Re: what player do you use to listen to music while working out?

Date: 20 Mar 2003 12:01:00 -0800
Newsgroups: misc.fitness.weights
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"Matti Kolu" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<hgfea.1184$email-address-deleted>...
> "james yi" <email-address-deleted> skrev i meddelandet
> news:zOeea.18911$email-address-deleted...
> > was thinking about the the iriver's flash players, the 256mb version $200.
> > http://www.iriveramerica.com/estore.htm
> >
> > but then someone told me about IPOD, 5gb for $300. but doesn't come with
> the
> > carrying case ( extra $40), 10gb for $400 does though. so the 10gig one
> > seems like the better choice, unless i could make a homemade case. seems
> > pretty small.
> >
> > any comments or suggestions?
>
> I use the iRiver iFP-180T, the 128 mb version of the iriver player. I love
> it. It's small and the sound quality is excellent. :) Transferring 128 mb to
> the iriver takes about 2-3 minutes.
>
> 10 gb seems a little unnecessary if you're just going the use the player
> when working out.
>
> Matti
I have a 20G Archos Jukebox and a 128MB RCA Kazoo. The Archos it too
large to work out with, at least for me. I don't want this big thing
on my waist. It does come with the carrying case though.
The 128 MB Kazoo is a tiny, matchbox size thing. It is very handy. And
with 128 MB, it holds plenty of music (3 hours , can be more or less
depending on encoding rate) not to have to download often.
The Archos Jukebox is mostly used by my husband who listens to it
while on the treadmill. In other words, he does not have to hold it or
wear it, just puts it on the stand.
The big advantage of those thinds is that you can have your entire CD
collection on it. The disadvantage is the weight (size is not large)
and actually the amount of stuff it holds. Because of the large volume
of music, you have to make playlists, or else you will be searching
though your files forever. While downloading the playlist does not
take much time, actually making the playlist and downloading it is
kind of equivalent to the downloading of the music to the Kazoo.