Spec me an MP3 player...

elevenseventysix · 2 Feb 2007 at 15:45

... please.

I currently have an iPod Photo 60 gig, which has totally clonked out. Although I quite liked iTunes (a sin, I know!) the iPod itself was unpredictable at best so I'd like to stay away from Apple.

The problem is that I've got lots of music, and the 60 gig iPod was just about full when it broke, so I'd be looking for a big upgrade.

I'd also be using some high quality cans to listen to it, so the signal to noise ratio would have to be good, with minimal hiss and excellent sound quality. The iPod wasn't great...

I've searched around the net quite extensively for a good few weeks trying to find an alternative, and short of getting hold of an old Creative and replacing the hard drive for a bigger one, I'm quite stuck.

Any help is much appreciated!

Cheers, Jack

BoomAM · 2 Feb 2007 at 17:45

Unfortunatelly, if you want over 40Gb, your pretty much stuck with Apple unless you can find some rare H340s or H140s, then put your own HDD in them.

taz488 · 2 Feb 2007 at 19:30

what about the creative zen big one 60gb i think it is, not sure of any other alternatives

BoomAM · 3 Feb 2007 at 02:40

taz488 said:
what about the creative zen big one 60gb i think it is, not sure of any other alternatives

Cant say ive heard of a Zen that big?

benjo plz. · 3 Feb 2007 at 02:47

BoomAM said:
Cant say ive heard of a Zen that big?

Zen Vision:M 60gb is 60gb

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elevenseventysix · 5 Feb 2007 at 09:03

Thanks for the help!

jbloggs · 6 Feb 2007 at 02:11

iAudio X560-60GB?

fini · 6 Feb 2007 at 02:44

The Archos 504 is available in 40, 80 and 160 gig varieties.

fini

AnastieByte · 6 Feb 2007 at 07:35

I would also endorse Archos players. Prefer them to the ipod. I have a smaller 20GB version and it has been great.

Biscuity · 6 Feb 2007 at 08:27

BoomAM said:
Unfortunatelly, if you want over 40Gb, your pretty much stuck with Apple unless you can find some rare H340s or H140s, then put your own HDD in them.

What about the 60gb iAudio X5?

Excellent SQ & you don't need any software to transfer files. I have the 20gb version.

http://www.cowonglobal.com/product/product_X5_feature.php

elevenseventysix · 7 Feb 2007 at 16:16

Thanks for the help - really appreciated as I've been having a tough time trying to find something large.

AnastieByte said:
I would also endorse Archos players. Prefer them to the ipod. I have a smaller 20GB version and it has been great.

Is there any chance you have, in the manual or something, the signal to noise ratio anywhere for the player you have? I'm struggling to find anything on the SNR's on the internet and it's quite important to me because of the high quality phones they'll be running through.

Many thanks

Cheers, Jack

elevenseventysix · 15 Feb 2007 at 16:31

Well I took the plunge and got the Archos 160gig player. I hope to god it's good enough!

benjo plz. · 15 Feb 2007 at 16:45

jackgnic said:
Well I took the plunge and got the Archos 160gig player. I hope to god it's good enough!

For ~£400 you'd hope so :eek:

!

elevenseventysix · 21 Feb 2007 at 21:19

Well it's arrived...

I'll be doing a full review soon but on first glance it's impressive. I've yet to survey the sound quality in depth yet, but on low levels it sounds pretty average (in fact, very average - nothing more than the cheap USB pen MP3 players) but once you drive the volume up more than half it's like listening to a different player - it's rather good!

And with interesting features such as being able to monitor the sound levels in a song, what's coming up next on the player, what you've just heard, and a built in loudspeaker (albeit a crap one) it's quite useful!