hi this is sim1,

my father wants to buy me a mp3 player for christmas HURRAY
what do you think guys is the best mp3 player in these choices...

this is my first mp3 player so easy-interface would be good


-Rio Carbon 5 GB @ Futureshop.ca for 299CAN$ (50$ discount included)
-Creative Zen Micro 5GB @ Microbytes.com - 339CAN$
-Creative Zen Touch 20GB @ Microbytes.com - 365CAN$
-Creative Zen Extra 30GB @ Microbytes.com - 345CAN$
-Creative Zen Xtra 40GB @ Microbytes.com - 379CAN$

so... what do you guys think?

we want to buy this week to make sure they will be in stock

How much music do you have? There's no need for those large Zen Touch or Xtra if you wont use that space.

Creative Zen Touch 20GB's are nice, just picked one up today

just get an iPod mate.. well if u had to choose between those above take the Zen touch

Lucky you!

http://reviews.cnet.com/Music/4521-6532_7-...l?tag=cnetfd.ld

^--Just to compare. I like the Zen Micro (Black, White, & Sliver) myself. I would like a 40gb Ipod Photo...but I guess there's nothing wrong with dreaming!

^ You forgot microhdd players! http://reviews.cnet.com/4521-6532_7-502143...html?tag=subnav

thx for all ur replies!!!


now im hesitating within those two:

the creative zen micro (5GB)
and
the rio carbon (5GB)

what do you guys think?

ipod: i dont really like them and ive hurd the sound quality isnt so good + there quite pricey vs these 5Gb models


thx
sim1

But you said you want easy-interface. Well! iPod is the best at that.

And honestly, is your ear super super super keen? Can you hear the difference? If you do, well, I can't argue then.

iPod Mini all the way (for you), although I recommend the 4G iPod.

dL

Out of those, I would get the Zen Micro. But I really dont see how you can say it has bad sound quality. Perfectly fine here. If you encode your music at 128kbps or higher you shouldnt notice anything. (I'm no audiophile, but trust me, the sound isnt bad)

lol u convinced me guys

im shopping for an ipod mini

now do you think 349.99CAN$ is a good price?
(futureshop.ca)

Out of that list, I'd take the Creative Zen, but I like the iPod much more (The only bad thing about is that it gets scratched so easily, I've had it for 6 days and it's already f***ed, yes I take extreme care of it as well)

Going by the title and this reply, I think your Dad needs to buy you a dictionary for Christmas too.

Go read up reviews on the three players. Trust me, just because Apple brainwashed 80% of consumers to think that iPod =omgpwn doesn't mean that the iPods are any good (in fact, when you look at the competition, they're not).

For 5GB mp3 players: Rio Carbon > Zen Micro > w/e > iPod mini

I took extra care as well, and I don't see mine all scratched up except the fact that my headphone plug area is all dyed red, and I HAVE NO IDEA WHY

dL

I would go for the iAudio M3. Looks very sleek and stylish, I remember those old Sony Tape players that looked a bit like this. I'm going to buy one myself. It has multiformat support. If you can hack it not having a screen on the main unit this is the best. Comes with transfer software as well, but its fully accessible with Windows Explorer compared to Apple's pathetic iTunes.

i bought a zen micro today

Thinking of switch from iPod, I converted 1500 AAC files to MP3 files.

Please post review if you get this because I'm very interested in it.