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Good mp3 player w/ FM tuner?

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ioni

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Can anyone suggest a good mp3 player that also has an FM tuner? Preferably one that shows up a removable drive when plugged into the PC so I can just drag and drop songs onto it and don't have to use some stupid custom GUI to add songs.
 
My Sansa clip has an FM tuner, and allows drag and drop file transfers. I'm not sure if the newest sansa models are worth considering, as I recall the clip + was a step down in audio quality.
 
I own a Sansa Clip + and have nothing but love for the device. The battery life is pretty good, it has the aforementioned drag+drop ability, it's tiny, and the fm tuner just works. Not sure how to judge audio quality as I mostly use it for to listen to talk show podcasts or while exercising. I'd recommend it.
 
Does the clip/+ have an HD FM tuner? I figure, as long as I'm getting something new, might as well look for it to have the newest features.
 
Clip has an FM Tuner, but not an HD tuner. I have a Sansa Fuze and love it. Can play MP4 format movies and it has external micro SD slot for expandable memory. Some Clip's have the expandable memory option as well.
 
lamedude said:
No love for Zune?
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Microsoft doesn't seem to have much love the Zune themselves anymore. More importantly I don't think the Zune supports drag & drop. On the other hand the Zune HD does support HD radio, but I don't think that alone is a good reason to buy it.
 
The Rhapsody software is kind of neat if you don't own any music. It allows you to "rent" music for the cost of the subscription. The songs you download are DRMed so that they expire if you don't continue to pay your rhapsody subscription. Personally I'd rather buy music and own it.

You don't have to use Rhapsody to use a Sansa media player it isn't like an ipod that forces you to use itunes to copy music to the device. You can drag and drop files or use windows media player or some other flavor media player to sync music you own to the device if you prefer. If you want to use Rhapsody you can sync music to the device using Rhapsody but it's completely optional.
 
lamedude said:
No love for Zune?
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Well, besides being WAY overpriced, the Sansa's are just simple to use. End of story. I'm not going to pay over $100 for something that just plays music through headphones. I'd better be able to fuckin check my e-mail, browse the web, have fantasy thoughts with it for $100.

The best thing about Sansa's is you don't have to use some POS proprietary software to get your music on it. You simply copy and paste what you want in the music folder and go. The little disc that comes with the Fuze and Clip, toss it!
 
Clip, Clip+, Fuze, or even an E200. Don't get the Fuze+, though. I have had all of these Sansas and the Fuze+ was a screw-up.
 
smitbret said:
Sansa Clip
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I believe I was offered a Sansa Clip when my new Sansa M250 turned out disfunctional. I refused and took another M250, main reason being that it uses a single AAA battery instead of a lithium battery. It's really easy to carry a spare AAA or two. I have two M250's. Decent FM. A few quirks, but I live with them.

Last time I checked, the Rockbox implementation hadn't gone to fruition.
 
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