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Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-20 06:48:26
hi

i'm looking for a mp3 player

for years i used ipod of different generation , now i'm a big bored about ipod generation

and i would like to buy a new mp3 player


i gave a look at the sony NWZ-E474  8GB , and looks nice

i have not review about this player

i would really appreciate your help me

if have some advises about some sweet nice mp3 player easy to find in europe in a store , i would really appreciate it

don't like listen music with my mobile

thanks!
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: probedb on 2012-11-20 09:05:56
Do you have any specific requirements?

I use a Sansa Clip+ with rockbox on it which is great for me. It has a microSD slot which makes it ideal for carrying around a lot of music
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-20 10:19:55
Do you have any specific requirements?

nope
i listen almost only mp3

Quote
I use a Sansa Clip+ with rockbox on it which is great for me. It has a microSD slot which makes it ideal for carrying around a lot of music


it's cheap it's around 50€ and looks really very nice maybe the screen it's just a bit small

may i  know which audio features dpes the rockbox add?

is easy to install?

thanks a lot
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: pdq on 2012-11-20 13:13:37
I second the recommendation of the clip+. I love mine.

I haven't felt the need to Rockbox. It already plays mp3 and flac, which is all that I have.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: probedb on 2012-11-20 13:47:42
I really only added it for scrobbling (last.fm) support and I can't remember if the standard firmware does replaygain? I had rockbox on my 1st gen nano so I just stuck with it
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: nu774 on 2012-11-20 13:55:20
I'm also using sansa clip+ with rockbox installed.
If you are living in a country where FM broadcasting band differs from most usual 87.5–108.0 MHz, you might not be able to listen to FM radio without rockbox.
(clip+ has only two region presets for FM radio bands: US and World)
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-20 14:04:31
I really only added it for scrobbling (last.fm) support and I can't remember if the standard firmware does replaygain? I had rockbox on my 1st gen nano so I just stuck with it

thanks!

I'm also using sansa clip+ with rockbox installed.
If you are living in a country where FM broadcasting band differs from most usual 87.5–108.0 MHz, you might not be able to listen to FM radio without rockbox.
(clip+ has only two region presets for FM radio bands: US and World)

thanks

the display is small , it's easy to navigate like an ipod?
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: skamp on 2012-11-20 14:23:18
As easy, yes, but not quite as convenient.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: 2Bdecided on 2012-11-20 15:41:17
It's far cheaper than an iPod, it sounds just as good, it supports FLAC and Ogg, it includes a radio and a recorder (both naff, but better than nothing), and it lets you expand its memory.

However, I think it's going to feel like a downgrade from most models of iPod.

Cheers,
David.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: eahm on 2012-11-20 15:52:20
If you're in USA: http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.aspx?Se...Term=sansa+clip (http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.aspx?SearchTerm=sansa+clip). Good refurb prices to test it.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-20 16:38:33
It's far cheaper than an iPod, it sounds just as good, it supports FLAC and Ogg, it includes a radio and a recorder (both naff, but better than nothing), and it lets you expand its memory.

However, I think it's going to feel like a downgrade from most models of iPod.

Cheers,
David.

but i'm bored about ipod
the only dark side is the lcd is very small


If you're in USA: http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.aspx?Se...Term=sansa+clip (http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.aspx?SearchTerm=sansa+clip). Good refurb prices to test it.

nope i'm not in usa , euope
like your avatar ,is de andrè?

thanks to everyone
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: pdq on 2012-11-20 16:44:25
the only dark side is the lcd is very small

Actually that is a OLED display, and it is surprisingly readable for its size.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: eahm on 2012-11-20 16:46:17
like your avatar ,is de andrè?

Yes he is! I moved to USA 6 years ago

Would you like me to ship you one? How much do they cost over there?
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: The Seeker on 2012-11-20 16:54:32
I really only added it for scrobbling (last.fm) support and I can't remember if the standard firmware does replaygain?


It does 
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-20 18:04:04
like your avatar ,is de andrè?

Yes he is! I moved to USA 6 years ago

Would you like me to ship you one? How much do they cost over there?

very kind , but here are cheap enough 50€


by the way are you a compatriot ?

cheers
ps de andrè rocks
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: halb27 on 2012-11-20 18:23:17
Another vote for the Sansa Clip+. A tiny great device!
I use the very cheap 2GB version and added a 16 GB card.
I  also use Rockbox, most of all because of the parametric equalizer which improves upon the poor acoustics in our livingroom.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: eahm on 2012-11-20 18:44:24
like your avatar ,is de andrè?

Yes he is! I moved to USA 6 years ago

Would you like me to ship you one? How much do they cost over there?

very kind , but here are cheap enough 50€


by the way are you a compatriot ?

cheers
ps de andrè rocks

Good, cheap enough.

Yes, I'm from near Urbino.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-21 06:39:26
like your avatar ,is de andrè?

Yes he is! I moved to USA 6 years ago

Would you like me to ship you one? How much do they cost over there?

very kind , but here are cheap enough 50€


by the way are you a compatriot ?

cheers
ps de andrè rocks

Good, cheap enough.

Yes, I'm from near Urbino.

thanks
can't listen last.fm radio in italy ,rome?
i mean here there are no frequency

but the Sansa Clip Zip has a bigger lcd/monitor?
is not so popular ,isn't it?
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: Arnold B. Krueger on 2012-11-22 16:37:05
Do you have any specific requirements?

nope
i listen almost only mp3

Quote
I use a Sansa Clip+ with rockbox on it which is great for me. It has a microSD slot which makes it ideal for carrying around a lot of music


it's cheap it's around 50€ and looks really very nice maybe the screen it's just a bit small


The Fuze has a larger screen, and is pretty much the same thing including being usable with Rockbox.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: handorra on 2012-11-22 17:27:50
hi

i'm looking for a mp3 player

for years i used ipod of different generation , now i'm a big bored about ipod generation

and i would like to buy a new mp3 player


i gave a look at the sony NWZ-E474  8GB , and looks nice

i have not review about this player

i would really appreciate your help me

if have some advises about some sweet nice mp3 player easy to find in europe in a store , i would really appreciate it

don't like listen music with my mobile

thanks!


Sansa Fuze or Clip+, I have both.
If you will use radio too, Fuze is much better. Rockbox is unnecessary.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-22 19:16:53
Do you have any specific requirements?

nope
i listen almost only mp3

Quote
I use a Sansa Clip+ with rockbox on it which is great for me. It has a microSD slot which makes it ideal for carrying around a lot of music


it's cheap it's around 50€ and looks really very nice maybe the screen it's just a bit small


The Fuze has a larger screen, and is pretty much the same thing including being usable with Rockbox.

thanks
nobody likes Sansa Clip Zip  , here has the same price , but with a larger monitor
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: yourlord on 2012-11-22 22:30:32
I bought my son a clip zip to replace his clip+ when we thought it was lost (we found it the day after we bought the zip).. I haven't had any problems with the zip.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: Fandango on 2012-11-22 23:44:41
I have a Sansa Fuze+ and its touch field is horrible. I don't recommend it, although apart from that it seems to be a nice player. Yet I don't use it, so buying it was a big mistake.

I succeeded in installing Rockbox on it and it ran quite ok, but somehow I bricked it now, shouldn't normally happen with Rockbox but the built is still experimental so something going wrong isn't unexpected to happen on the other hand. I need to recover it by connecting it to a Linux box and overwriting the internal flash with an image file, but I haven't come around doing it yet. I may reactivate it once my old iPod dies, but I'll definitely never buy a DAP again.

Note that it being bricked is not the reason why I don't use it. It's the other way round: it's still bricked because I don't like to use it.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-23 06:35:01
I bought my son a clip zip to replace his clip+ when we thought it was lost (we found it the day after we bought the zip).. I haven't had any problems with the zip.



I have a Sansa Fuze+ and its touch field is horrible. I don't recommend it, although apart from that it seems to be a nice player. Yet I don't use it, so buying it was a big mistake.

I succeeded in installing Rockbox on it and it ran quite ok, but somehow I bricked it now, shouldn't normally happen with Rockbox but the built is still experimental so something going wrong isn't unexpected to happen on the other hand. I need to recover it by connecting it to a Linux box and overwriting the internal flash with an image file, but I haven't come around doing it yet. I may reactivate it once my old iPod dies, but I'll definitely never buy a DAP again.

Note that it being bricked is not the reason why I don't use it. It's the other way round: it's still bricked because I don't like to use it.

thanks to all
i got one!
you know what i miss , is a line out
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: 2Bdecided on 2012-11-23 10:20:37
you know what i miss , is a line out
The headphone output makes a perfectly good line out if you turn the volume up.

Cheers,
David.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: francesco on 2012-11-23 10:28:42
you know what i miss , is a line out
The headphone output makes a perfectly good line out if you turn the volume up.

Cheers,
David.

yes?
to connect to a densen  amplifier , i'm worried to damage it
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: Sunhillow on 2012-11-23 12:03:18
No worries, volume to max (and in settings maximum volume = "loud") ist just the normal line out level, only impedance is lower than a usual line out.

Does rockbox decode AAC?
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: skamp on 2012-11-23 12:31:03
Volume should be set to 0 dB in Rockbox, not the maximum which is +6 dB. And Rockbox decodes AAC, yes.
Title: looking for a mp3 player , can you give some advises?
Post by: 2Bdecided on 2012-11-23 14:04:02
you know what i miss , is a line out
The headphone output makes a perfectly good line out if you turn the volume up.

Cheers,
David.

yes?
to connect to a densen  amplifier , i'm worried to damage it

I assume you mean a normal integrated amplifier, or a pre/power combination? If so, yes, it will be fine.

Don't use it with just a power amplifier (i.e. don't use it without a pre-amplifier). At very low volumes the clip is too hissy to be connected directly to a power amplifier, and isn't designed for that anyway.

Cheers,
David.