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Posted by one.tjc on Jan-24-2005 02:03:

quote:
Originally posted by 00soups00
i have vouchers.. so i thought i'd use them to buy an mp3 player
instead of using $$$ to buy it..



hmmm well then, look for someone important looking and have a crack at it anyways..

just say - look i saw this for $420 [or whatever] across the road at [insert random electronics store here] and im wondering if you can match, or even beat that? depending on who you talk to, you should be able to get it down.

or alternatively send the girlfriend in....


Posted by 00soups00 on Jan-24-2005 03:05:

quote:
Originally posted by one.tjc

or alternatively send the girlfriend in....



hahahaha.. if only you knew


maybe instead of the sales assistant gaining a blackeye
with no discount offered, maybe we could send in one of
the ponies... Loula???


Posted by Nyquist_Theorem on Jan-24-2005 14:25:

hey, new guy here and all that... keep in mind if you want something that you'll use to record your live sets, there's a big difference between a crap and a decent op-amp/adc (analogue-to-digital converter), and just because something has a line in on it doesn't mean its going to record at the kind of quality you'd be happy with. so if that's a feature thats important to you, you're best to either borrow one off someone and test it, or check and see if anyone on the internet has done the same. i know when i had a mate that wanted a liveset recorded, we checked the inputs of both my laptop (ibm thinkpad) and my 'real' soundcard (at the time, a CardD+), and the sound quality difference was significant - both in terms of what our ears told us, and what a frequency analysis showed us. esp if you want to use the mixes as promo / repeated listening / etc, its worth checking out.

that said, i carry an ipod now, having gone thru six mp3 players previous to it, and i love it to death. i've had too many creative players die on me to trust them anymore, though i've heard good things about the iriver.


Posted by Lil-H on Jan-24-2005 22:43:

All I Know is that Zen Touch is a great player, and it now comes in 20/40Gb version, dont think it got a line in though :S

The creative players has alwyas sucked with their installation, you have to install it to see it in windows, however there is this one thing you can do with this: Do a simple firm-update and it will come as a portable device in windows =)


Posted by pasocon-otaku on Jan-25-2005 08:52:

and the nerds are so cool they'll probably show you how to convert movies to ASCII animations and watch them on the LCD screen

nine out of ten nerds agree - iRiver iMpress.


Posted by narcism on Jan-25-2005 13:44:

u can bargain with jb hifi......
they always knock off $100+


Posted by Sid on May-06-2005 06:18:

(thread revival)

ok peoples I am travelling in about 5 weeks time and need your expert advice on which mp3 player I should purchase. Im looking at something which holds 20 gigs and willing to pay between $300-$400. Ive alreday decided against apple's ipod for the simple reason that all the other players seem to have superior battery lifes compared to it (which is what I'm looking for). I'm leaning towards the creative zen touch for the plain that that it has an animal 24 hour battery life.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated


Posted by NiNo LoCo on May-06-2005 06:29:

I saw the IRIVER H320 20GB @ JB-HI FI on special for 420 I think (around that)

I recommend you to buy it from there as you can bargain and get it almost at stock price (like I did)

My IRIVER kicks ass never going to make the switch


Posted by stamper on May-06-2005 14:05:

quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
I'm leaning towards the creative zen touch for the plain reason that that it has an animal 24 hour battery life.



Divide the "theoretical" battery life by about 10 and that is the real battery life.


Posted by batemanscott on May-06-2005 17:29:

quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
(thread revival)

ok peoples I am travelling in about 5 weeks time and need your expert advice on which mp3 player I should purchase. Im looking at something which holds 20 gigs and willing to pay between $300-$400. Ive alreday decided against apple's ipod for the simple reason that all the other players seem to have superior battery lifes compared to it (which is what I'm looking for). I'm leaning towards the creative zen touch for the plain that that it has an animal 24 hour battery life.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated



Sid i work in this department and i cant honestly tell you the iriver is by far the best machine.

If your still looking my best mate runs jb hifi at bondi and i can get him to look after you.

Plus if you buy within 30 days of travelling overseas you'll get the gst back at the airport.


Posted by Lil-H on May-07-2005 11:12:

Heres the deal, get the iriver h340. My creative died so I just sent it in for a repair, cant wait so im getting a new one.

the iriver has 256k colours on a 2" screen, 40gb, 16hours playback, 2 headphones out, line in, usb on the go (connect to camera), plug and play, playback music, photos and even .avi with the new firmware update (from their offical site)

The bad thing is the price, you can get it for about $750 at those mumbo jumbo stores like: harveynorman, myers, camerahouse, dickssmith etc... but if you google it, you WILL get surprised on how much you can save.. I found it for noe more than $545 at http://www.camerastore.com.au/iRiver+H340-details.htm

or you can buy it at www.centre.net.au for about the same. I think is the best price you really can get. and by far the best player there is on the market!


Posted by Sid on May-08-2005 12:57:

quote:
Originally posted by batemanscott
Sid i work in this department and i cant honestly tell you the iriver is by far the best machine.

If your still looking my best mate runs jb hifi at bondi and i can get him to look after you.

Plus if you buy within 30 days of travelling overseas you'll get the gst back at the airport.


thanks Scott! if you reckon he could give me a considerable discount, then i'll definitely be in contact? Iriver looking good though!


Posted by batemanscott on May-08-2005 13:00:

quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
thanks Scott! if you reckon he could give me a considerable discount, then i'll definitely be in contact? Iriver looking good though!


No problem mate, i'll be up for Trance tribe launch with him so i'll find out for you then. My Iriver h320 arrives this week


Posted by Sid on May-08-2005 13:08:

quote:
Originally posted by batemanscott
No problem mate, i'll be up for Trance tribe launch with him so i'll find out for you then. My Iriver h320 arrives this week


awesome! yeah I think Ive settled for the h320 as well. Looking around at the moment, seems to be going for around $450! might do some in depth shopping on the net tonight see if I can pick it up for around the $400 mark. How much did you pick yours up for?


Posted by NiNo LoCo on May-08-2005 13:13:

quote:
Originally posted by NiNo LoCo
I saw the IRIVER H320 20GB @ JB-HI FI on special for 420 pretty sure about this now < Paramatta store
I recommend you to buy it from there as you can bargain and get it almost at stock price (like I did)

My IRIVER kicks ass never going to make the switch


Posted by eRRaTiK on May-08-2005 13:29:

sids lets buy two and negotiate a discount

question for anyone that may know. many of the car cd/mp3 players today are able to link to ipods (and play the audio from there). can the same be done with an iriver?


Posted by Sid on May-08-2005 13:32:

thanks nino! does jb have an online store?

cbf driving to parramatta!


Posted by waXology on May-08-2005 13:33:

quote:
Originally posted by eRRaTiK
sids lets buy two and negotiate a discount

question for anyone that may know. many of the car cd/mp3 players today are able to link to ipods (and play the audio from there). can the same be done with an iriver?


do they sell ipod mini's? if they do add that to the list and ill be in


Posted by eRRaTiK on May-08-2005 13:34:

yeh they do sid

http://www.jbhifi.com.au/

but they don't have any product catalogues online.

i was at the parra store yesterday, but wasn't paying attention to the mp3 players. doh!

been wanting to buy one though, so if you're headed there anytime let me know. we'll try to bring it down to 400! hahah


Posted by Sid on May-08-2005 13:35:

quote:
Originally posted by waXology
do they sell ipod mini's? if they do add that to the list and ill be in


We could all rock up to JB and see if we can?


Posted by eRRaTiK on May-08-2005 13:38:

quote:
Originally posted by waXology
do they sell ipod mini's? if they do add that to the list and ill be in


not sure but if they do, ok you do the negotiating cam

they're such a rort those little things.


Posted by eRRaTiK on May-08-2005 13:38:

quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
We could all rock up to JB and see if we can?


i'm in.


Posted by waXology on May-08-2005 13:40:

quote:
Originally posted by eRRaTiK
not sure but if they do, ok you do the negotiating cam

they're such a rort those little things.


well i want something cheap, and i dont need space for 15billion songs.. battery life doesnt worry me to much.. the minis are 18hours i think... and i know i wont use the thing after my trip.


Posted by waXology on May-08-2005 13:42:

quote:
Originally posted by eRRaTiK
i'm in.


+1


Posted by eRRaTiK on May-08-2005 13:47:

quote:
Originally posted by waXology
well i want something cheap, and i dont need space for 15billion songs.. battery life doesnt worry me to much.. the minis are 18hours i think... and i know i wont use the thing after my trip.


Apple iPod mini 6GB Blue
$359.00AUD

Apple iPod 4G MP3 20GB
$429.00AUD

iRiver H320 LCD Colour screen 20GB
$479.00AUD

(prices from http://www.minidisc.com.au)

...

ipod mini is the smallest, but not the best value for money.

better off bringing the ipod down to 400 and getting an extra 14 GB, imo.

of course seeing as you're travelling you might prefer the smallest and lightest option.


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