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Points: 3839 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 17:29
Yeah, IF I buy another mp3 player it should be 60GB preferably, because the main reason I have one is to keep my entire collection portable.  plus I just got a stereo head unit for my car that takes an auxiliary input.  If I wasted all that cash I'll be pissed.

otherwise, I'll just burn mp3 CDs.
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Points: 21198 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 17:33
^ LOL My whole collection is more than 80GB ... all legal! I don't even try to get a player that can store all of it ... with USB2 it only takes a few moments to transfer an album.
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Points: 20030 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 17:41
I took the decision not to get an MP3 player with a huge capacity for this very reason. I paid £80 for a Samsung one with 2Gb. It takes around 30 albums which is enough for a couple of weeks listening to and from work. Every few days I load up the albums I fancy listening to and delete the ones I have listened to. So long as it lasts a couple of years I'll be happy with it.
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Points: 21198 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 17:44
^ exactly. And with the saved money you'll be able to buy a brand new player in three years with 10x the capacity at the same price.Big smile
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Points: 940 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 17:46
I have a Creative Zen Micro (5 GB) and it works properly since I bought it a year ago. The software is very good and useful.
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Points: 20030 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 17:49
Originally posted by Viajero Astral Viajero Astral wrote:

Originally posted by Ed_The_Dead Ed_The_Dead wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:



  • No freezing
  • No software
  • No charging
  • No quality loss
  • no memory problems
  • $35
Wink



Oliver would be proudLOL
 
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A MP3 CD player with a CD-RW were you can burn a lot of mp3 files is a good combination

That's true - I had one before I got my MP3 player, but people give you funny looks on the train to work when you get a CD player out. It's now the equivalent of a wind-up gramophone with a horn.LOL
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 17:52
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Viajero Astral Viajero Astral wrote:

Originally posted by Ed_The_Dead Ed_The_Dead wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:



  • No freezing
  • No software
  • No charging
  • No quality loss
  • no memory problems
  • $35
Wink



Oliver would be proudLOL
 
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A MP3 CD player with a CD-RW were you can burn a lot of mp3 files is a good combination

That's true - I had one before I got my MP3 player, but people give you funny looks on the train to work when you get a CD player out. It's now the equivalent of a wind-up gramophone with a horn.LOL
And they don't give you the same look when they find out you're listening to prog? LOL
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Viajero Astral Viajero Astral wrote:

Originally posted by Ed_The_Dead Ed_The_Dead wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:



  • No freezing
  • No software
  • No charging
  • No quality loss
  • no memory problems
  • $35
Wink



Oliver would be proudLOL
 
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A MP3 CD player with a CD-RW were you can burn a lot of mp3 files is a good combination

That's true - I had one before I got my MP3 player, but people give you funny looks on the train to work when you get a CD player out. It's now the equivalent of a wind-up gramophone with a horn.LOL

You mean this 'ole thing?


Tell me, did they ever go out of style?Wink
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Points: 31336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 18:01
Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:



I'm so ruined by my year and a half of ipod use I'm not sure I could go back to carrying around CDs and actually having to hold the CD player in my hand! Tongue




At a grand total of $40, leaving an extra 200 for CD's and boozeWink
 
 
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Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Viajero Astral Viajero Astral wrote:

Originally posted by Ed_The_Dead Ed_The_Dead wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:



  • No freezing
  • No software
  • No charging
  • No quality loss
  • no memory problems
  • $35
Wink



Oliver would be proudLOL
 
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A MP3 CD player with a CD-RW were you can burn a lot of mp3 files is a good combination

That's true - I had one before I got my MP3 player, but people give you funny looks on the train to work when you get a CD player out. It's now the equivalent of a wind-up gramophone with a horn.LOL

You mean this 'ole thing?


Tell me, did they ever go out of style?Wink
 
I actually have one that is similar to that one Tongue Costed me 500$
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Points: 2822 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 18:59
Count me in among the anti-ipod luddites.
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Points: 501 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:03
Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

the new Toshiba gigabeat looks good
works with Windows media player
http://reviews.cnet.com/Toshiba_Gigabeat_S_MES30VW_30GB_white/4505-6499_7-31660763.html?tag=cnetfd.ec
about $280



Wow, that is excellent. I think I shall buy that.
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Points: 13536 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:22
I've got this one:



I've never wanted an mp3 player or iPod. I'm attached to the audio format.
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I have a CD portfolio that contains my collection with the liner notes. I love having the liner notes on display with my music. I even have a section for my Simon and Garfunkel MiniLPs, which are slightly too big to put in the case, and have torn the plastic pockets slightly.
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Points: 7374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 20:33
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I took the decision not to get an MP3 player with a huge capacity for this very reason. I paid £80 for a Samsung one with 2Gb. It takes around 30 albums which is enough for a couple of weeks listening to and from work. Every few days I load up the albums I fancy listening to and delete the ones I have listened to. So long as it lasts a couple of years I'll be happy with it.


This is the exact same approach I took. I went with the 4 GB iPod Nano. I generally only load it up with enough music for  one charge (about 14 hours), unless I'll be on an extended vacation. I'm usually not away from my computer long enough to justify needing to carry my entire library with me at all times.

Goldenspiral, sorry to hear about your woes. FWIW, most of the iPod horror stories I've heard have been due to hard drive failure. I've always been somewhat wary of anything with delicate moving parts that small that's supposed to be portable. I've had my Nano (which uses flash memory in lieu of a hard drive) for about 7 months now, and haven't had any problems yet *knocking on 4 different types of wood*...
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 22:32
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I got their 1 GB player, small as hell, plays MP3, WMA, OGG and has FM radio.  Seems to me you get more robustness out of these little flash players, avoid HDs.  Like chopper I can load enough music for the workweek, and then reload with new tunes.  Although I mostly listen to CDs in the car and ripped OGGs on my work Linux box.
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Points: 7374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2006 at 22:43
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The power of prog must have crashed your i-pod. I'm sure Apple had pop music in mind when making them.
 
 
 
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I have a 256mb mp3 player, but i prefer cd
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