MP3 player comparisons

Hey, howdy, Kail, and welcome aboard. Good point, if you've already got a bunch of MP3 CDs. Which CD/MP3 player do you have? Another question, if you don't mind, what Ripping Program do you favor?



timber

I use my pocket pc and also my Rio-Volt MP3\CD player.

I went to Best Buy's and was in the checkout when I noticed I didn't have my wallet. I'll go next weekend. I'm buying a 20 GB one that's only slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes.

Are you getting the Creative Labs 20GB? That was the one that had the most competitive prices online.

Creative Labs Zen or something. It's a square one and much smaller than the cd walkman shaped ones.

I could never understand why someone would want to carry around CD's with MP3 anyway. You can compile your own "best of" from your CD's on the MP3 unit.

Epinions - $299.00 is the lowest price:


Epinions review and prices on Creative Labs Zen MP 3 Player

That's how much it was at Best Buys.

I sometimes find when shopping something online (and I only spent a few minutes here), one finds that a brick-and-mortar store has the same price. Then it just depends on sales tax and shipping.

Costco has a good price on the Nomad with 20GB storage:

Costco - Creative Labs Nomad 20GB

www.apple.com/ipod

i fail to see the purpose in buying an mp3 player when you still have to use cd's. an ipod plugs into firewire or usb2.0, so its faster to transfer music than to burn a cd. it can double as a removeable harddrive, and being as you can get up to 30 gig, there isnt going to be a problem with space. it has a built in battery, with a charger, so rather than buying new batteries every week, you have to replace it maybe once a year. most importantly, games! hehe, it comes with some okie games, but im sure before too long they will have incredible games that you can add, even if apple doesnt make them, someone else will. oh and one more thing, you're going to spend three hundred dollars anyway on a removeable media mp3 player, for 300 you can get a 10 gig ipod, for 100 more you get 15, and for 600 dollars you can get a 30 gig ipod.

iPod's are sweeet!

If you're after an excellent MP3/WMA/CD player I'd recommend a RioVolt, but seriously you all know you want an ipod..

Nah, I'm happy with my Nomad Zen.

Ah..the Nomad Zen looks pretty slick too, indeed. The 20GB model (300 bucks) is the same price as a 10GB ipod, and the 60GB Zen is $400 compared to a 30GB ipod for $600!

Thanks for the tip Craven. I was thinking of getting an ipod, but me's seen the light now..

One detail about the Nomad Zen stood out to me...
Is this done on other MP3 players as well?

Charge via USB? Like the battery? Hmm. I never did that, my laptop doesn't have USB 2.0

But nomad is definitely the way to go in terms of price.

It is for PCs and is a much better deal than an ipod. But be warned that the software (for the computer side, not on the player) is pretty shoddy. It works but is not as intuitive as it should be. You should be able to figure it out quickly but it'll be a bit of a pain.

I love it, carry it everywehere and use it for music and file backups.

Lots of devices are powered or charged by USB, whether USB 1 or 2; there is a 5 volt bias current present. For that reason, a number of USB hubs have separate power supplies. The amperage of the computer-supplied 5 volt is pretty low, and a couple devices using the USB power can take all there is.

Yeah, but charged as well? I can't imagine why someone would do that.