mp3 player brands/models to stay away from?

[Henrythewound]

1st of all, if there is a better place to ask this ?, let me know.

I am finally thinking of buying an mp3 player and have no idea which brands are crap and which have good reps. I tried searching on epinions but the volume of available models etc is overwhelming. Im looking for a moderately large storage capacity (something like 5 gigs or more) and preferably under $200. If any of you have had bad experiences w/ any particular brand or model, I'd like to hear about it.

Thx a lot,

Joe

 

[Budmantom]

ipod

 

[Henrythewound]

seems like a lot of other brands can be found for cheaper, theres some deals on FW right now for the rio Carbon for ~168. Doesn't sound too bad from the reviews I read.

Joe

 

[alexeikgb]

Originally posted by: Budmantom
ipod

hahah... was waiting for this reply

 

[Slvrtg277]

I've had nothing but good things to say about my iRiver. I can't remember the model name...it's the 512mb flash model. Bought it last year.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Slvrtg277
I've had nothing but good things to say about my iRiver. I can't remember the model name...it's the 512mb flash model. Bought it last year.

I also have a 512MB flash iriver and love it, great interface, awesome sound quality (with good headphones), it comes with a wrist strap and belt strap (great if you exercise). Im still on my 1st AA and i got it 2 weeks before Xmas.

 

[Henrythewound]

I assume the flash players just use a CF card that you update with whatever you want to listen to? Sounds ok, I used to have a MD player and I disliked switching MD or updating a MD constantly. I think this time I would rather have a player that can hold a fair amount of music at all times. Thx for the input people

Joe

 

[Anubis]

ipod

and no im NOT kidding

 

[Slvrtg277]

No, the one I have is built in. NO card. You just connect it via USB and just use the software provided. You can change the firmware and make it a standard drag-n-drop type device if you want also. All of my songs are 192kb and I can get around 80 on there easily.

 

[notfred]

non-iPods.

 

[Henrythewound]

Thats nice that its not a card. Looks like I could fit about 8-10 CDs worth of music the way I have music stored on my computer presently. Looking at reviews of this player on epinions now. Anybody have another website they like to use for reviews etc??

Joe

 

[Slvrtg277]

Originally posted by: Henrythewound
Thats nice that its not a card. Looks like I could fit about 8-10 CDs worth of music the way I have music stored on my computer presently. Looking at reviews of this player on epinions now. Anybody have another website they like to use for reviews etc??

Joe

I use Amazon sometimes.

 

[Henrythewound]

Sounds like the Rio Carbon has a HDwhereas the CF models dont and thus dont skip. The CF sounds good, but for even less $$ I can pick up a player with 5 gigs of storage (Rio Carbon). Anybody have this player?

Joe

 

[Henrythewound]

Actually, upon reading reviews for the Rio Carbon, theres no way in hell I would pick it up. So far the iRiver 1Gig CF player tops my list, but I would like to think about a HD model as well. Nobody w/ a HD mp3 player (besides the iPod) with an opinion?

Joe

 

[coolred]

What did you read in the reviews that turned you off so bad to the rio carbon? I am considering getting one, but I think I would use it a bit during excersising, so I may want to go flash based. But I haven't found too many reviews that really knock the carbon, so please let me know.

 

[SmoochyTX]

I'm loving my Zen Micro!