I'm looking to get a decent MP3 player to use while jogging and at work. I don't want to spend a ton. Any suggestions on what to get and where to buy it? Anybody have one that they love and would recommend?
Creative's Nomad Jukebox - the original is 6gig and I have the 3.0 version of the Jukebox which is 20 gigs. It's only disadvantage is it's the size of a CD player, but I've had one for over 3 years now and I love it. You can make playlists, it's organized good, and there are all sorts of EAX settings. I would reccommend it to anyone.Nomad MP3 Players If you don't want something so big, they got other good products. Good MP3 Products
i have an old RIO 600 that's great for excercise. it's got 32 megs of built in memory (yeah, i know, not much) but if it's just for running, i mean, how long do you run? I run for about 30 minutes and 32 megs fits plenty of music for me. you can find them on ebay for less than $40 i use the free version of Real One to download music from my collection into the player.
I have a Diamond Rio 500, which has 64Mb built in, and 128Mb more on a smartmedia card. Its about the size of a cigarette box, but about half the thickness.
The Rio Sport models are nice. the S30 comes with 64MB built in and the S35 comes with 128MB. Each takes an MMC/SD card as well. They are light weight and also have an FM tuner. They come with an armband as well. You can find the S35 for $149.oo on sale so you should probably be able to find the S30 for $99-129. www.rioaudio.com
I also use an older Rio 500. I really like it but i regret not buying a model with an armband. One of my friends picked up an older Nike 128mb model on ebay a while back for $70 or so. Its made by diamond, is really compact, and has an armband.
How do the mp3 players perform (if affected at all) by sweat. When I run I am a mess... if I held it in my hand then it would most likely get slimed. Anyone put their mp3 player through the sweat test?
I clip my Rio Sport S35 to the waistband of my shorts. It has a plastic cover that covers all but the face and has opening for the buttons. It has never shown any problems with sweat (and I do sweat a lot).
well... i would think that the ones labeled "SPORT" should be at least water/sweat resistant. i know my old RIO600 wasn't sweat proof, cause I believe that's what ruined it. But i can find rio's for like $30 on ebay, so I just bought another one. I have a neoprene case for my new one, but i know the headphone jack is exposed, so i just take precautions to try to not get it wet. i've also considered putting it in a plastic bag, then in the neoprene case. I would just stick with the ones labeled "sport" and hope that sweat wouldn't effect them.
I don't think I'd get a hard-drive based MP3 player like the ipod or the Archos if you're going to be jiggling it a lot (running). Get a memory-based one like some suggested here.
Mine works fine with me running. The HD is parked most of the time. Occasionally I'll need to pause momentarily, to allow the HD to spin up, and read in the next chunk of music. The memory on the iPod holds about 25-30 mins at a time. Your comment's a valid one though, a solid-state player may well be a better bet.
price wise, the archos jukebox may be the best buy out there. for $200, you get 6 gb of memory vs some solid state ones that run about $140 and only give you 64 mb memory
What is the difference between solid state and just a portable hard drive? I know the obvious difference but what are the pro and cons? I would think the 6GB would be nice since you could save anything on there... whats the catch?
My wife just bought be an RCA RD1080. The list price is about $130. It holds 128MB and has an MMC slot as well. I'm not a downloader. I mostly rip stuff from my own CD's. What I liked about the RD1080 is the fact that it supports the MP3PRO format. Smaller files, same quality. With regular MP3's, I liked to encode at 192. But with MP3PRO, I usually encode at 96, which is actually the maximum. It's not a perfect file format, but I like it.
Nope. Mac OSX is fully compatible with the vast majority of two-button mice. I don't have one, but I could pick up a Kennsington for $20 if I were so inclined.
Actually, all USB two button mice, to the best of my knowledge. The only Microsoft product I own, actually, is a mouse. And the new iPod looks awesome. I have a first gen one though.
