Reply to: MP3 players

[AtW]

A voice recorder would be useful for AtW to record his last musings of SKA before he met a horrific fiery oblivion while the plane's fuselage turns into twisty metal confetti around him, as it smashes into another plane/a tall building/a Scottish town/a runway/the trees at the end of the runway/a german hotel*

I will be shouting so loudly for you that it will be kept on record on the built-in black boxes in the airplane, they are fire proof

[realityhack]

A voice recorder would be useful for AtW to record his last musings of SKA before he met a horrific fiery oblivion while the plane's fuselage turns into twisty metal confetti around him, as it smashes into another plane/a tall building/a Scottish town/a runway/the trees at the end of the runway/a german hotel*

However - I feel we're missing the main point here - what would he be listening to? I suggest anything by the bands Freefall and Dismember.

* Delete as appropriate

[TimberWolf]

Yeah...a voice recorder comes in handy...??????????????

Recording from the radio would be handy though, can any of them do that?

[r0bly0ns]

Software's OK now - been rewritten and no longer encourages you to chew the edge of your desk.

I'm not sure the headphones will be transferrable though - mine have a little lump on the plug which prevents them fitting into an iPOD - cunning!

They now sell 2 versions of their players IIRC, one that still uses Sonic Stage and one that can be used with Windows Media Player or simple drag and drop

[daviejones]

I think IPods are overrated. There's no radio, voice recorder and there are others on the market that have both, for a lot less money too.

I've got one of those Samsung black shiney MP3s, with a slide up mini speaker. It's a bit chunky but the sound with earplugs and speaker is good quality, with a variety of sound settings to boost base, voice and even an orchestral setting. Plus there's the option of radio and voicerecorder if I ever need it. It's nice to be able to use the speaker too, which is useful if I am in a reasonably confined space where the sound can carry and don't want to wear earplugs or lug around spare speakers. I've got some good Bose mini earplugs too which really boost the sound quality during private listening.

On the downside, you can't see the touchscreen controls in bright sunlight. The green digital controls only shows up properly in dim light.

Yeah...a voice recorder comes in handy...??????????????

[Denny]

I think IPods are overrated. There's no radio, voice recorder and there are others on the market that have both, for a lot less money too.

I've got one of those Samsung black shiney MP3s, with a slide up mini speaker. It's a bit chunky but the sound with earplugs and speaker is good quality, with a variety of sound settings to boost base, voice and even an orchestral setting. Plus there's the option of radio and voicerecorder if I ever need it. It's nice to be able to use the speaker too, which is useful if I am in a reasonably confined space where the sound can carry and don't want to wear earplugs or lug around spare speakers. I've got some good Bose mini earplugs too which really boost the sound quality during private listening.

On the downside, you can't see the touchscreen controls in bright sunlight. The green digital controls only shows up properly in dim light.

[AtW]

Software's OK now - been rewritten and no longer encourages you to chew the edge of your desk.

I'm not sure the headphones will be transferrable though - mine have a little lump on the plug which prevents them fitting into an iPOD - cunning!

I buy standard connector headphones - I don't like cheap standard ones they usually sell. It seems like iPod 8 GB nano has got the edge, and price seems okay.

[Apache]

I planned to get separate Sony earphones anyway.

Generally I dislike Sony for too much prioriatory carp that forced you to use their sync software to convert MP3s to their own format, but I think it may have changed since then (few years ago), though bad taste is still in my mouth from Sony's carppy software.

Software's OK now - been rewritten and no longer encourages you to chew the edge of your desk.

I'm not sure the headphones will be transferrable though - mine have a little lump on the plug which prevents them fitting into an iPOD - cunning!

[AtW]

I planned to get separate Sony earphones anyway.

Generally I dislike Sony for too much prioriatory crap that forced you to use their sync software to convert MP3s to their own format, but I think it may have changed since then (few years ago), though bad taste is still in my mouth from Sony's crappy software.

[Apache]

Sony vs iPOD

Sony's are better than iPODs any day - noise cancelling earphones, tactile and sensuous shape, ooooooh, be still my beating heart. iPOD shmipod - don't follow the masses - show some independent thought and walk into the techno-haven that is your local Sony shop - Hmmmmmmmmm.

[AtW]

Buy one based on how pretty and expensive it is. I bought an iPOD because the pink case matches my handbag

You are sasguru and I claim my 5 stolen quid!

[Bagpuss]

Buy one based on how pretty and expensive it is. I bought an iPOD because the pink case matches my handbag

[Charles Foster Kane]

Havan't got one.....

Used to have a silver one, but it was tied to the afore mentioned rubbish software, so I sold it on ebay for £100 quid more than it was worth.

lol.

[r0bly0ns]

Havan't got one.....

Used to have a silver one, but it was tied to the afore mentioned rubbish software, so I sold it on ebay for £100 quid more than it was worth.

[Charles Foster Kane]

Sony's have really good battery life, and with the newest ones you are no longer tied to their rubbish sync software.

I bet you like the colour too.