i recommend sony minidisc players
thank god the bottom of the line model was sold out when i went to buy mine on boxing day, because the medium of the line is so much better.. i can only imagine what the top of the line minidisc player is like....

but, ive had one for almost 2 years, and all the problems you are describing: short battery life, shit appearance, button placement, etc. this baby does just fine... music is 320mins per disc which is allright, as there is no limit to how many discs you can have.

also, they have 1GB minidisc players out now, which equals to like 40hours worth of music (or something like that)

battery life on mine is something like 50 hours on 1 AA battery, with 20 hours on one charge if i choose to use a re-chargeable battery (which i do)

only beef anyone might have is with the transfer speed and the ATRAC3 format, but the ATRAC3 format i believe compresses the file so that more fits onto the disc, without loss of aound quality.



hahaha, long post..might be my longest ever

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Last edited by eye_03 on Oct-12-2004 at 23:52

So my Rio Karma locked up the other day...

It wouldn't turn off no matter what button I pressed.

Eventually, I checked the website for the hard-reset button and tried that. Now it would freeze on startup! Grr

Evetually, after some research on unofficial message boards, I found that I'd experienced the single-most common problem that Karma user's have: 'the bad Karma'. The only workable remedy for it was to hit it really hard.

Apparently, the hard drive locks up when the magnetic heads stick to one another. Since they're not perfectly made, you just have to jar things around just a little bit to sometimes get the heads un-stuck. Now she works great!

I just found it funny how I paid $200 for this sophisticated little machine that you have to hit really hard to get to work sometimes.

I still recommend the Rio Karma.

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Originally posted by eye_03 i recommend sony minidisc players thank god the bottom of the line model was sold out when i went to buy mine on boxing day, because the medium of the line is so much better.. i can only imagine what the top of the line minidisc player is like.... but, ive had one for almost 2 years, and all the problems you are describing: short battery life, shit appearance, button placement, etc. this baby does just fine... music is 320mins per disc which is allright, as there is no limit to how many discs you can have. also, they have 1GB minidisc players out now, which equals to like 40hours worth of music (or something like that) battery life on mine is something like 50 hours on 1 AA battery, with 20 hours on one charge if i choose to use a re-chargeable battery (which i do) only beef anyone might have is with the transfer speed and the ATRAC3 format, but the ATRAC3 format i believe compresses the file so that more fits onto the disc, without loss of aound quality. hahaha, long post..might be my longest ever

i used to have a top of the line mz-r900 md recorder from sony. that thing was amazing. when sony claims it can go up to 67 hours, it really DOES go up to 67 hours. tho i always got arouond 25-30 hours with ONE FUCKING GUMSTICK rechargeable battery. And you know what? I appreciated music WAY MORE back then than i do now. Ive been so overwhelmed by tracks on my ipod that i just download a shitload, copy everything to it, and go wild on about 2 albums, and fuck the rest.

so whats in store for me now? well, im selling my ipod, thats right,

IM SELLING MY IPOD

and buying THIS:



If not the orange, then this:


The specs? Well:

Up to 114 hours of battery life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 Band equalizer
Line in, Optical In (perfect for live recordings, and recording mixes)
64X Uploading
And the smallest of the high end mp3 players out there.
Theres a ton of smaller features on it, but regardless, it does the job much better than everything else, and sound quality is NEVER going to get better than an MD. Plus, i WILL DEFINATELY be using it for recording digitally imported streams, STRAIGHT TO my MD, and it cuts the tracks every 5 minutes, which is what i want .

Fuck iPod, ive had it with mine. Peice of shit lasts me 30 minutes nowadays, and i cant even take out the fucken battery

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Originally posted by kamil Fuck iPod, ive had it with mine. Peice of shit lasts me 30 minutes nowadays, and i cant even take out the fucken battery

best and most accurate quote about the apple ipod...ever.

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Ohhh God!! Creative just realesed Creative micro, its looks absolutely stunning Here's the direct link: http://www.creative.com/products/pr...4&product=10795

It comes with 5gb, radio/recorder, 10 different color, 12 hour battery (its replaceable, can buy 60hours batteries too!!) organizer (kalender, things to do, adressbook, sync. with outlook)

AND its cheaper than Ipod mini, I bet its smaller too

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fuck there is soo much to choose from.

I guess I'll wait abit more before I decide what I should get.

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Originally posted by hardcore trancer fuck there is soo much to choose from. I guess I'll wait abit more before I decide what I should get.

i kno what you mean...practically a week after i got my ZEN NX the ZEN Touch came out...dont suppose there'd be anyway for me to send mine back for credit and then get the touch eh? any ideas??

**EDIT** scratch that last comment...just found out they have no 40gb model for the ZEN Touch, and its only $20 less for 1/2 the space..

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