Mp3/CD Player

[dgps 0]

hi guys,

 

i am looking for a decent Mp3/CD player a good line output....any good recommendation?

 

thanks.

[Rameish 0]

Rawhit of head-fi dropped by over the weekend an he brought along his Creative Nomad Jukebox 3. He had transfered some CDs into the hard-drive of this Nomad using AIFF format (no not MP3 format). We then compared the same songs with a Panasonic SL-CT 570 and the Nomad had the edge not by very much but you could hear the difference. The same portable amp was used - Porta Corda II - and same headphones Ety 4 P/Grado RS-1 and Grado HP-1. On all headphones the Normad was slightly better than the very good reviewed Panasonic.

 

Since MP3 is a further compressed format than either CD or MD there will be significant loss of resolution and the Panasonic should outperform the Normad. This was true when I compared the Panasonic to a Philips Xpanium combo unit sometime back.

 

Unfortunately, hard-drive players like the Nomad are expensive. Stay away from the beautiful Normad Zen or iPod as they do not have line outs. Basically the Zen is a chopped down version of the CNJ 3 in a nicer package. It hase USB 2 though.

 

 

[N@Z 0]

Dose the CNJ3 come with the required AIFF format ripping software?

[Rameish 0]

N@Z, sorry I don't know. RawHit didn't bring the software along to my apartment. He had downloaded the sounds from CDs which he brought along for comparison. Ask RawHit.

[N@Z 0]

Resurrecting this thread to inquire if anyone knows where is the cheapest place in SG to get the NJ3 40G.

[adhoc 0]

hi, you might want to try the creative warehouse.

 

they have sporadic sales with fantastic deals.

[matbon0013 0]

Versaility reminder - "MUVO"

Media is not available as yet (but readily used in digital storage (e.g. Photography) et al), can't go wrong there

[N@Z 0]

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

I like the idea of ripping my favourite collection of CDs onto one unit & leaving it at that. The MuVo, versatile as it is, doesn't have nealy enough capacity at 4G only (10%) for what I intend to put in. Plus I don't mind it being transportable as opposed to portable, it has an integrated line-out (as opposed to the iPod's seperate docking station) & if I'm not mistaken you can use it to record directly on to mp3.

 

My only concerns with the NJ3 is the software glitches/bugs some people experienced on the early generation. Any owners experience that on this newer unit?

[augustineRS 0]

OT:

check out the article on MuVo in Computer Times.

Ppl are ripping out the disk drive from MuVo and sell it at a higher price they paid for the whole Muvo unit.

Like what mat have mentioned, the hitachi disk is highly sought after.The basic 4GB is round 500++ where one would pay less than 500 for the MuVo unit on its whole.

[evo 0]

My only concerns with the NJ3 is the software glitches/bugs some people experienced on the early generation. Any owners experience that on this newer unit?

 

my NJB3 did have several "hanging" incidents

 

i always keep an untwisted paperclip in my bag to effect the "reboot"

 

i did have an occurence where rebooting didn't work [it stayed at the EAX logo]

 

had to "scandisk"

 

after installing the latest firmware [1.40 something]

 

the need to reboot has reduced, plus i like the new interface

 

AIFF? methought NJB3 only support mp3 and wav, got to google this...