Ugh. Had to sell my 40gb iPod.

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: jemcam
Get a Dell Axim X30 pda (~$250) and a 1 GB SD card for about $100. Problem solved and it's a hell of a lot more versatile than a mp3 player.

you want to go jogging w/ an Axim?!?!?

Anyway, my 3G 15GB was fine jogging, and so is my mini.... maybe because I dont' jog EVERY day.

I was considering the Axim thing now, becuase it'd be much more useful for me, but I don't want to give up my mini.. fits so nicely into the pockets.

 

[sharkeeper]

Get some velcro and attach it to the back of your ass. That should stop that shaking unless it's too big, however it may add a dampening effect that could be beneficial.

Just remember to pull it off before you sit down!

Cheers!

 

[thirdlegstump]

I actually did try to strap it to my arm but still, even with the most miniscule shake, it craps out. It's gone now anyway. I'm going to look into a solid state player.

 

[Hankysmoo]

You had to sell it to your sister?

 

[imported_theEman]

Originally posted by: Nikamichi
Awesome I just had some tacos!

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Nice! 😀

 

[thirdlegstump]

Well she wanted one and I didn't want mine so..why not?

 

[Cobalt]

Actually.. I've used my iRiver iHP-120 for jogging, and I had no problem with it. Maybe I got lucky? But it was fine for me, no problems... yet. *knock on wood*

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
<- hates the ipod

same here.

why would anyone thing that they can run with their ipod? it use hdd.

I run with my rca lyra hdd jukebox all the time no problems, it uses an HDD, and its an RCA lol.

 

Explain the short playlist thing.

 

[Corporate Thug]

get an ipod mini

 

[welst10]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Explain the short playlist thing.

if the playlist is short enough, the memory can hold all the songs in the list without retrieving from hd.

 

I see.

 

[tk149]

As you've discovered, mixing constant motion with a hard drive is bad news. Anyone who does it is asking for trouble eventually. All it takes is for the read/write head to physically impact the platter (spinning at 5400 rpm) for a microsecond and you've got a broken mp3 player. The large buffer memory helps reduce this risk (since the drive is only accessed every few minutes).

I have no idea how fragile the CF2 microdrives are (e.g. iPod mini).

It sounds like you need a large amount of memory with your high encoding rate. You're going to be looking at a minimum of 256MB (and I suspect closer to 512MB, if not 1 GB!) of flash memory. You may want to consider a player that takes SD cards.

I'd recommend the iRiver players, but those aren't expandable. I survive on my iFP-180T (128MB) with VBR encoding.

 

[Epoman]

Originally posted by: bigdog1218
Yeah, the mini works great for jogging and biking and whatever. Who needs 20+ gigs of music anyway.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRG PIRATES.

 

[AndrewR]

I still have a Creative Nomad (no, not the II or the MG or anything else -- 4+ years old now) and a 128 MB SmartMedia for memory. At good-enough-encoding-for-jogging, I have over an hour's worth of music, close to 75 minutes I think. I've been tempted to upgrade, but I can't justify it when the Nomad is perfect for what I do -- less than 60 min of running or about 60-75 minutes of weight lifting. If it repeats a song while I'm working out, I don't mind.

Sucks about the iPod though. I wouldn't drop that much cash on an MP3 player anyway (probably because my wife would kill me :Q)

 

[thirdlegstump]

Originally posted by: tk149
As you've discovered, mixing constant motion with a hard drive is bad news. Anyone who does it is asking for trouble eventually. All it takes is for the read/write head to physically impact the platter (spinning at 5400 rpm) for a microsecond and you've got a broken mp3 player. The large buffer memory helps reduce this risk (since the drive is only accessed every few minutes).

I have no idea how fragile the CF2 microdrives are (e.g. iPod mini).

It sounds like you need a large amount of memory with your high encoding rate. You're going to be looking at a minimum of 256MB (and I suspect closer to 512MB, if not 1 GB!) of flash memory. You may want to consider a player that takes SD cards.

I'd recommend the iRiver players, but those aren't expandable. I survive on my iFP-180T (128MB) with VBR encoding.

Well I kinda figured that but a few of my friends told me to get it because they said they never had problems when working out.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Quite happy with my Rio Cali 256: small, rugged, FM radio, and expandable with SD media...

NO moving parts
18 hours of playback on ONE standard AAA battery