NOOOOOOO! Sony all the way!

Get yourself a Sony HD3 or HD5.

I've got an HD3 (?150, reduced from ?250) and I love it to bits. It's the size of a deck of cards, which is great, but the biggest plus is the 30-hour battery life. OK, it's not really 30 hours unless you play poxy-quality music, but even with high-quality music (Most of mine is 192kbps MP3 or 130kbps ATRAC) it still must be at least 20 hours +. Oh yes, and they can play MP3s AND ATRAC (Sony's proprietry format), unlike the Ipodders would have you believe.

The new HD5 (?200) has even more battery life (40 hours) and a slightly different layout, but is about the same size.

The software (Sonicstage) is pretty good. Put it this way, I've never had to read the manuals for the software or the player and I can do everything I want to. A mate brought his mini Ipod around and it was dreadful. I can't believe just how unweildy Itunes is.

Whatever player you buy, invest in a pair of Sony MDR-EX71SL earphones. Not only the most comfortable headphones ever, the sound qualiy is simply unbelieveable. They take a little getting used to and you can't hear a thing with them in, but the sound is absolutely crystal across the whole range. They're not cheap (~?25) but worth every single penny.

Hoe this helps!

Posted By: Iwan Husarmi on August 11th 2005 at 20:11:11

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I was thinking of getting an ipod 20Gb (General Chat) - Canaria_glorificus, Aug 11, 19:58:44
- For cheaper, try Rio Carbon . . . (General Chat) - canary_wharf, Aug 11, 22:22:51
- Sony stuff (General Chat) - inutero, Aug 11, 21:39:18
- NOOOOOOO! Sony all the way! (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Aug 11, 20:11:11
  - the HD5 i'm thinking, see below. (n/m) (General Chat) - Canaria_glorificus, Aug 11, 20:22:29
  - I find the iTunes software very good... (General Chat) - Ben, Aug 11, 20:15:11
    - I thought you had to import those (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Aug 11, 20:28:52
      - I ordered mine from a website (n/m) (General Chat) - Ben, Aug 11, 21:59:47
        
        Aren't they illegal in the UK ? (General Chat) - Arganth, Aug 11, 23:34:14
- i-river (General Chat) - franklin, Aug 11, 20:01:51
  - Got one myself...it's great... (General Chat) - LeonTheNinjaTurtle, Aug 11, 20:03:40
    - was just looking at a 20gb sony (General Chat) - Canaria_glorificus, Aug 11, 20:09:14
      - get the newer one so you dont have to convert files to atrac or wtf (n/m) (General Chat) - franklin, Aug 11, 20:22:21
        
        The HD3 and HD5 support MP3 (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Aug 11, 20:24:46
    - can't be worse than ipod can it? (n/m) (General Chat) - franklin, Aug 11, 20:05:19

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