MP3 Players

[ted leslie]

I got my Wife a Rio Forge sport, its about 80$ (now) i think,
what really cool about it, is when i got it, i think it only had 256M storage,
but takes SD, and now you can get a SD 2GB for 60$ .
She uses it on her Win box, but since in this thread, it was mentioned that they
should just plugin to the usb and mount as mass storage , i will try that.
The Rio has radio and also EQ.
The EQ , i think , is a must,
my brother has a shuffle, and i thought it was cool,
especially the size.
But comparing it to the Rio Sportage,
since shuffle doesnt have EQ, with the SD expansion, lcd menu/display, etc, the Rio just smokes the Shuffle.
Rio also ranked unbelievably high in reviews. It comes with very good buds.
The Sport also is drop proof, as its made for running, etc, splash proof, etc.
It fairly small, but the thing they give you to ware it on your wrist is kinda dorky.

nothing beats shuffle for the portability factor, i mean its basically just a 
gum stick on a pair of head phones.
But without EQ, the shuffles is basically useless, unless you eq all your tunes before hand.
Rio has pretty amazing battery life too.
Rio has cool menu navigation, book marks, fav's,etc.

If i was getting one, i'd get another in a second. I have my Linux Sharp Zaurus i use
for a mp3 player, all be it an expensive one .... but on that note, if you want a really
cool Linux mp3 player, get a used Zaurus on ebay!! :)

if the Rio Sport Forge is a choice you make .. i can see if it mounts on Linux before you buy.

Rio uses mp3 and wma , it doesnt take mp3's at a low bit rate, only wma,
but i dont like using mp3 players at low bit rates, and with a 2GB expansion SD card being cheap,
you can 192 the songs and still fit tonnes.

-tl


On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:21:41 -0400
Pavel Zaitsev <pavel-XHBUQMKE58M at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 
> > Thanks to all for the pointers, it really gave me a good idea what to 
> > look for. I found a couple of players at Staples which play MP3 and Ogg 
> > (iRiver and Samsung), so that's probably the way I'll go.
> 
> Don't get iriver, since they have fallen to dark side not only legally
> but technically too. Their new players aren't supported even by old
> iriver software. And supplied package comes only for windows.
> From reviews Samsung memory stick may well be the bargain. If you want
> to go for sound quality i'd recommend shuffle. I read some very
> technical reviews, specifying that shuffle is best of the ipods in terms
> of sound quality, better then any their other offerings.
> Cheers,
> Pavel
> 
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