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MP3 player suggestions ...
mgz:
60gb + is hard to deal with nowadays your pretty much stuck looking at the likes of archos.
if you hate zune and apple
Nanonanol:
So, after a bit of slacking off at work, I've come down to a few possible players:
Cowon D2
Cowon O2
Creative Zen
Zen X-fi
(I was considering the S9 until I found out it doesn't have an SDHC slot)
Anyways, the Cowon products are looking a bit more promising to me, especially considering the wide range of formats the D2 and O2 support. Has anyone had experiences with both the D2 and O2?
mgz:
--- Quote from: Nanonanol on July 09, 2009, 04:21:56 PM ---So, after a bit of slacking off at work, I've come down to a few possible players:
Cowon D2
Cowon O2
Creative Zen
Zen X-fi
(I was considering the S9 until I found out it doesn't have an SDHC slot)
Anyways, the Cowon products are looking a bit more promising to me, especially considering the wide range of formats the D2 and O2 support. Has anyone had experiences with both the D2 and O2?
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cowon d2 for audio listening is the best choice out of the ones listed, o2 is great but is big and clumbsy and the UI they kinda have neglected quite a bit in updating and getting it to the good player it should be.
The d2 is a much smaller older version of the o2, both have fantastic audio quality vs the creative units. And the d2 is fairly cheap.
Downside on the d2 is file number limit is like 3 or 4000 something like that so each SDHC card would have to have less then like 4000 songs not an issue for most
queenmetroid:
I say don't go with anything Creative, though. They tend to have a lot of issues.
Mele:
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--- Quote from: fohfoh on July 09, 2009, 02:24:46 AM ---Zune's interface really annoys me. But that's just me.
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It has quirks, but overall, it's fairly intuitive, and I like the album art aspect. It's really a personal thing, as I think the iPod Classic interface is too bland. What I DO dislike is the touch since upgrading from my Zune 30. I can't change the song in my pocket without adjusting the volume any more.
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I don't mind the interface of the Zune all that much (except for the fact that you can't create and name playlists on the device, except for the quick playlist), but the software pisses me off. It is practically impossible to get the software the recognize all your music, and if you eventually succeed, you'd be lucky if half the tags are correct. I use Easytag to edit all the ID3 tags of my music (and audiobooks), and they show up perfectly in every other media player I've tried (Amarok, Rhythmbox, Banshee, Mediamonkey, etc.) but not in the fucking zune software.
It just really pisses me off that Microsoft locks down the device when much better software is available for free. They completely cripple an awesome piece of hardware. They should have just developed the physical device, then given it to the Linux community and said "Here, do something cool with this". I bet you anything that they would have sold a ton more Zunes that way.
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I get the tagging issues too. For artists it's because the Zune reads and displays the Album Artist tag rather than simply the Artist tag. The only way to solve this is to remove anything from the Album Artist section or change the Album Artist to match the Artist. I find this extremely inconvenient and cumbersome.
I absolutely love the Zune design and hardware, but I can't stand the small quirks or forced software usage either.
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