on how you define dedicated recording device, but I recently purchase a Sony PCM-D50 digital recorder to use as a music player and it has everything on your list and more. First of all it has an excellent built in mic set up with mini...

Quote: Originally Posted by MrFaust you need an iRiver H120 or H140. There is a custom version of Rockbox made just for this instance. for more info on this, go to Taperssection.com - Index <- a wealth of information!!! Be sure the check out Church Audio. Chris made me an awesome...

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo i mean in sony format pcm. it is 16bit 44.1 but you must use sony supplied sonicstage or something to convert from it. i have used it many times and soon will do a rmaa test with it and the original wav from the sony to see how well the signal stands...

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo these are all good choices. if you want small/stealthy though: non-international version of the sony. if you want features for recording to match or exceed your md: the others are decent choices. I want small & stealthy - a DAP that does a good...

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo i use sony a828 for live reocording. there is no plug in mic but with an extension cable and mic preamp or battery pack, it sounds very good indeed. i used to be an md recorder with sharve auvi dr7 and sony rh10 and before that with sony mzr-37 and...

I've used MD for some time to record live music. I'd like to exit the MD world. Can anyone suggest what options are available for a DAP that also has a mic input? I don't want to get a dedicated recording device. The Cowon D2 looks pretty good but not exactly what I'm looking for since it...

I searched this thread for comparisons with the Creative EP-630 but haven't found any. Can anyone offer a comparison of the new marshmallows (FX66) with the Creative EP-630?

Same problem here...asio4all website is down

I have a 20GB Dell DJ that I bought in January. I just replaced it with an Archos XS200. They have the same capacity (20GB) but the Archos is a full 1/3 smaller. I imagine it is about the same size as a pocket DJ. It can be had for the same price as the pocket DJ also (around $200). I...

I have a non-HiMD recorder. I bought an older Sony deck that has optical output. AFAIK, there aren't any new MD decks that have an optical output (something to do with copyrights). So I transfer my live recordings from my Sony deck->optical out->optical input sound card->WAV->CD. HiMD is...

I can only find the 40GB Iaudio M3 available direct from www.jetaudio.com Price is $399 plus shipping - seems steep Where else can I buy this online?

Quote: Originally Posted by Morphling http://www.buyxg.com/store/item.asp?key=MP-401-201 that's actually 210 shipped but I've never heard of the place so wouldn't exactly be my first choice they raised the price at comp-u-plus http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage....pricewatch.com...

Quote: Originally Posted by Morphling you can get the archos for $211 usd shipped in the US, but I can't tell you if they shipped to canada or not. Here's a size comparison of the archos to a deck of cards (Sorry for the bad quality, crappy camera etc...)...

I am almost positive that I read that brand new units need to have a firmware update done to them immediately. The units should have shipped witht the newer firmware but Archos didn't do this for some reason. Check for new firmware!

Quote: Originally Posted by redshifter also the iaudio m3 is smaller than the 20g ipod (i held them side-by-side), has a metal case instead of plastic (yuck), and has the display on the remote (which for me is ideal as i use an amp all the time). support for it is great and with the...

Quote: Originally Posted by zhenya I'm interested in why you want to stick with a file tree structure. I mean, if you've given a database system a serious try, but still want file tree, that's great. I know that I thought I wanted file tree organization when I got my first player...

Quote: Originally Posted by wolfen68 Definitely agree on the iriver and archos models....doesn't the cowen iaudio equipment do drag and drop interface as well? Get an older Archos Jukebox Recorder (around $125-150 used) and drop a new 80-100 gig hard drive into it (pretty easy since...

Quote: Originally Posted by Morphling The Archos Gmini xs200 does all that + it's about the size of an ipod mini and really cheap ~$200. It also can also have an ID3 tag library with arclibrary. Does the Archos Gmini xs200's battery charge through the USB port or only through the...

The Archos Gmini xs200 mentioned above is EXACTLY the type of interface that I am looking for with a price tag to boot! The ONLY thing that makes it less suitable for me is I would rather have more than 20GB if possible! 30 would be great, 40 would be perfect. Any other contributions...

I'm looking for a DAP that : 1) Doesn't need drivers in Windows XP (automatically shows up as its own drive letter) 2) Will play my MP3 files in whatever folder structure I transfer them to the player. I want the player to mirror the folder structure that I have on my computer...