I had a RCA (forgot name) but it was a big hefty one, 20gbs (they only make them in 40gbs now, as far as I know), well long story short it got stolen... So then when I was preparing for a trip to europe, and the netherlands I really needed another for the plane ride. So I got a Rio Carbon 5gb... I wish I would have spent the money on a psp, the carbon is nothing but problems for me, and but if you can get past the random lock ups the battery life is amazing.
I always wanted to stear clear of ipods but I reluctantly bought a shuffle after being fairly impressed with the sound quality of my mates one. It thought it might be perfect for my 25 minute bike ride to work. I was right I'm really impressed with it so far. Even itunes has been worth the effort of re-ID3-tagging about 1000 mp3s The sound quality of the shuffle is pretty good. Considering it's so tiny, it drives my Grado SR-80s well. Having a flappy little bit of white plastic on the end of the 2m beefy cord of these seems a bit funny. The supplied headhphones work really well with the shuffle. They sound a lot better than my Sennheiser MX-550 phones, which was a surprise. As long as you don't need a screen or want to carry GB's of music about then I would seriously recommend having a look at one of these. I have tried to avoid apples mp3 players up until now but this one was the right one for the job. As a product, it has a well defined purpose which it amply serves. Well recommended
Hmm, I should look into that Rio Karma here too, it just has the best featureset (including gapless playback which no other player fully supports, along with a shedload of others) and excellent sound quality. Only got this recently as Rio have now upped their European warranty on these to a year from the rather paltry 90 days it used to be. And this made me laugh
hmm why dosen't someone make a bluetooth brick (hdd storage) that sits in ur rucksack or coat pocket or something? That would be nifty. But now i can buy a 2.3microdrive for £50 i might make an mp3 player if i can perswade the uni to get me one of those nice atmel ARM9 dev boards. Hamish, kudos for the gaffa tape.
that was just there to stop the battery cover popping off at inconvienent times i say was because after i took it apart it was rather more vital
im just wondering about the iaudio m3....wheres the cheapest place to get one and also is it any good?
Zen NX i got for free, kinda. friend dropped it a few too many times, hard drive died, gave it to me for free. i bought a 60gig drive and stuck it in, working like a champ ever since
Me too, got it for about £60 or less (with 5 years cover) when I worked at Pc World (hate that place) Aint used it for a while now, I think its knakered, gonna wack the hard drive in me pc to do some diagnosis. Ive been looking for a new one but really cant decide, even after reading this thread Thinking iRiver but dont know which and not many places seem to sell them. What I want from an mp3 player: -20 gig or more (got 130gb of music some how) -Preferably drag n' drop to player (cba with having to use software) -reasonable size screen, don't need to be colour. -fairly easy to use/good UI. -good sound quality -radio would be handy -reasonable volume ouput level (might be using my Sennheiser HD580's with it) -and not too pricey, closer to £150 the better. Ive seen the H10 20gig for £178 (was out of stock), the 20gig Ipod for £170, I dont really want to get an I-pod as I just generally dont like the whole Apple thing or being forced to use itunes... Unless theres something better (with a good price)... Which iRiver and where can I get it in the UK, preferably the place with the best price.
Ohhh, mines changed too. Was using some cheap 128mb player. Now using a Rio Karma (20gb(few months in)) bloody ace! £130new. Only thing that'll replace it, is a New Rio/iRiver/Nano with at least 10-15gb.
Change mine from a mini to a nano. It's good, but I have just found out that it's not as durable as the mini. The screen cracked yesterday. I didn't even drop it or anything. Must have just been something wrong with the one I had (hopefully, seeing as I'm getting it replaced today...) _C
