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11-09-2007, 07:55 PM
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Mp3 Players - Recommendations
I'm thinking of jumping on the portable music player bandwagon. Just after some opinions from people on their recommendations on what to look for and which brands and styles are the best.
I'm after something from the 4gb-10gb range or 1000-3000 songs.
My brother has had iPods and two of them have failed on him just outside of warranty. Plus I hate the iTunes and iPod layouts, I don't like having iTunes on my computer, so I want to steer clear of iPods.
I'd prefer something with a separate/replaceable battery if possible, and one that can easily be hooked up to a car/home stereo or anything like that.
Post up what you have and rough price range etc. Any help would be appreciated. I don't want to spend more than $400-ish
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11-09-2007, 08:04 PM
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LOL i was going to say don't buy an ipod. I bought my nano brand new and it was broken i couldnt even get it to link up with the pc. I got it replaced but this one still does some wierd thing where it won't work. Couple of my mate has have creative zen's and i river's and they're pretty good if you ask me none of them have had problems
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11-09-2007, 08:10 PM
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i use my PSP, it isent the most compact but its got alot of other features. i got a 2gb card in it now but last i heard you can now get 6gb ones.
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11-09-2007, 08:11 PM
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Ive got a Gigabeat X30 30gb Portable Mp3 / Video Player and its really good. I have had it for well over a year now and have not had a problem with it yet and they are now well less than $400, way better than an ipod IMO.
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11-09-2007, 08:24 PM
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my recos are the creative zen vision m, or the toshiba gigabeat range,
both high quality and good value, the toshiba one uses a version of windows to operate it
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11-09-2007, 08:27 PM
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Cool, yeah a few people have said good things about iRiver and Creative, I've heard Creative are the loudest and best sounding ones which makes sense seeing as they make computer soundcards I guess. I consider myself somewhat of an audiophile, even though I will put up with the loss of compressed music files. I still need a somewhat loud and crystal clear sound, at least the best I can get from MP3/WMA etc.
I've never heard of or seen the Gigabeats, I'll be sure to check them out.
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11-09-2007, 08:29 PM
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Ride: VP Berlina
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Location: Melbourne
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iriver H10. Great stuff there. Can even put Rockbox on it.
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11-09-2007, 08:42 PM
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The creative zen touch pad is a pain to get used to.
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11-09-2007, 09:12 PM
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Back in the saddle....
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Give the iAudio 6 or 7 a look; they're made by Cowon.
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11-09-2007, 09:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mischa
i use my PSP, it isent the most compact but its got alot of other features. i got a 2gb card in it now but last i heard you can now get 6gb ones.
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+1 ive got a psp as well... gr8 cause u can store photos, videos mp3z/music AND it plays actual movies and games...... only thing is there pretty damn big but ive never had a prob with mine 
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12-09-2007, 07:21 AM
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I agree that ipods are gay. I got one and it crapped itself. And having to use itunes is more trouble than its worth. And i didnt try this when i had one, but apparenty you can only use YOUR version of itunes to put music onto YOUR ipod. So you cant get a few beats off one of your mates who had itunes cos their itunes wont work with your ipod. Whether or not thats true im not sure, but even if its not true i still think ipods are ****.
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12-09-2007, 07:55 AM
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Hmm, ive never had any issues with iPoods. I think they are good, but the price isnt as good.
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