[Krishna]

The Auvi SA1500 hardrive player is now available.
Here are some specs.

Smallest, slimmest and lightest 1.8 inch hard drive player in the industry

Ultra fast USB 2.0 connection speed

Supports MP3 and WMA audio formats

Can be used as an external hard drive backup

Built-in rechargeable/replaceable Lithium-Ion battery - offering 20+ hours of continuous playtime


http://www.auviworld.com/productdetails.php

 

[blessingx]

Corrected link.

Looks interesting. GUI looks a tad familiar.

 

[lan]

nice battery life and it's replaceable but what's up with the ">5mw" power output? sad.

 

[djgustashaw]

Hmm, looks nice if only because it's an iPod ripoff. Scrolling doesnt seem like it'll be as easy with that tiny jog dial on the side, though. And that GUI is a bit too close for comfort. 20 hours of battery life is nice whether it's a copycat or not. Wonder how much it'll cost.

Crap, this is post 666 for me... better make my next one soon!

 

[br--]

Wow, these are nice. I want a 40GB. I hope they are released soon.

 

[Krishna]

You can buy it now for $299 at the Auvi store. I know that some one here was interested in getting one.

I have to say though, it looks kind of ugly, but this is ofcourse overshadowed by the size and 20hr battery life.

 

[br--]

I'm assuming it's $299 for the 20GB. I don't think they are selling the 40GB yet, but I'm wondering where they will price it at.

 

[xlEnt]

cant wait tell someone reviews this cause this would be a perfect player for me as i dont listen to ogg or anything ... only thing i worry about is how the company stands about firmware bugs and warrenty issuis...

 

[TonyTripleA]

Hmm, it looked to me like the 10 Gig model was US$299. But that seems reasonable given the specs. Except for two particular specs: as already mentioned 5 mW output (a bit low if you have some harder to drive phones) and 90 dB signal to noise ratio. Maybe I'm getting spoilt by the "on paper" specs of the Creative Muvo 2 which as 98 dB s/n. Still, from what I remember the Ipod is only >90 dB and most of the critical ears here have no problem with the Ipod sound (although am I correct in hearing people rate it as low on bass?)

I test drove an Ipod last Wednesday and am pretty close to "purchase time"... but reviews on the sound of this unit here would be appreciated. I'd also like to personally test drive a MuVo 2 but its so hard to compare units when the demo songs in retail outlets are all different (and different from what my ears are trained to recognise).

Cheers,

TonyAAA

 

[Sugo]

you got me all excited as if Sharp is releasing a HDD mp3 player with their 1 bit digital Auvi amp ...

 

[blueice]

This is pretty misleading as they use the name of popular Sharp digital amp as their company name "auvi technologies" but they are not in any way affiliated with Sharp.

I really hope Sharp would come up with their own hdd player like toshiba did though