Which MP3 player?

OpenToSuggestions · 13 Nov 2010 at 18:24

Hey all,

Firstly, please note that this is completely separate from my gaming headset thread

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I am after an mp3 player as my phone is crap (T-Mobile Pulse) and one of the headphones came off. I used to have a 1st gen nano but I managed to crack the screen, but it did the job well enough before that.

I don't think there is any need to spend over £100 on an mp3 player including in-ear headphones.

Just looking for some recommendations as there are some really terrible mp3 players around!

Thanks OCUK

OpenToSuggestions · 13 Nov 2010 at 19:06

Paul11 said:
i just got a Sandisk 8gb Sansa Clip

very pleased with it

Nice and cheap too

Any other recommendations anyone?

OpenToSuggestions · 13 Nov 2010 at 21:02

Sounds like the Clip is what I need then!

With the in-ear phones though, I do tend to break them now and again.
Can an OK pair be had for £20? In the past I have just got £9 ones from Argos (obviously though they will be a bit poo).

OpenToSuggestions · 18 Nov 2010 at 22:10

I now have the 8gb Clip+ and the Sennheiser CX 300-II.

When on maximum though the volume just isn't very loud :confused:

Any ideas?

OpenToSuggestions · 19 Nov 2010 at 13:18

Flubble said:
i have an 8gb clip+ too and it isnt loud enough, i can can barely hear it when i'm outside.

Solved the issue!
Format it (not via windows, via the settings on the Clip+) and when formatted set the region to 'rest of world'.
Now there is 'volume' in the settings and can set between normal and high. Normal is the same as the medium setting on high. Max volume on high is too loud tbh.

I can only imagine this sound limit is some silly gay health and safety rule.
Had a hearing test for various jobs and passed well, so for me only being able to just hear the music in the gym made me think my new purchase was crap!
I doubt the music would be loud enough to listen to on a plane, bus or train!

Working well now though and it is a decent mp3 player. The Sennheisers aren't bad either.
Thanks for the recommendations guys

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OpenToSuggestions · 20 Nov 2010 at 01:53

Flubble said:
WOW!!! it worked!! yay can listen to music now on the train and hear it

thankyou

Glad that it was some help to you

Isn't it a really stupid limit on the sound though?!
I can fully understand a cap on ear-damaging sound but I genuinely could not hear it properly in the gym!
I tend to have it about 75-80% volume on the loud setting now when out in public or at the gym - Makes the mp3 player usable tbh. Before it rendered it almost useless!

OpenToSuggestions · 20 Nov 2010 at 02:04

Jonnycakes said:
Didn't think people still used mp3 players, i just use my phone

My T Mobile Pulse (running 2.1 as 2.2 is not out for it yet) is slow and full of bugs. It only barely manages to fill the function of a phone. Quite often I have felt like throwing it at the wall.
Also the handsfree does not go very loud. It is just so silly to have an mp3 device that is maxed out on volume when it really is just medium volume.

OpenToSuggestions · 20 Nov 2010 at 11:05

Jonnycakes said:
Didn't think people still used mp3 players, i just use my phone

I wouldn't take an iphone to the gym. I am clumsy and drop stuff all the time!
Also the Clip+ really is tiny. The screen is under thick plastic - You can press it without the LCD leaking (like when you press a calculator screen).