MP3 player recommendations...
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I'm looking for recommendations on a decent portable MP3 player. Been looking at the Creative MuVo TX 256 w/ FM, and the TDK MOJO with similar specs. Want something small and durable for listening to music on my commute to and from work. Doesn't need goo-gobs of memory (honestly, 15G?!) but want a decent amount of storage... Recommendations and personal testimonials welcome. Also, anyone know what happened to activebuyersguide.com? Was a great site, used it to figure out a decent digital camera, but site seems to have gone offline now... Cheers, Carl
Imho, both hard disk and solid-state players (excellent as they are in features and battery life) lack the power output and sound quality of my humble Sony CD/MP3 Discman. Granted, you first have to burn a few CDs (which works well for me since I can play them in my car's MP3 player too). /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com
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I'm looking for recommendations on a decent portable MP3 player. Been looking at the Creative MuVo TX 256 w/ FM, and the TDK MOJO with similar specs. Want something small and durable for listening to music on my commute to and from work. Doesn't need goo-gobs of memory (honestly, 15G?!) but want a decent amount of storage... Recommendations and personal testimonials welcome. Also, anyone know what happened to activebuyersguide.com? Was a great site, used it to figure out a decent digital camera, but site seems to have gone offline now... Cheers, Carl
DigitalWay MPIO. Slim, looks good, FM, 256Mb onboard, SD card expandable. It's indespensible to me. cheers, Chris Maunder
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I'm looking for recommendations on a decent portable MP3 player. Been looking at the Creative MuVo TX 256 w/ FM, and the TDK MOJO with similar specs. Want something small and durable for listening to music on my commute to and from work. Doesn't need goo-gobs of memory (honestly, 15G?!) but want a decent amount of storage... Recommendations and personal testimonials welcome. Also, anyone know what happened to activebuyersguide.com? Was a great site, used it to figure out a decent digital camera, but site seems to have gone offline now... Cheers, Carl
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What ever you do don't get a Memorex mp3 player big mistake. Some people don't think that playlist support is a standard feature, with the same ones who believe that they think that playlist support is something built in to the hardware (ugh) 128mb is the bare minimum that you should get. For me that is about 4h worth of music (WMA 64kbs) -Steven Hicks
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Steven, Thanks for the reply...Hearing what people don't recommend (and exactly why) is as useful as hearing what people do recommend. Memorex hadn't made my list, certainly won't now, and I've now added playlist support to my list of desirable features to check for... Cheers, Carl
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yeah sometime I wish I had a bigger one also, but I'd prefer having a longer battery life.
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Chris and Maximilien, Thanks for the responses. I'd discounted the iPod because of annoying things I'd heard about not being able to replace the rechargeable battery, and people having to send them back to Apple... No matter what I get, I expect battery life to be an issue. Although I saw an iRiver last night that claimed 40 hours of battery life? (on standby perhaps ;P ) Thanks again for the response... Cheers, Carl
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DigitalWay MPIO. Slim, looks good, FM, 256Mb onboard, SD card expandable. It's indespensible to me. cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris, Thanks for the response! I hadn't heard of the MPIO players, but after looking at a couple last night, and browsing the website, they're now a serious contender. A couple questions for you, especially since you've got one that is SD expandable. -Any problems with needing to resync with the MPIO Manager when you swap cards? In other words, do the cards just allow you to up the overall capacity but you still need to upload via connection to PC, or can you actually have different libraries of songs on different cards and "hot swap" at will? -Any problems with uploading multiple folders of music? One person's post mentioned about the player freezing up when uploading more than a couple folders ([Occasional] freezing[^]) Thanks again. I love CodeProject, keep up the good work! Cheers, Carl
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Lauren, Thanks for the response! I hadn't really looked at the iRiver because I'd read some review that did not like the supplied software for the PC. Of course, I suppose if I can just use Media Player to transfer files to and from it, I'm happy enough with that. Saw an iRiver last night in Best Buy that (supposedly) offers 40 hours of battery life? Would be nice not having to buy stock in Duracell... Thanks again... Cheers, Carl
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Chris, Thanks for the response! I hadn't heard of the MPIO players, but after looking at a couple last night, and browsing the website, they're now a serious contender. A couple questions for you, especially since you've got one that is SD expandable. -Any problems with needing to resync with the MPIO Manager when you swap cards? In other words, do the cards just allow you to up the overall capacity but you still need to upload via connection to PC, or can you actually have different libraries of songs on different cards and "hot swap" at will? -Any problems with uploading multiple folders of music? One person's post mentioned about the player freezing up when uploading more than a couple folders ([Occasional] freezing[^]) Thanks again. I love CodeProject, keep up the good work! Cheers, Carl
You can have different songs on different cards. The transfer application is just a glorified explorer and there's no actual 'synching' done. You can upload as many folders as you like. I currently have 9 folders, 5 on the player and 4 on a card. cheers, Chris Maunder
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Lauren, Thanks for the response! I hadn't really looked at the iRiver because I'd read some review that did not like the supplied software for the PC. Of course, I suppose if I can just use Media Player to transfer files to and from it, I'm happy enough with that. Saw an iRiver last night in Best Buy that (supposedly) offers 40 hours of battery life? Would be nice not having to buy stock in Duracell... Thanks again... Cheers, Carl
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I'm looking for recommendations on a decent portable MP3 player. Been looking at the Creative MuVo TX 256 w/ FM, and the TDK MOJO with similar specs. Want something small and durable for listening to music on my commute to and from work. Doesn't need goo-gobs of memory (honestly, 15G?!) but want a decent amount of storage... Recommendations and personal testimonials welcome. Also, anyone know what happened to activebuyersguide.com? Was a great site, used it to figure out a decent digital camera, but site seems to have gone offline now... Cheers, Carl
First of all, thanks to everyone that replied to my request. After a lot of deliberation (I'm a terrible shopper), I bought an iRiver 256MB player, the iFP890. I was very tempted by Chris Maunder's recommendation of the MPIO, I hadn't looked at them before. In the end, I selected the iFP890 because of the whopping advertised 40 hour battery life and slickness of packaging. When I downloaded the manual for the FY200 from the MPIO site, it seemed to have tons of PDF errors in it. Feature-wise, the iRiver and MPIO players seemed very similar. More storage would have been nice, but the models that provide for gigs of space were bigger than I was looking for. And it would have meant yet another expense for the models that take cards. I've got a couple different cards for my digital camera, in reality I only ever use one. Anyway, thanks again everyone, and now I've got some music to go listen to...:cool: Cheers, Carl