Suggest a music playing device (mp3 player of sorts)

Oreomeister365 · #1 04-03-2007, 07:11 PM

I've had my ipod shuffle (original) for a while, and its was good for what I need, a thing that played music that I could run and exercise with. However a big gripe was that it was locked to the computer its set to...so I couldn't get songs from other pcs onto it. And eventually it wasn't recognized in my usb port for no reason at all...no matter what I tried, I could only charge it (and even then I have to insert it very carefully at an angle that's not fully in the usb port) luckily it has a bunch of my favorite songs on it. Also, it it slowly lost the bass it could put out (and no it is not my headphones, they sound great on my friends zen, still with all their bassy goodness) so it's a function main of the device itself. Also, a screen interface would've been nice.

So, I come to the talkbass community, and ask for your recommendation as to as music device that:

-I can run/jog with
-Won't only work with only one computers music library
-will work as a flash drive if possible...not that important on this list though
-has either built in bass boost and/or can be tweeked for bass boost...nothing like your songs sounding thin and empty..

thanks in advance...........

Jezz8me · #2 04-05-2007, 06:05 AM

im gonna jump on the bandwaggon and say i-pod but get video because they are the only reliable type.

umm i river are pretty good just dont get creative they have a terible echo noise.

it dont matter on hte player as much as the headphones get good ones and a player that wont break and you'll be happy

lemur821 · #3 04-05-2007, 01:30 PM

He can't very well get an iPod if he wants to be able to put music from anywhere on it and use it as a removable drive. He'll need to look at products from less abusive companies.

Ale · #4 04-05-2007, 04:35 PM

Get a Creative Zen Vision M.
It kills the Ipod in every test and reviews. Does not need the stupid softwear (use it with every computer) , it has amazing sound and video quality , great EQ , calendar , organizer etc etc.
Ive used mine a few months and its amazing.

Johnny Crab · #5 04-05-2007, 04:42 PM

Had my eye on one of these recently. $120 at the link below.

A couple of more band jobs and....
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...860&CatId=2761

Don't have an iPod and never have because of the(even iTunes gives some grief) worm in the apple.

Nappa · #6 04-06-2007, 07:36 AM

I have the Creative Zen M
and i love it! Cheaper better quality then the Ipod.

I recommend something with a flash based hard drive rather then a hard drive, flash-based are better for movement then hard drive-based but does not have as much space to store MP3s ect.

Make sure that if you do look else ware make sure to look at reviews ect.

Oreomeister365 · #7 04-06-2007, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nappa

I have the Creative Zen M
and i love it! Cheaper better quality then the Ipod.

I recommend something with a flash based hard drive rather then a hard drive, flash-based are better for movement then hard drive-based but does not have as much space to store MP3s ect.

Make sure that if you do look else ware make sure to look at reviews ect.

when you say movement, you mean physical movement and not like.."moving a file from one pc to another" eh?

thanks.

feet_ · #8 04-09-2007, 11:28 AM

get a samsung, the one that looks like a cell phone.
i love mine.
7band eq, the SRS thing like the windows media, bass levels thru the roof!!.
can watch video, radio, voice recorder for recording band practice. built in vid games, controls like the Wii.flash memory,
dropped it a million times , still works awesome.
a must for any muscian. esp for the voice record, to record jams.records in mp3 format up to 5hrs of jamming
http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/10/s...ics-and-specs/
all for $100.!!

JoshC · #9 04-09-2007, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Crab

Had my eye on one of these recently. $120 at the link below.

A couple of more band jobs and....
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...860&CatId=2761

Don't have an iPod and never have because of the(even iTunes gives some grief) worm in the apple.

I had one of those it was pretty sweet untill I broke the screen the second day I had it. I you want unlimited freedom nothing beats a cheap mp3 player with drag and drop. I would go for something like the Sansa without the screen.

evan_phi · #10 04-09-2007, 03:29 PM

get yourself another iPod.

go to www.tucows.com and search 'ipod access for windows'
go to http://www.zcrack.com/crack_download...1/2067356.html hit 'download' and get the serial generator for this program.

put the exe for 'ipod access...' and the serial gen for it on a thumb drive so you can have it on any computer.

now you can do everything you want with a great music player.

you can also enable disk use for your iPod.

Spaz0405 · #11 04-09-2007, 03:55 PM

I have the new shuffle and I like it =p

Jezz8me · #12 04-10-2007, 03:58 AM

alot of people have creatives and the sound is just way to echoy for my likeing right now i am istening to my i-pod with i-river headphones. hey you could try i river

zac2944 · #13 04-18-2007, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Crab

Had my eye on one of these recently. $120 at the link below.

A couple of more band jobs and....
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...860&CatId=2761

Don't have an iPod and never have because of the(even iTunes gives some grief) worm in the apple.

I just got a 6GB Sansa from www.JR.com for $130. I'm very happy with it so far, but since it's new I can't comment on reliability.

Oreomeister365 · #14 04-18-2007, 08:30 PM

I decided to get the 8gb zen creative v plus. Works well with me, has all the features I wanted, plus is compact and moves easy.

Thanks for the advice tho.

richard simmons · #15 04-19-2007, 06:44 AM

Creative Zen Vision FTW!

I love mine, you can sync music to and from your computer with ease, and it works with any windows media library, no fuss. Great color screen and does pics and vids too.