whats a good sq portable source from 07..08 ?

[what?]

im a fan of buying older products that have had good reviews for a while.

any good older portable sources from 07, 08, i might find on e bay or teh www?

id prefer not to require a separate amp.

$150.00 max.

 

[walkingman]

What do you prefer? Touchscreen or none-touchscreen? Flash or harddrives? How much storage space would you require?

Personally I believe the Walkman NWZ-A81x is still worth getting despite it being an older model. Saw the 4GB version (A816) being sold at Sainsbury's here for £33 ($45) which I think is pretty damn good value for money.

 

[what?]

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Originally Posted by walkingman /img/forum/go_quote.gif What do you prefer? Touchscreen or none-touchscreen? Flash or harddrives? How much storage space would you require? Personally I believe the Walkman NWZ-A81x is still worth getting despite it being an older model. Saw the 4GB version (A816) being sold at Sainsbury's here for £33 ($45) which I think is pretty damn good value for money.

i only have 2 desires,

1.the best sq i can have - no amp - yuin pk3s.

2.works easily with a mac.(im no geek and messing with software is beyond me)

i only listen 2-4 hours at a time so less then a gig will work for me.

 

[walkingman]

The Sony's output is a little weak, but the pk3 has a relatively low impedance so I am going to guess it will work. But I'll leave it to someone else to answer that.

Most modern players will function as drag and drop devices on Macs.

A Sansa Clip may be ideal for you if storage isn't an issue.

 

[Tomikans]

x2 I would suggest the sansa clip... It's so small, so cheap... yet so good. It's awesome with the pk3's.

 

[what?]

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Originally Posted by Tomikans /img/forum/go_quote.gif x2 I would suggest the sansa clip... It's so small, so cheap... yet so good. It's awesome with the pk3's.

i looked on the sansa web site, it sais only the fuze is compatible with mac (under msc mode)

the clip doesnt have that option

 

[walkingman]

I think it is compatible with both with the newer firmwares. Even Sony doesn't advertise their Walkman as Mac/Linux compatible, but it is.

Quote:

Settings > USB > MSC

 

[Bullseye]

Sansa Clip FTW

 

[PachmanP]

Cowon D2 maybe. Should be getting a little long in the tooth, and it has pretty good sq and very little/no hiss. It also behaves like an external usb drive, so it should just plug right in.

 

[what?]

thanks,

looks like im off to find a 'clip' then?

i wonder if its really better sounding then my v2 shuffle?

 

[what?]

$27 for the 1 gig

if i like it ill find a 4 gig somewhere

 

[spacemanspliff]

The Clip works with any OS that accepts a standard MSC disk drive including Windows, Linux, and Mac. You do not need to install any drivers or software for any OS. In addition to the MSC protocol, you can switch it to MTP which allows for more advanced playlist features and compatibility with music services.

SanDisk Sansa Clip vs iPod Shuffle

The clip owns. Get one.