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Originally Posted by station82o
This is still not a bad plan. I still use my minidisc player because of its functionality. I can plug it in to any soundboard at a club with and optical audio cable and record an entire live show. Also, the NET MD software has a better compression rate than mp3. It only uses one AA battery giving you at least 4 days of music, and it's water resistant. I could go on, but i don't think it would be wise in here.
I have a Brand new iRiver H10 5GB to sell soon. Check my eBay auction (link below) soon.
I'm interested in portable mp3 players as well, have wanted one for a while. Horror stories about Ipods dying have kept me away, if there's a unit out there with a cheaply replacable hard drive then that's definately the way I'd go.
As far as cost for recording functionality is concerned, the MD wins. But I'd much rather record to raw WAV with my Archos (and not have to switch discs, possibly missing something like I used to with DCC) and then encode to my compression of choice (if any) afterwords. There's also no need for Sony's (or some homebrew app) software to extract the audio, you just dock and drag the recorded WAV to your PC drive. You may need to break the tracks up (you can actually create track indexes live) but other than that it'll burn right to disc. Actually the Gmini 400 and other WAV capable units are gaining support with the DAT recorder crowd. Some of them are smaller and can record longer lengths than one DAT tape as well, and obviously with the DAT-heads it has to be uncompressed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubbitron
Just got my Zen today, messed with it just a little bit using the included earbuds. So far, I'm loving this thing. It sounds good (at least through these so-so earbuds) but the real test is when I hook it up to the car's audio system.
The software for transferring songs from the computer to the player is functional, but I don't like it too much. I can live with that as I'll only be adding music when I get a new CD and I rip it now.
I always wanted a minidisc player...but I really have no use for one.
http://www.buy.com has iPod Mini (4GBs) for $174 with no tax and free shipping. I think most of the old iPods are being reduced in price to make way for newer ones. iPod Photo 40 and 60GBs are lowered in price.
174 for an IPod mini, not bad.
I was driving around with the Nomad hooked into the car (through an Aux input, fuck FM transmitters) and all I can say is wow... I couldn't ask for a better sounding MP3 player. It's only limitation seems to be the fact that the files are still compressed, of course, but it sounds great. One minor problem is with default setting it has a little too much bass in it, but that's easily fixed using either the internal equalizer on the player, or me just turning my amp's sub channel down just a tad.
I HIGHLY recommend this player to anyone who has enough computer background to be able to deal with the quirky PC software. It's well worth the measly $150 I paid.
Everything Creative makes sucks arse.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
If you're going discount for MP3 playback - I would recommend a Sony Hi MD.
*ignores ensueing iPod support debate*
My biggest problem with Creative is their miserable tech support, or lack thereof. Their products are fine, unless you have a problem. Then you're fucked. However, another friend of mine got the Zen Xtra, and despite the horribly clunky, unintuitive interface, it is damn good sounding. I'm not going to fuck with a Creative product ever again, but if you didn't get burned yet, it might be something to try.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracer
MD has always been and still is a really cool format. I'm still sticking with my iPod, though.
You mean the one's that DON'T actually play MP3's? Not only must you use bloated, proprietary software - you've got to re-encode everything you own as well? And it's only 1 Gig of storage? Seriously, spend like $50 more and get something smaller with a 20 Gig HD - WHAT is everyone's obsession with Sony's aging, never-really-took-off MiniDisc format? Can someone tell me?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracer