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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: adwight on April 30, 2005, 11:50:01 pm

Title: Music Players
Post by: adwight on April 30, 2005, 11:50:01 pm

Lately I've been debating which Music Player I should buy when I get enough money.  Should I get and iPod or something else?  Please help me find the best one that is out there.

Title: Music Players
Post by: Deepblue on May 01, 2005, 12:52:31 am

If you jog, get a flash player like an iRiver. If you just want to sit down and listen, get an iPod or another hard drive player.

Title: Music Players
Post by: Mongoose on May 01, 2005, 02:44:44 am

I have a 512 meg SanDisk player that works well enough for me.

Title: Music Players
Post by: Marauder on May 01, 2005, 07:29:04 am

Get an iPod.  Buy it a soft belt case.  You're set.

Title: Music Players
Post by: KappaWing on May 01, 2005, 12:20:17 pm

Get an RCA Lyra with a few memory cards. $50 for the player and $50 for the cards. IMO, it's the best quality-expense compromise. I would not recommend getting an ipod.

Title: Music Players
Post by: adwight on May 01, 2005, 10:58:31 pm

How much do those Memory Cards hold?

Title: Music Players
Post by: Nix on May 02, 2005, 02:56:29 am

GAH! Evil Apple and Ipod and Itunes GARBAGE! unless you own a mac, then yeah, it's perfect.
With the minis... I had a friend who bought 2 of em and the little thumb scrolly-wheel mechanism is goofy, I had a hard time actually controlling the thing unless I sat down and got used to it.  From what I understand, Creative's stuff has simple, tactile buttons instead of this thumb slidey-hovery thing that's just wierd.

Look at Creative Lab's Zen Micro.  Same stuff as the Ipod Mini, Same space, but it's less expensive than apple's offerings.  Yeh, thier software might be lacking, but it wont have that --== I ==-- feel of apple, hardware and software.  

And dont go buy a shuffle.  Dear god, if you're gonna go that route, buy a cheap Pocket PC and a 512 MB SD card and store your music on it, and play your music on that... while you manage appointments, play tetris, post on HLP, whatever.   (I love my Axim)

Title: Music Players
Post by: aldo_14 on May 02, 2005, 04:24:46 am

I have a Creative Zen (20GB one), albeit I only chose that because it was 50 quid cheaper than RRP......  um, I wouldn't recommend it if you don't get a decent discount, as the controls are really fiddly and the 'scrollwheel'* in particular is over sensitive.

I've heard/read the iRiver get very good reviews.

*Actually, it's a touch sensitive vertical pad that functions like a scrollwheel

Title: Music Players
Post by: Zarax on May 02, 2005, 04:28:23 am

Grab a Creative Muvo, it's small, cheap and works fine... Just grab another pair of headphones because the standard ones aren't the most comfortable around.

*Pats his custom MVP Muvo*

Title: Music Players
Post by: vyper on May 02, 2005, 08:25:32 am

Anything using solid-state storage.

Title: Music Players
Post by: Zarax on May 02, 2005, 08:26:20 am

The Muvo uses it.

Title: Music Players
Post by: Nix on May 02, 2005, 05:14:24 pm

Muvo's, Sandisk Mini MP3's, Pocket PC's with SD or CF Cards, the Lyra mentioned above that's all solid state.  

What'd really be cool though, is a pocket pc with a new 6GB hitachi microdrive.  Mass music storage with the functionality of a portable PC! YES!

Title: Music Players
Post by: vyper on May 02, 2005, 05:29:28 pm

Cause we can all afford a microdrive... or a pocket pc.

Title: Music Players
Post by: KappaWing on May 02, 2005, 06:23:14 pm

Quote

Originally posted by adwight
How much do those Memory Cards hold?

That depends on how much you are willing to fork over. ;7

I got a 512 megabyte card for only $30. A good deal, IMO.

I would rant about the i-pod until I get carpal tunnel, but I've already done so on other forums and I'm sure you wouldent appreciate it. :p

Title: Music Players
Post by: Zarax on May 03, 2005, 02:29:42 am

If you got the money for a pocket PC you might want to consider a PMC...
I beta tested the Creative one and it was pure coolness, shame is that the final version doesn't support bitrate overclocking...

Title: Music Players
Post by: WMCoolmon on May 03, 2005, 03:04:10 am

If you're thinking about an iPod, I've always thought this looked fun:

http://www.ipodlinux.org/Main_Page

Edit: Someone's made a mod player...and a password cracker for the ipod. :lol:

"Hey, what the hell is that kid doing with his ipod on the university scoring servers?"