Advice on MP3 Players?

[mi_guida]

I freely admit that I know nothing about MP3 players. Usually for technological things I don't understand I'd turn to my father, but given he's just bought himself a new record player, he knows less than I do.

Here's the situation:

I currently own a 64MB player, which will take around 15 tracks, or one album. It's a dear little thing, but pretty feeble really.

I would like to own a larger one that actually carries sensible amounts of music. I have 7.3GB on my computer; the question of how much I want to carry round is probably semi-answered by... What sizes of memory do these things come in? And for how much?

Also, which makes are good/bad/realiable/hold battery charge/anything else I ought to be asking?

You are all wise people, and if you can offer any advice, or point me towards any website offering advice, I would be very very grateful.

Comments

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Another point in the iRiver's favour is the unrivalled number of different formats it will play - mp3, ogg, wav, wma, and a couple of others, if memory serves. I don't think it will play DRMed tracks from iTunes, though.

I also like the built-in FM radio.

[half-of-monty.livejournal.com]

Not unrivalled - my Samsung plays those formats too! After all, the thing was chosen by Duncan. (Actually not sure about wma, never had one. Nor about itunes, ditto.) And it has a built in radio. And it's shiny and RED. So nerr!

I did actually have a point, though, which was the headphones that the things come with are typically shite. If you're spending 100 quid on the player, spend an extra tenner on some comfy headphones with decent quality sound. Big difference.

I keep logging on with the intention of updating my own LJ... I will now think about actually doing that.

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

WMA is Windows Media Audio - it's the default ripping format for Windows Media Player. I've had occasional need for it, but I'm guessing you live in an entirely Linux-based computing environment now.

[mi-guida.livejournal.com]

I've always converted all my WMA tracks (And set WMP to rip as mp3) so that's not a problem, really.