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kscouse
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject: MP3 Players |
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In dire need of a good MP3 player.
Whats the best one around these days? price, specs etc
I just lost my iriver - no a bad little player.
Any info would be sweet. |
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Industrial Strength
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: MP3 Players |
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| kscouse wrote: |
In dire need of a good MP3 player.
Whats the best one around these days? price, specs etc
I just lost my iriver - no a bad little player.
Any info would be sweet. |
visit www.cnet.com
they have reviews of most mp3 players and recommendations.
then go to www.danawa.co.kr and click on mp3. that will show you a list of most players available in korea, and their lowest price. (you don't need to know korean to figure it out.)
it's all rather easy, just up to you.
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Industrial Strength
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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you should also consider using the search option here. just type in 'mp3, player, best' and whamo, lots of results where this has been discussed before and recently.
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: MP3 Players |
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| Industrial Strength wrote: |
| kscouse wrote: |
In dire need of a good MP3 player.
Whats the best one around these days? price, specs etc
I just lost my iriver - no a bad little player.
Any info would be sweet. |
visit www.cnet.com
they have reviews of most mp3 players and recommendations.
then go to www.danawa.co.kr and click on mp3. that will show you a list of most players available in korea, and their lowest price. (you don't need to know korean to figure it out.)
it's all rather easy, just up to you.
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Interesting site. I've always wondered what a good price is for things like that. Oddly they don't list iriver.
I've owned:
iRiver
Woodi
Yepp
iRiver is the best. Good sound, lots of good features. The downside is it doesn't install as a flash drive. You need to basically use their buggy transfer software to move files. Someone mentioned a firmware upgrade will transform it into a flash drive, letting you just drag and drop files via window's native system. Also the control feature set relies on a little spring loaded joystick to navigate and play files. It's not very robust and easy to break especially if you jostle around a lot on a daily subway commute. And it will break eventually after x amount of normal use. That bothers me.
Woodi is horrible. Poor sound. My Woori mp3 player would shut off if you jostled it too much. It wasn't a matter of switching the hold button on. Just something was loose inside.
Yepp is my current model. Better sound than Woodi. The sound isn't as good as iRiver. But it installs as a flash drive. It also uses a little spring loaded joystick to navigate. That bothers me still. But this design seems almost universal these days on all flash mp3 players.
My other advice is a buy one that runs off of AA or AAA rechargeable batteries. Many have a built in battery that charges via the USB port. That's all great but then suddenly you're over the pacific ocean and you discover you've not recharged your mp3 player and you can't slap in a back up AA or AAA battery... Also rechargeable batteries don't hold a full charge after a year or less of use. Replacing the internal battery isn't cheap. |
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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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redbird
Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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| I like my IShuffle a lot. I personally don't understand the need to carry all my music around with me, so half a gig is more than enough. I get a kick out of making playlists for it in ITunes. The interface is simple to use. Advantages of getting an industry standard are that support is easier to come by and there are plenty of cool things you can buy with it-- like the colorful cases that work with the lanyard. At $100, I feel I've already gotten my money's worth in just 4 months. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Whatever you do, get a model with a radio that you can record. I did a big 5 month trip where I didn't have acess to music on the computer so I just deleted some songs and recorded new ones off the radio. Saved me from going crazy. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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I have a Rio Cali. Cost for a 512MB is about $150, thing is you can put a card in and expand it. I now have 1.5 GB (a 1GB card is about 70,000 won) which is fine for me. Best thing is its rugged enough to take to the gym and use while on the treadmill etc. Also has an FM radio, doesn't record but thats fine with me. Haven't seen them in Korea but you can likely order from the US and get it shipped here
Had one of those korean ones that are the size of a cig liter and the damm battery cover kept breaking. I'll NEVER buy a Korean model again. |
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