DarkYDK Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Hello, everyone, i noe these things have been discussed before, but nobody ever mentioned the iriver ihp 120 here. I read as many topics as possible here, but i still cannot decide between the ipod, iriver 120 or the new sony mz-nh900. i have 10 gigs of music on my computer. most of it is not tagged or tagged improperly, so i dunno about the ipod. i need the thing to have great audio quality and i also need to be able to record lectures. please help me out.... thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Moving to proper thread... not everything belongs in the Hi-MD subforum, kthnx. Personally, I don't like the iHP-120. I find it overly large and chunky, and the interface is incredibly cluttered and un-user friendly. The record capability is not even close to the record capability of other HDD recorders such as the Creative Nomad Jukebox 3. NJB3s can be found used quite inexpensively, and it's possible to retrofit a larger HDD into the unit. It records well, but... if you think the iRiver is huge, wait till you get a load of this thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkYDK Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 thanx for replying, sorry about the wrong subforum. however wat about the other 2 mp3 player that i listed? are they as decent.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Honestly I don't recommend Hi-MD for listening only. If you're going to do live recordings it's pretty much the best thing there is short of a professional CF recorder like Marantz makes. It's also quite a bit smaller than that Marantz CF recoder... For listening, I totally recommend the iPod Mini. Once upon a time I was an iPod hater, just like half the people in this forum... but I got to play with my friend's silver iPod Mini, and fell in love completely. It's really small. It sounds great. It is so easy to use. Completely recommended. And for day to day listening you won't need any more HDD space than 4 GB, especially considering how you come home, pop it in the dock (or connect the cord if you don't have a dock) and sync it up with iTunes, and boom. Fresh, unlistened-to music on your iPod. :happy: If you absolutely want to stay with MD, as in you have lots and lots of blanks or an MD deck or MD accessories, I would totally recommend any of the Sharp players or recorders. I own a DS8 myself, and honestly I find that while it has a puny headphone amp compared to iPod, and can't deliver nearly the detail (or use high-impedance 'phones), I believe it is much more forgiving of compressed songs than iPod and that it produces a very warm sound, especially with a decent pair of 'phones, like the D66 eggos or whatever. So there you go. My suggestions in a nutshell: iPod Mini, Sharp MD-DS8, Sharp IM-DR80 (if you want the record functions as well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkYDK Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 thank a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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