Cheap mp3 players?

[Guest]

Just looking for a cheap and decent portable music solution. Haven't found anything yet really.

[Guest]

Sansa Clip +

[OfficialJsP]

 There are a lot on amazon and ebay

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_4?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mp3+player&sprefix=mp3+player%2Caps%2C162

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R1.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.XMP3+.TRS0&_nkw=mp3+players&_sacat=0

[Speedyv]

You can get an old ipod...

[TheElt]

Sansa Clip +

This so so much.

 

No matter where you are, you can get one for dirt cheap, as well as a 32GB SD Card to go with it. Put RockBox on and you've got a brilliant MP3 player with games, good sound quality, really quick startup and about 10 hours of battery at near full volume if you change songs a bit

[Guest]

Sansa Clip +

Its a little pricey on amazon maybe ebay will be good though

 

You can get an old ipod...

I've been using an old shuffle 2nd gen ( i think)  and hate it because of lack of controls and screen. I'll try ebay

 

This so so much.

 

No matter where you are, you can get one for dirt cheap, as well as a 32GB SD Card to go with it. Put RockBox on and you've got a brilliant MP3 player with games, good sound quality, really quick startup and about 10 hours of battery at near full volume if you change songs a bit

Rockbox, I've heard of that. I'll try it.

[Guest]

Its a little pricey on amazon maybe ebay will be good though

 

Might be a bit pricey but it's really the best you can get.

[TheElt]

Its a little pricey on amazon maybe ebay will be good though

 

I've been using an old shuffle 2nd gen ( i think)  and hate it because of lack of controls and screen. I'll try ebay

 

Rockbox, I've heard of that. I'll try it.

Compared to what else you'd be getting at that price, you can't beat it and it'll last you a lifetime even if you give it a little abuse. Have a look on Ebay and Amazon for them, depending on where you are one could be cheaper than the other. If you format them to FAT32, it'll also support SDXC cards, a lot of people run 64GB/128GB cards in them if they have big music libraries, so if there's a massive difference between the 4GB and 8GB models, go for the 4GB

[Guest]

Compared to what else you'd be getting at that price, you can't beat it and it'll last you a lifetime even if you give it a little abuse. Have a look on Ebay and Amazon for them, depending on where you are one could be cheaper than the other. If you format them to FAT32, it'll also support SDXC cards, a lot of people run 64GB/128GB cards in them if they have big music libraries, so if there's a massive difference between the 4GB and 8GB models, go for the 4GB

What about the clip sport? That's a little cheaper

 

EDIT: also what are the advantages of having rockbox?

[TheElt]

What about the clip sport? That's a little cheaper

 

EDIT: also what are the advantages of having rockbox?

Clip sport doesn't have support for RockBox, and has a fair few other downsides when compared to the Clip + or even the Clip Zip.

 

RockBox basically makes everything better. It's a lot lighter to run so it starts up about 10x faster with no songs on, and even quicker with a full library. Over the standard OS, you'll get more volume, another around 6 hours max battery, you get support for 64GB and higher SD cards if they're formatted to FAT32, you get the ability to play songs from internal memory and the SD card in the same playlist without any issues, you get loads of customisability.

 

There's so much RockBox adds, and it's so simple to install (You literally just drag and drop files onto it's internal memory and you can dual boot RockBox and the stock OS)

 

Here's a better run down of the differences between the Clip + and the Clip Sport http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/SanDisk-Clip-Sport/Clip-Sport-or-Sanza-Clip/m-p/333579#M1223

[ShearMe]

Sansa Clip + or Clip Zip can often be found refurbished on eBay for cheap