[linuxworks]

wow, $25 shipped for a 'refurb' 2gb e250.

version 1, too - so it rockbox's!

5 minutes after the UPS guy dropped it off I had rockbox on it and was listening to flacs. this is so cool.

I took a chance hoping it would be v1 since the v2 is still 'useless' for flac. newegg got a batch of the v1's in (now gone, though).

this is my first sandisk player. its probably my 20'th mp3 player, though - but I'm liking this more than any other I've had before.

driving a pimeta and hd280's. mmm, nice.

a friend showed me his clip and that made me give sandisk another look. when I found the older model on sale for beer money (lol) I decided to give it a try. so glad I did.

I hope they can rockbox the others. that really does make ALL the diff to me.

 

[GreatDane]

Nice. I bought 2 e250's(2GB) from Woot for $65 shipped but ended up getting 4 due to lost mail. Of course mine are rockbox'd.

 

[mattcalf]

Nice, rockbox is a worthy upgrade.
Wish they could port it to the classic or something because it rocked my jox on my H340.

 

[nsx_23]

I picked up a 2GB refurbed e250 for $39.

Do you find the scroll wheel difficult to use? I find mine playing up sometimes.

 

[linuxworks]

the scroll wheel is poorly made. doesn't surprise me. there are ways to open it and clean it - so I expect to do that in a few months, myself.

 

[DJGeorgeT]

I wished they would port it to the version 2. I guess they are working on it. The v1 adds annoying noise whenever it is accessing the flash memory. It just does not work well with iems.

 

[linuxworks]

yes, I hear the cpu noise loud and clear when its 'thinking'.

its as annoying as a modded dac that had its mute circuit removed..

its not a showstopper but it does lower its overall happiness score

only a little though.

you say they fixed it in v2?

how about the fuse and clip? do they also have that noise?

 

[DJGeorgeT]

yeah v2 is very quiet and sounds a lot better than v1 in every aspect. V2 uses a completely different chipset than v1. Yes, V2 sounds very close to the clip although the Clip and the Fuze still sound cleared and more dynamic than the e200 v2.

 

[nsx_23]

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxworks /img/forum/go_quote.gif yes, I hear the cpu noise loud and clear when its 'thinking'. its as annoying as a modded dac that had its mute circuit removed.. its not a showstopper but it does lower its overall happiness score only a little though. you say they fixed it in v2? how about the fuse and clip? do they also have that noise?

I thought that electronic noise was from a faulty unit, but looks like its just a design flaw. Thats good to hear.

 

[nsx_23]

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxworks /img/forum/go_quote.gif the scroll wheel is poorly made. doesn't surprise me. there are ways to open it and clean it - so I expect to do that in a few months, myself.

I just find that it either doesn't respond or over-responds, which makes browsing an absolute pain in the ass.