Need a decent £50 MP3 player.

Freeman

Freeman

Freeman

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I'm looking for an MP3 player for gym.

It has to be a minimum size of 4GB, be rechargeable and obviously be small and light.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
If you're prepared to up your budget to £76 you can get the Sony NWZ-S639 (16GB), otherwise the Sansa clip is supposed to be a good little player.
 
g0th2000 said:
8GB Sansa Clip :)
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Big Kev said:
I agree, from what I've read, the sound quality is supposed to be better than far more expensive players.
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I have the 4GB, got it for just over 30quid, the 8GB can be had for under 50 at that South American River place. It's seriously good.

The included earphones aren't anything to brag about but pair that player with any decent headphones e.g. Mylar Crossroads XB /X3 or whatever you like, and the sound that comes out certainly surpasses what an iPod (Nano 2nd gen, 3rd gen, Classic, Shuffle of any gen) or Creative stones can do for such a well priced player.

Only shame is it doesn't FLAC, but for a 4GB/8GBplayer, MP3 at 320kbps VBR or there about is more than enough for an entry audiophile player.

The UI is also quite intuitive to use, simple. Had some issues with syncing playlist with Winamp but since been using MonkeyMedia to do a much better job. It's apparently made for WMP11 (or better) to sync best. The screen is also clear as day even under sunlight.

I don't really mess with the EQ, as I like to listen to my compilations flat as it should be, but there re many options there for you to adjust to your liking.

Price to Sound Quality, I doubt there's anything that will come close.
 
After reading a number of review sites, you have two choices. Sansa Clip and Sansa Fuze. Nothing else in the price range is supposed to come close for sound quality.
 
Would recommend the Creative Zen as I have been very pleased with mine since I got it. I've had it a good few months with no problems and it has an SD Card slot which I have an 8GB card in. Only problem is mine has just stopped working so I am not so sure I recommend it any more:( I am pretty sure its under warranty, just getting round to phoning the support up and getting it replaced etc. which I just haven't been bothered to do.
 
Mr Jones said:
Only shame is it doesn't FLAC, but for a 4GB/8GBplayer, MP3 at 320kbps VBR or there about is more than enough for an entry audiophile player.
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as mentioned above, it does do flac. but what's the point on an 8gb player? i'd rather store 70-80 v0 lame albums rather than 20-25 flac albums. and it's not like you could tell the difference anyway.... :p

i have a clip (cost me 40 quid for the 8gb player and this was on the high street :eek: ) and i love it. fantastic little player. certainly close to my sony nwz-a728 for overall sound quality and i actually think it sounds better for louder styles of music. it definitely has more oomph in the bass department (used with the same sennheiser px100 headphones).
 
g0th2000 said:
It does do flac - update your firmware! :D
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marc2003 said:
as mentioned above, it does do flac. but what's the point on an 8gb player? i'd rather store 70-80 v0 lame albums rather than 20-25 flac albums. and it's not like you could tell the difference anyway.... :p
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I didn't know that! But as marc2003 said, rather have more good rips in MP3 than FLAC, for now. I'm loving the graphical equaliser display when you click the middle button when it's playing... so cool!
 
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