Underwhelmed
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Hello, first post here. So I am in the market for a new portable music player since my MiniDisc Player of 4 years has sort of been acting weirdly, and after doing a bit of research of my own, I've pretty much narrowed my choices down to these two players. All I really want is a decent amount of HD space and quality audio. I was leaning towards the iAudio for it's rich set of features (Ogg, FLACs, etc) and lower price, but then I discovered Rockbox could add a lot of those features to the iPod. So now I'm a bit torn between which one to get.
I hear both of them tend to have their batteries start dying after awhile, and while replacing the iPod battery by yourself seems to be fairly easy, it seems like the X5 requires some basic skill and tools in soldering, neither of which I possess. But the X5 does have a one-year warranty that will replace my batteries, free of charge.
Can anybody who has tried both products give a comparison of their audio quality? Or perhaps recommend another alternative (No Zunes)?
Edit: If it helps at all, I plan on using my Koss Sparkplugs with this, which I suspect will be a limiting factor in terms of what quality of sound I can achieve.
I hear both of them tend to have their batteries start dying after awhile, and while replacing the iPod battery by yourself seems to be fairly easy, it seems like the X5 requires some basic skill and tools in soldering, neither of which I possess. But the X5 does have a one-year warranty that will replace my batteries, free of charge.
Can anybody who has tried both products give a comparison of their audio quality? Or perhaps recommend another alternative (No Zunes)?
Edit: If it helps at all, I plan on using my Koss Sparkplugs with this, which I suspect will be a limiting factor in terms of what quality of sound I can achieve.