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| croy Platinum Member  Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04 |  Posted - Aug 5 2007 : 6:55AMSince I need to record an interview, I decided to get a MP3 player. I've tenatively narrowed it down to the Sansa e280 and the iRiver Clix (4 GB). The Sansa only records in *.wav format. Any idea how many minutes per Gb I can expect? Anybody know what format the iRiver records in? I looked at the CNET review and it didn't say. Since I own most of the music I'd like to listen to, do I have to mess with any on-line verification to convert my CD's to MP3's and download? Any recommendations could change my mind too.  [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Aug 5 2007 : 7:26AM As far as music goes, just rip a CD, plug in the USB cable, open the music folder and drag and drop (assuming your music is on CDs). You can get as fancy as you want but drag and drop is all you need to do. But you do have to make sure you tag the files properly (I use Media Monkey for that) or it's a mess and you won't be able to find anything. Edited by - randomprecision on 8/5/2007 9:11:13 AM  [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Aug 5 2007 : 7:36AM There's an open source firmware called Rockbox you can put on there that allows all sorts of extra stuff. In the original firmware, you can't adjust the recording quality, for example. In Rockbox, you can. But it isn't perfected yet and is still kind of buggy. And that's if you even want to fool with it. People speak highly of iRiver players but I haven't tried one. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Aug 5 2007 : 10:12AM It is a bit expensive but I think it will do what you want. It is 2 gb and it records voice. And no need to change the batteries. It charges using a mini usb cable. Edited by - conquistador on 8/5/2007 10:32:14 AM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Aug 5 2007 : 10:22AM Edited by - randomprecision on 8/5/2007 12:59:49 PM [Link] |
| croy Platinum Member Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04 | Posted - Aug 6 2007 : 5:55AM The e280 is the 8 GB model. I figure if I'm going to get one, I may has well get a flash player with the largest capacity of the time. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Aug 6 2007 : 1:59PM That forum also has boards for many other MP3 players. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Aug 6 2007 : 3:17PM The thing is that now that I use an mp3 player everyday I wish I had gotten one that would hold more songs. Edited by - conquistador on 8/6/2007 3:18:17 PM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Aug 6 2007 : 7:48PM And yeah. If you have a lot of music and think you're gonna be using one a lot, a flash player really isn't such a great idea. Might as well spring for a HD player. I'm pretty happy with the Sansa for what I paid for it. Edited by - randomprecision on 8/6/2007 7:50:52 PM [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Aug 6 2007 : 10:23PM [Link] |
| croy Platinum Member Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04 | Posted - Aug 6 2007 : 10:42PM What headphones would you recommend that are better than the Koss? [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Aug 7 2007 : 12:00AM Lots of people recommend these They can be had cheaper than what they're listed for on that web site but I'm not sure where. But they're small, sound good and very portable. [Link] |
| croy Platinum Member Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04 | Posted - Aug 7 2007 : 6:33AM I think in a few years, unless people go with huge lossless files, that it will all be flash. Look how fast the size of flash drives is doubling - it took less than 2 years to go from 4GB to 8GB. Next is DVD-Rom size and beyond. So in maybe 3 years the 30GB hard drive models will be obsoleted for smaller and more durable flash models. As far as the price of flash drives goes, the price progressions of the newest largest size seems to be absolutely the same - same price as the previous when first released, same drops. Taking inflation into account, that means an overall price drop. Do other hard drive based MP3 players have the same crashing problems plagueing the iPod? [Link] |
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