Thread: Music Player

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So my lovely ipod touch recently broke, and I'm really leery about investing in another ipod. I don't want to spend 300 bucks on a 32 gig player either.

My question to you experienced people is: What music player do you recommend? I want something at least 32 gigs that plays music. I don't really care for videos, but I guess mostly all come with that feature these days. I want something that's going to last me a long time. Something that has a lot of quality. (Something, unlike the ipod touch, that doesn't die after a couple of years) More storage is better, but this thing really has to be decently priced. (i.e. under 300 bucks or at that price. I would prefer <300 because I am a student who can't afford to invest in such things)

What do you guys recommend? I heard creative zens are good, yet to research them though.

Creative Zen

I've had a 5th gen video iPod (30GB) for about four years now, and I'm pretty rough on my belongings. It's holding up great. You can get the 160GB iPod classic for $250 new. If I were buying right now, I'd be torn between that and the Zune 120GB, same price with FM radio and WiFi, and from what I've been told, better sound.

If I go back to apple I'm going all the way and getting a touch again. It's dead useful.

I'm thinking about getting this maybe: http://us.store.creative.com/ZEN-32G...B0012YPMOC.htm 32 gigs, only 140 bucks, and good reviews.

Originally Posted by Xox

If I go back to apple I'm going all the way and getting a touch again. It's dead useful.

I'm thinking about getting this maybe: http://us.store.creative.com/ZEN-32G...B0012YPMOC.htm 32 gigs, only 140 bucks, and good reviews.

The SD slot is pretty sweet, tho I'm not sure how the player would juggle SD and internal storage in, say, a shuffle (86% of my iPod usage). Of course if you have less than 20ish GB of music, the point is moot. I don't know that I would even consider the Touch a music player, except as a back-up; for me it makes more sense to have a high-capacity, long-life music player separate from a larger format internet-and-video device.

If you're keying in on that 32GB capacity, though, that Zen looks like a solid choice.

I can recomend getting a Creative product, they just don't break. I bought a Creative Zen Vision M for like 5 years ago, and it's still working just as well as when I bought it.
Also, I've heard that Sony have some pretty good players, but I haven't tried them myself.