[Golden Legacy]

I've been doing some math tutoring lately and I've decided to treat myself. I am in dire need of updating my old 4gb Sansa player, as well as it has done for me.

Basic characteristics:

- 16gb-30gb
- Flash memory
- not an iPod or Zune
- above average sound quality
- decent form/build, so long as it's manageable and easy to navigate it hardly matters
- easy enough to jog with
- large screen preferable


I hope these are flexible enough, any recommendations are appreciated.

[Nosferatu]

I'm using a Sony Walkman. (HOLY BALLS V FOR VANDETTA IS ON.)
http://www.gearlog.com/images/Sony-Walkman-NWZ-S610_275.jpg

[Caael]

What's wrong with iPods?

[Gio]

I figured that older version of the ipod nano would be perfect for what you are asking for, but if not then Nos is right. The Sony Walkman is pretty sweet.

[Nosferatu]

Caael, on Feb 26 2009, 11:49 PM, said:

What's wrong with iPods?

From my past experiance they tend to have an internal clock to stop working after 6-12 months.

1st: Refused to charge anymore.
2nd: Same.
3rd: Sound didn't work anymore. And no, I didn't drop it or any stupid **** like that.

The Sony one I've dropped on the cement a million times. It has a scratch.

[Gio]

I have had my the old school ipod nano for 4 or 5 years now, and the clock works fine. It is a really good music player. It even has a dent in the back of it from where I accidentally hit it with a drumstick while playing drums to songs on the ipod. I am not going to disagree, the Sony one is pretty amazing to.

[Nosferatu]

Gio, on Feb 27 2009, 12:43 AM, said:

I have had my the old school ipod nano for 4 or 5 years now, and the clock works fine. It is a really good music player. It even has a dent in the back of it from where I accidentally hit it with a drumstick while playing drums to songs on the ipod. I am not going to disagree, the Sony one is pretty amazing to.

And mind you, I wouldn't put it past my luck for all of mine to have been ****.

[Drizzy Drake]

Golden Legacy, on Feb 27 2009, 12:15 AM, said:

I've been doing some math tutoring lately and I've decided to treat myself. I am in dire need of updating my old 4gb Sansa player, as well as it has done for me.

Basic characteristics:

- 16gb-30gb
- Flash memory
- not an iPod or Zune
- above average sound quality
- decent form/build, so long as it's manageable and easy to navigate it hardly matters
- easy enough to jog with
- large screen preferable
I hope these are flexible enough, any recommendations are appreciated.

I`m sorry, but what trip are you going on that you need a 16gb MP3 player? That alone is 4000 songs...








((And before anybody flips I relaise you didn`t say you were going on a trip...just an example.))

[Golden Legacy]

It's not so much that there's anything wrong with iPods (sound quality could be better perhaps), more of the fact that I dislike it for being incredibly mainstream. Just want something a little out of the ordinary.

I've looked into reviews of the Sony Walkman, it does seem remarkably good and exactly what I'm looking for. Has anyone tried out a Creative Zen by any chance?

And Neo, if anything I thought I was aiming low... many people I know insist on getting a full 80/120 gb hard drive mp3 player, and I've never understood why.

[Drizzy Drake]

That right there is retarded. I still fail to see why you`d ever need a 16, let alone a 30gb MP3 player Riad. You are never going to listen to that many songs between two times that you are on a computer.

[Toasty]

I owned the 4GB version of this one until it died on me (which it did due to my mistake). It is the best MP3 player I have ever owned. You cannot beat it. It eats iPods for breakfast and craps them out on Zunes.

My friends agree.

Creative Zen

This is the fancier model:

Creative Zen X-Fi

[Swedishfish]

I personnaly don't know. If i wanted an mp3 (I already have my phone for an mp3)I would just go ahead and buy an ipod.