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http://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/ - Makes Creative Players run on Macs. Works on my Zen Micro, works on saxondale.'s creative player.

btw, how are those new Logitech Z-4s sounding like sax?

Is there any advantage of getting XNJB over the software that Creative officially releases for Mac?

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saxondale.

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Is there any advantage of getting XNJB over the software that Creative officially releases for Mac?

Creative are not making any driver support of creative mp3 players.

@the godfather: These logitechs are sounding amazing, better than the Logitech Z-5300 i have on my PC. The clarity and bass is amazing, packs a punch, distortion free, clear sound, nice wide frequency band.

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wow thats good to hear. My brothers got the z-5300, and they are pretty good. Nice to see Logitech improving their already awesome speakers :)

I find the Z-5300 quite bass driven and dulls the tone. Im a big fan of hearing every piece of a drum kit and with the type of music i listen to, the Z-5300 dulled the kick tone, which i didnt like. With these, the kick is defined very nicely, this is due to the frequency band, but the Z-5300 seem to have the same spec, so i guess its some hardware changes.

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I find the Z-5300 quite bass driven and dulls the tone. Im a big fan of hearing every piece of a drum kit and with the type of music i listen to, the Z-5300 dulled the kick tone, which i didnt like. With these, the kick is defined very nicely, this is due to the frequency band, but the Z-5300 seem to have the same spec, so i guess its some hardware changes.

yeah that sounds good then, im more into rnb/hip hop music, and compared to his previous speakers, they sounded great. I myself have the z-680s, which has an advantage of using the optical with the MacBook Pro, and the 6-channel analog for my PC. Ill keep an eye on the Z-4s for a 2.1 solution.

Nice setup as always, ill be posting mine soon, just cleaning everything ready for the camera :laugh:

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the godfather

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No. I have a Creative Zen Micro.

:blink: What saxondale. is saying is that Creative does not make software/drivers for its MP3 Players (like our Creative Zen Micro) to run on Mac OS X. Therfore XNJB is a 3rd party app that removes this barrier. :)

Grand Master

saxondale.

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:blink: What saxondale. is saying is that Creative does not make software/drivers for its MP3 Players (like our Creative Zen Micro) to run on Mac OS X. Therfore XNJB is a 3rd party app that removes this barrier. :)

Exactly :)

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