THE RAGE TOPIC

#4941

My sister eventually got one of those, a MuVo… that thing was pretty neat. I like how it docks into a battery-mothership.

But I loved my Kanguru because its internal battery was recharged from being plugged into the computer, perfect for an internet-addict like me. Plus I hate needing to replace batteries in things; bleeding electricity from devices feels free, while throwing away dead batteries feels dirty.

And it had a long battery life, too-- a full charge played more music than you’d ever want to hear in a day.

Considering its limited storage space, a full charge would also usually make you bored of the songs you had on it. So then when you go to switch your files up, bam, charging opportunity!

#4942

Hooray!

Let us return to the day we didn’t need a cord to put new music on our players, comrades! This technology has been around forever and storage space has gotten exponentially denser… why not stick with it?

Zune, iPod, anything that doesn’t fit itself into the back of a computer is something I can not agree with for the dedicated purpose of playing music, a simple and sacred activity between a device and the cord of some headphones.

They have tiny female ports (requiring adapters) to slim down their products and excuse some extra weight, but full USB is worth it. They excuse their adapters by saying cords help the user not need to tinker with the hardwares on the back of their computers… but USB extension cords are the most underrated accessories ever. Package THOSE with MP3 players… just keep a damn male-plug on the device itself so we can pop our player out and plug it in wherever, without need for accessorizing.

Extra weight, too much for a USB plug to support… they’re becoming tablet computers, all bloat, with features obfuscating function itself.

edit: The fact this is on-topic is totally accidental.

#4943

Confound those MP3 player manufacturers emasculating our devices!

#4944

I got my Cowon X7 because it had 160GB of memory, had over 100 hours of battery life, and had tons of reviews saying it had incredibly sound quality. Not because it wasn’t made by Apple.

#4945

I got my iPod because it had 80gb of memory decent battery life and was only 120$ refurbished. Not because it was made by Apple. The fact is no one is saying that Apple products are better we’re just saying they aren’t any worse it’s just another brand of mp3 player.

#4946

Exactly. I was saying that I didn’t get mine just to hate on Apple, and you didn’t get yours just because it was made by Apple. I think we’re saying pretty much the same thing.

#4947

This is just a misunderstanding then.

Carry on.

#4948

I love my second-gen Zune. It’s an awesome mp3 player.

#4949

Unfortunately, Apple products are “too cool” for instructions. iPods come with a slip of paper that essentially says “download iTunes!” and MacBooks don’t even have that much.
(I just set up a MacBook at work this week, most experience I’ve had with a Mac since 1997)

#4950

The thing about Zune that is so great to me is the software. iTunes doesn’t even compare.

#4951

The Zune software seems okay, I’ve been using it because of my phone.

Even though I usually don’t touch it, I am a bit disappointed that Zune doesn’t have an equalizer.

#4952

Why does a media player of any sort require software to bundle with it?

That’s rhetorical, as the answer should be an obvious “I don’t think it should.”

#4953

sansa clip+ is the answer to everything

#4954

Zune is actually the only one that requires a specific player and even then it can be used with any player with simple backdoor workarounds.

The reason for including a player is because most players have a store, and most companies like money. So your answer is Capitalism.

#4955

Then there needs to be a greater distinction between media players and music vendors. These great USB-stick players predated formal online music distribution.

#4956

My first MP3 player was a Sansa View, it left a bad impression of Sandisk players. Mainly, the thing’s UI would freeze all the time, so I couldn’t pause songs or even turn the volume down. It was annoying to have to hard reset it to get it to stop. Unfortunately, Sandisk abandoned it and it never got fixed.

On a related note, anyone looking for a cheap 8GB Sansa View? :stuck_out_tongue:

#4957

@Tiki:


Been using this for 6 years and it still works like a charm. Oh, and I bought it refurbished.

#4958

That looks pretty damn awesome, I’ll keep that reliability in mind for the next music player I get.

I’ve dropped my old one many times over the years, hard enough for the battery compartment cover to pop off, and I cracked the USB cap…

It still plays the music that’s on it, perfectly, but it seems to have lost the ability for a PC to read/write-to it. No biggie… It’s about time for an upgrade, though… something with more than 128mb… something that can comprehend more than just MP3s-between-32-and-192-kbps.

In order of descending preference for what filetypes I’d want or expect my next music player to read,

[list=‘1’][]MP3s up to 320kbps (note: >80% my library)
[]MP3s at VBR (>95%, everything else is just icing on the cake)[]OGG (…it’s a decent format D :slight_smile: []FLAC (I’d have put this above OGG if it didn’t take up so much space-- clearly I’d load up as much compressed music as I can before putting my FLACs on it)[]WAV (Seems like it should be supported, though I store nothing in it)[]WMA (I have a couple weird things in WMA, and would like to listen without needing to convert)[]M4A (what is this format? i’ve got Utada Hikaru songs in it, and that’s it)[]MIDI (…from this moment on, I don’t care at all if it’s supported)[]GBS (gameboy music :smiley: )[]IT (kind of like MIDI? …found some as the soundtrack for Within A Deep Forest)[]ASF (hahaha)[]APE & CUE (whole god-damn audio CDs, why not?)[*]RM (…just kidding!)[/list]
And I’d want it to just fail utterly on anything that has DRM; for my music library has nothing to do with DRM, and I don’t want it near anything that’d recognize it.

If it does anything with playlists, which I don’t really care for it to do (I prefer folders), then I guess I’d like M3U.

#4959

A rockboxed sansa clip+ plays most of those, and has a sd card slot so you don’t worry about capacity.

#4960

im guessing youve never bought an ipod? they absolutely come with manuals.

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