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Which portable digital audio player?

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And what about this issue...?
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The optical input is absolutely useles on the iRiver H1xx series since these iRiver devices aren't capable of proper recording anyway ... every 20-30 seconds, a few samples will be dropped. From what I have heard, the H3xx series suffers from the same bug.

If proper recording is an issue, you will have to ditch iRiver HDD based players.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=259591"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
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Heh, I knew there was something else  Happily, as it happens, I don't care about direct recording either. As long as I can transfer music (and general files) PC->DAP->PC and can play my DAP through headphones on the move and my hi-fi via a line out then I'm happy. I'd be fine with it if it had no audio inputs at all.

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Anyway - cheers again for the help. Here's hoping they add FLAC support to the iRiver [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=260835"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I guess, they won't. But I can live without FLAC support on the H120. IMHO It just doesn't make sense. It was mentioned before (not in this thread, though): Due to the high bitrates the HD will be active quite often and thus draining battery power very quickly. Also: You'll waste precios space. Heck, I'm using Vorbis at -q4 for all of my music to get small and nice sounding files at approx 100-130 kbps. - Any good reason you want to store FLACs on your DAP's HD ?[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=260873"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

Only reason I would like FLAC support on my DAP is cause I use FLAC on my PC and I'm fed up with converting them everytime I transfer them accross - just takes so damn long, thats all  I can live without it though.
 

Which portable digital audio player?

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I have b een in the same situation in wading through all the possibilites...what I cam down to was either a Iriver 320/340 or one of the Iaudio m3 or the soon to be released M5.

I ruled out the M3 because it doesnt have a display only a small LCD remote.
The M5 would be perfect but its not out yet.
SO I went with the Iriver H320 becase it was on sale at Best Buy for $249.00...and it has a huge community, check out misticriver.com. Anyway Ive had it for about 2 weeks and really like it. I am using the Line in to record my girlfriends radio shows plugged in directly to the receiver at the Radio Station! Im there right now recording.

If you can wait a few weeks months the M5 but if you can wait the H320 or H340


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