hey
...hope this is the right part of the forums...
anyways, finally decided to get something to replace my sony md player (mz-n505)

im kind of interested in the mp3 players, simply because the designs look sleek,
a fair amount are small and could hold a lot
but the thing is... from 3 mp3 players i listened to, they didn't sound as good as my
md player
btw... they weren't the portable hd's...

sooooo was thinkin
are there any mp3 players that has sound quality that is good as md players?

if there isn't, are there any md players that are nice and thin? that can be found
here in n.a.
i kno for sure there are thin ones in asia, lol... as thin as my md player w/o that
battery bump, lol

anyways, thx for ur time =]
-e

irivers are pretty good, never compared one with an md player though.

eh... only one reply??
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yeah.... my friend said irivers are good too
but i need to know if the sound quality is good...

sound quality largely depends on how you encode the audio. Of course some will sound like cap becausse they have bad amplifiers, but the majority will be good with good encoding.

there are slim md players around. I think panasonic makes most of them. I can't really offer anything else than to say they're around, because they're pretty hard to come by or some reason.

iRiver is known for its sound quality, as well as Creative. Even though the most important factor is your encoded songs.

Also, any portable audio topic should be located at "PDA, Tablet & Mobile Devices", just so you know next time

dL

All players that are playing the same file should sound the same. Quality only depends on the file, not the player. If you are ripping from a CD, the best quality file would be from a lossless format, like Windows Media Lossless, or that iTunes propatary lossless format. Player wise, my advice: Get Creative (http://www.creative.com)

>Also, any portable audio topic should be located at "PDA, Tablet & Mobile Devices", just so you know next time

ah crud ><
sry

neways ty =]
lol.. was thinkin bout gettin the ipod mini, but ok, i'll look more into iriver

the creative one looks good.

ipod mini is ok, but pay a little more and you get a much bigger drive.

my choice: creative or ipod.

Creative gets my vote and I say so as a happy Creative user.

I love this thing:
http://www.mpio.com/~mpiocom/goods/fl300.php

Im a proud iRiver user, anyways:

But it all depends on how much you wanna spend and how much space you need.

I dont really like the creative HD players, theyre so big, but i like the new Zen Micro.

Btw, i think is rated the best Creative for sound, but it all depends on the encoding as said above.

A List of Links:
iRiver H100 Series,
iRiver H300 Series,
iRiver Products Page
Creative Products Page,
iPod,
Rio
Mpio

Any I forgot...?

moved to mobile devices

Yeah - iAudio M3 - the thinnest of the lot. But it's known for having HDD f*ckups so we'll leave that out.

To the topic-starter:- I was in the same position as you. I had an MZ-N510, and i couldn't "dig" the whole carrying the disks round thing, so I bought an iRiver H140.

It owns. It's a little thicker than my MD (and it's in an iSkin which adds a little more bulk, but it does carry a rediculous amount of songs. The sound quality is second to none and the battery lasts ages. This is why I recommend an iRiver player. If you can go for the N10 - if you're looking for "sleek" then thats it.

I sugest the SanDisc Micro mp3 player, very cheap very small.
Just never get a MD player, I bught one once and after a year it works like crap, cant copy music on it with out a problem, you have to use a crapy program to copy music on it, cant even drag and drop mp3`s into a new MD drive, it has to convert them that takes even more time.
Not only MD players are bad mostly all Audio from Sony is crap, looks good and thats it, dosent last and you dont get the quality for the price you pay for.

I bought a iPod 20gig and if I rip my cd's in AAC Format, everything sounds great. Throw the iPod in the car with a FM transmitter and it's awesome

yeah, my bro had 2 of them and they both stopped working afther like 4-6 months