MP3 players. Any ideas for me?

Dec 06, 2006 12:12

I don't want a video player with a mini screen, but I have about 20-30 gigs worth of my CDs and LPs that I have turned into MP3s, with more on the way. What I have been doing until now is burning about 200 songs at a time onto CDs, and playing them on my CD/MP3 Walkman. In the case of DJ gigs, I have been occasionally using a laptop in ( Read more... )

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dudeitsawesome December 6 2006, 17:31:16 UTC
I have had a 30gb creative nomad jukebox zen xtra since december 2004. I've had no problems with it. I currently have about 25GB of music on it, I've found it easy to use. It's not as popular or sleek as an ipod, but I'm more about function than style, honestly. I've gone jogging with this thing, it's gone with me on numerous road trips. The advertised battery life is 8 or 12 hours (i forget), but that's if you NEVER advance to the next track. I've found that the actual battery life is really more like 5-6 hours ( ... )

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savethewave December 6 2006, 17:38:37 UTC
I get 40 hours of playback with my CD walkman on 2 AA cells, and that is the kind of battery life I want to have. Otherwise, I am not interested.

I agree with you that a car charger would be the way to go.

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dudeitsawesome December 6 2006, 17:41:05 UTC
I don't think you're going to get that kind of battery life out of an ipod OR out of a creative mp3 player. I have a friend who was recently bitching about the difference between the advertised battery life of an ipod and the ACTUAL battery life of an ipod, and while I forget what kind of numbers he quoted, it wasn't far off at all from the battery life of my mp3 player.

If you're in a position where you can plug it into the ac adapter, then it'd be fine, but otherwise, you're not gonna get that kinda battery life.

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savethewave December 6 2006, 17:45:13 UTC
Then I shall continue to wait, because as far as luxury items go, if something does not do exactly what I want, I do not want it.

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dudeitsawesome December 6 2006, 17:50:43 UTC
Especially if it's a luxury item costing a couple hundred bucks...

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slashy_luvr December 18 2006, 21:44:03 UTC
I have the 40 gig, Creative Jukebox Zen Extra. I don't think you can still buy it but check with Creative. It's AMAZING. I can get 20 plus hours of music, and if all I do is listen and not switch songs it's like 30+.(for longer life jsut buy extra batteries and store them). Extreme temperatures zap them also ( ... )

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greeneyed_devil December 6 2006, 19:12:16 UTC
I have a Creative Zen Vision: M. I believe I did see car chargers on ebay and the Creative site, but I have a power inverter I got at Target for like $20 that turns your lighter socket into a regular electrical outlet.

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dudeitsawesome December 6 2006, 19:20:25 UTC
Sweet, I'll have to look for that.

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