I have upgraditis and the only cure is a new source.

[polska9]

Well i caught upgraditis and im looking to upgrade my source. I currently use an ipod nano 3g 8gb and a ipod 4g 20gb and i am a mac user. I have an extensive music collection mainly ripped in FLAC, MP3 and AAC. Now im looking for a new source with quite a bit of memory. it will be hooked up to my PFE's with no amp and will play music of all types. Any suggestions? thanks

 

[RedSky0]

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I have upgraditis and the only cure is more cowbell.

Fixed.

What's the size of the music collection you want to carry around? That will determine whether you can go for one of the swanky portable media players that usually max out at 32GB, or grab a more standard flash player that often has an expandable SD slot usually maxing out at 48/64GB or whether you're left with going for a hard drive player which maxes out at 120/160GB.

 

[polska9]

well i want to carry around about 25-30 GB but being able to expand would be nice as well.

 

[RedSky0]

Well then you've basically got a choice between hard drive players (iPod/Zunes, of which a rockboxed iPod 5.5G sounds awesome I might add) or high capacity (up to 32GB internal) flash players with additional potential for expandable memory (Cowon D2+, Sansa Fuze, Creative Zen). There's also a couple of flash players that max out at 32GB but have no expandability, which often have much nicer screens and better functionality like web browsing (such as the forthcoming Sony Walkman X1000, Samsung P3, Cowon S9).

The choice out of all those would depend on the kind of sound preferences you have. Plus there are probably more than a couple I've missed out, but those are the ones that come to mind.

 

[EEXO]

Zune 80 gets my vote!

 

[smallcaps]

ipod classic 160gb. i use it primarily for video and podcasts.

 

[selkin]

classic unamped ?

 

[smallcaps]

unamped when i want to travel light but still want a ton of files. i usually only amp when i am listening to music, and only with my iriver h120 most of the time.

 

[polska9]

all of these are good choices. i could just transfer my music into apple lossless to make it easier i wouldnt mine that. the sansa fuze seems like a nice little player and i bought it to try it out as it was 69.99 for an 8gb at my local store, but its battery life is terrible

 

[polska9]

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Originally Posted by EEXO /img/forum/go_quote.gif Zune 80 gets my vote!

the problem with the zune's is that they wont sync with my mac

 

[sputnik13]

Another option would be a used 5G from eBay of the 30GB variety.

I personally like the 30 more than the bigger capacity ones. The thinness is just so nice in the hands. Plus you can throw in a CF adapter and 32GB CF card for around $100. So a used 30 for $50 - $100 (depending on whether you buy a working or broken one) and $100 for 32GB CF conversion and you have a nice 32GB flash player that's compatible with your Mac for $150 - $200, and also later upgradable to higher capacity CF cards or a hard drive if you outgrow the 32GB.

 

[polska9]

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Originally Posted by sputnik13 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Another option would be a used 5G from eBay of the 30GB variety. I personally like the 30 more than the bigger capacity ones. The thinness is just so nice in the hands. Plus you can throw in a CF adapter and 32GB CF card for around $100. So a used 30 for $50 - $100 (depending on whether you buy a working or broken one) and $100 for 32GB CF conversion and you have a nice 32GB flash player that's compatible with your Mac for $150 - $200, and also later upgradable to higher capacity CF cards or a hard drive if you outgrow the 32GB.

i found a great ipod 5g 30gb locally. where would i purchase a hard drive upgrade though?

 

[Sparky191]

I would have thought being on a Mac the 32GB Touch would be the obvious choice. No expansion being the only problem, but then adding a large flash cards is expensive.

 

[RedSky0]

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Originally Posted by polska9 /img/forum/go_quote.gif i found a great ipod 5g 30gb locally. where would i purchase a hard drive upgrade though?

eBay. Make sure to check what fits though of course.

 

[sputnik13]

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Originally Posted by polska9 /img/forum/go_quote.gif i found a great ipod 5g 30gb locally. where would i purchase a hard drive upgrade though?

You single platter 80GB drive if you don't want to change out the back plate and keep the thin profile of the 30GB model. If you just get any 80GB drive that's for a 5th generation iPod, you'll probably end up with the larger ones for actual 80GB models and you'll have to change out the back plate.