HD player that allow upload of non-music files?

[terrymx]

i just bought a sony md for $120. today i went on jandr.com and saw the archos 6000 for the same price, except with 6gb. i was like...wow, did i made a wrong decision. though i heard the archos have bad sound quality.

anyway i have multiple computers at home and usualy have to bring computer files out of the house too. burning files onto a cd-r at 4x speed is too much of a hassle for me. i thought it would be a convinence way to buy have an HD player that can also upload computer format files too. i'm looking for something with just 8-10gb, can upload non-musical files, and cost no more than $220. is there anything out there that do that?

sound quality is not a big issue, as long as it sound decent, i know i cant afford the $350 iHP-100. so please give some reccomendation.

right now i'm looking at the Neuros 20GB, which i heard have bugs and transfering files is a pain. and the PJB, though i cant find any info on the older PJB products. what do you think about these two brands. i dont know if they can transfer computer files though. nomad zen maybe?

or should i scrap the idea and keep the MD, and buy an amp for it, even though it dont have a line out.

 

[blessingx]

When I was on the PC and had the NJB I used it for file transfers. Now that I'm on a Mac with an iPod I use that for the same. There's a lot of players out there that allow this, though certainly not all.

 

[terrymx]

blah i'll just try to save up and get a sony MZ-N1 and hopefully its line out feature is good. or maybe a R900 if luckily someone here would sell it to me.

 

[bootman]

RCA RD2840 Lyra Personal Jukebox MP3 Player


40 gigs for under $250.

It appears like a regular HD in windows and mac.
Ebay has some for a little less than this.

 

[Darth Minidisc]

Something to remember is that most non-flash players won't act as removeable harddrives which means you'll have to be installing the interface software. Not a big deal if you have control over all the computers you're using.

Another solution since you already have a music player is just buy a hard drive and a portable hard drive enclosure. This is much cheaper anyway.

 

[Talz]

Iriver's do this, as do ipods. But ipods won't recognize mp3's etc in the data section as music files, and won't show music files in the data section.

 

[ProFingerSk8er]

irivers are 100% software free (shows up as a external HDD)
you only use it's software to update music data base

 

[evh7]

I have an Archos Jukebox Recorder 20 and have had it for more than a year now. I think these players kind of get the short end of the stick, really, because I've really liked mine, especially with the Rockbox firmware.

While I may not listen for the same things you're listening for, I'm pretty happy with the sound quality I get from my Archos and my Grado SR-80s. Most people seem to complain about how the players look, rather than how they sound. But here's an old review of the 6000 that you might find revealing:
http://www.vanshardware.com/reviews/...kebox_6000.htm

And, yes, the player acts as regular hard drive, with no extra software to install. It's a simple drag and drop interface. As long as you've got USB 2.0 it's really fast.

However, you should be really, really careful before you buy a 6000 model. I've heard that those units and the Studio units were buggy as hell, and had trouble with power supplies and skipping. The Rockbox firmware update probably helps that, but my inclination would be to stick to Recorder units or things made after that (unless I was very sure I could return it if I had trouble).

 

[terrymx]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bootman /img/forum/go_quote.gif RCA RD2840 Lyra Personal Jukebox MP3 Player [size=small]40 gigs for under $250.[/size] It appears like a regular HD in windows and mac. Ebay has some for a little less than this.

Thanks for the recommendation, I just got it for $5 off a thrift store. It has a line out too.

 

[beep]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Minidisc /img/forum/go_quote.gif Another solution since you already have a music player is just buy a hard drive and a portable hard drive enclosure. This is much cheaper anyway.

+1

You Americans can get a 1TB hard drive and an enclosure for what $100 near enough? Why bother with all this other stuff?

 

[terrymx]

Quote:

Originally Posted by beep /img/forum/go_quote.gif +1 You Americans can get a 1TB hard drive and an enclosure for what $100 near enough? Why bother with all this other stuff?

I'm replying to a thread I posted 5 years ago. I was just having some nostalgia about head-fi as it was long ago. Technology may have evolved, but mp3 players still overpriced.

 

[tds101]

LOL - love the nostalgia!!!