Help me get a music player

On May 02 2009 10:13 Flakes wrote:
I'm a big fan of the Creative Zen series, it's got great sound quality, supports foreign languages, has FM radio (big plus) and you can record off of the radio (bigger plus). They're not too expensive either.

On May 02 2009 10:12 ShoCkeyy wrote:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=abcat0201010&type=category

scan through this, I bet you will find something you'd like and then try and find it cheaper through out other stores.

I am wondering, why not an ipod?

On May 02 2009 10:16 bloodcanadiaN wrote:
Cowon d2+ easily

On May 02 2009 10:42 Railxp wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMSsn-w6WIc
the one i have =D
More Vids on youtube if you care to search.
Excellent internal firmware support + customize forum: http://www.clixhere.net/forums.php

Giant Edit:
First: YAY FOR NO IPOD. Good for you for actually doing research before buying a shitty conformist mp3 player (well shitty might be too harsh). Fucking everyone has one of those these days. I tunes sucks too i have no idea why people like to use that resource hog. Winamp ftw. /fanboyrant

Things you are looking for:
- Decent amount of storage space. 3~4 GB
> Yes the clix2 comes in 2/4/8 GB i believe, i have an 8GB and i keep Advent children on it so i can look at the pretty action scenes every now and then and still have lots of room for my choice selection of music. CHECK.
- Nice design
> hands down what sold me in the first place. The design is incredibly simple and sleek, no instructions needed, just 5 mins with it and you will know how it works inside out. No buttons is a huge plus, and pressing the sides feel waaaay better than the fucking thumbwheel. The hold button is tucked out of the way, and is quite important because if you dont put it on hold you might press the sides of the screen by accident while its in your pocket and that will jump songs. Volume and power off button are also placed on the rim. Feels very natural when i reach in my pocket blind to change volume/power on off. Hold button doesn't lock volume, but thats ok because its really hard to press down the volume buttons by accident. In fact this is a plus for me, i always like to adjust volume esp if someone starts to talk to me. And proportionally speaking, the screen is fucking huge, because....well its essentially all screen + small thin border. CHCHCHFUCKINGCHECK.
- Stable machine that works for at least 2 years
> i've had mine for 1.5 years and going now and its still as good as the first day. The condomy protective case that comes with it adds to the grip and makes it all soft and felt like. I'm also constantly dropping it and so far so good. CHECK.
- Must be able to display other language fonts
> 100% capable, i can read chinese/japanese/korean all on it. But it is based off of the IDV3 (or w/e its called) tag. Which i can change/modify in winamp. CHECK.
- Budget: Anywhere between $100 to $200 dollars.
> The 8GB cost me $170 USD ircc. And that was 1.5 years ago. Prices might have dropped by now and if you are looking for a 2 or 4 GB instead, they should be cheaper still. CHECK.

BONUSES:
- DRAG AND DROP. It comes with some software thingy but i dont use it at all.
- Displaying Album art is awesome =D but configuring it/editing all songs for it is a pain. I would look for an external program to do so but i'm lazy.
- Radio.
- Video + Slideshow (YES deMOTIVATIONAL PICTURES FTW)
- Voice recording
- ENTIRELY CUSTOMIZABLE INTERFACE. This is gold. You can download and import skins for your iriver clix. They can even change color for you depending on the day of the week. I currently have a sketch pad looking arty theme, but the guy in the vid had some nice gfx going.
- Flash games. Nuff said.
- Good fan community support. There are quite a number of people skinning/making flash games/twiddling with the firmware, so it allows for high amounts of customization. I dont really browse the forum anymore, but when i first got it i downloaded a number of stuff useful from there. such as a more efficient video encoder and skins/games ect.
- Forum FAQ is here: http://www.clixhere.net/clix-faqs-guides/941-must-read-faq-list.html
- Battery life lasts me anywhere from 3-6 days of usage. I dont remember the precise number of hours, but i think it lasts longer than an ipod?
- Black. Sleek. Nuff said.
- Bragging rights. (OOOOH ITS SOOOO COOL)

Minor Annoyances:
- You have to charge it from USB chord, and cant play music from the player while you are doing so.
- Sometimes i forget to put player on hold, and accidentally press buttons in the pocket causing it to skip songs.
- Fork out a few extra bucks to buy the protective plastic coating, its worth it. Now i can throw pens in my pocket and not risk scratching it.
- Deciding between UMS/MSC in the settings. I eventually settled with UMS and was happy ever since. (really its not as big a deal as i made it out to be)
- Previously i was a proud owner of a creative MuVo (cheap, durable, best bangforbuck imo). And the one thing i miss about that is that i could pull it out and plug it right into the computer as a flash drive. Now if i want to do that with the clix, i have to bring the cable along. Oh well.

Check out Cnet. Reviews:
http://reviews.cnet.com/best-flash-memory-mp3-players/?tag=rb_content;contentNav

Highly Recommend the iRiver Clix2 (theres a first generation one but why would you want that)

On May 02 2009 12:52 Grobyc wrote:

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On May 02 2009 10:42 Railxp wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMSsn-w6WIc
the one i have =D
More Vids on youtube if you care to search.
Excellent internal firmware support + customize forum: http://www.clixhere.net/forums.php

Giant Edit:
First: YAY FOR NO IPOD. Good for you for actually doing research before buying a shitty conformist mp3 player (well shitty might be too harsh). Fucking everyone has one of those these days. I tunes sucks too i have no idea why people like to use that resource hog. Winamp ftw. /fanboyrant

Things you are looking for:
- Decent amount of storage space. 3~4 GB
> Yes the clix2 comes in 2/4/8 GB i believe, i have an 8GB and i keep Advent children on it so i can look at the pretty action scenes every now and then and still have lots of room for my choice selection of music. CHECK.
- Nice design
> hands down what sold me in the first place. The design is incredibly simple and sleek, no instructions needed, just 5 mins with it and you will know how it works inside out. No buttons is a huge plus, and pressing the sides feel waaaay better than the fucking thumbwheel. The hold button is tucked out of the way, and is quite important because if you dont put it on hold you might press the sides of the screen by accident while its in your pocket and that will jump songs. Volume and power off button are also placed on the rim. Feels very natural when i reach in my pocket blind to change volume/power on off. Hold button doesn't lock volume, but thats ok because its really hard to press down the volume buttons by accident. In fact this is a plus for me, i always like to adjust volume esp if someone starts to talk to me. And proportionally speaking, the screen is fucking huge, because....well its essentially all screen + small thin border. CHCHCHFUCKINGCHECK.
- Stable machine that works for at least 2 years
> i've had mine for 1.5 years and going now and its still as good as the first day. The condomy protective case that comes with it adds to the grip and makes it all soft and felt like. I'm also constantly dropping it and so far so good. CHECK.
- Must be able to display other language fonts
> 100% capable, i can read chinese/japanese/korean all on it. But it is based off of the IDV3 (or w/e its called) tag. Which i can change/modify in winamp. CHECK.
- Budget: Anywhere between $100 to $200 dollars.
> The 8GB cost me $170 USD ircc. And that was 1.5 years ago. Prices might have dropped by now and if you are looking for a 2 or 4 GB instead, they should be cheaper still. CHECK.

BONUSES:
- DRAG AND DROP. It comes with some software thingy but i dont use it at all.
- Displaying Album art is awesome =D but configuring it/editing all songs for it is a pain. I would look for an external program to do so but i'm lazy.
- Radio.
- Video + Slideshow (YES deMOTIVATIONAL PICTURES FTW)
- Voice recording
- ENTIRELY CUSTOMIZABLE INTERFACE. This is gold. You can download and import skins for your iriver clix. They can even change color for you depending on the day of the week. I currently have a sketch pad looking arty theme, but the guy in the vid had some nice gfx going.
- Flash games. Nuff said.
- Good fan community support. There are quite a number of people skinning/making flash games/twiddling with the firmware, so it allows for high amounts of customization. I dont really browse the forum anymore, but when i first got it i downloaded a number of stuff useful from there. such as a more efficient video encoder and skins/games ect.
- Forum FAQ is here: http://www.clixhere.net/clix-faqs-guides/941-must-read-faq-list.html
- Battery life lasts me anywhere from 3-6 days of usage. I dont remember the precise number of hours, but i think it lasts longer than an ipod?
- Black. Sleek. Nuff said.
- Bragging rights. (OOOOH ITS SOOOO COOL)

Minor Annoyances:
- You have to charge it from USB chord, and cant play music from the player while you are doing so.
- Sometimes i forget to put player on hold, and accidentally press buttons in the pocket causing it to skip songs.
- Fork out a few extra bucks to buy the protective plastic coating, its worth it. Now i can throw pens in my pocket and not risk scratching it.
- Deciding between UMS/MSC in the settings. I eventually settled with UMS and was happy ever since. (really its not as big a deal as i made it out to be)
- Previously i was a proud owner of a creative MuVo (cheap, durable, best bangforbuck imo). And the one thing i miss about that is that i could pull it out and plug it right into the computer as a flash drive. Now if i want to do that with the clix, i have to bring the cable along. Oh well.

Check out Cnet. Reviews:
http://reviews.cnet.com/best-flash-memory-mp3-players/?tag=rb_content;contentNav

Highly Recommend the iRiver Clix2 (theres a first generation one but why would you want that

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Holy shit, you deserve a cookie.

Personally I just like sticking with my iPod. Conformist? Whatever, it's been working fine for me and has everything I need so why not get one? Just because something is good/popular doesn't make someone a conformist for getting one. After all, if everyone starting getting what you have then I bet you wouldn't consider them conformists . You'd be like "FINALLY YOU REALIZED IT" =]=]

*gives you a cookie*

On May 02 2009 14:31 IzzyCraft wrote:

Quoting super large posts makes friends fast right!

On May 02 2009 15:02 Racenilatr wrote:
tbh I would just get an itouch. If you add a bit moar money, you can buy a 16gb itouch. They last a long time if you treat it nicely(not stepping on screen or anything)

On May 02 2009 11:36 Blind wrote:
Check out the head-fi.org forum for more info. The people there know tons about this stuff. A few days ago, I was in the same boat you're in and eventually picked the Sony Walkman S639.
+ Show Spoiler +
Here's a direct link to their portable music/video player subforum:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f15/


Edit:
The three most popular brands at head-fi seem to be Sansa, Cowon, and Sony (besides Apple iPods). The following models all supposedly have very good sound quality.

For Sansa, you have two options: Clip or Fuze. They're known for having great sound quality yet being very inexpensive.
Sansa Fuze comes in 2 gb, 4gb, and 8gb.
Sansa Clip comes in 2 gb and 4 gb.

Cowon options are the D2 or iAudio 7. These are more expensive than the Sansa ones.
Cowon D2 comes in 4gb, 8gb, and 16 gb. It has a touch screen that takes up most of the player. *Warning: it's actually a lot smaller than it looks in the picture in the link. Scroll down the page and find the dimensions.
Cowon iAudio 7 doesn't have the big screen the D2 has. It's more of a music player.

Sony has a lot of models, so it's hard to cover them all. There's the E, A, and S series. The E series is the cheapest of the three and lack some features the other one has. The latest A series has bluetooth support, while the latest S series has built-in noise canceling. That's the gist of it, but you'll have to look into it to get a better idea.

On May 02 2009 15:09 TimmyMac wrote:

Man, the touch is like super expensive, and not that great as a music player. You have your touch in your pocket, playing music, and all is good. What happens when you wanna change the volume or skip songs? With a normal player you just press a button or two. With the touch you gotta go through some slide to unlock shit and fiddle with some touchscreen stuff... forget it.