Post your portable player journey!

[PooJou]

Late 90's - Sony Discman (holy crap everyone had that)
2003 - iRiver IHP-120 (now 30gb, and rockboxed)
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Well it's been my daily player for 5 years and hasn't skipped a beat - looks real mangled due to being one of the first with the paint problem, but other than that... battery still holds 14+ hours playing VBR Alt/preset/extreme

Long live the IHP!!

 

[uraflit]

early 2000s: Creative MuVo NX 256mb
2005: iPod Nano 4gb

yup.

 

[fractaltheory]

Late 80's/Early 90's: Sony Cassette Walkman

Late 90's: Iomega Hip Zip / Panasonic Shockwave CD Player

2003-Present: iPod 3G 10GB

Future: iPod Classic vs. Zune 80 ?

 

[sinus1982]

199* ... 2 or 3 Cassette players by AIWA and Panasonic [broken or ...]
2002 ... Sharp MD-MT180H (MD recorder) [given away as a present]
2004 ... Sony MZ-NH900 (Hi-MD 1st gen) [sold]
2005 ... Sony MZ-E10 (MD player) [sold]
2006 ... Sony MZ-EH1 (Hi-MD 1st gen player-only-unit) to date! (home rig: MZ-RH1, MDS-JE780)
future... hope they (MD units) will last 10 years or more ^^

 

[madnanny1]

hello there at last someone who owns a mw-a805,i consider this a machine which is had to beat even now. what do you think?

 

[p2A810wner]

I can barely remember what I had in he nineties lol! 
 
Pre 2003 - various CD players
 
2003 - 2005 - Sony MD player forgot what model
 
2005 - Crappy MP3 player
 
2006 - iPod Shuffle 1G
 
2007 - Sony A810 (Imported from Japan on release date) (One of the best I've heard out of my stock)
 
2008 - Samsung P2 (Bought on release date, might of been 2007 but forgot when it was!)
 
2009 - Sansa Clip v1
 
2009 - iPod Touch 3g 64GB (Present player)
 
Well use my touch for casual listening, or on the go. Also used for the apps and games. More laid back listening would use clip or Sony. Samsung P2 somewhere in the house. 
 
Forgot to mention, at times would use my phone for music on the standard supplied buds, my god they were awful! Some include, Moto E398 (dedicated music phone in those days with flashing lights which dance to the music, quite cool), Sony E P1i, Sony W810i, Nokia 5800, currently Blackberry 9700 (has decent SQ).
 
2010+: Some decent 128gb+ Flash based players with on board flac support, high quality DAC..... wonder who'll be the first to release something...

 

[madnanny1]

cant remember dates.
bought the very first sony w/man,then numerous ones by sony,toshiba,aiwa,and an excellent one made by dual(german turntable company) anyone had this one?.culminated in a sony wm dc6 pro walkman. best cassette walkman ever made but not very good h/phone socket,kept breaking. had varios cd walkmans from philips,kenwood,sony,to name but a few.then went into minidisc with an r50.built like a tank.thinking of buying another one of these sometime if i can find a non abused one for a good price. then an mz n900,n700 and my final one an mz rh1 which broke after 3 months. bought my first mp3 last year, a nwz 828 the  nwz826 these 2 i sold when i bought a nw-a806/nwz a638.my favourite one is the nw-a806. sonicstage and all

 

[p2A810wner]

SonicStage has to be the worse software I ever used!! Worse than itunes lol! 
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cant remember dates.
bought the very first sony w/man,then numerous ones by sony,toshiba,aiwa,and an excellent one made by dual(german turntable company) anyone had this one?.culminated in a sony wm dc6 pro walkman. best cassette walkman ever made but not very good h/phone socket,kept breaking. had varios cd walkmans from philips,kenwood,sony,to name but a few.then went into minidisc with an r50.built like a tank.thinking of buying another one of these sometime if i can find a non abused one for a good price. then an mz n900,n700 and my final one an mz rh1 which broke after 3 months. bought my first mp3 last year, a nwz 828 the  nwz826 these 2 i sold when i bought a nw-a806/nwz a638.my favourite one is the nw-a806. sonicstage and all

 

[lucozade]

Had various sony walkman and Panasonic portable cassette players in the 80s and early 90s
Than a Phillips personal cd player 
than onto ipod classic first generation 
than ipod classic second or 3rd generation
than ipod video 5th generation
than ipod classic 6 generation
than ipod classic 7 generations

 

[Danneq]

Oh! A resurrected thread! Me like!
 
Pre 2003: Various portable cassette players (never got into the portable CD player race)
 
2003-2005: Creative Nomad Jukebox 3
 
2005-2007; 2009-: Creative Zen Touch (HDD died in 2007, CF-modded it in 2009)
 
2007- : Sansa View
 
2009- : Cowon S9
 
2009- : Creative Zen Vision:M (bought one with broken HDD on Ebay and CF-modded it)
 
2010- : iRiver H120 (bought used from Ebay)
 
2010- : Sony MZ-NH900 MiniDisc player (used from Ebay)
 
2010- : Kenwood HD20GA7 (used from Japanese Yahoo auction)
 
2010- : JVC XA-HD500 (used from Japanese Yahoo auction)
 
I might also get a used Nomad Jukebox 3 for old times sake. Then my collection is complete. Newer DAP:s do not really interest me. The Cowon S9 with touchscreen and bells and whistles was interesting at first, but it is not as charming as the older bricks.
 
As you can see, I have fallen into the "I just have to buy another one" trap pretty hard. But I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, and except wanting a Nomad Jukebox 3 again I do not feel that I am interested in another DAP. Now, headphones is a completely different thing...
 
Well, at least I am not a car collector, so my hobby is relatively inexpensive...

 

[oyster]

1992 - Philips cassette player
1997 - Sony cassette walkman with some mega bass feature
1999- Philips cassette player with 3 band EQ
2004 - LG mobile phone with 60mb memory
2005- Apple ipod 30gb
2006- Sony Ericsson K750i
2007 - Sony ericsson w810i, w850i
2008- Apple shuffle 2g 1gb
2009- Sandisk clip v2 2gb, Philips go gear 4gb, Sony walkman Bxxx 2gb, Sony A726 4gb, Apple nano 4g 8gb
2010- Apple Ipod touch 3g 16gb, Classic 7g 160gb

 

[MrProggie]

1982/1983 - Ghetto blaster of a brand no longer remembered
About 1985 - Cheap cassette walkman
Early 90s - A Sony Walkman
1996 - Sony Discman D-171
2000 - Samsung Yepp YP-E64
2001 - Jazpiper MVR64P
2003 - 2005 a couple of assorted cheap mp3 players of unknown brands
2005 - Autumn Nokia N70 with 512 Mb flash card.
2007 - Creative MUVO 256 Mb.
2009 - December. Sansa Fuze 8GB.
 
Due to heavy use Samsung Yepp YP-E64 was replaced by Jazpiper MVR64P after a year.

 

[hahahigh]

Nice bump.

 
From 2000 to present day, I went from a very nice Sony PCDP --> MPIO FL300 --> iPod nano 1st generation --> Zune 30 GB ---> Zune 80 --> iPhone 3G.

 

[madnanny1]

never used itunes,i dont mind sonicstage. have used it since the days of minidisc and never found it a problem as long as you treat it gently. i use the4.3 version for my nw-a806.

 

[madnanny1]

have been tempted to use my laptop with a fiio e7 connected,but dont know if there would be any sonic difference also my laptop is heavy on the battery.anyone got any opinions