xlii
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Re: This MP3 player
what are the 8 that you have owned? |
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Sarah
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join:2001-01-09
Cambridge, MA
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| Archos JB6000 (gave it away)
iPod 3G 15GB (sold it)
iRiver H140 (still have it - use it for recording)
iRiver Clix 2GB (1G) (gave it away)
Meizu M6 8GB (broke)
Cowon D2 8GB (still have it - use it plugged into speakers in the kitchen)
Cowon S9 16GB (sold it)
Cowon S9 32GB (still have it, use it daily)
In chronological order 
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KCrimson
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| said by Sarah  :Archos JB6000 (gave it away) iPod 3G 15GB (sold it) iRiver H140 (still have it - use it for recording) iRiver Clix 2GB (1G) (gave it away) Meizu M6 8GB (broke) Cowon D2 8GB (still have it - use it plugged into speakers in the kitchen) Cowon S9 16GB (sold it) Cowon S9 32GB (still have it, use it daily) In chronological order You also mentioned owning a Sansa, I don't see it listed. |
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Sarah
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| The Sansa would fall under "used others belonging to friends and family." I gave my dad a Clip because he wanted something with FM radio for jogging.
I've played with a Sansa e2xx series, a Sansa Clip, an Archos 202, an iRiver Clix 2G, a couple of generic/no-name players, and about half a dozen different iPods all belonging to other people... plus of course I've poked at some Creative, Sony, and Samsung players in stores... can't keep my hands off of audio gadgetry 
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KCrimson
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| .. and after sampling and owning so many pmp's what is your view of the state of the market? I'm perfectly happy running my Rockboxed Sansa e270 v1
Id be interested in running a Sansa Clip or e200seriesv2 as long as the Rockbox developers have reliable builds for the platform.
If I had my druthers, I'd like to try running Rockbox on an iPod 5th Geneneration iPod video - it works with Rockbox and supports a large hard drive that can be upagraded to 160GB plusl
Rockbox is without a doubt the best firmware you can run on any PMP, it allows for the use of more codexes and a feature set that includes audio equalizations and incrediable flexibility in creating playlists and every other fuction of the player. |
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Sarah
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| Yeah, I've got Rockbox running on my trusty old iRiver H140. It certainly has saved that player from the trash heap for several years now  I sent them a couple of donations over the years... they do amazing stuff. And it certainly makes me reassured that if the market goes even further downhill that I'll be able to use it on an old iPod and still have a decent player.
As for the state of the market... I'm disappointed that there are not more players aimed at audiophiles and high-end consumers. Where are the optical and line-out jacks for people who want to use headphone amps? Where is the format support? How about decent EQ or just a higher-quality headphone jack? Where is lossless recording capability? My Rockboxed H140 has all that, which is in part why I keep it, but no one makes anything like that anymore.
There are a few companies, mainly in Asia, making higher end stuff (like the Cowon S9 that I have) but even those are somewhat lacking. It seems the market has gone from being aimed at audio geeks to being aimed at teenagers to being aimed at people who want either a PDA or a phone. I have zero interest in apps and wifi and all that stuff if a player is not going to play my music perfectly, y'know?
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