FLAC support for portable MP3 players?

[Jed Shields]

Hi guys,

I've been looking at getting a portable MP3 player for the car but am having trouble finding one that supports FLAC. I don't want to spend too much and was looking at the 16Gb Creative Zen for around £80. It doesn't support FLAC though :-/

Should I convert my library over to WAV or are there any viable players that support FLAC? I want to keep my recordings at the highest quality as my library is used for my Sonos system feeding into my main Cyrus hifi. It seems like there's a fair amount of support for WAV.

I'm not too keen on Apple, particularly iTunes, which is why the Creative caught my eye. Although from what I read it's not drag and drop compatible ...

 

[Greenlizard0]

Um, I stand to be corrected here, but does rockdrop or something support it? It's like an alternative piece of software that can be used on a lot of mp3 players I think.

 

[Flibster]

Any of the Cowon iAudio range.

Other are here

The Cowon iAudio 7 16gb is pretty cheap at the moment at £85ish from a certain online store.