Looking for a good ipod replacement

[legoman666]

I like the Nano itself alright, I just despise iTunes. I also want to be able to drag and drop my music from my already organized music directory onto the device. iTunes is a bloated piece of unnecessary crap. I also want more space so I don't have to agonize over what to put on the device each time.

Requirements:
at least 50gb storage
drag n drop
flac support (must have)
ogg support (would be a plus but not a deal breaker)
<$200
half decent interface

Is there such a device? Do not want or need video playback.

 

[MyThirdEye]

Zune!

 

[legoman666]

zune supports flac?

 

[Gothgar]

iPhone

 

[legoman666]

iPhone supports flac?

seriously why did i ever bother asking here.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Just use different software (MediaMonkey, glkpod, and several others) if iTunes is the only issue. Basically, unless you spend a ton to buy one of Cowon's PMPs you're not going to find what you're looking for in a new device. I think Apple had some refurb 80GB 5.5G iPods for sale on their site, but they're probably all gone by now. Aside from that, try to snag a used one and rockbox it, or see if you can get an iAudio X5, or one of the other several players that do what you want.

 

[legoman666]

Thanks for the advice. I've tried rockbox in the past on my nano and I had problems and it looks like the new 6g ipod aren't supported yet. However, I will bite on a Apple refurbed 80gb 6g model if I don't have to use iTunes. Converting the few flacs I have to mp3 shouldn't be too much trouble.

Thanks for the heads up on the refurbs.