Which soild state MP3 player?

[Gr44]

Guys,

I'm after a new MP3 player since my Zen broke.... I want a solid state one rather than a hard drive and would ideally like 2GB+.

Buget is... ~80, could maybe go upto £100.

Any recomendations?

Thanks!!

[jackvdbuk]

sony nw8-a816 from amazon, quality player, love mine !

[MSIC]

Loads of choice, you'll get a 2GB with loads of features or even a good 4GB one for that money. Check out
dapreview.net: News for generally good info.

Looking at Scan's section for 1 - 4GB mp3 players, a few of the following stand out:
4GB Creative Zen as a divx video player too.
The 4GB iPod nano's are an obvious choice, and i like them (awaiting flames.....)
Cowon have been long known to have great codec/format support as well as good sound quality.
This Archos 4GB is great value too.
As a final thought, the SanDisk Sansa's are very highly regarded too and you can expand the memory yourself easily enough.

[nichomach]

Originally Posted by MSIC

As a final thought, the SanDisk Sansa's are very highly regarded too and you can expand the memory yourself easily enough.

I have the 8GB e280 version of this and I absolutely love it; the interface is fine, the controls easy to use, the sound quality v. good, and the supporting software very effective (especially the media converter, which'll convert VOBs off DVDs for playback on the (very nice) screen). Amazon have it for £91.53 delivered with radio, £78 without, and unlike certain other players, if the battery goes tits up, you can buy a user-replaceable replacement, which even comes with a little screwdriver, for about a tenner, depending on where you shop. It'll work either as a driverless generic mass storage device in MSC mode, or in MTP mode it'll work as a Plays-for-Sure player with Windows Media Player.

[Ciber]

Zen stone plus. 2GB £35, can't go wrong with that.

[Paulm@scan]

Sandisk Sansa's are great these are good too

Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK

[RavenNight]

The new iPod Nanos are really impressive, had a little play with a mates, ridiculously good.

[pp05]

Avoid Sony unless you want to use sonic stage.

[Thebug]

Argos have some good deals on sony stuff atm, and if you dont like the sonicstage software get one of the newer sonys as they are drag and drop.

[jackvdbuk]

Originally Posted by pp05

Avoid Sony unless you want to use sonic stage.

they have got rid of that now.. thats why i went for it, (no way am i going to go for a software based mp3 player looking at ipod and older sony models here)

[pp05]

Originally Posted by jackvdbuk

they have got rid of that now.. thats why i went for it, (no way am i going to go for a software based mp3 player looking at ipod and older sony models here)

On all sony models or just selected new ones... which model did you go for?

I know of one budget unit that is drag and drop, but the other ones require software.

[jackvdbuk]

im not sure if its all models, but i think all the newer models do, would be worth a check though!

i went for the nwz-a816 4gb version, great mp3 player, much more better than anything ipod or creative (though not seen the new ones!)