Re: [slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-11 Thread Simon Still
I bought the iRiver in the end. I needed something this week and it was the only AAA battery player i could find for sale in Central London. I'm impressed. Sound is good (and loud), it's easy enough to use and it's almost weightless and is tiny. The battery door looks like the point of failure but

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-11 Thread fathom39
This looks interesting - I've seen the 60GB advertised for $299 after rebate. -- fathom39 fathom39's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1000 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-11 Thread Jack Coates
fathom39 wrote: This looks interesting - I've seen the 60GB advertised for $299 after rebate. I'm very happy with my iRiver IHP-120 -- I've had it for two years, and it's been a solid performer the whole time. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture... If this is

Re: [slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-09 Thread Simon Still
On 12/8/05, eq72521 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm with you on this overabundance of flash memory formats.I'd likeit if my camera and MP3 player used the same, but alas it is xD and SD.it gets worse. I bought a canon camera because it took AA batteries and compact flash. The new version of the same

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-09 Thread cliveb
eq72521 Wrote: the Rio Karma. The latter is discontinued and from what I've been able to tell has some hardware issues that have caused an inordinate number to malfunction and/or stop working. This isn't going to help the Original Poster (who appears to want a low-capacity flash player

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-09 Thread eq72521
cliveb Wrote: This isn't going to help the Original Poster (who appears to want a low-capacity flash player running off AAA or AA batteries), but I'd just like to say that my Rio Karma has never given any trouble. As far as I can tell from reading various audio forums, the reports of hard

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-08 Thread eq72521
If you're planning on going with a single lossless library, I'm not sure that the T30 will work well for you. Even if it did support a lossless format, its storage capacity (max 1GB) wouldn't allow you to hold more than 3 (or maybe 4 or 5 classical) CDs, at best. Assuming you go with FLAC, your

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-08 Thread dwc
Check into the Cowon (IAudio) X-5. www.iaudiophile.net - Sounds good. - Plays FLAC as well as mp3, etc. - FM radio, voice recording, etc. - No s/w required. It shows up as a drive letter, so drag and drop files onto it. The biggest drawback for some users is that it doesn't support browsing by

Re: [slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-08 Thread Simon Still
On 12/8/05, eq72521 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my setup now, I maintain two libraries: FLAC and lame 3.96.1 -V 6MP3.I know the MP3s are rather low quality, but as their target is the car/portable, small filesize is more important: I think you're completely right on that being the solution -

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-08 Thread tass
After reading that you guys maintain two libraries, why don't you look into MediaMonkey. Apparently one of the latest (beta) versions allows re-encoding on the fly while you sync a portable to it. I haven't tried this feature myself, but it at least sounds promising. -- tass

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-08 Thread eq72521
tass Wrote: After reading that you guys maintain two libraries, why don't you look into MediaMonkey. Apparently one of the latest (beta) versions allows re-encoding on the fly while you sync a portable to it. I haven't tried this feature myself, but it at least sounds promising. I've

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-08 Thread eq72521
Simon Still: I'm with you on this overabundance of flash memory formats. I'd like it if my camera and MP3 player used the same, but alas it is xD and SD. I'm sure if I get a third device I'll have a third format with which to contend. More about the LDP200. First, cost. It's ludicrously

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-08 Thread Brian Ritchie
I use a Creative Zen Touch, my wife has an envy-inspiring Zen Sleek. Battery times to make iPod owners weep, and (crucial for us) can handle WMA as well as mp3. We use Notmad Explorer (see http://www.redchairsoftware.com/notmad/) to drag-and-drop stuff from my music folders to the Zens; this