[jmeyer3131]

I mostly use CDs. My MP3 is for travel. I've got a sandisk. It works pretty well, but I think I need one with bigger capacity.

[NickDanger]

Originally Posted by film_girl

I have a 40 GB 3rd Generation iPod (it's warranty is almost up so I'm going to trade it in soon to Best Buy for a new 80 gig) and a black 60 GB video iPod. I also have a black 4 GB Nano. I got on the iPod bandwagon back in September of 2002 - literally the day the PC iPod's came out and have upgraded as each generation has come out (via Best Buy's 4 year PSP program -- know how to work the system and life is sweet), though I got the 60 GB video for my birthday in 2005 and the nano as part of my Audible.com membership (and I love that I can use it with the Nike shoe insert). It's not THE BEST for sound quality, but I love the interface and the design, and a pair of $200 Shure earbuds makes it sound pretty freaking awesome.

I, too, had a 40GB 3G iPod from Best Buy that I recently traded up to an 80GB model - coincidentally, also with a pair of Shure e3c's. Audiophile earbuds really do make up for some of the general "lossiness" you get with mp3. To my ears, though, the sound quality isn't dramatically worse than, say, a stock FM car stereo. I guess it's just a matter of what your ears are accustomed to.

[Acordis]

I have a 30GB IPOD, kids both have Iriver H10's with 20GB HD's. Having said that one battery had failed so one of them is dead (only 18 month old as well).

Eldest Lad has a Sony Ericsson K750i phone with a 2Gb card and tends to listen to this most of the time.

Getting a new car in 2 months that has a 6 CD multichanger that reads MP3 and WMA files. I can get 6-7 albums on a CD so 42-49 CD's in the car! Not a bad stop gap till most manufacturers realise that if they put a HD unit in you can take ALL your music with you when you travel!

[Taggart]

Originally Posted by Acordis

I have a 30GB IPOD, kids both have Iriver H10's with 20GB HD's. Having said that one battery had failed so one of them is dead (only 18 month old as well).

Is there no way to get a new battery for those? I'm not familiar with that model. Is that a version of iPod?

[Acordis]

Hi Taggart.

No IRiver is a separate brand.

http://www.iriver.eu.com/homepage.html?L=0
(European Site)

In some ways easier to use than an IPOD as it synchronises using Window's Media Player.

I guess though it depends how much you hate ITunes (for me a lot ) or hate WMP (I love it, big squeezy hug)

The battery should be replaceable as it is with the IPod, I just have to get it sent back to IRiver, but as with the IPOD it probably costs an arm and a leg.

[aom3]

you guys familiar with rockbox; its a modified firmware for ipod and nearly all mp3 players. Allows you to play nearly all music formats.

[Wren]

i am using a samsung, don't remember the model

[Zappa]

Sandisk...works good, could have more space...but real hardy shell...taken some nasty asphalt spills skating and despite some new engravings, still works.

[FourBear]

I have an iPod nano (first generation) and an iPod shuffle (second generation). Both were gifts. If I had to buy one on my own, I probably would've gotten something from SanDisk.

[Mellifluous]

I have a brown Zune. Best sound quality I've had, and I've owned loads of different players in the past including Ipod.