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Sansa Clip
23Feb2008 Filed under: Gadgets Author: cglowMy last MP3 player was a 3G Ipod. I am rather particular about the sound quality of players, esp. after experiencing the ipods’ deterioration through the generations, i looked around – and stumbled onto anythingbutipod.com. The usual suspects was named, cowon and iriver. But these aren’t that readily available in these parts of the world, so i looked around a bit more for one to match my 3 year-old etymotics ER-6i headphones. My search was narrowed down to Sony A805 or the Sansa Clip. So if you see further it’s obvious i opted for the clip.
To start with, i was a tad dissapointed that they sold only the 1gig variety here, albeit for a very reasonable price of RM160. But then again at that price, it wouldn’t hurt much if it didn’t turn out great. But after a few hours on it i’m hooked, the sound is very muscular despite it’s miniscule size and drove my etymotics well. It is also quite well build and shouldn’t dissapoint if you, are like me, and spot the following characteristics in your music experience :
- Can tell between a 320kbps LAME encoded mp3 and a CD/FLAC.
- BUT is not anal about having lossless music as long as it’s decently ripped/encoded.
- Cares about how the music sounds and owns a pair of decent headphones
- Don’t bother much about album covers, nor the ability to store millions of tracks.
- Cannot understand how video can be enjoyed on a small screen.
- Is practical and would like to just drag and drop music. Hates DRM.
- Carries around a USB cable in the notebook bag as required for other devices -or- “just in case”
Then you’ll love the CLIP !
My only problem was i had to get my PC to recognize the CLIP by overriding to MSC mode by pressing the center button + player on hold when connecting to the USB port. Follow the instructions here to upgrade the firmware here to gain some control over the connection mode for the player.
If you are still not convinced get more reviews and feedbacks here -
Anythingbutipod
CNET
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Tsu Lin
February 25th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I don’t know what are : a 320kbps LAME encoded mp3 and a CD/FLAC, let alone know the difference. But probably like you (but not as technical), I do enjoy listening to good quality music. My husband owns a good quality headphones (noise cancelling and all that shmooz) and must admit they DO make alot of difference, those £20 ones vs £200 ones!
MP3 Music Dude
April 10th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I have the sansa e270 and the official firmware from sandisk is pretty bad… so i use rockbox which is great for a technogeek like myself because you do need to play with it and there is a learning curve to it. Plus I almost bricked it 3 times… had to use the emergency recovery utility to resurrect the thing, thank goodness it worked. I am actually quite happy with the Sansa + rockbox combo.