am very glad this conversation came up again...
does the Iriver have a microphone jack? that looks pretty rad. 20GB drives
are up on ebay... and i looove the idea of the FM recorder! stoned in the
park, recording weird AM static... sounds like a good day to me.
riokarma and i-pods don't appear to have a recording feature, correct?
quoted 116 lines From: "josh23" <josh23@acre-c.com>
>From: "josh23" <josh23@acre-c.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] MP3 Players (again)
>Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:41:30 -0700
>
>i reccomend the Iriver, i got mine about six months ago and its performed
>like a champ. you can use it with any system as it just plugs in and acts a
>removable hard drive, it can play pretty much every audio format, with a
>firmware upgrade you can watch movies on it. you can read books on it, it
>has a built in radio if you ever need that thing, and my favorite feature
>is
>that it has an input that allows you to record directly to MP3. i take it
>to
>shows with me all the time jack it in and go home with 320kb mp3's of the
>performances. there is also the internal mic that is good for taking to
>places and using to record stuff for later sampling, sort of thing. oh
>yeah,
>it also has a photo viewer. downsides are that the interface is -slightly-
>clunky, but once you get used to it its fine. and i don't so much like its
>random play feature works.
>
>josh23
>
>On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:13:08 +0100, Ant Mann wrote
> > If i was you,
> > i would get: a Rio Karma!!! if you can find one.....
> > some reasons why
> > its 20GB!!!!!!
> > supports pretty much every audio codec you could ever want (even
> > FLAC) will work with ANY operating system due to the device being
> > plugged in at a network port and you can load up a java based client
> > to send tracks over to it. I have infact used it with Linux, XP64
> > and MacOSX. all without reformatting or making any changes to the
>device!!!
> > theyre pretty reliable! never had more than a couple of crashing
> > probs with mine. Its smaller than an ipod!!! (ipods suck - unless
> > you flash them with linux :-D) has funky ass VU meters on teh
> > front!!!! monitor that audio pressure baby!!! No one wants them any
> > more, you can get them dirt cheap it even has a mode that maps out
> > the level of the track and displays this on the front so you can
> > skip to areas where the track gets more intense and less intense....
> > really really good feature! Oh and if you are like me... or just
> > really sad, you can rip the thing apart and install a 40gb version
> > of the same drive thats in it!! woo!!!!
> >
> > bad points:
> > they look ugly
> > ummmmm...
> >
> > good luck on your hunt!! ive seen these in shops for less than 130
> > quid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > Nibbles
> > (forgot to cc this (dumbass))
> >
> > (current fav listenings - Chris Clark - Ceramics is the bomb, The
> > Flashbulb - Kirlian Selections, Amon Tobin - Permutation)
> >
> > you will get severly fed up with only 5gb to play with. i promise!!!!!
> >
> > On 23/08/05, David Sim <pmxds@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think this has a) been discussed before and b) tended to Apple vs
>the
> > > World flamewars, so off list replies are probably best...
> > >
> > > I'm thinking of getting an MP3 player. If I just go for the cheapest
> > > option at my selected capacity (5GB, I think) what are the likely
>pitfalls,
> > > missing features and hidden costs? Does anyone have particular
> > > recommendations?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > ObIDM: current favorite listening is Arpanet's Quantum Transpositions,
>Izu
> > > vs the Andies on Stuff Records, and Grim Dubs 1 on Werk. Oh, and Heart
>of
> > > the Congos.
> > >
> > >
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> > > accounts."
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>
>joshua.
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