funny the things about dap's you don't think you'd care for till you got them. i can already tell that i'm very glad to have the radio (for listening to NPR, or getting more music tastes), and i'll use the recording function. i would have completely thought these functions irrelevant previously. i love this player. it sounds great, the fm tuner is unbelievably good in such a tiny package, and rockbox is a work of art. i think it will be awhile before it gets replaced (assuming it doesn't keep locking up
), and i'd be hard pressed to find a player that matches it.
i'm incredibly impresed with these rockbox guys; very very nice software for people doing it for free, or for anything for that matter. it's nice to be using it now that it's well developed, rather than guinea-pigging.
and though i don't intend to use the line out or optical, it's fantastic to have that on the player itself, and actually now that i think about it i WILL use it to connect to my car stereo.
stack on top of that the fact that these players are precious and rare, and that everyone has pretty much abandoned optical and line out on the unit itself, and you've got excellent resale potential.
i defy anyone to say their player is better!
