drmoxx Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 looking to get one -don't know much about emany opinions?best ones?best for the $$$best ones for working out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubtness Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 iPod is a good choice, but too bad it works only for Macs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallytrance Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 True but they're also way expensive so I'd check out some Sony ones, I'm getting one too (Sony) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 I've had my Rio 800 128mb for about 2 months now and i'm very satisfied with it. After converting my mp3s to WMA i can store about 4.5 hours of music on it. Battery life is awesome, rechargeable. I would highly reccommend this player for a flash memory based mp3 player. I decided against hard drive based players. good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallytrance Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Rios...does it have good bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrthrbclbng Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 I have an Archos Jukebox 6GB recorder, and it is totally fucking awesome. I wanted something that held alot of memeory so that I could use it as a storage drive and also have alot of different genres/sets/tunes for when i travel. Also, uses Windows Explorer as the file manager, which is a good feature.I highly recommend this if you're looking for something that stores more than 128MB. You can get the player version for around $249.BTW: 6GB is equivalent to about 85 CD's worth of music. I have about 45 livesets on mine, and its awesome, something to fit every mood no matter time/place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrthrbclbng Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Oh, and I don't know about the Rio, but the Archos has absolutely flawless sound (& bass). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallytrance Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 All right, I'll check it out thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmoxx Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 the archos sounds niceonce u get into gigabytes does the size suffer, i'm looking for something really compacteveryone---thanx for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roha3000 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 idrthrbclbng - How is the recording quality on the Archos?? I have been holding out for the 20 gig Archos recorder which should be on Amazon or Best Buy soon, but I need it to have great recording quality since I would like to start making demos with. Can you give me tell me what you think? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrthrbclbng Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Size - it's about the size of a casette walkman, not too big, but it weighs more than a walkman. still totally portable (I take it to work everyday), but it's not palm-sized like the 128 MB ones. As for recording, to be honest I have not recorded demos or anything like that. I have screwed around with the recording function with a microphone, and the quality is very good. The one bad thing I noticed is that you can hear the hard drive "working" when you play back (which obviously would not make it suitable for demos), but this may have been due to something I was doing wrong or having the unit too close to the microphone. Before I bought it, I checked several online sites (like eopinions.com, and cnet.com, i think) to read the user reviews. As mentioned above, I wanted a high-storage unit, and these reviews helped me decide to get this over the CreativeLabs 6GB player.Good luck, and let us know which unit you got and how it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigart Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 HANDS DOWN, COMPAQ IPAQ I bought one about 2 months ago, its 100 bucks, and 10 bucks extra for a 2 year warrantythe beauty about it is that u can put it on a MINI CDRwhich holds exactly 197 megz so u can burn about 40 tracks to a cd , and a 50 pack spindle costs about 15 bucks, so all in all its a nice mp3 player, sounds is awsome , and it has a remote, here are some features - With mini-CD-R capacity, listeners can enjoy up to 80 songs or 6 hours (180 MB) of audio from a single disk. - 8-minute Electronic Skip Protection (ESP) for active portable use. - uses rechargeable batteries here is the website Read up on ithttp://athome.compaq.com/showroom/static/ipaq/pm1.aspTHIS Mp3 PLayer is Great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmoxx Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 idrthrbclbng does the archos come with a belt strap or something similiar. are the headphones walkman style or big and clumsey.also, do u feel it is compact and light enough to take jogging/running/working out ??thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I looked into the Archos and voted it out. I read some bad reviews on it, but there are also a lot of very satisfied customers. This is my deal... from a technical perspective I do not think that carrying around a functional spinning hard drive is error proof. If you drop that or shock it when the drive is spinning it's over. This is how it works: There is a 2mb cache, which means that the drive copies 2mb of music into the cache, then spins the drive down, plays it out of the cache, spins the drive up, copies....etc etc. I'm dissapointed that they only include a 2mb cache. The less spin up/down cycles, the longer the battery life. Also the more the drive is spinning, the higher the risk of a head crash due to shock. Plus the Archos is a little too heavy for what I want. My Rio weights about 3 oz, Archos around 10 or so. Just my opinion. Good lcuk1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphelion Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Fuck CD based players... my Sony Network Walkman (NW-E3) is the size of a lighter, holds like 14 tracks (ea. 105kbps in 64mb) and weights like an ounce and a half. Never skips, and tough as nails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momadance Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 i have a neo player. it is a big as a cassette walkman, but still portable, and it holds 20 gigs, (about 300cds). I need that kind og storage for complete concerts (some complete tours even, lol) and DJ sets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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