On 16/09/2007, Andy Random <andy.random@???> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know this has come up before, but time and technology marches on with
> new products coming out all the time.
>
> I'm looking for a new MP3 player, but my requirements are possibly
> different to most people.
>
> 1) Flash based, I'm not looking for something to store my whole music
> collection on but a minimum of 2GB of storage is probably required, more
> would be nice.
>
> 2) Decent battery life & ability to use standard batteries. I want
> something which runs on AA or AAA batteries rather than having a built in
> re-chargeable battery.
>
> 3) Works as USB mass storage rather than some fancy but proprietary
> format/transfer method, so I can use it with any machine which recognises
> USB mass storage.
>
> 4) Reasonable navigation system, at a minimum something which will let me
> store music in a directory structure and let me navigate the structure to
> select music rather than having to skip over every track to get to the
> next directory.
>
> Ideally I'd also like it to use playlists and play multiple formats, but
> neither of these are deal breakers and while I'd like it to be as cheap as
> possible, price isn't my primary consideration if it does all of the
> above.
>
> Any recommendations/suggestions?
>
>
> Andy
No recommendations I am afraid Andy as I was about to ask a similar question.
In my case my main requirement is to have a linein input so that I can
record my LP's to listen to them away from the Hi-Fi. I have recorded
a few to my laptop and burnt them to a CD but is an irksome process.
--
Clive Woodfine
