[Sceptre]

Even did the 20Gb upgrade that required low level hex edits.
Volume was low, UI was difficult but I could go on holiday with my music collection.

4 AA batteries lasted about 1.5 hours, but it worked.

Sold the concept to so many friends.

Nearly bought the Unix car unit from a local company but they got bought out and stopped production.

The rest is history.

 

[-=Germania=-]

2000 - iRock MP3 - 128MB - expandable to 256MB (using SmartCard media).
~$300
No ID3, No playlists, Basic controls, 3 EQ settings

 

[kukrisna]

nomad jukebox

 

[threebeers]

Archos Jukebox Recorder v.2, maybe 2002.

Rockboxed it, of course. It still works fine though it only gets about 3 hours off the battery. It has the most powerful output of any digital player I have.

 

[Vault]

MPIO DMG something or other. Circa 2002, 64mg storage, upgradable to 128mg using a Multimedia flash card! How archaic! It did manage to handle 2 months of backpacking around Europe.

How much do you think the 28 songs I could fit on it got on my nerves by the end of that tour

Sassy!

 

[wangerin]

3rd gen 20GB ipod!

 

[InfiniteZr0]

Well I guess my first real mp3 player was my iriver H10
But I had an old Samsung CD Yepp that could play MP3 files

 

[Brestinder]

first? sansa e130 for 100$ in hmm 2005? or 2004 i don't remember
but i remember i had crash a screen 2 weeks after buy ... and i was have a sansa e130 shuffle

 

[JmRoq]

A 6gb Creative Nomad Jukebox back in 2004 for me. Upgraded the hd to 20gb and it still works fine.

 

[Blue Horseshoe]

First MP3 player was a Rio Nitrus - got that after using an MD player for a while.

 

[FoolmanCool]

First DAP was a Creative Zen Micro. Had to RMA it 3 times before I got one that didn't freeze on me though ><

 

[Earwax]

A D-link DMP-100 with a whole 32 meg (yes MEG) of memory. It also had a slot for an extra 32meg smart media card. I still have it and it was still working the last time I tried it. I don't think I have the cable or software to load it any more though. Sharky Extreme - '+$ArtG+' - '+$ArtC+' - '+$ArtN+'

Second player was a Samsung Yepp with 64 meg of memory, great sound quality.

 

[LaBreaHead]

In the opening months of 2003, I got a 2nd generation iPod "for Windows." Apart from the terrible battery situation (e.g., running down when not used for several days), it was a promising start for me (and Apple).


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Sources (in order of purchase):
2nd Generation 10GB iPod for Windows (retired)
Creative Muvo 256MB (recently found the recipt -- more than $110)
Creative Muvo 1GB (out on loan)
Rio Carbon 5GB
Cowon iAudio 5 1GB (out on loan)
Rio Karma 20GB (low-mileage collector’s item)
Creative Zen Nano 1GB
Samsung YP-U2 512MB (out on short-term loan)
4th Generation 40GB iPod (monochrome; used as home jukebox)
2nd Generation iPod Nano 4GB
Creative Zen Stone 1GB
iRiver T60 2GB
Sandisk Sansa Clip 1GB
Sandisk Sansa Clip 2GB

 

[That dude]

Creative Muvo TX fm 128mb. Still alive but barely kicking. t was given free during some promotion.

 

[animalsrush]

My first Mp3 palyer was Sony MD walkman NWMD 70 i think. It was awesome and sounded good. The only problem was that you had buy those MD disks and used ATRAC format. From 2003 i am using rio Karma and it is going strong. Just placed an order for the latest sony walkman player Sony NW A729. This player sounds awesome when i heard it a Best buy and sony style