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Looking for flash MP3 Player with Vorbis support

Hi,
I seem to be unable to find exactly what I want: a flash MP3 player with the following requirements:

- 2 GB or more
- Ogg Vorbis support (down to -q0)
- powered by AAA battery
- should be loud enough to also listen to quiet/highly dynamic classical music at a decent volume

As for Vorbis support, all players I have found that have it are only with a built-in Lithium battery that needs to be charged in a USB port. As I need the player for a four week's journey at the end of this year, this is pretty useless because I won't be able to charge it regularly.

I hope someone can point me to a player that does all I need. Thank you!

Edit: If a lithium-powered player comes with an adapter that allows charging it from a normal socket, that would also be OK.
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Looking for flash MP3 Player with Vorbis support

Reply #2 –
Check out iAudio's stuff.  I've got 2 G3s and I love 'em.

Looking for flash MP3 Player with Vorbis support

Reply #5 –
Quote from: ears on
Check out iAudio's stuff.  I've got 2 G3s and I love 'em.

@ears:

The G3 looks sweet - nice pricetag too (2GB for around $105 US)!  A couple of quick questions:

does it support drag 'n drop, or do you need to use/install software for transfers?

does it offer/support any sort of volume adjustment, like replaygain or Apple's soundcheck?

Anything else you can add about features you like / don't like would be great too.

TIA,
RS

Looking for flash MP3 Player with Vorbis support

Reply #7 –
Thanks for your helpful suggestions! The iAudio G3 sounds interesting, but I can't find it here in Germany, may be it is an old model? The U3 is available, but very expensive (175 EUR). The iriver would be great, but I really need low bitrate Ogg support, otherwise I could as well use MP3. I find Ogg q1 or even q0.5 quite tolerable for portable listening, so I could fit around 50 albums on 2GB, which would be great for my big journey.
I didn't know about the USB chargers, that would indeed be a possibility and opens up some more options like the "TrekStor i.Beat organix" or "Maxfield G-FLASH NG", each for 109EUR. Any opinions on those? I'd still prefer AA(A) powered solutions, though, so keep your suggestions coming!
Proverb for Paranoids: "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers."
-T. Pynchon (Gravity's Rainbow)