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Do you have an MP3 player?

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A new TechRepublic poll asks, "Do you own an MP3 player?

Yes, I have an Apple iPod
Yes, I have an MP3 player but it is not and iPod
No, but I want an MP3 player
No, and I don't plan to get an MP3 player"

If you do have an MP3 player, do you use it only for music or do you also keep other files on it, including photos, video, and data files? Do you ever use it to transport any of your work files?

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by onbliss

No, and I don't plan to get an MP3 player.

ps: But I know I will ultimately succumb and get one.

by kmwi

I use a Sandisk Sansa that also has an FM tuner and voice recorder. I've ripped a few of my own favorite music CDs but what I most enjoy is listening to audio-books (free, thanks to a great service from the Milwaukee Public Library accessable online). I don't have as much time to do all the reading I'd like and this allows me to keep up. Books in my player right now: "Freakonomics" and "Blink".

by jmgarvin

The Sandisk Sansa is a highly functional MP3 player that has an FM tuner and you can record voice notes to yourself (handy for those of us with CRS)

It is also WAY cheaper than an iPod. Sure you get a 2" screen to watch movies on, but come on...

by Former member

is a very good book. well worth the read, or the listen.

by gadgetgirl

that saved me some time - I was going to go surfing for free mp3 book sites at the weekend!

Already joined, I'll see how I get on!

thanks again

GG

by tony hopkinson

Never been interested in buying one, probably would hardly use it if I got one as a present. Never had a walkman either, never downloaded a tune for a ringtone.

I think I may a closet Luddite :D

by zlitocook

Have two, one is the scan disk type with a gig of drive space the other is a cool one my wife bought for me, it will play movies, music ect, and has a lion s/p battery. I do use them and flash drives at work.
I use them for back up and to run spyware/ virus removers from.

by mjwx

Zen Neeeon to be precise. I once did have an ipod, which is why I bought the Zen, Along with better sound HW I can just drag and drop music onto it and organise it in to folders.

Also ipods don't hold their value, I paid AU$220 for one 12 months ago and could barely get rid of it for AU$50 (the model in question 1GB ipod shuffle is still AU$170 new).

by tryten

A SanDisk Sansa m240.

1GB, FM tuner and voice recorder. The big seller for me was NO iTUNES SOFTWARE!!! and cheap too. That, and it auto arranges my music by artist, genre, albums and such so long as the folders are labeled and tagged.

iPod, bah!! I have no need to own one. I have a PSP. It does everything the iPod does AND the screen is much larger AND you can play games on it. For a comparable price.

by Former member

Can't remember the brand off hand, and i use it 3-5 days a week when i go to the gym or for a run.

by mensahten

but if i copy some music into my mp3,it doesnot play it back.do i have to instell some software before it will be able to come

by oz_media

Visit the manufacturer's website and read the manual. If it is not available in your language, try the shop you bought it from. Once loaded with an MP3, if it shows up in the players menu, it should be ready to go.

I'd say your best bet is to try the store you bought it from though.

by oz_media

I absoutely abhor i-Pod and all the proprietary crap associated with it. Sounds like junk, no real tone control, no bottom end (not just the 'phones but the players capability), no power, no anything except a trendy name.

I went with a Samsung Yepp 750 (not the lipstick style) a few years back. NO jog dial but a really nice softtouch system with good LCD. Sure it's small in storage these days but at the time 256 was pretty cool. It has unbelievable sound though, a 3D simulation, Double Bass boost (that really kicks in my Sennheisers)etc. I bought it for the tone flexibility and the power (plus it was a damn sight cheaper than i-Pod that out out less power/volume and had no audio control). Using 2 AAA's it puts out enough power to really PO those around you.
I would buy another Yepp, with more memory, but wouldn't even begin considering an i-Pod, pure garbage no matter how many trendy wannabes bought one.

by jamesrl

My kids all have SanDisk players and I used the WMA format to rip for them - supposedly better sound quality. But then for my trip - total of 16 hours in the air, I decided to use my Palm.

Challenge one - Palm has real player which is MP3 only - so had to covert my files. Found a batch converter.

Challenge two - Limited space. I have 6 GB of WMAs. The Tungsten E is limited to 1GB SD cards - no bigger.

Challenge three - using it as an MP3 player, I seem to only get a couple of hours of play at a time before recharging.

The real player does show all the album data that windows media player captures and you can build songlists, which is a bonus.

The sound out of the Tungsten is pretty good. Though not as fine as the sound from the same files on WMA out of my audigy sound card. My headphones could be better.

At some point I will bite the bullet and get a SanDisk. But for now, I can use the technology I have. I took it to the beach on labour day and rocked out while my kids went swimming.

Double Bass boost - freakin heresy my good man - what happened to transperency?

Have you listened to the "new" Beatles album "Love"? - its an adventure.

James

by oz_media

When I posted double bass boost, I KNEW someone would put the threads together and see my as a bit of a hypocrite.

First off, I am bastardized by the use of MP3's in my MP3 player (it's only 256 and non expandable so I am a bit stuk to a decent MP3 rip. Given that, and the limited (DAC)Digital to Audio Converter available in an MP3 player, I am forced to push for better bottom end as compression is nasty.

Even in my Ford Explorer, I run spearates with a bi-Amp rack (old Harman Kardon car amp too!!! 15WPC that outperforms most 300 watt+). I have a passive car stereo (also by HK in the 80's) an MTX sub, soft tuned to sub frequency only, not rattling the doors because I don't listen to hip op or trance, I run 6" low frequency mids with tweeters crossing over at 3000Hz.

But for the old MP3 player, I like th efull sound I get from a well tweaked digital file. Hey at least I have Sennheiser headphones! :D

Beatles LOVE, heard it demo'd at CEDIA the other week, not a big Beatles fan or collector but I can certainly appreciate who they were and what they did for the world of music.

by jamesrl

It may have been commissioned for Circ de Soleil but George Martin and his son went beyond that. He has really showed some amazing "mixology".

My headphones on my computer are cheap Maxell noise cancelling headphones but they sound amazing, at least with the noise cancelling on. I'm sure some credit goes to the sound card as well. I don't know if I will ever have a portable player that plays the WMA (highest resolution) the way they play on the computer, where they are pretty darn close to CD quality.

James

by techrepublic

I have a Chinese made 8GB MP3 player which can also play small videos. It has a rechargeable Li-Ion battery and cost me AU$50 on Ebay. It works just fine for me.

Also my Motorola V6 Maxx Next G mobile phone has a 1GB MicroSD card in it and I keep a whole bunch of MP3s on there as well as a few photos. It can play MP3s either through my bluetooth headset or via headphones.

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