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My MD player's kinda fucked now and I'm thinking of joining all you cool people with mp3 players

So anyway, I want something not too expensive (like say, �100-150), at least 10GB so I've got plenty space (most of my music is at 192, lower bitrates sound crap to me) and generally, good. Oh and a mic and a line in would be nice, although not completely necessary if it costs a lot more.

Any recommendations?


Yeah I'm doing my own research too but a bit of help/personal opinions would be appreciated

Thanks
-Simon

Definately

http://web.media.mit.edu/~ladyada/make/minty/


"The Minty MP3 player can be built from parts that are sold at Ye Olde Traditional electronics distributor (digikey/mouser/newark). Half of the parts can be sampled for free, for a minimal total cost of $25 for parts, and $25 for a PCB. And the case is soooo Minty!*"

HAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!! Your avatar cracked me up, DJ.


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Paul van Dyk - Crush (Vandit Club Mix)

I can only recomend what ive tried
I was in the situation as you not too long ago and i decided to get an Iriver HP-120 (after much consideration)
its got
-20 gigs
-line in/out
-mic recorder
-FM tuner
-no software needed to connect with pc, which means its great for file backups too if need be
-plays a variety of codecs including ogg

would also recomend the creative zen micro, those things are dead sexy

I'm planing to carry my laptop with me to uni so i figure i don't need one of the hard drive players cos i can always transfer songs to the mp3 player from my lappy. So I'm thinking a little mp3 player that i can use as a USB storage device... with probably no more than 1gig. I did a bit of googling and the iaudio U2 looks pretty cool, but its a bit pricey.

thats the main problem with flash based players, they are the most expensive per megabyte
a 512 or even 256 meg may be an option
considering u will be near your mp3 source all the time
are you really going to listen to one gig of music in one go?
a huge plus for flash based mp3 players is size and great for going to gym or running since they wont skip like some HD based players

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Originally posted by tribu http://web.media.mit.edu/~ladyada/make/minty/ "The Minty MP3 player can be built from parts that are sold at Ye Olde Traditional electronics distributor (digikey/mouser/newark). Half of the parts can be sampled for free, for a minimal total cost of $25 for parts, and $25 for a PCB. And the case is soooo Minty!*"

oh.
my.
god.

awesome.

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Originally posted by overdose006 thats the main problem with flash based players, they are the most expensive per megabyte a 512 or even 256 meg may be an option considering u will be near your mp3 source all the time are you really going to listen to one gig of music in one go?

Good point. I'm also thinking of using it to keep backup copies uni work though, which can take up a bit of space.

And another thing.. has anyone noticed it's harder to get good deals on stuff like this on ebay now. People are bidding items upto and sometimes even over what you can buy a brand new item for with warranty.

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Originally posted by beats and beeps oh. my. god. awesome.

You could more or less tweak the design to build one inside anything you want. A friend suggested a pair of headphones, and Im thinking of the proposed idea of a removable IDE Drive for a car stereo.

Interested in working the design of this smaall one a bit too. I was thinking of the tin cases AOL sends their cd's in. A possible idea is to make it look like a cd player with its hinges, but inside, have another cover hiding the elctronics Possibilities for the internal cover renge from designs to additional button optiona\s, to a more detailed LC telling what is playing or other things.

Im ammassing the parts for the small one now just to see if I can do it.

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Originally posted by tribu You could more or less tweak the design to build one inside anything you want. A friend suggested a pair of headphones, and Im thinking of the proposed idea of a removable IDE Drive for a car stereo. Interested in working the design of this smaall one a bit too. I was thinking of the tin cases AOL sends their cd's in. A possible idea is to make it look like a cd player with its hinges, but inside, have another cover hiding the elctronics Possibilities for the internal cover renge from designs to additional button optiona\s, to a more detailed LC telling what is playing or other things. Im ammassing the parts for the small one now just to see if I can do it.

Sounds awesome dude, make sure you post pics when you get around to doing it.

I have a Creative MuVo NX 128mb

Love it to death, and came at a great price.

At first, I loved MD, but I slowly began to hate Sony's bad software, and how it could take 20 minutes to make a 200mb MD because of their dumb fucking Atrac3 encoding.

my bro got a nice from CREATIVE

Just got myself a 512MB little player for �40 delivered. Couldn't bothered to spend 4 times as much for an ipod/iriver/etc, as 512 is enough for about 4-5 mixes, and I can change em whenever I am at home, plus it is tiny, so gym use n that is much easier

I've got a Rio Nitrus. Comes with Senhinser headphones

1.5 gig (think you get 4)

But if you want more space than that. Then some form of iRiver is probebly the best bet. But you'll be likely to have to spend more than �150.



Reconditioned but if you have to stick to your �150 price.
Linky

Take a mp3player where you can exchange the batteries!! I have an ipod for one year now and the batteries play only for 3 hours now instead of 11 hours like it supposed to.

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Originally posted by nwopper Take a mp3player where you can exchange the batteries!! I have an ipod for one year now and the batteries play only for 3 hours now instead of 11 hours like it supposed to.

Demand for it to be fixed. It's your one of your consumers rights

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Originally posted by nwopper Take a mp3player where you can exchange the batteries!!

removable batt. for hd mp3 players is a huge advantage, the only ones that come of the top of my head are the old creative zen extra, and the creative zen micro

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Originally posted by Dervish Reconditioned but if you have to stick to your �150 price. Linky

Seems like pretty good value to me... maybe I'll get the 20 gig one.

Should I worry at all about the fact that it's reconditioned, not new?

Of course I still need to check my bank balance before I get anything

im gonna get an ipod shuffle of 512mb....its easy, simple and i dont give a fuck if there is no lcd screen cause i know all the songs im gonna put on it by heart....anyways...for the price...and only to go to gym or walk around or in the bus.....nice price

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Originally posted by Matt I have a Creative MuVo NX 128mb Love it to death, and came at a great price. At first, I loved MD, but I slowly began to hate Sony's bad software, and how it could take 20 minutes to make a 200mb MD because of their dumb fucking Atrac3 encoding.

I used to love MD's too, but they are too much of a hassle. Sony makes absolute garbage too, especially their software.

Loved my sharp md dr7, best sounding portable I've ever owned.

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Originally posted by overdose006 I can only recomend what ive tried I was in the situation as you not too long ago and i decided to get an Iriver HP-120 (after much consideration) its got -20 gigs -line in/out -mic recorder -FM tuner -no software needed to connect with pc, which means its great for file backups too if need be -plays a variety of codecs including ogg

+1.42x10^52

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Originally posted by DjSimonB Seems like pretty good value to me... maybe I'll get the 20 gig one. Should I worry at all about the fact that it's reconditioned, not new? Of course I still need to check my bank balance before I get anything

Well I kinda would worryish. In all probability it'll be ok.... but well you know 14 day warranty.....

Basicly if I ( and I did ) had to stick to a 150 price limit I'd get a soild but lower capacity player. 1.5/4 gig is plenty in my view but as they say it's upto you

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