Hard time finding an MP3 player with *manual* EQ - can you help?

[KatanaDV20]

Hallo

I thought it was now time I got myself an MP3 player and have begun my research.

I do however have a pet hate - preset EQ settings.

You know the deal, you press the EQ button and see this list: Pop, Rock, Classical, Live, Concert, Dance

I would like an MP3 player when you can adjust the EQ settings individually (like in Winamp!)

I have had a very hard time tracking one down with this capability and therefore I seek your help Overclockers!

Thanx loads

 

[Flibster]

Cowon iAudio X5, M3, D2 *iirc* A2

It's got the normal presets, but you can setup a user one.

Simon/~Flibster

 

[Participant]

Any of the new Sony flash players have this.

 

[sidefxv1]

I think rockbox has decent EQ stuff, and it runs on a really wide range of hardware.

 

[Fubsy]

Creative Zen vision M also offers this.

 

[Sweetloaf]

Budget? Storage size?

I got a Sumvision ICE 800 (4Gb + 2Gb SD) for £60 which does what you want, it's not the best for easy navigation or MP4 but the sound quality is great.

 

[bledd]

get an iaudio (m5)

rockbox software makes it even more awesome

 

[james.miller]

rockbox's parametric eq setup > *. other than that, irivers, iaudios, creatives...virtually all of them have a user definable equaliser of some sort

 

[KatanaDV20]

Thanks guys for helping me out here! Im checkin out all these players that you've mentioned.

The primary purpose of this MP3 player is to use in the car. I plan to get one of those FM transmitter thingies (and also see if any of these players you have all mentioned have one built into them already) so I can carry my tunes and send em to the car radio.

I still lug around a big case of CDs which is looking increasingly silly

Getting an EQ I can adjust individually will be great (dont worry I wont be doing it while driving!) for when I listen on headphones or hook the thing up to a hi-fi sys.

Im hoping these players mentioned only need Windows Explorer to transfer music as I find that the most effective.

As for size....as long as it holds about 200 songs its all good!