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mberan42:
I'm in the market for a new mp3 player, but I'd like some advice. Currently, I have a Creative Zen Vision:M 30 gig mp3 player. I've had it for almost 2 years now, and I've been very happy with it. It has survived in near-perfection with rigorous use: it's on every weekday for no less than 8 hours while I'm at work, I listen to it on the bus and the eL, it has a great battery life, and it's pretty damn durable. The things I don't like about it, though - the media software for transferring songs and everything sucks. It's essentially a less-functional version of Windows Explorer.

My player still works now, but it's on its last legs. It no longer synchs to my computer and it goes through a rebuild process every time I turn it on after it's been off for longer than an hour. Also, I have less than a gig left in space on it, but lots more stuff I want to put on there. So the next player I buy needs to be larger than 30 gigs.

Advice? I probably should have prefaced this post with no Apple products. Should I just buy a 60 gig version of the Creative? Does anyone own a Zune? How do you like it? What's the software like? I was considering an 80 gig Zune, if other people enjoy them. (Although I could care less about the wireless functionality and am a bit disappointed that they don't have any EQ settings.) Is there another brand I should consider?

Things I don't use my mp3 player for: data storage, video watching and picture viewing. It's purely a music player for me. Again, I will not buy an iPod.

yelley:
matt, you should just get an ipod.

no, i don't mean that. i've never used the zune, but i've had a couple of iriver mp3 players and they were nice. i have an H320 that i still use when i need 20gb of music with me... which admittedly isn't often anymore. i think that their players only go up to 40gb though, so that might not be enough for you if you're outgrowing the 30 that you have now.

azgarth:
i'd go for an iriver, or, if you can afford it, cowon, cowon is known for their good sound, iriver is great as well.
naturally, read up about some pmp's on http://anythingbutipod.com/
anything you use gets a boost from rockbox, if it supports it. http://www.rockbox.org/, even the ipod becomes decent with it.

redgiemental:
I use a pair of bose in-ear headphones (their fancy and rather nice  :mrgreen:) with my Ipod and I have to say I don't notice much wrong with the sound output from it. In fact I think its rather good. I usually use pretty high bitrate mp3s with it (may as well with the 80 gig of space) 320 kps. Would Rockbox actually improve the sound output of my Ipod??

KvP:
I'll urge you not to reconsider on your Apple position (I have good grammer?) I got an 80 gig ipod and it lasted all of 13 days.

I'm not sure if they even have Vision Ms anymore. When the ipod went kaput I got a 30 gig Vision W in return. It's a lot bulkier than a Vision M, but it has a huge ass screen. I put Arrested Development on it and I don't strain my eyes when I watch it! They have a more expensive 60 gig version, which I would get if I was in the market for a new player.

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