Mp3 Player Question

[bpaz309]

I'm looking into MP3 players and wanted some opinions on which is the best to buy. I'm looking for something with some decent storage.

Thanks.

bpaz

[fishybawb]

Have you got a budget in mind?

[bpaz309]

something under $300, and that's the VERY high end for me.

[Rob R.]

The Nomad always gets high marks.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...tby=14&order=1

[zybch]

Even though its made by Apple, the iPod would be what I'd get.
Simple, great sound quality and (even though it is an apple) it looks great!

[biffa]

I've been looking for an MP3 player for sometime. I decided to go the harddrive-as-mp3-player route rather than the memory-stick route. a lot depends on what you want. the i-pod looks cool and has all the kudos of an apple product - but its expensive. The creative lab zen and nomad's are good too. In the end I went for an iriver IHP-120, which is basically a 20Gb hard drive. they are £244 here in the UK - not sure what that translates to. I haven't received it yet. but its cheaper than the i-pod and records directly from any music source with an optical output (rather than having to transfer to PC first). it also has an fm tuner.

[biffa]

sorry, should have said it *also* records directly. you can, of course, also download from PC....

[Radi0h3ad]

I've had 2 mp3 players in the past, the first one cost me £100 from Amazon, and it died in about 2 weeks. I was not impressed!

I went to Dixons and got this one, for £99.99, and it's brilliant, hasn't had a problem yet, and I'd recommend it. It fits well within your budget too.
It has 128MB memory, which is roughly 30 songs, give or take a few, depending on file size, & it charges via USB so there's no need to spend money on batteries, which was another niggle with my first one.
The only downsides, are that it doesn't have a screen, so that means you do not have any information on the track currently playing, but that's a small shame, nothing major. The second downside is that it does not record. It's up to the individual to decide whether that's too much of an issue.

It has a drag & drop file system, and is very sturdy, as the casing is metal, not plastic.

The controls are on the headphones, but because the headphones actually come in a two piece set, it doesn't matter if the ear pieces die out eventually, because you can detach them from the controls and re-attach a new pair of standard headphones.

Any more info on it is on the link.