[matthewgordon]

Hi all...

I'm in the market for a new mp3 player and I need some advice.

I've currently got a old 8GB nano but I want to move away from apple. I only need it to play audio files as I use my phone for video. Size wise anything around credit card size is fine.

Sound quality and volume is really important. I need it loud! I'll be buying new headphones as well but let's get this headache out of the way first.

I've been looking at the cowon iaudio 9 and the colorfly c3, but I've heard bad things about both, sound quality and navigation respectively.

Anyone got any other ideas?

I have around 200 to spend so I guess budget isn't a issue

Thanks for any advice

 

[PurpleAngel]

You might also try post this question on the website anythingbutipod.

 

[zhubajie]

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I've currently got a old 8GB nano but I want to move away from apple. I only need it to play audio files as I use my phone for video. Size wise anything around credit card size is fine.

Sound quality and volume is really important. I need it loud! I'll be buying new headphones as well but let's get this headache out of the way first.

I've been looking at the cowon iaudio 9 and the colorfly c3, but I've heard bad things about both, sound quality and navigation respectively.

Check out the Sandisk Sansa Clip Zip (or Clip+).
These things are dirt cheap, very light, userfriendly, great sounding and you can rockbox them so you can tinker a lot like settings like crossfeen and stereo width.
 
I bought all that expensive stuff and ended up loving these little gems the most.
 
Check the forums; there's so much info on them you won't have any questions left. All about rockboxing it and why you should do that is there too.