[MadDog]

This seems like a slick looking player.

http://www.iriverjapan.com/product.php?product=iHP-100

I like iRiver product and I would consider buying it when available with bigger HD and louder volume.

 

[mekanoplastik]

it looks very nice.....

isnt it funny they use metallica as the display example...

the earphones look like the mx300 some got for free

 

[bangraman]

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Originally posted by mekanoplastik it looks very nice..... isnt it funny they use metallica as the display example... the earphones look like the mx300 some got for free

WAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes indeed, very funny.

I think they are the Sennheisers. I got Sennheiser (though not labelled) with the IMP-400.

 

[ProFingerSk8er]

i was just looking at that, i belive they'r 12w per channel at 32. the remote is just plain SEXY!!!!
if i have enough $, this is defently the HDD player i will get

 

[lan]

uh-oh, somebody better not show this to Lars

 

[Whitebread]

That player is sexay!!! I'll defineatly look into buying one.

 

[austonia]

very cool, except its $500 for 10gb, quite a premium at the moment at least

what it does have that others don't, for this size..
FM radio
recording/encoding
optical in/optical out
hi-res remote
battery life ~15 hrs supposedly

 

[ProFingerSk8er]

Quote:

Originally posted by austonia very cool, except its $500 for 10gb, quite a premium at the moment at least what it does have that others don't, for this size.. FM radio recording/encoding optical in/optical out hi-res remote battery life ~15 hrs supposedly

those functions are exactly why i want this over a ipod

 

[terrymx]

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Originally posted by lan uh-oh, somebody better not show this to Lars

hahahaha
do anyone know the average price it will be when it come out, i would save my money for this instead of the imp550 if its not too much, i think it will be.

oh i read the above topic, $500, nevermind, i could use that money for a car.

 

[austonia]

http://www.audiocubes.com/product_in...roducts_id=482

$489 + shipping from audiocubes japan

 

[MadDog5145]

Will $500 be the actual U.S. price? Because I remember audiocubes sold the Iriver IMP-550 before the U.S. release date for a signficantly higher price than the U.S. retail price.

 

[ProFingerSk8er]

im pretty sure it will cost more from audiocubes, because they have to import the players from korea, than export to US. which means double import fee

 

[asdfeproiu9]

nope, they sell the japanese version. meaning, iriver already imports from korea, and THEN audiocubes sells it, hence the expensive price tag.

 

[MadDog]

Wow, whoppin' 128MB Built in Flash memory as compared to 16MB for Nomads and 32MB for iPod and Approx. 16 hours playing time!!


But inferior S/N Ratio: 90dB, weaker Headphone output: 20mW(L) + 20mW(R) and low disk space (only 10GB) along with high price tag ($489) is MAJOR TURN-OFF!!

IRiver should know better we ain't no sucker here!

 

[MadDog]

Just for the curiosity, how is this optical in/optical out be used in portable environment? What's the merit of using the optical connection for hooking up a device with S/N Ratio: 90dB?