Portable audio player (hands down the best one ever)

[Christopher Chisholm]

I got an mp3 player for my sister for christmas.  I'm one of those guys 
that spend like a week researching anything before i buy it, no matter 
how trivial.  the best one i found was from a company called Cowon.

http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/

they have a wide range of players, but the iAudio g3 was the one i 
chose, due to these features:

MP3/WMA/ASF/WAV/OGG Player
Voice Recording / FM Radio / Direct MP3 Encoding / Removable Disk
Up to 50 hrs of playback (not far from accurate)
Mac/Linux compatible (it shows up as a normal USB drive, SOO MUCH BETTER 
than some crappy sync software, imho, *cough* itunes)

one cool features is that it has a standard 1/8" for line-in, which can 
directly encode CDs to mp3 (auto track seperation on silence). 

it's a litttttle bit on the pricey side ($90 for 1gb, $120 for 2), but 
for what you get it's worth it.  plus i think some of their other models 
are cheaper.

-chris


Cole Tuininga wrote:
> Hey folks - 
>
> I've been starting to go to the gym quasi-regularly, so I think it may
> finally be time to break down and get a portable audio player.  Looking
> for any suggestions...  My requirements are:
>
> * Inexpensive
> * Linux compatible
> * Inexpensive
> * mp3 playback (ogg would be nice, but not required)
> * Inexpensive
> * Has a standard 1/8" headphone jack (are there any that don't?)
> * Inexpensive
>
> I don't need something huge - a GB or so would be plenty.  Thoughts?  
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>