Recommendation wanted: MP3 player

[HunterICX]

good sound quality, I also want to be able to influence it (equalizer)

The quality of the sound mostly depends on the MP3 file itself (kbps - khz) and the earplugs, The MP3's themselfs come sometimes with cheap ones so watch the package carefully to see how the ear plugs are like.

Comfort & quality earplugs are a must.

HunterICX

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

The quality of the sound mostly depends on the MP3 file itself (kbps - khz) and the earplugs

True, but a low quality mp3 player will never sound as good as a high quality one

I'm a Sony fan myself, Sony's always got a good price/quality ratio.
Personally, I've got a Sony NWZ-A826. I've got it for about 1.5 years now, and never had any problems with it, even though I'm using it really extensively.
Sound and Display are both pretty good, the menu works pretty intuitively, good battery.
(I've got the 4GB version, there is an 8GB version though)

Transferring music from your PC to the mp3 player should not be a problem with any player. Most PC music players (Windows Media Player, Winamp etc.) have got synchronizing options.


Don't go for anything from Apple - high prizes and mediocre quality.

[Task Force]

well if you just wait alittle while, im sure one of the spammers trying to sell us something could help you.

well, hope you get a good one sky...

[Skybird]

Stumbled over a SanDisk Sansa Fuze, which maybewill make the race.

[DarkFish]

I've had a SanDisk once, but after about 6 months its earplug connections had somehow turned loose, so that I hadn't got any more sound.

Probably nothing but bad luck, but still...

[AngusJS]

I recently got an 8 GB Sandisk Sansa Clip Plus to replace my good old 1 GB Creative Zen that gave up the ghost.

Besides the built-in 8 GB (more like 7.35 GB), the Sansa has a micro SDHC slot, which means you can use a 16 GB card to expand your storage space to around 24 GB. However, the player will treat its internal memory and the card as two different locations which have to be accessed separately, though that's not been a big issue for me.

It has a radio, which you can record from.

You can set it to MSC, so adding music (or any files) is easy.

I think 10 hours of playback is possible, though it depends on the battery you get. I think mine gets about 8?

It has an equalizer and various modes, but the default has been fine for me. People say the player has great sound for its size, but I have nothing to compare it to, and I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway.

I've had it for a few months, so I can't say how long it'll last.


Downsides:

Fast forwarding and rewinding can take some time, and I frequently end up accidentally skipping to the next or previous track which is really annoying, especially when I'm listening to a 30 minute lecture.

The display only shows three lines at a time, so finding music can take awhile.

The battery icon doesn't correspond to the actual level of charge when charging the player.

The player can't play music when it's hooked up to a computer. I don't know if this is also the case with battery packs. A workaround is to plug in the USB chord in such a way that the data contacts don't connect.

However, I've been too lazy to update the firmware, so maybe some of these issues have been rectified.

Overall, it's been a good player that does the job at a good price. And when the 32 gig cards come down in cost, it'll be an even better deal.

[Seth8530]

The creative labs Zen has all of those features you ask for including a radio. The sound quality is amazing and it comes in touchscreen and non touchscreen flavours.

Older non touchscreen
http://support.creative.com/Products...CategoryID:213

Touch Screen
http://support.creative.com/Products...CategoryID:213