Mp3 player face-off, Nano v Sansa v z5

Eliot · 12 Jul 2006 at 22:41

Well, im getting a mp3 player soon, i want something small, cool, with a good screen.Video playblack is a bonus and sound quality is important

The main contenders are:
Sandisk Sansa

Things i like:
Video playback
Ability to upgrade storage
Screen Size

Things im not sure about:
What it looks like in real life i.e Some photos make it look very nice, others make it seem cheap

Samsung Z5/Z5F

Things i like:
Nice size screen
Metal casing

Things im not sure about:
Controls

iPod Nano

Things i like:
Freakishly small
Looks
Clickwheel=Awesome

Things im not sure about:
Scratches (I look after my stuff well thought so i shouuld be ok no?)
Compatibity with files on my hdd (192kb/s mp3, do they work?)
Every one and there dog has one

Basically im looking for people who have either of these and how they find them, things they like or hate, in order for me to make a decision on which to get
Thank You
Eliot

Eliot · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:10

DannyW said:
if sound quality is important avoid the samsung, i have one and in all honesty its shocking, even with upgraded headphones.

im not impressed with my bros nano either. so id say go with the sandisk - looks absolutly stunning in that pic.

ive found sony and philips mp3 players to have excellent quality tho.

heres a review - http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029995,49257034,00.htm

Hmmm well thats certainly interesting, any other views on that

Eliot · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:21

interesting, the comments about the nanos sound quality worry me tho

Eliot · 13 Jul 2006 at 21:22

Vegetarian said:
Wow this is really a fan-boy reply thread! The info posted is shockingly bad!

The samsung uses the new sigmatel 3600 audio chip which is superb! It prob has the best sound quality out of the 3 - only let down is theres no user EQ (much the same as Nano). The iPods are NOT the best either - the nano distorts badly in bass etc - there are much better players about than iPods!

user eq doesnt bother me that much, you seem to know what your talking about too

and as ive heard of no complints too sound quality from the reviews ive read and having seen it earlier on (looked cool as hell)
i'm leaning towards the sammy atm, would like a opinion on the sandisk however

Eliot · 14 Jul 2006 at 00:22

yeah i looked at the plu v, but its not my thing, i just dont like, that 'look' the sammy is looking a very attractive prospect atm, especiallly in silver, white looks nice but if i wanted white i would go for a nano

Eliot · 14 Jul 2006 at 00:25

Vegetarian said:
Have you looked at the sony?

no, but i fear that 2 gig is too small, i'll consider it tho
Edit: just looked at the pic, I know that one, i saw it earlier, as VERY small and looks good black, but im not sure if 2 gig is enough, however the 3 hours play from 3 mins of charge is very cool

Eliot · 14 Jul 2006 at 00:56

i love the size of the sammys etc and the sandisk, if i went up a size to a 30gb ipod or creative, i would go up again and get a archos av500 or creative zen vision for the simple fact that they do video properly

Eliot · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:51

OHhHHHH its neck and neck between the sansa and samsung atm.

Eliot · 14 Jul 2006 at 20:44

the only thing thats holding me from buying the samsung is wheter i'll use 4 gigs too easy
the only thing holding me back from buying the sandisk is what you just saod about sq /goes to check out library
i heard that with a good codec the difference betweemn 128 and cd is very very small, how do i do that, because then, i will use 2/3 of the space i am using now

Eliot · 15 Jul 2006 at 20:15

still neck and neck then

Eliot · 15 Jul 2006 at 23:56

Does anyone here actually have a sansa

Eliot · 16 Jul 2006 at 18:52

can someone tell me,
what is ogg vorbis? is it good? how is it compared with mp3, and out of ogg, mp3 and wma is best? i'm guessing mp3?

Eliot · 17 Jul 2006 at 00:28

nope, i will in the next 5 days.
im beginning to wonder if there is a realistic point in spending 170 pounds on a small mp3 player with 6gb of storage, when for 10 pounds more i can spend it on a zen vision:m, however, i have seen 4gb samsungs for 129.99 delivered. tough call indeed.
Also: how would i rip my cds' in lame mp3 format?

Eliot · 22 Jul 2006 at 00:29

just looked on a (popular) dvd wbsite and accidentally clicked on the creative zen media m. then i saw taht it did fm and mic, cool i thought, i already know how cool the screen is, then i thought i could have all my lost episodes on there.., then saw the white colour with BLUE (sex in led form) leds and thought THAT IS MINE. so i think im going to get that, i trust the audio playback is decent?