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Title: thinking of buying a digital audio player
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 07, 2009, 04:52:46 PM

I've never had or used one before.  My main concern is that I've heard that some of the popular ones like the I-Pod will only let you transfer files from your PC using proprietary interfaces that require you to install their software and drivers and stuff, and my experience dealing with OEM crapware makes me really reluctant to allow this.  Are there good players (with good on-device interfaces) that just expose standard filesystems or whatever?

Title: Re: thinking of buying a digital audio player
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 07, 2009, 04:54:09 PM

i think players made by Cowon are what you're looking for.

Title: Re: thinking of buying a digital audio player
Post by: Ecrofirt on June 08, 2009, 03:38:00 PM

I believe Sansa and Creative players are drag-n-drop.

Title: Re: thinking of buying a digital audio player
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 08, 2009, 03:51:46 PM

i've more or less decided on a cheap Sansa Clip.

Title: Re: thinking of buying a digital audio player
Post by: Flannel Boy on June 08, 2009, 04:02:17 PM

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on June 08, 2009, 03:51:46 PM

i've more or less decided on a cheap Sansa Clip.

The Sansa Clip is a decent player. It has decent audio quality and is pretty small and light, making it perfect for jogs.