so what is the best MP3 player ? (1 Viewer)

[Theseus Mock]

Do all mp3 players have volume limiting safety features like that?

European iPods come with a volume limiti setting already programmed in, something to do with those big guys in brussels not wanting us to fuck our hearing up. American & Japanese iPods don't. However, you can "fix" the european ones.

 

[Stan Bowles]

Got a Creative Zen Touch 20gig for Christmas and am very happy with it. Software isn't the best, but the version I had copies all the flags fine and you can use WMA so the files are smaller. It has frozen a couple of times but a quick reset and it was fine. And the playback time is great. However when the HD is writing or deleting the battery goes down very very quickly.

 

[cookiemonster]

does this mean you have to use their software to convert to mp3 as well (?)
or can you still convert to mp3 using whatever you want.

PMd you there...

 

[cookiemonster]

Don't know if you mean this was on done on the the player instead, or what way those things organize albums on the HD (by folder?), but if they do organise things folder-by-folder, mp3tag is great for selecting an album of mp3 files and then it'll populate the id3 tags from cddb. I always use it after I download stuff from Soulseek, avoids the hassle of seeing duplicate names appearing on the iPod artists list.

it happened when i added the mp3s to the library in the zen software. i'd no internet access so i had to type them all back in.
Zen will pay for this, one day...
!ninjaaaa

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

winamp is fairly amaaazing

andrew

 

[plug]

ah, the iPod. I had/have a gen two wan since the christ mess before last. in january I was beginning to experience serious battery problems. it's a gen 2. seems to be a particular problem with this generation.. anyway one night I was in galway for the weekend and I charged it up for about 12 hours because I was driving back to cork the next day. so I get into my car and the iPod dies straight away. what happened afterwards was a blur but let's say something got stamped on repeatedly, very hard. tough bastards.

mysteriously the hard drive started acting funny after that. which was a bitch because it was just out of warranty. but then! I meet a friend of a friend in a pub who worked for apple. a quick chat later, my warranty was bumped forward another two months and a ups man called to my house with a spanking new iPod. result!

anyway I had a good read here before I took the new bastard out of the box: www.ipodlounge.com

there's a forum there. says loads of shit about the battery. in any case I decided I should probably buy a car charger..

 

[plug]

European iPods come with a volume limiti setting already programmed in, something to do with those big guys in brussels not wanting us to fuck our hearing up. American & Japanese iPods don't. However, you can "fix" the european ones.

can't you not just adjust the song volume from iTunes? that's what I do. my one is as loud as fuck. and I'm rather deaf..

 

[Bag'o'cans]

My understanding is the iriver is the AK-47 of the bunch.

 

[guy of the tiger]

It's near amiens street.


Beside Busaurus.

 

[mark winkelmann]

I been looking at this and am moderately convicned by the iriver but I hear its fodler set up if kinda sucky so that it is much harder to locate tracks. I also hear it is poor on "gapless playback" so mix cds and live albums will have stoopid gaps in them.

Anyone got any info to offer here?

 

[RSJ]

I've a 60gig creative zen and apart from the software (bit of a pain copmpared to the brother's archos, which allows you to copy files over as if it were a hard drive) it's the best i've seen. You can update the firmware (pretty easy) to make it loud as fuck, the menus are handy, and it won't delete all your files when you connect to your friends computer like the ipod does.

On a side note, i used to work for apple and thought they were quite nice actually.

 

[Wilbert]

it won't delete all your files when you connect to your friends computer like the ipod does.

This only happens if you have it set to automatically update your iPod everytime it is connected. You can switch that feature off.

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Apple lossless makes the iPod worth getting IMO. But then I am a fuckingmentalist.

 

[Shittu]

Boo to ipods and all that malarky. Go the complete opposite and Buy one of these

 

[Anthony]

i just got an ipod shuffle. It's charging up at the moment so I can't really recommend it yet. But if you're into packaging.... jaysus it's amazing!

 

[mark winkelmann]

I am reasonably convicned by the iriver. Its the only one to record line in it would be best (only one) for recording direct from vinyl.

The only drawback seems to be it is weak on file management/playlists. I am not sure you can do "smart playlists"? i.e get them make a playlist by setting a number of variables (e.g. indie songs from 2004 I've only played twice or less). Sounds a bit like you have to just make up playlists song by song which would grind my nads.

 

[cookiemonster]

the only fdrawback seems to be it is weak on file management/playlists. I am not sure you can do "smart playlists"? i.e get them make a playlist by setting a number of variables (e.g. indie songs from 2004 I've only played twice or less). Sounds a bit like you have to just make up playlists song by song which would grind my nads.

i've heard there's software here (http://www.misticriver.net/downloads/)
that can make playlists, haven't had time to check it out yet though...

 

[LMD64]

I am reasonably convicned by the iriver. ISnc eits the only one to record line in it would be best (only one) for recording direct from vinyl.

the only fdrawback seems to be it is weak on file management/playlists. I am not sure you can do "smart playlists"? i.e get them make a playlist by setting a number of variables (e.g. indie songs from 2004 I've only played twice or less). Sounds a bit like you have to just make up playlists song by song which would grind my nads.

werl, you could use Winamp to generate the supersmart playlists, and save the m3u playlist files thataway.

iRivers rock. this does too, i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want

although it's only 20gig, yah boo sucks

 

[LMD64]

also, can the iPod do this? well, Wil, can it?

 

[cookiemonster]

holy shit!
where can i download that??