[fguihen]

we all know all the irivers, the ipods, the creative labs, the rio's, but are there many hard disk players (10gb and up) that might not be bad, yet arnt really in the public eye?i know what is in the public eye will depend on location, but just in general, do you know of a player that you think isnt that well known but is good?

 

[Krishna]

Iaudio.

 

[chino9334]

I can't believe how so little amount of people don't know iAudio. Their players are great quality. It is like the "unkown gem".

 

[Richteralan]

it's interesting that iAUDIO is only unknown HERE in head-fi

 

[DiamondView]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richteralan it's interesting that iAUDIO is only unknown HERE in head-fi

They're sold as JNC brand in Australia.

 

[chino9334]

Well i mean iAudio is unknown by common people not audiophiles. Most would never have heard of them.

 

[YamiTenshi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fguihen we all know all the irivers, the ipods, the creative labs, the rio's, but are there many hard disk players (10gb and up) that might not be bad, yet arnt really in the public eye?i know what is in the public eye will depend on location, but just in general, do you know of a player that you think isnt that well known but is good?

Actually, the public really only knows about Apple iPod

. All the other brands of mp3 players just aren't that popular. Of course this might also depend on location as you mentioned, but from where I am I see a few people with iPods everyday, but only once did I see someone with a Rio.

Being here on Head Fi makes us a little different... we can actually name more then four companies that make daps.

 

[Richteralan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chino9334 Well i mean iAudio is unknown by common people not audiophiles. Most would never have heard of them.

Most of them know only iPOD o.O

 

[Krishna]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chino9334 Well i mean iAudio is unknown by common people not audiophiles. Most would never have heard of them.

Thats what I meant too.

 

[nickd75]

Brands that the common oik might know (in descending order)
- ipod
- sony (but not the NW-HD series)
- iRiver
- Rio
- Philips (not the DAP side though)
- iAudio
- Yepp

When researching a new player I was trying to find out about the iAudio M3 and there was a real scarcity of proper information from people who had used it. I think prices also reflect it's niche status - they're pretty high.

My girlfriend thought that ipod was a generic term for all MP3 players. I can't decide if that's annoyingly ignorant or sweet....

Nick

 

[wolfen68]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickd75 My girlfriend thought that ipod was a generic term for all MP3 players. I can't decide if that's annoyingly ignorant or sweet.... Nick

If you want to keep her.....you're better off thinking of it as sweet

I would assume a good list of players would exist at www.dapreview.com.

 

[hella356]

Entempo Spirit.

 

[philodox]

I think that the Archos MP3 players and multimedia players deserve way more attention than they get.

 

[Girdag]

Quote:

Brands that the common oik might know (in descending order) - ipod - sony (but not the NW-HD series) - iRiver - Rio - Philips (not the DAP side though) - iAudio - Yepp

I disagree. In my experience, its

- ipod
- iRiver
- Umm........

 

[johnas]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfen68 If you want to keep her.....you're better off thinking of it as sweet

I have taught my wife to use the term DAP. Of course it took me buying her a pink iPod mini for her to really care.... ( I own a Karma and NH700 HiMD)