[Aimless1]

Cowon D2 - can add flash memory as needed, handles several codecs, easy to navigate and sounds great.

 

[SACD-Man]

the iPhone does also sound nice!!!

iPod 5.5 and the imod is killer also. ARCHOS Digital OUT>>>>>>>>

 

[FrederikS|TPU]

Cowon D2, best I have ever had. I like the sound quality and the fact that you can expand its capacity by adding a SDHC card. A little bonus is that it is very small.

Would love to hear an iMod though :/

 

[krmathis]

The 1st. generation iPod nano.
Clean little durable player, with enough features for my use.

 

[craiglester]

Karma - Gapless everything, flac, and tactile controls. - none of this touch nonsense. Sounds pretty awesome too.

 

[SACD-Man]

I to think gapless is important.

 

[usc goose]

For me it's my 2nd gen ipod shuffle. Not about the sq, it's about keeping me and my will to live alive at work.

 

[Rednamalas1]

gapless playback wasn't too important to me - I tend to play random and skip more songs than I listen - long battery life + good sq + large capacity for FLAC files are what I look for in mp3 players.

 

[MoonShine]

After a long search and many, many players.... I am happy with my Zune 80.
Great SQ
Very good capacity @ 80GB
Gapless
Big fat juicy album art
There is a Podcast trick that results in audiobook bookmarking that I really like
Best Interface and Controls I have seen
9 months w/ everyday use w/ no case and still looks brand new - I do not baby it but there really isn't a scratch on it.

If it had better battery life, dj functions, and delete on the fly it would be perfect.

 

[Suntory_Times]

Imodded ipod. 4th gen of 5h gen

 

[synaesthetic]

I have a few favorites.

Sharp MD-DS8 and Sony NW-HD5 for absolute sound quality. HD5 also gets kudos for a great line-out function.

Sansa Clip 1GB for the ultimate "disposable" player.

iPod Mini (second generation) for the most perfect realization of the iPod line ever. If I ever decide to tote around a portable amp again, I will definitely pick one up and CF/diyMod it. In my opinion, the iPod Mini is the pinnacle of iPod design. It also had a great, great clickwheel, much better than the newer generations which are more than a little touchy.

iPod Shuffle (first generation) for HOLY CRAP HOW DOES THIS STICK OF GUM SOUND SO GOOD

Sony NWZ-A728 for a great-sounding DAP with fully tactile controls, an island of relief in a sea of touch-screen and touch-pad DAPs.

 

[jinp6301]

iriver ihp-140 w/ rockbox

does everything I want it to do, from sounding good from its headphone out to outputting digital

 

[MD1032]

iAudio X5L for me also. No fancy DACs required. Just straight-up acceptable output into your favorite earphones or, even better, into an amp and then earphones. Also, 5-band EQ for those really old recordings.

 

[fraseyboy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huckster /img/forum/go_quote.gif 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.

I agre but the touch controls were a pain when I had it... Bad enough to warrant me selling it. Loved the little dock though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinp6301 /img/forum/go_quote.gif iriver ihp-140 w/ rockbox does everything I want it to do, from sounding good from its headphone out to outputting digital

I concur. My H120 has replaced my PC for playback due to it being less hassle. Sounds great from the headphone out, nice controls, very good recording plus has optical out.

 

[jbusuego]

Sony NW HD5 because of its line out my zune doesn't have one