[sonicm]

I was wondering if anyone knew of any sub-200$(150-170ish) DAPs that had decent sound quality, were reliable, and 15+ gb of memory, and didn't have totally crappy battery life.
I've been leaning towards one of the Zen's(maybe a ZV:M?), seeing as I had a Zen Micro which had been reliable and lasted me quite a while(longer than its battery lasted) until it recently got lost. I also had been leaning towards it because I keeping hearing bad things about other mp3 players, Rio Karmas break easily and have no support, iAudio X5L's break easily break too and cant browse via ID3 tags, iPods don't have any advanced features and sound quality kinda sucks.
So, I need a push in the right direction, I don't have anything against getting gently used items, so that should open up a few choices.

 

[Ingo]

Refurb iPod 5G 30gb? I think those run $189.99 IIRC. I'm lucky because we have a Costco Wholesale Business Center in Phoenix that sells refurb iPods. I bought my stepmom a 2gb Nano for $89.99

 

[wafflesomd]

Iriver h120 and h320's can be found well under $200.

 

[Abouna]

You can get a Rio Karma with brand new hard drive and custom refurb for $150 plus shipping. I'm considering it based on it's mW alone.

 

[Kasp3r]

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Originally Posted by Fr. John /img/forum/go_quote.gif You can get a Rio Karma with brand new hard drive and custom refurb for $150 plus shipping. I'm considering it based on it's mW alone.

only ebay?

 

[Abouna]

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Originally Posted by Kasp3r /img/forum/go_quote.gif only ebay?

Nope, check here fully custom refurbished. Actually you can get a no frills version for only $105!