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Any MP3#s you'd recommend? Sorry if its been on before
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hey.
so I'm giving in and thinking of getting a portable MP3 player. Is there any you'd recommend?
How is the sound on them as well? I mean do they sound good even being so small?
I wouldnt get a massibely expensive one and I can't get an ipod coz I don't have a Mac computer.
Just a reasonably priced, decent sounding MP3 player would do.
so I'm giving in and thinking of getting a portable MP3 player. Is there any you'd recommend?
How is the sound on them as well? I mean do they sound good even being so small?
I wouldnt get a massibely expensive one and I can't get an ipod coz I don't have a Mac computer.
Just a reasonably priced, decent sounding MP3 player would do.
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I think £150 is too much. Less then £100 definately.
clicky
The Sanyo mp3, it's 6GB (same as Sony walkman) just a bit cheaper and looks nice as well.
I have a Philips GoGear one, tis a beaut.
it got some good reviews, one dodgy one.
how much is your philips one?
1. You can use a Ipod with microsoft!
2. Ipods are good!
whats your price range and how much would you be putting on your mp3?
You can use Ipods on microsoft and non-apple macs computers??
Umm, price range, I'd hope for under £100
lies.
Get a creative zen touch. end of discussion.
If not a sony then any by creative, ive also had one (only 256MB) but still was very good and never had any problems.
I-Pods need to be avoided, ive never seen as much hype around such a poor product
Yes. On Amazon.co.uk they're selling iPods for the PC & Mac. The only difference being is the software. And iPods are rubbish - Creative Zen is much better...
Here's the wee beast:
philip
Think it's around the £100 mark, it's fab. Any questions just ask.
The software that comes with it is slightly tricky to master if you're technoologically challenged like me, but the drag N drop is really easy once you get the hang of it. Mine came with little colour strips -red, black n blue to match with your outfits etc which was cute too.
No problems, it has survived a fair few knocks n tumbles too.
By the way, creative Zen was the other one i was looking at (if i hadnt already bought the sanyo)
got shot of that asap and bought a cd player which'll play mp3/wma tracks too, and pocketed the difference.
the issues i had with the philips are non-existant. you only need a cd ripper (cdex is the shit), sound quality is top notch (even better with good headphones) and the battery life is about 40+ hours (the '10' of the hdd wouldn't last me a day at work, lame).
my player is a panasonic slct something or other, costs about £100 but you should be able to get it cheaper if you shop around. only thing is it's not an ipod or an alike and therefore isn't as 'cool'.
Yeah, you don't need a Mac to get an ipod.
I don't know about other ipods but I have a nano and the sound quality is top. Unfortunately the battery only last about six hours on full but it's still classy and dinky if you fancy one.
How does the battery work I mean do you have to buy batteries for them?
Can you just plug in and go?
is the creative zen micro any good? this is the one i'll probably get but i've spent too long fannying around now that i probably won't get one till after christmas.
i think i'm going to wait till after christmas now 'cause they seem to have gone up in price...
One word of advice, avoid anything with Archos on the front. Those things are hunks of crap if ere I saw one. Avoid.
The onlt things that put me off the Zen were all the complaints made about battery life and the dodgy headphones. But a lot of people replace the ones supplied with the product with their own anyway.
And you have to keep in mind that manufacturers are usually optimistic about battery life anyway. I'm hapy enough with my philips, but for a good 12+ hour battery life, save up and buy a Sony.
You transfer existining MP3's/WMA's/AAC's (in the case of the ipod) from your computer to your mp3 player, yes.
Most mp3 players come with a rechargable, none replacable battery. A few you can use batteries in. Most of them you charge from your PC's power via USB, and most as far as I know you can get power adaptors and in car adaptors for too (though the ipod charger is a rip off - £30!).
I love it! Took some getting used to with the way it works though. Only downside for me is that I've had it for 6 weeks and need to replace the battery because I listen to it far too much... (rechargining the battery up to 2 times a week now)
I can be listening to it for anything up to 5 hours hours a day at least 5 days a week though - so it's not that surprising that I need to replace the battery. With mine I got a USB cable which also charges the player up whilst transfering files. I do also have the power adaptor.
For good sound get a slightly worse mp3 players and some amazing headphones, it makes all the difference.