General: Mp3 Player Purchasing a New Player

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      CommentAuthorBill
    • CommentTimeMar 26th 2009
     

    I'm looking to buy another player. I'm looking at the SanDisk sansa view 32gb, and another Cowon D2 or S9. Any comments on these units, or something else your enthused about?

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      CommentAuthorKrazyIvan
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2009
     

    I am really liking the Cowon s9 but my friend just got an ipod Touch that is increasingly peaking my interest. I have been looking at something that can play movies and have even considered a generic mp4 player with a 3" screen.

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      CommentAuthorBill
    • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009
     

    Still doing a little more checking, any thoughts on the Zune?

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      CommentAuthorBill
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2009
     

    I finally decided on a Sansa fuse, it's 4 gig player. I bought it from Newegg for $40.00, it was recertified. It has the simplest user interface I've ever used. It also has a micro sd slot. I had to return my I audio 7 (Cowon) for repair. They returned it as fixed, but it was doing the same things. I have sent it back again, with the request that they load some music on it and at least run test it before returning it again. I was going to go with the S9, but now I'll wait to see how there repair goes. The S9 is $220.00, I spent $200.00 on the I audio 7, it lasted about a week over a year. I want to be sure they can service what they sell.

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      CommentAuthorHuddy
    • CommentTimeApr 20th 2009
     

    As with most stuff like this, I treat Stuff Magazine as my bible :) Here's what it had to say (prices in GBP obviously, but I would have thought the reviews will still be useful)...

    For the S9 (http://stuff.tv/Review/Cowon-iAudio-S9-8GB/):
    PROS
    Stunning video from AMOLED screen. Fantastic sound quality. Excellent battery life
    CONS
    Not cheap. Unintuitive interface. Confusing software. Limited storage

    The D2 was released over 2 years ago, back when it was competing against the iRiver U10 - are you sure you want to go for that when things have moved on so much?

    What about the Zen X-Fi? http://stuff.tv/Review/Creative-Zen-X-Fi-16GB/

    And as ever, the iPod Touch and iPod Classic are always options.

    Top 10 MP3: http://stuff.tv/Top10/MP3-players/
    Top 10 Portable Video: http://stuff.tv/Top10/Portable-video/

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      CommentAuthorKrazyIvan
    • CommentTimeMay 8th 2009
     

    I still like the D2. It's more than what I need.

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      CommentAuthorBill
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2009
     

    It took 2 tries for Cowon to repair the Iaudio 7. In the mean time I picked up a Sansa fuse. The Iaudio 7 is a quality unit lots of storage 16 gigs. The battery life is about 16 hours. The interface is ok, but it took a while to figure out. The Sansa fuse is 4 gigs, but has a micro sd slot. A 2 gig card was $8.00. The interface is super easy. As far as battery life its about 8-10 hours. Over all I'm using the Sansa more for listening and the Cowon as back up.

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      CommentAuthorKrazyIvan
    • CommentTimeMay 10th 2009 edited
     

    I am still happy with my Sony NWZ-A815 but my RockBox'd Sansa E200 series is a close second.

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