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Evangel

#1 July 08, 2010, 04:33:32 pm

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I'm looking for some advice on what MP3 players on the market right now are worth purchasing. I'm trying to avoid iPod, because I hate interfacing with iTunes. I also want to avoid machines cluttered with useless features. My MP3 player is strictly for music. I don't need games, camera, or other peripheral features. I'd also like something durable and of a small size because I like to take it outside for a run. Thanks in advance.

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#2 July 08, 2010, 04:44:28 pm

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i think you should get a mobile with a mp3 player

otherwise just get creative zen. they're cheap and work well enough.

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Vellfire

#3 July 08, 2010, 05:36:20 pm

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How quickly do you need it? Because if you wait around a bit I'm sure one will come up on Woot and you can get it hella cheaper. There's constantly simple mp3 players on there, just check it for a bit if you aren't in a big hurry, and Woot tends to sell quality stuff so you're not gonna get some sharper image mp3 player that breaks two seconds in (my mom actually got one of these free with some thing she bought and I honestly did break it within 10 minutes of trying it out. it had some simple game on it and that made it lock up but there was no way to manually restart it so i just put it in a drawer and haven't thought about it again until now)

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Evangel

#4 July 08, 2010, 09:08:59 pm

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Quote from: Ghost_Dad on July 08, 2010, 04:44:28 pm

i think you should get a mobile with a mp3 player

otherwise just get creative zen. they're cheap and work well enough.

That's what I avoid as a rule. My mobile is only for communications, my MP3 player is only for music, my camera is simply a camera. I was looking at Creative's Zen, and its reviews appear positive.

Quote from: Vellfire on July 08, 2010, 05:36:20 pm

How quickly do you need it? Because if you wait around a bit I'm sure one will come up on Woot and you can get it hella cheaper. There's constantly simple mp3 players on there, just check it for a bit if you aren't in a big hurry, and Woot tends to sell quality stuff so you're not gonna get some sharper image mp3 player that breaks two seconds in (my mom actually got one of these free with some thing she bought and I honestly did break it within 10 minutes of trying it out.

I've never been to this site, so I'll check this out.

A question: When connecting an MP3 device into speakers, does the basic audio jack provide optimum sound quality? I'm looking into buying some speakers that would play primarily from my MP3 player.

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#5 July 08, 2010, 09:27:31 pm

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why is it so bad to have the mp3 player in your mobile? that means you only need to carry one device with you instead of two.

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Evangel

#6 July 08, 2010, 09:35:13 pm

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If I have the device connected to speakers in my room or someone's car, I'll have to interrupt music just to take a call.

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#7 July 08, 2010, 09:40:07 pm

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Quote from: Evangel on July 08, 2010, 09:35:13 pm

If I have the device connected to speakers in my room or someone's car, I'll have to interrupt music just to take a call.

Why are you listening to music during a phone call anyway? That's rude.

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Evangel

#8 July 08, 2010, 10:09:01 pm

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Maybe I am hosting a party!

Anyway, audio quality is another issue. I'm not quite an audiophile, but I think I'm getting there. Is there a huge difference in audio quality among today's MP3 players?

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#9 July 08, 2010, 11:32:59 pm

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Quote from: Evangel on July 08, 2010, 10:09:01 pm

Maybe I am hosting a party!

If you're hosting a party you have a computer which probably has a better sound card than an Mp3 player

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Anyway, audio quality is another issue. I'm not quite an audiophile, but I think I'm getting there. Is there a huge difference in audio quality among today's MP3 players?

Yeah cheaper mp3 players tend to sound worse.

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#10 July 09, 2010, 03:00:49 am

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I definitely recommend 5th generation ipod classics. As far as sound quality goes, they have a wolfson DACs in them which are used in a lot of high end audio equipment and if you're hooking it up through the line-out(through the docking port) to a nice hifi stereo or a good headphone amp you'll get awesome sound quality if your files are encoded right.

I know you said you were avoiding ipod because of the software but I'd definitely recommend giving it a second chance and let it handle your music library. itunes is actually a pretty convenient and sophisticated piece of software for media management if you know how to use it.

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Evangel

#11 July 09, 2010, 07:39:37 pm

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I'm starting to see a trend in good reviews for the latest iPod classic. I think iTunes just pissed me off because I was using it on my parents' extremely slow PC. I'm going to look around to see what's good for me.

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Vellfire

#12 July 09, 2010, 07:44:43 pm

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I agree that iTunes is pretty dang nice. It's hell on an old PC though. On a current machine however it works just fine, and I'd probably still be using it even if I no longer owned an iPod.

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everyclear

#13 July 09, 2010, 09:00:26 pm

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iTunes is terrible. Like if there were really any decent music players for OSX that existed I would drop iTunes for them in a heartbeat. iTunes has been nothing but constant spinning beachballs and lack of decent tagging for the last 2 years for me.

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#14 July 09, 2010, 09:01:59 pm

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I've never cared about tagging and I've never had it lag or freeze or anything like that for me at all :/

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#15 July 09, 2010, 09:55:26 pm

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I dunno I feel that being able to actually organize my music is a nice feature, and if the tagging system in iTunes was anything less than clunky and terrible (seriously, winamp has had an auto-tag feature for years) that would be fantastic. And I have been getting iTunes freezeups pretty frequently. My iTunes also tends to freeze up during the tagging process too.

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Bobberticus

#16 July 09, 2010, 11:02:52 pm

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sony used to sell nearly-perfect-in-every-way mp3 players, but they were not popular enough and they don't make them anymore

fuck it all, dd is dead

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#17 July 10, 2010, 12:46:06 am

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Quote from: everyclear on July 09, 2010, 09:55:26 pm

I dunno I feel that being able to actually organize my music is a nice feature, and if the tagging system in iTunes was anything less than clunky and terrible (seriously, winamp has had an auto-tag feature for years) that would be fantastic. And I have been getting iTunes freezeups pretty frequently. My iTunes also tends to freeze up during the tagging process too.

I organize my music into playlists, that's all I need really :/

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#18 July 10, 2010, 08:34:41 am

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doesn't change the fact itunes fucking blows. it's also slow and uses way too much resources. there are simply way better alternatives to it (on windows at least).

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#19 July 10, 2010, 08:41:00 am

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winamp has had an auto-tag feature for years

shame it's unreliable / full of horrible errors so i would end up retagging anyway

p.s. i've also never had itunes freeze or do anything slowly. what's going on with you guys?

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Vellfire

#20 July 10, 2010, 10:04:38 am

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Quote from: geodude on July 10, 2010, 08:41:00 am

p.s. i've also never had itunes freeze or do anything slowly. what's going on with you guys?

Me neither.

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