Quick question: which portabme mp3 player has the largest storage capacity?

[greenhorn]

Quick question: which portabme mp3 player has the largest storage capacity?

I would use wav format, so the main criteria in choosing would be the storage capacity.

Thanks.

 

[Edvard_Grieg]

Technically the Creative Nomad lines. However if you transcode to FLAC you can use the Karma or iAudio M3 (M3 only supports compression 0-3 though). As an FYI, FLAC is a free lossless codec meaning it will be identical quality to WAV at roughly half to a quarter the size. The Karma comes in a 20gb flavor and also supports gapless. The iAudio comes in 20 and 40gb flavors (no gapless, and 'iffy' interface). The Nomads go up to 60GB if I remember correctly.

The iPod also has their own form of 'lossless', however it is not open-sourced (unlike FLAC) and hence you will be locked into that format. I don't know if it has been fixed or not, but originally there were issues with the iPod skipping when trying to playback lossless. Also, it is not gapless either, but you do get the whole 'chic' appeal.


my personal bias is obviously towards the Karma so take my post with a grain of salt

 

[mxs1030]

Depending on your definition of portable...

Nomad Jukebox 3 with 80 GB harddrive ( you'll have to purchase the HD separately and install it, not too difficult at all ).

 

[greenhorn]

Thanks for all the information. I would actually like something even more portable than a Sharp DR7 minidisc.

 

[breez]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edvard_Grieg FLAC is a free lossless codec meaning it will be identical quality to WAV at roughly half to a quarter the size.

Depends quite heavily on material to be encoded I guess. The overcompressed stuff that I listen generally doesn't compress very well at all

I usually get around 50-80% ratios.

 

[blessingx]

Another why use WAV/AIFF when you can FLAC/ALAC?

Otherwise if you considering player size (you could get a NJB and swipe HDs to what 120GB or more) then how small in small enough to determine your other question? The Carbon/Mini, etc.?

 

[wolfen68]

Many of the original archos models also allow a HD upgrade up to any size you can find a laptop drive. Since you're in Europe....easier to find?

 

[Max Minimum]

There's also the 80g XClef. I seem to remember Austonia saying he no longer recommended it for some reason (build quality issue?). Anyway, I've got the 60g Zen Xtra and it's a lot of space, though I use high bitrate mp3's. 500 cd's and I've got room to spare.

 

[austonia]

the only good one you can get commercially is the Neuros2 at 80gb.

you can hack just about any DAP with a 2.5-inch drive though.

Xcelf HD500 _NOT_ recommended. mine's dead after a firmware "upgrade"

 

[karmypolitics]

or just stick with mp3's. I can barely tell the difference, and, to be quite honest, music listening is all about the transfer of moods, not about minute differences in the sound output.