[like-a-rhapsody]

I've spent a couple of months loading up my entire catalog almost 2TB in full WAV quality to an external hard drive, which is great for the house, but what about something mobile for the car or on your person.  Is there something out there that is affordable?

 

[ZARIM]

The Archos offers 500GB PMPs and few others brands with less capacity but still pretty large like iPod Classic 160GB, Cowon X7 160GB, Zune 120GB and they all play WAV files.

 

[like-a-rhapsody]

I'm looking for something to use exclusively for music, is there something that is only a player and nothing else?
 
Thanks

 

[Head Injury]

Wait, why do you have it in WAV and why would you want to use WAV on a portable?

 

[like-a-rhapsody]

I wanted to keep everything lossless and now that I have it on a hard drive like that - I'd like to be able to load selections onto something to take in the car and the like.

 

[Head Injury]

Use FLAC or ALAC. Lossless compression, your music will take up about 60% of the space it does now and sound exactly the same bit for bit during playback.
 
Pick whichever is appropriate to the portable player you want (ALAC for iPods, for example).

 

[CrystalT]

or go 192/320kbps mp3 because any difference you hear between lossless and high quality encoding is placebo.

 

[Head Injury]

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or go 192/320kbps mp3 because any difference you hear between lossless and high quality encoding is placebo.

That's not true at all, just most of it.

 

[steampunk]

QLS QA350 ?

 

[i_djoel2000]

try this one:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IHIFI812-portable-music-player-built-in-CS4398-24BIT-192K-DAC-AD8397-AMP-NEW-/110779637280

 

[Head Injury]

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try this one:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IHIFI812-portable-music-player-built-in-CS4398-24BIT-192K-DAC-AD8397-AMP-NEW-/110779637280

Only supports WAV? That screams a few things at me:

1. Terrible, lazy software
2. Designed for the express purpose of ripping off ignorant audiophiles

 

[i_djoel2000]

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Only supports WAV? That screams a few things at me:

1. Terrible, lazy software
2. Designed for the express purpose of ripping off ignorant audiophiles

 
did you even bother to read the information provided in that listing? come on, don't be one of those ignorant audiophiles

 
it supports flac as well

 

[knowhatimean]

 
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Wait, why do you have it in WAV and why would you want to use WAV on a portable?

Do you guys belong to a cult that requires you to inquire why someone chooses to use WAV on a portable ? Why is the assumption always made that someone needs to be educated as to what other means of lossless coding they should/could be using instead ? Oh , wait a minute, I just realized what your user name is ! Hope you have a speedy recovery( "Why would you want..blah blah, blah" ... Did you honestly think about this question when you wrote it. It never occurred to you that they might have known they had other options, but were'nt interested.) (Are the rest of your 4,393 posting as thoughtful & insightful as this posting ?)
 
 

 

[Cryok95]

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QLS QA350 ?

+1. Take a look at it. Fits your needs but obviously cannot support 2TB of WAV.
 
 

 

[Chucky-X]

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I'm looking for something to use exclusively for music, is there something that is only a player and nothing else?
 
Thanks

 
Hi like-a-rhapsody,
 
my Tera-Player is a music player and nothing else.
It can play wav files from 16/44.1 up to 24/192.