kitaoji
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Hi,
I've had a Zen Nano Plus for almost a year now and in my current fit of upgrade-itis (which will settle soon... SOON, I SAY!) I'm wondering if it's worth it to "upgrade" to an iAudio G3.
After my not-so-pleasant-affair with my iPod, I'm sticking to flash-drive players without built-in batteries that give a really nice sound with earphones. I've heard good things about iAudio/Cowon/JetAudio on this forum with ears better than mine, which is why I'm considering them.
First and foremost, I'm curious about the sound quality. I'll be using Ultimate Ears 3.studio (or 5.pro, depending on my mood for the day) with them, so I hope they work well with these pair of earphones.
The second thing(s) I harp on is the functionality of the player. I'm assuming that the FM and the voice recorder are just average, although I do want to know if the voice recorder's good for recording lectures (I had to set the volume on max on my computer for playback).
I'm being sucked in by the extra features of the G3 - the sleep timer and scrolling through the folders on the player (I'm shooting for the 2GB) are the ones that come to mind immediately - mainly because the Zen is rather inadequate with these. But I'm curious about the navigation of the player. Since it's in my pocket, will it be easy to toggle through songs/folders etc.?
Looking forward to input! (hopefully there's someone sane out there who'll convince me that getting this new player is a really, really, REALLY stupid idea...)
I've had a Zen Nano Plus for almost a year now and in my current fit of upgrade-itis (which will settle soon... SOON, I SAY!) I'm wondering if it's worth it to "upgrade" to an iAudio G3.
After my not-so-pleasant-affair with my iPod, I'm sticking to flash-drive players without built-in batteries that give a really nice sound with earphones. I've heard good things about iAudio/Cowon/JetAudio on this forum with ears better than mine, which is why I'm considering them.
First and foremost, I'm curious about the sound quality. I'll be using Ultimate Ears 3.studio (or 5.pro, depending on my mood for the day) with them, so I hope they work well with these pair of earphones.
The second thing(s) I harp on is the functionality of the player. I'm assuming that the FM and the voice recorder are just average, although I do want to know if the voice recorder's good for recording lectures (I had to set the volume on max on my computer for playback).
I'm being sucked in by the extra features of the G3 - the sleep timer and scrolling through the folders on the player (I'm shooting for the 2GB) are the ones that come to mind immediately - mainly because the Zen is rather inadequate with these. But I'm curious about the navigation of the player. Since it's in my pocket, will it be easy to toggle through songs/folders etc.?
Looking forward to input! (hopefully there's someone sane out there who'll convince me that getting this new player is a really, really, REALLY stupid idea...)