[dj_stick]

Does anyone know what is a decent cheap USB-key style MP3 player with WMA support?

[germanjulian]

unfortunalt you will be stuck with creative mp3 players. but I would really get a rio karma one.
or some other rio one:
www.rioaudio.com/
the creative ones are pretty good too though

and why WMA support. dont you know its the worst sounding format out there. www.hydrogenaudio.org had a test on it recently.


EDIT: whooo cheap
http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/sho...del=216&cat=35

and really good!!!

[dj_stick]

i don't care about the different formats and opinions - no offense but i've has enough off "xxx is sh/t, yyy is better"
WMA works fine for me, my entire library is WMA and i'm happy

i don't mean to attack you or anything though

[germanjulian]

well get a rio then. the one posted above. you can add flash memory to it if you want.

[dj_stick]

im thinkin of the usb key types atm., but i would really like an iRiver ihp - totally owns the ipod

[pr0digal jenius]

iRivers are nice

[germanjulian]

ahh most thing totally own the IPod? even on amazon.com the rating Ipod has 4 starts rio karma has 5. hopefully we will see the 6 hours batter time player die out soon (my g/f has one, she hates it) . and the really cheap usb key things sound really awful. rather save up some money and get a mp3 player which you will like.

[dj_stick]

this is the one im thinking of
http://www.iriver.com/product/info.asp?p_name=H140

[germanjulian]

Originally posted by dj_stick
this is the one im thinking of
http://www.iriver.com/product/info.asp?p_name=H140

whooo thats well nice!!!!

and ogg vorbis... I am impressed!

[dj_stick]

but is rather expensive too… thats the only issue

[germanjulian]

I can see you dont go to university yet and you dont have the magic called "STUDENT LOAN"

[dj_stick]

i haven't even finished high school yet

[Nacht]

i have the ihp-120, ill post later when i get off work...its the best thing ever!!! way better than my bros nomad zen, his old ipod, in fact, i returned a karma i had bought to get it...its soo great

[Malus]

I love my Karma.

[Necrosis]

I know this is a bit OT but I have the iMP-350 which I use at work & I love it so far.

[dj_stick]

i don't really want a cd player anymore, just because of the size

[Necrosis]

Originally posted by dj_stick
i don't really want a cd player anymore, just because of the size

I figured...just giving a good recommend on iRiver.

Thanks to post for remind me to check the site. Now I can play Ogg's on my player!

[dj_stick]

iRiver is a good company i know that… im seriously thinking of either the flash or the hdd players

[Necrosis]

I'm thinking since you're on a budget..flash..one big reason if you drop it...smaller too.

[dj_stick]

good point - ive dropped my dsicman a few times… but i like the idea of the remote… meh i'll see what i can do when i save up some cash

[Nacht]

ok...here we go...here is my little plug for iriver!!!

ihp-120 price right now is mid 200s, major price drop at www.compuplus.com (very good price, i bought it at 350)

major features:
-File tree media view
-Standard Tag database view
-on board mic recording
-on board mp3 encoding
-line in recording
--(recording can be done in *.wav or *.mp3)
-nice display
-can display *.txt files (so you can read etc)
-can display song lyrics
-line in
-line out
-optical in
-optical out
-high SNR (higher than Ipod, not sure the exact value though)
-plays mp3, ogg, wav, wma
-shuffle, shuffle by artist, directory, playlist
-playlist support (*.m3u)
-song queuing
-16 hour lithim polymer batt..(more stable than litium ion, no memory effects)
-remote control
-(most useful) plug and play ext HDD functionality with any OS later than Windows ME (2000, me, NT4+, XP)...no drivers needed yay!

out of box accesories:
-leather case
-ear buds
-ext. microphone
-usb cable
-charger
-remote control

1 year warranty as well

all in all, i couldnt be happier with the thing...it's so great. you might want to get yourself a good set of headphones to go with it though, the stock ones are decent, but done stay in and dont really block outside noise too well.

www.misticriver.net is a community that has a LOT of info about them if you want to look around...i posted there a lot when they first started up but havent been back in a good while...

[dj_stick]

i kno alot about the iRiver players, read alot in the past 2 years about them - i just don't have much money and they're still seeling for AU$700 abouts

[Nacht]

oh poo poo

thats alot of money lol

[dj_stick]

time to keep slaving away at the chicken shop… or find a job with a better pay

[Malus]

I don't think the iRiver has gapless playback. That tends to be a turn off for people who like to listen to CDs straight through.

[Nacht]

it doesnt have gapless...although its really only a problem on live cds...or ones like the dark side of the moon

[dj_stick]

hmm so all my dj sets will have a gap… i guess i can live with that (or merge tracks)

[Judas]

i've yet to find a "cheap" mp3 player

[dj_stick]

good point… but relatively cheap compred to the rest

[Judas]

actually... Mp3's burnt on Cd's and a Cd walkman that plays mp3s from the cd.... while having a large digital buffer of well over 3 minutes... = pretty much a pure mp3 player