Good music players?
 

So my old MP3 player finally died and I need to get a new one. I'm looking for something no more than $100 and holds at least two GB, not to mention good sound quality. (And doesn't use batteries)

I have my eye on this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+E...ustomerreviews

But I heard the bass frequencies aren't too great for that one.... Any other ideas or suggestions? Thanks.

~Jeremy~

uuuuuh, iPod anything. Shuffles starting at $60 or spend $150 for a nano 8GB and prepare to have your mind blown away! (....alright, slight exaggeration, but ya' get the idea).

or..... you can keep buying wanna'be ipods and replace them every year or so..... hmmmmm.

used hi-MD player....maybe?
dunno if they can be catched around 100 bucks, but the sound quality is superior or compressed like fuck, depends on what you do with it. native mp3 playback too. and you can buy as much 1gb MDs you want.
it still confuses me in the decision of buying it instead of one of the ipods in the future

just get an ipod. jeez. they're like $4 now.

iriver or cowon for quality, ipod for that wheel-command I love.
I like itunes too, go figure.
I heard bad stories about sony mp3 softwares, but it's been a while, they might have done things better with time.

yeah, iPod for the win. seriously.

I think you should get a walkman.

Resist the cult of Apple. Go for a Creative Zen instead.

I had an old iPod shuffle years and years ago (I think it was the first version actually), and it served me for a long while until it suddenly deleted roughly a fourth of the songs on there and wouldn't register with any computer to upload more. I'd like to get a new one considering I liked how they were done, but the new ones are voice activated (In addition to having odd headphones which apparently are expensive yet defective) and I want nothing to do with that.

~Jeremy~

don't get an ipod, they are for bell-ends

voice activated??
they "speak" instead of having a screen with info, but you use the commands on the headphones wire to control it, if I'm not mistaken..
I sure hope some decent company is making compatible headphones by now, but I have no idea..
iriver iriver!
cowon cowon!

I have a 4GB iPod Mini (1st gen - silver) that I don't use if you want it?

sansa fuze, without question. they have 4 gig and 8 gig models, as well as an SD card slot for additional storage. i personally find the sound on it (with a good pair of headphones) to be miles better than my ipod classic.

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Sansa-.../dp/B0015L451I

can ipods play flac files yet?

I'm not sure Stu. I loaded my iPod with rockbox, which is an open source alternative to using the built in firmware. I think it plays ogg for instance, so maybe it can play flac?

I concur. I like my two Sansas. If you can wait, watch woot.com. Woot sells a couple Sansas a month. I paid $35 including shipping for a 4gb Fuze and expanded it another 8gb with a microSD card for about $20. It's a refurb, but it came with a 90 day warranty and I've had no problems with it at all.

no, only apple lossless, which is kind of a bitch. i'm doubtful they'll ever support FLAC either.

stuff like the zen, zune, fuze, and iriver all support FLAC.

just bear in mind that if you get an ipod, you will have to say "Yeah, its on my ipod" to people. Just try and live with that...

I myself have a Creative Zen vision M. the photo/video bit is useless but it holds 30 gig and hasnt packed ever after 2 and a half years. Plus it was only £140 (about $60 or so i think) at the time. Youd probably be able to get one for half that now. Its bulky but its good.

£140 would be about $210.

It's just as hip to be in the anti-iPod counterculture as it is to be in the iPod culture, which is to say not at all.

Obviously, only commodity fetishizing cunts give a shit.

correct, im getting my conversion mixed up.

Seeking help selecting a new (or used) MP3 player in 2015:

01. I would prefer it not be iPod (loved my old Samsung)
02. One w/CD to download studio to my desktop to work within (before transfering files to MP3 player)
03. At least 8GB, 16BG or higher preferred
04. Under $100 if possible
05. Where to purchase......so many web-searches return as no longer available.

^^ get something big that plays FLAC so you can carry *everything*

this one looks awesome! but it's $700 lol

http://www.cnet.com/news/hifiman-ult...-jump-for-joy/

(a lot of marketese in that piece but eh-- allow yourself to be impressionable for a minute)

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eta: from the comments i was pointed to this:

http://www.amazon.com/iBasso-DX50-Ma.../dp/B00J6RVQJM

i don't know anything about it but on first impression replaceable battery and SD card up to 2TB (!!!!) is a great proposition, i.e., easy to keep it for a decade or more, comes to $23/yr plus card cost @ 10 yr.

sorry i can't make recommendations as i use mostly my phone ha ha

I admit as much as i despise apple they have the best quality mp3 players even in the price range you're looking for... though i don't like the new nano so when my nano 5 finally dies inmay move on to a different brand

I'm not sure I understand this:


02. One w/CD to download studio to my desktop to work within (before transfering files to MP3 player)

do you mean something with a software to make selections of the files you want to upload before you plug the thing to the pc?

---leaving that aside---

If you want something CHEAP (but still pretty decent for "normal" usage) for on-the-go listening nothing can beat Sansa clip + .
You can use Rockbox with it, compatible with MP3, WMV, secure WMV, WAV, FLAC, OGG Vorbis and digital audiobooks, with sd card for additional storage.

http://www.sandisk.it/products/music...us-mp3-player/

well within your price range even with added sd card to expand capacity.
Only qualms, UI not as "smooth" as other brands/models, feels a bit plasticky...

If you're willing to save a bit more to actually get something more, Sony AS15 is the player I'd buy right now.


http://www.sony-asia.com/product/nwz-a15

(disregard all the pointless mumbo jumbo about its ability to "restore" mp3s quality, it's just a NICE player with good components even for "hi fi" files and reproduction), imho the sweet spot between portability and quality.

but if you listen to music with a stereo system while at home and need just something as "soundtrack" while you're around it might well be a bit overkill.

can't help about the "where to buy" section :(...

I had a nice (but old) 4G Samsung unit that game with software for the Samsung Studio, which I loved. I could re-name / re-number tracks and this is how they would appear when I moved them over to my player. A couple of years back, the headphone jack broke inside the unit. It still works perfectly, but I can't get a headphone / MP3 speaker to stay when I plug it in. I took the player to several different electronic / computer places and no has the ability to crack open the unit and repair it.

I was looking at the Sony units while at work last night. Here is a 16G I found for under $100: http://www.abt.com/product/75519/Son...ign=NWZE385BLK

I've read some good reviews about the sandisk. I'm sure it will come down to one of those.