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Devices => Androids and other portables => Topic started by: Russell on September 27, 2004, 02:30:29 pm
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I ripped all of my CDs some time ago and have been happily using MC for over a year. I use MC (v11) to stream music to various PCs I have set up around the house expressly for playing music. I am now ready to get a portable player and would appreciate any recommendations.
Since I do not yet have one of these devices, I am not familiar with all of their capabilities. However, I want something that works well with MC, has a large capacity (>30GB), is relatively small (similar to ipod), can be played through my car's stereo, and can play playlists shuffled.
I have been having a lot of difficulty researching this last point. I often play MC by picking several songs (or genres, artists, etc.) that I would like to hear, queuing them in the "Playing Now" list, and hitting shuffle. This way I can listen to the type of music I want , but also have a bit of variety in terms of the ordering of the songs. I thought that I could get roughly the same functionality out of a portable by building a number of playlists in MC and then playing a list shuffled on the portable.
I am leaning toward an iPod or Zen, but I would love to hear as many opinions as possible. Do either of these devices do exactly what I want? Or perhaps something better? Should I be considering any other devices? Does your favorite device do something really cool that I should consider? By the way, all of my music is in ape format. What is the best way/format to get this musics onto my portable? (I plan to keep all of my music on a single large portable, so swapping music on the portable should not be much of an issue.) Also, I am not terribly concerned with cost, as I expect this device to get a lot of use.
Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
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Russell, have been more than happy with my 60 gig Zen. It shuffles, does playlists has an 8 hour battery life before needing recharging, works with an FM transciever thingie to work in my Rav4 and happily exists with MC 10 and I hear it should work with MC11 too (although i just today got MC11, and haven't quite figured it out with the Zen, but am sure Steve will have my questions answered soon - he always does) ;D My Zen has travelled to Hawaii and Alaska a few times and is still working merrily away. The only drawback with the zen - mine is one of the first 60 GB models, and it has an internal battery....this could be a concern in the future as they no longer make this model (as I understand it). and it is only 60 gigs (sigh) which I have almost filled to capacity. happy shopping Bet
Listening to: 'Hawaiian Lullabye' from 'Unknown' by 'The Brothers Cazimero' on Media Center 11
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Have had My 40gb Zen extra for awhile and could'nt be more pleased , Sound is great and I take it with Me everywhere . I was like You was thinking about Ipod but went with the Zen and glad I did ;D