Large Capacity MP3 Players

Kilgannon wrote: I'm pretty sure the iPod 160GB, which I have, is as large as they come in terms of pure players, not Archos etc., but I figured a music appreciation site is as good a place to check as any. Does anyone know if there are any bigger than the aforementioned iPod as mine is a couple GB off being full

Good question...I have wondered about this too.

^Which means presumably that when you are out you must leave your Pc on?

Snow Dog wrote: ^Which means presumably that when you are out you must leave your Pc on?

Not the same as a portable player as such but I have a 1tb Verbatim bus-powered drive full of lossless music which I plug directly into my Oppo BluRay player and then play through my surround system. The Oppo is truly a thing of wonder. It plays flacs, DVD-A, SACD, MKV, Avi etc. In fact the only thing it won't play at the moment because of European licensing issues is MP3(!).


Edited by Tony R - March 28 2011 at 05:44

I feel your pain.  My last two players got all full on me.  I decided to rip at a lower bit rate and use the wma format which supposedly will make a 64 bit that sounds as good as 128 mp3.  Then for the best quality listening experience I just play the originals on the home stereo.

^ Maybe. But I like the hazzle-free approach of AudioGalaxy. I have a big collection of files, all nicely tagged and with the correct album art. Even if there were affordable net drive services for 100+ GB of data, I wouldn't want to maintain such a collection in addition to the local collection. Maybe with some sort of automatic synchronization (like rsync), but I'm not aware of such a solution (remember, "affordable").

If you're jonesing for a better player, it pays to hold out as long as you can because something better will likely come along for cheaper.

I basically have the same setup as Mike, except I'm using Subsonic instead of Audiogalaxy.  I have a very small, low-power Lenovo nettop running as the music server at home - it's basically running a Linux shell (no X-windows or any graphical programs running), I ssh into it from my Linux desktop for adding files and maintenance.

Padraic wrote: Archos 5 looks like a nice little device and gives you 500 GB.

I've had a 250Gb version 2 years now - problem free - longest I've ever owned any portable "gadget" without it fritzing or running out of capacity/battery or somesuch annoying minor irritation. It's far too expensive mind, and all the add-ons are stupidly expensive, and it's French...

Edited by Dean - March 28 2011 at 13:15

crimhead wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: If you're jonesing for a better player, it pays to hold out as long as you can because something better will likely come along for cheaper. In the case of the Zune, nothing newer,better will be coming out. It would be nice if the price would drop to make them move affordable.

I've never had an ipod, my current player is a Zune and I'm happy with it (80g).  I don't think you'd want a player to be much smaller, but storage capacity will continue to rise.  I've said this before, but if size is reduced further then we'll probably need some form of holographic projector for the album art and video.

Dean wrote: Padraic wrote: Archos 5 looks like a nice little device and gives you 500 GB. I've had a 250Gb version 2 years now - problem free - longest I've ever owned any portable "gadget" without it fritzing or running out of capacity/battery or somesuch annoying minor irritation. It's far too expensive mind, and all the add-ons are stupidly expensive, and it's French...

Just be sure not to drop it in the toilet at the airport.  My sister did that with a cell phone or something.  May have been an ipod.

Mr ProgFreak wrote: ^ That surely pays, since it keeps you from ever buying anything.

I wouldn't hold out forever but it sounds like a plan.




Edited by Slartibartfast - March 28 2011 at 13:54