Hi Bruce. I see the BP and Zen Stone as serving completely different purposes rather than two products competing in the same market so it's more likely that you'd want both rather than one or the other. I don't have a BP and haven't seenit's specs but I'd be very surprised if it had a great spec for playing music when you consider it's main purpose in life is to play the spoken word.
The zen stone on the other hand is primarily a music player designed and built to provide the best playback quality possible in the tiniest size to compete with apple's products. It has a frequency range of 20 hz to 20 Khz whereas typically, players like the olympus ds50, milestone and I'd imagine the BP will only cover 50 hz to 19 Khz. The zen stone battery life is approx 10 hours on a full charge and it would of course be ridiculous to assume you'd need to take a laptop with you to recharge. These types of players always come with an adaptor to charge from mains and these can be hhad very cheaply. Regards. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:06 PM Subject: Re: Creative Zen Stone Player > No justification is necessary on that point. The BP is one of the best > purchases I've ever made, and I am now just glad I didn't purchase the > Zen stone ... not because there's anything wrong with it, but because > I'm better served by my Book Port and I'll take the larger size for what > I'm offered. Personal thing, I have nothing to justify. > Bruce > On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:00:27 -0400, "TIM GRADY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: >> He's just trying to justify purchasing the BP as a mp3 player. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list." <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:43 AM >> Subject: Re: Creative Zen Stone Player >> >> >> > I'm curious. How do you think this makes it more inconvenient? Are you >> > thinking it's more inconvenient than something which has a rechargeable >> > battery in it but uses an AC adapter to charge it? If so, I'm thinking >> > whether you plug it into a USB port or an AC outlet, it would all be >> > the >> > same. I guess though AC outlets are still more ubiquitous than USB >> > ports. If I go on vacation, like a cruise, I'd still have to bring my >> > laptop just to recharge my Creative Zen Stone. >> > >> > If you're comparing it to something which takes batteries then I guess >> > it would be more inconvenient, when the battery runs down, you have to >> > tether yourself to an electrical outlet or a USB port while it's >> > charging, but if it took batteries, you could just pop a fresh battery >> > in and go. I guess for the price, you could always buy two! >> > >> > OK never mind, you're right, I can see where it would be a bit nor >> > inconvenient! I'm still asking for one for Father's Day though! I have >> > the Creative MuVo with 128M of memory, and having something that's >> > supposed to be just as easy to use, but with 1GB of memory is just too >> > appealing. Plus I see it's size and the fact that it has rechargeable >> > batteries as providing it's own conveniences. I don't have to worry >> > about spare batteries or carrying two separate cords. >> > >> > Bruce Toews wrote: >> >> Am I to understand that the Zen Stone can only be recharged by way of >> >> the USB port? If so, doesn't that cause a little inconvenience? >> >> >> >> Bruce >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Bruce Toews >> >> E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Website: http://www.ogts.net >> >> Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net >> >> Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > Christopher >> > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > >> > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> > http://www.pc-audio.org >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Bruce Toews > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.ogts.net > Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net > Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
