Wall of Mouths

my creative zen microphoto 8gb packed up lately for no apparent reason, only 14mths old. It was replacement from Creative after the orignal one packed in after about 3 mths. Need to get a new one soon so i’d welcome advise also.

I used to have (well still do) a 40gb Creative Zen, but now I’m an Archos convert - they have a selection of decent sized 4gb - 120gb models… What price bracket are you looking at?

I regularly check http://www.hotukdeals.com (i have it on RSS feed) and they have had some cracking deals on there - if I see anything I’ll link to it from this thread if you like

Yeah I need advice too on a good value but not budget MP3 player anything from 1-8 gigs, battery or charger.
Any ideas?

mr self destruct wrote:

I upgraded to a 60G iAudio x5 - excellent sound and design, if you can afford a bit extra I’d recommend it.

sounds sexy. are the solid? i like to throw mine around somethimes

Kill_Hill wrote:

sounds sexy. are the solid? i like to throw mine around somethimes

It’s pretty sturdy. Plays FLAC files which not all mp3 players do (for CD-quality sound)

damn it just fu$% up the link. So just go at http://uk.sandisk.com and search for sansa clip. That is the one I ve got. And I forgot to mention that the with 4GB has a radio either ;)

Archos and iPod are solid and reliable.

Seems to be a mixed reaction to the Creative Zen. At the moment I’ve got a 4gb Zen, but the headphone socket is playing up, have to keep adjusting the wire. At first I thought I needed new headphones, but no, it’s the device itself. Also, it’s out of warrenty, so can’t return it.

@ deadsetgav - looking at spending about €200, maybe more if I see something I think is worth it.

@ butters - I was always more an ‘aiwa’ man than a ‘sony’ man.

Here’s my post from a few years ago about it:

“The Creative Zen Micro is fucking rubbish, don’t buy one.

I started reading warning reviews shortly before mine fucked up, I sent it back at my own expense and had to wait three weeks for another, and the bastard’s just broken again, in exactly the same way, after less than a month.

I shall be straight down Argos this weekend to get my money back, and if they refuse I will smash up their cheap jewellery counter.”

caffeinebomb wrote:

Don’t bother with a Sony. The media player it runs from is slower than a retard in an egg and spoon race and seems to be utterly uncompatible with, well pretty much everything really.

I second that.

Have you thought of an Ipod nano?

Gav, my dad has the 160GB version too, it’s brilliant, can’t fault it!

Although the Archos headphones are good, Bose or whatever you call it makes Archos headphones sound shit!

my bro has a i pod nano, 8 gb, not impressed with the sound, sounds thin and lacking in punch. may be its my ears.