[SACD-Man]

Instead of a poll which usually only covers a few......mention your favorite player and why...

 

[Rednamalas1]

iAudio X5L. great sq, native FLAC capability, several functions. long battery life.

It is rather heavy and small hard drive though (30GB is the max)

I hope I can diy a different sized HDD into it.

 

[SACD-Man]

FLAC is nice.....

 

[Kirosia]

Gas-powered Meridian for the win!

I've only owned a couple players, but I guess my favorite is my iaudio u2, if only because I can navigate the thing without taking it out of my pocket. Honorable mention: Ipod 5G that only works when it damn well feels like it. (Just like my ex-wife)

 

[edart]

Ipod video 60gb, why well because it was the last mp3/4 player I bought and it runs Rockbox! Also the 60gb is a great amount of storage.

I want/will get if I can ever afford it is a
Cowon P5 as it looks awesome in red! And it does EVERYTHING!!!

Very honourable mention to the 4gb Sony NZ7 I had prior to the Ipod as it sounded superb, very long battery life, was easy to use and had a great screen, though it was let down by it's small capacity and having to use sonicstage!

 

[shigzeo]

ipod touch - gapless, aac support, good sq, great performance with low to high ohm phones with somewhat minimal bass rolloff in low imp phones, great app support: reading on the go!

 

[jonathanjong]

iPod Touch. Because I'm an Apple Fanboy who lives within Steve's reality distortion field.

 

[funch]

My newly DIYmod'ed 4G ipod photo. At least to my old ears, everything they say about the imod is true in spades. For a total investment of $130, this thing is nothing short of phenomenal, and the Blackgates aren't even broken in yet.

 

[Superpredator]

The iMod is my favorite-sounding DAP, but for actual portable use I like the 1st gen Shuffle.

 

[uofmtiger]

If we are judging only on its ability to play music, probably the ipod classic 160GB version. More space = more music and lossless encoding.

However, if we are comparing the best all around, I would give my vote to the 16GB iPod Touch. In addition to playing music, it gets my email, surfs the web, can be used as a remote for iTunes, can be used as a remote for my Roku soundbridge using the Slimserver interface, does video (on a decent sized screen), takes no time to load photos (unlike my Creative Zen W), has a Pandora interface, etc, etc... I would give up my 160GB player for the Touch any day of the week.

 

[nsx_23]

32GB CF modded iRiver H320 with 2200mha battery and rockbox.

 

[SACD-Man]

meizu is a serious player with FLAC ability. Folks, please listen clearly...Archos digital output to a good DAC is simply amazing.

Those who listen will be rewarded.

Archos 605 - optical out (DVR station) - HR desktop Max with Max DAC - AKG 701's

 

[guyx1992]

I've had only two MP3 players in my life.
An iAudio G3 2GB that I really liked, and my current iPod Classic 80GB.
I guess I like the iPod more

 

[Huckster]

Toshiba gigabeat for me! Its the fastest/best Rockbox runner that I know of (much faster cpu than an ipod with its 2 lil cpu's) So it plays Flac, ogg, mpeg movie files, whatever! Comes with a wired remote, 20-60 gb's.

Coolest looking goes to the olympus M:robe, black with red led's, very retro, but a wimpy audio output.

 

[Luminette]

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