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okay this is a topic which has probably come up in the past but in my ignorance I never bothered to read those sorts of things as I have no knowledge of mp3 players. Now it's my turn to ask You, rather than trawling through Amazon trying to make a decision myself, what is the best mp3 player I can treat myself to this Xmas for my £199 budget? -_- I don't care for pictures or anything like that, I just want something which will play 1,500+ songs, has an LSD screen and can be relied on. From what I've heard about these things so far most people have had very mixed experiences regarding all of them, perhaps you guys can help me out. iRiver? ipod? ipod nano? Zen micro? -Thanks in advance. |
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*LCD even, not LSD! o_O |
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i reckon you should try to make a decision for yourself, therefore (under normal circumstances) the purchased product will have a higher probability of pleasing its merry new owner. |
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yes, but as my avatar suggests I'm having a bit of a dilemma about the whole thing. I can't choose and sortof hope that by hearing the views of a few people it might sway my decision. oh, I reached 2005 posts |
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If you're going to listen to that New Age music of yours, you might need an LSD-screen |
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*laughs* it's mainly Ambience.. |
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foobar2000 |
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irivers are nice |
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I agree, and they look nicer than ipods. This is probably because I've seen so many ipods and felt jealous of people wielding them in the past that I've come to loath their appearance and want to have something which does the same job but looks different. Unique from the crowd. Oh god that sounds so Emo... I was leaning towards iRivers until I heard yesterday that they're incapable of playing an uploaded album in the album tracklist order. I think they plays songs in alphabetical order or something ridickulous, ruining the experience of listening to an album that's meant to flow. |
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Nano is out of the question if you want to store 1500+ songs. Which is a shame as they are very very good. I know some people here are far too cool for iPods, but my 3rd generation is still the dog's. I've not had any problems in 2/3 years (apart from the crappy earphones). If I were looking for a no-frills but excellent/large storage player, I'd probably buy a pre-colour ipod off ebay. I don't really care for the photo function etc (although the extra battery is very nice) |
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thanks, I might look into pre-colour ipods on Ebay. I think they've steadily got worse as they've added novelty crap to them with pics and shite which noone really cares about and upped the price for the privelege. Also I think I'd lose an ipod nano if I owned one as they're just too small and thin! another major issue for me is Volume. The original ipods didn't have a very good spectrum of sound volume and some music has to be heard loud. I only really expect the same volume settings as a discman, any idea if the new ipods have fixed this? |
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Well its really not an issue. Yes there is a volume cap on (European) iPods which really really sucks. But this is just a software cap - the hardware is perfectly capable of playing very loudly. WHICH IS WHY, happily, young programming chaps have written software to override the volume cap. I use a program called EuPod, which is just a few clicks, and you can increase the volume to ridiculous, earphone damaging levels. I have it moderately loud as I also like loud music. So its really not an issue at all - all my friends suffer with crappy quiet volume out of ignorance. Its especially sucky if you like quieter music (ambient etc)... so yeah, download the free software and make your ipod as loud as you want. I agree that the novelties are pretty useless so far. The photo function looks good, but I know no-one who uses it at all... its an MP3 player, for God's sake. |
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"its an MP3 player, for God's sake" Well Said. Awesome, hearing about that EuPod program has made my day! I may well buy an ipod after all after that because the volume was the main thing holding me back, cheers! :D |
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Seeing the album art is okay, I guess, but its so lo-res you can't really appreciate it. And I have to say, I prefer the design of the 3rd generation iPods. On later models they removed the four function buttons and remodelled them into the scroll wheel. On the 3G, the buttons light up neon red when the neon blue backlight is on, and it look really great. But that's just my personal weakness for pretty neon lovely stuff. |
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Well don't let me persuade you completely... I haven't any experience in other players... but I am very satisfied with mine. I know other people on here have had problems. Do some research before you rush in... its a large investment. But yes, the volume problem really should not be a factor when you are deciding, as its very easily rectified. Good luck... I can't imagine not having all my songs on demand. |
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*currently has about 15 tabs up on Firefox with different mp3 players and is falling asleep very quickly* hmm perhaps I'll go for the iRiver after all. I'm not a fan of the ipod wheel I must say and the iRiver looks nicer, less glitches apparently.. |
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Yes I've heard they are good players. Might wanna get some opinions from other XLTers before you take the plunge though. |
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*waits for other opinions to filter through* |
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Right, I think I've made a final decision. I'm going to be going for the Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5. The only downside with it is that it uses SonicStage 3.1 music player :/ for £150 it's well within my budget too! |
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Battery power looks sweet there. |
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yeah and for 20Gb it's a bargain! |
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